The CLR Political Quiz… Number 20 February 15, 2013
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1. Who wrote “Straight Left a journey in Politics”?
2. In November 1982 Ann Joyce made history when standing in Dublin South West. What bit of History?
3. Joe McCormack stood for many elections in Laois Offaly and in Local Elections. On one occassion he stood for a party (Its only candidate) . What was the party name?
4. Which former Independent TD stood for Labour in 2011 and lost ?
5. What record does Maria McCool hold?
6. What party was Independent TD Shane Ross a councillor for?
7. Who is the longest serving Independent TD in the current Dail?
8. Did former Green Party MEP Patricia McKenna ever run in Local Elections?
9. Which Newstalk Radio presenter ran for the Seanad in 2011?
10. Who is this?
Answers to CLR Political Quiz 19
1. Eithne Quinn
2. Oisin Kelly
3. PDs
4. Democracy Now
5. Neil, Harry and Niall Blaney, James Keaveney
6. Dylan Haskins
7. John Bracken, 2007 election, Laois-Offaly
8. Éamon Ó Cuív, Ruairí de Valera (Wexford)
9.Rainbow Coaltion
10. Owen Carron
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
1. Ruairi Quinn
7. Finian McGrath?
9. Marc Coleman
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1. Ruairi Quinn
6. Fine Gael
7. Finian McGrath
8. No.
9. Marc Coleman
10. Frank Cluskey (minus the beard?)
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1. If the answer to 1. is Ruairi Quinn, what was Paddy Devlin’s book called then?
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Roy Foster mentioned the fact that Quinn gave his book the same title as Devlin’s to show how indifferent most southern politicians were to what happened in the North. Have to admit, he had a point. The first ‘Straight Left’ is an interesting book. I’d say there are bricks more interesting and readable than the second one.
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Yep. Devlin’s was “Straight Left – an Autobiography” as opposed to Quinn’s “political journey”.
I’ve read neither but I did read Devlin’s excellent Yes We Have No Bananas, about the Outdoor Relief riots in Belfast in the 30s. In which Catholic and Protestant rioted together against government austerity policies and the Falls and Shankill marching bands marched together playing the only tune they held in common – Yes We Have No Bananas. Good times.
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He might have had a point, but not the one he thought he had. Quinn’s family roots are in Newry, his grandfather was a senior IRA officer there during the Tan war. Quinn was the SDLP’s main fundraiser/ contact man in the Labour party
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1. Ruairi Quinn
6. Fine Gael (wicklow)
7. Michael Lowry
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2: [Believed to be] The first Traveller to stand for election to the Dáil.
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correct
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Why believed to be, Tomboktu? I’m just interested – might there have been others not identified as Travellers?
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A part of a larger article at http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/rbr/travrbr2.html that gives a background as to why she stood.
As an aside Martin Ward was elected to Tuam Town Council in 1999 and was Mayor of Tuam in 2003.
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Padraig maclochlainn of sinn fein is of Traveller background
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And if I remember right, Sinn Féin opposed the anti-traveller marches, members holding up SF placards of opposition as the marchers walked by. Credit where it’s due.
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At a conference I was at a few years ago, Rosaleen McDonagh objected to somebody saying that David Joyce is the first Traveller to become a barrister. She said that these claims of “the first” or “there never has been” about Travellers had two problems. One is that they haven’t been checked — a Traveller may have done something decades ago and it is not remembered. The second is that many Travellers have done things but are not known by most others to be a Traveller.
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That’s the point was getting at Tombuktu – I suspect there always been a too and fro between people who are identified as Travellers and settled people.
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4 Jerry Cowley
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10 bears a resemblance to Lemass, but the picture looks too late to be a young him
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[…] Answers to CLR Political Quiz 20 1. Ruairi Quinn 2. Believed to be the first traveller to stand for the Dail. 3. Peoples Party of Ireland 4. Jerry Cowley in Mayo 5. Lowest recorded number of votes in a General Election with 13 in Dublin North West in 1997 6. Fine Gael 7. Michael Lowry 8. Yes in the 1991 Local Elections in North Inner City ward. 9. Marc Coleman 10. Frank Cluskey […]
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