Paddy Wilson
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Patrick Gerard Wilson (c. 1933 – 1973) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland who was murdered by the loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).[1]
Life
Patrick Gerard Wilson was born in Fleet Street in Sailortown, Belfast, the youngest of seven children in a Catholic nationalist family. He and his wife Bridget had one son, Paul. He was elected as a Republican Labour Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1969. The following year, he became a founder member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party,[2] and its first General Secretary. He was also a Belfast City Councillor.
Death
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See also
References
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- ↑ a b Chronology of the Conflict: June 1973, CAIN
- ↑ Thomas Hennessey, The Evolution of the Troubles, 1970–72. Irish Academic Press (15 November 2007), Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN
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