Background
Agnew was born in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland in 1955.
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Paddy Agnew
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Agnew was imprisoned at Portlaoise, Mountjoy, Crumlin Road and the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. He was involved in the blanket protest in the H-Blocks. Although he was not on hunger strike, he was elected as a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Louth constituency at the 1981 general election, topping the poll.
He did not take his seat.
This was along with Kieran Doherty, who was elected in Cavan–Monaghan and died on hunger strike.
Membership
Provisional Irish Republican Army]
Agnew was released from prison in 2000 and joined the Gerard Halpenny Sinn Féin cumann in Dundalk, where he remains an active member of the party.
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Political Party
Anti H-Block