Patrick O'Donoghue (politician) explained

Patrick O'Donoghue
Office1:MPA for South Down
Term1:1982–1986
Office2:Member for South Down
Term2:1975–1976
Office3:Assembly Member for South Down
Term3:1973–1974
Party:Social Democratic and Labour
Birth Place:Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland

Patrick O'Donoghue (1930–1989) was a Northern Ireland politician active in the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) for a number of years.

Biography

A native of Castlewellan and an active member of the Gaelic Athletic Association and Association for Legal Justice, O'Donoghue represented the SDLP on Down District Council from 1973 to 1985.[1]

O'Donoghue was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 1973 election for South Down and served as Deputy Speaker of this body.[1] He also served in the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention and returned to the Assembly in the 1982 election.[1]

Notes and References

  1. W.D. Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968–1993, Belfast: Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 250