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A Promise Fulfilled

February 1, 2010 By Mike McCormack

Frank Stagg, of County Mayo, came from a long line of Irish patriots.  His father had fought in both the War of Independence and the Civil War.  In the 1970s, Frank emigrated to England, where he worked as a bus conductor in North London.  He joined Sinn Féin in 1972 and shortly thereafter joined the IRA.  In April 1973, he was arrested in Coventry and, under archaic Conspiracy Laws used to convict IRA members when there was a lack of hard evidence, Frank Stagg, Father Patrick Fell, and five others were convicted of conspiracy to commit arson and given 10-year sentences.  Taken to Albany … [Read more...] about A Promise Fulfilled

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