Patrick O'Donoghue (1930–1989) was a

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

politician active in the

Social Democratic and Labour Party The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) ( ga, Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland ...

(SDLP) for a number of years. A native of

Castlewellan Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve C ...

and an active member of the

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and Association for Legal Justice, O'Donoghue represented the SDLP on

Down District Council Down District Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Newry and Mourne District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry, Mourne and Down District Cou ...

from 1973 to 1985.W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, ''Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993'', Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 250 O'Donoghue was elected to the

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in the 1973 election for South Down and served as Deputy Speaker of this body. He also served in the

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status of Northern Ireland. For ...

and returned to the

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in the 1982 election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Odonoghue, Patrick 1930 births 1989 deaths Members of Down District Council Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974 Members of the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention Northern Ireland MPAs 1982–1986 Social Democratic and Labour Party politicians People from Castlewellan Politicians from County Down