Sean Murray (politician)

Sean Murray (15 June 1898 – 26 May 1961) was an Irish Communist political activist, and organiser, born in 1898 the son of a small farmer in Cushendall, Co. Antrim. His grandfather was a United Irishman during the 1798 rebellion. In 1919 Murray joined the IRA and was arrested and detained in the Curragh camp during the war of independence. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 he sided with the Anti-Treaty side. He represented the CPNI and the Irish Worker League at the 1960 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties.

Sean Murray (politician)

Sean Murray (15 June 1898 – 26 May 1961) was an Irish Communist political activist, and organiser, born in 1898 the son of a small farmer in Cushendall, Co. Antrim. His grandfather was a United Irishman during the 1798 rebellion. In 1919 Murray joined the IRA and was arrested and detained in the Curragh camp during the war of independence. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 he sided with the Anti-Treaty side. He represented the CPNI and the Irish Worker League at the 1960 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties.