Paddy J. McLogan () (1899 – 21/22 July 1964) was President of

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from 1950–52 and again from 1954 to 1962.

Biography

Born in

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, County Armagh, he spent some time in Scotland. He joined the

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in 1913 and the

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. The same year he was imprisoned by the British authorities and went on a

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in 1917 with

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. He was in command of the

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in South Armagh during the

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. After the

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, he settled in Portlaoise and became a publican. In 1923 McLogan was chosen to be one of principal organizers of what remained of the

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. From 1933 to 1938 he was an

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Republican Member of Parliament for South Armagh constituency of the

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. He chaired the 1934 IRA Army Convention. In 1936, the IRA set up Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann, with McLogan as chairman and one of many Sinn Féin members of the party. He was interned from 1940 to 1941. In 1945 he chaired the first IRA Army Convention after the war. In 1950 he succeeded Margaret Buckley as President of Sinn Féin, until 1952, and resumed that role in 1954 and was to remain in the post until 1962, when he resigned from the party. He was regarded as helping to rebuild the party after

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. Around this time, he also owned a public house on Main Street in

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, which is now known as the one and only "Ryan's". A plaque commemorates his former proprietorship. He died on 20 or 21 July 1964, at his home at 11 Herbert Road,

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, as a result of an accident involving a 9mm

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pistol.

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Election results for Armagh constituencies
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