Longest stint in a "physical force" republican organisation?

[diy01]

Recently I came across a Wiki article about Paddy J. McLogan (Pádraig Mac Lógáin) where it claims he was involved in republicanism from 1913 until 1962.

- Joined IRB and Irish Volunteers 1913
- Command of South Armagh IRA during War of Independence
- Anti-Treaty IRA
- Abstentionist Republican MP for South Armagh, Northern Ireland Parliament 1933-1938
- Setup short lived Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann party in 1936
- President of Sinn Feín 1953, 1954-1962 (resigned)

That's 49 years. Other names that come to mind are O'Donovan Rossa (1856 until his death, more or less....Seán Russell, Thomas Clarke (joined IRB 1875-1916) and Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (joined SF 1950, IRA 1951. That's 58 years in the wilderness.

Any who have been around longer? I'm referring to those who never came into the fold so to speak, so Dev and Seán MacBride and Gerry Adams are out even if he lasts 55+ years.

[Rahood]

Recently I came across a Wiki article about Paddy J. McLogan (Pádraig Mac Lógáin) where it claims he was involved in republicanism from 1913 until 1962.

- Joined IRB and Irish Volunteers 1913
- Command of South Armagh IRA during War of Independence
- Anti-Treaty IRA
- Abstentionist Republican MP for South Armagh, Northern Ireland Parliament 1933-1938
- Setup short lived Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann party in 1936
- President of Sinn Feín 1953, 1954-1962 (resigned)

That's 49 years. Other names that come to mind are O'Donovan Rossa (1856 until his death, more or less....Seán Russell, Thomas Clarke (joined IRB 1875-1916) and Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (joined SF 1950, IRA 1951. That's 58 years in the wilderness.

Any who have been around longer? I'm referring to those who never came into the fold so to speak, so Dev and Seán MacBride and Gerry Adams are out.

Go masturbate some place else. Decent people care nothing about this.

[toxic avenger]

Joe Cahill?

[diy01]

Don't jump to conclusions. Curiosity doesn't automatically translate into admiration. A search of my posts shows that I'm not a sympathizer. It just struck me as interesting that some people would spend half their lives dedicated to a cause that had no chance of success post-partition.

Is J. Bowyer Bell an IRA supporter because he authored books about them? Does Ruth Dudley Edwards believe that Patrick Pearse was a saint simply because she authored a book about him?

Try to think critically.

[Podolski]

That guy Keating who died in Kerry about a year ago - he was 105 years old and had fought in the War of Independence.

[diy01]

Joe Cahill?

Ah. Forgot about him. The less than perfect-wiki says he joined the Belfast IRA in 1938. It goes on to claim that: "Cahill served on the IRA Army Council as late as the 1990s". At any rate, 1938-2004 (death) is 66 years.

Supposedly he said Blood Friday (1972...22 bombs...9 dead, 100+ injured) in Belfast was "a good days work". Sickening.

[diy01]

Feck, I forgot him too.

The difference between him and Ó Brádaigh for example is that he's still active in that group while Keating was more or less retired for some time. (an honourary patron or some such thing).

Wiki says he joined Fianna Éireann in 1918 and the 1st Kerry Brigade in 1920. It seems he may have left the IRA in the 1940s.

Bloody hell, 1918-2007 is 89 years.

[St.Luke]

There was a thread on here about Dan Keating from Kerry who was the last living survivor of the War of Independence until his death quite recently. He was still active at aged 103 or thereabouts.

[Rahood]

Don't jump to conclusions. Curiosity doesn't automatically translate into admiration. A search of my posts shows that I'm not a sympathizer. It just struck me as interesting that some people would spend half their lives dedicated to a cause that had no chance of success post-partition.

Is J. Bowyer Bell an IRA supporter because he authored books about them? Does Ruth Dudley Edwards believe that Patrick Pearse was a saint simply because she authored a book about him?

Try to think critically.

Several neighbours that died in the 70's and early 80 from my area in South Dublin had a great turn out to the church.

The tone of your post put me right off it.

[diy01]

Fair enough. I'll be more mindful of that if I post on a similar topic in the future.