Patsy Groogan
Patrick "Patsy" Groogan is an
Irish republican politician
.
Based in
sports coach with a particular involvement in hurling. He became prominent in his local Gaelic Athletic Association, and joined Sinn Féin. In 1991, Bernard O'Hagan, a Sinn Féin councillor for the Sperrin area of the Magherafelt District Council, was assassinated, and Groogan was appointed as his replacement.[1]
Groogan held the Sperrin seat, heading the poll in each council election from 1993 to 2005.[2] He became the first Sinn Féin Chairperson of Magherafelt District Council, and served a second term starting in 2004.[1] He was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Mid Ulster, but he did not stand in the subsequent 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[3]
In 2006, Groogan resigned from Sinn Féin, along with
Sunday Times speculated that they may have been in protest at a lack of internal party democracy.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Groogan elected Chair of Magherafelt District Council", An Phoblacht, 17 June 2004
- ^ Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- ^ Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections
- Sunday Times, 24 September 2006.