Peter Murnoy

Peter Murnoy was a nationalist politician and political activist in Northern Ireland.

Murnoy was a farmer and was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army from 1916 until 1922.^[1] In 1926, he was the joint founder of the , which opposed recognition of Stormont. In 1937, Murnoy launched the , which aimed to apply the new Constitution of Ireland to the whole of the island.^[2]

Murnoy was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as the Nationalist Party MP for South Down at the 1945 general election.^[3] He was active in the Irish Anti-Partition League, but controversially refused to condemn T. J. Campbell leaving the Parliament to become a judge. Murnoy was defeated at the South Down Nationalist selection convention before the 1949 Northern Ireland general election, and stood down.^[2]

References[]

^ Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
^ ^a ^b Brendan Lynn, Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 – 72 (1997), ISBN 1-85521-980-8
^ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 61. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by James Brown	Member of Parliament for South Down 1945–1949	Succeeded by Joe Connellan

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[1] Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons

[lynn-2] Brendan Lynn, Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 – 72 (1997), ISBN 1-85521-980-8

[walker1978-3] Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 61. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.

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