- Frank Carty
Francis (Frank) Joseph Carty (3 April 1897 – 10 September 1942) was a leader of the IRA in the fight with the
Black and Tans in theIrish War of Independence , and a long-servingFianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD).Prison Escapes and Attempts
Carty's first escape from confinement came on 26 June 1920, when he was rescued from
Sligo Jail . [ [http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/june_1920.htm Escape From Confinement] ]On 15 February 1921, Carty next escaped from prison in
Derry . The rescue party was led byCharles McGuinness . Carty was taken from the city in a boat belonging to a Norwegian fisherman named Oscar Nolde. [ [http://www.dcu.ie/~foxs/irhist/february_1921.htm Escape from Prison in Derry] ] Following recapture, Frank Carty was later involved in an incident inGlasgow ,Scotland when on 4 May 1921, members of the IRA attempted to free him from a prison van in a failed escape attempt. One Inspector was killed by gunfire, and another was wounded. Following the incident, thirteen people were brought to trial, but were acquitted by the jury, which accepted their plea of alibi. [ [http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA05246 Incident in Glasgow] ]Political Career
Carty was first elected in the 1921 general election to the
2nd Dáil , and was re-elected in eight successive general elections. In common with other TDs opposed to theAnglo-Irish Treaty , he did not take his seat in the3rd Dáil or in the4th Dáil , returning toLeinster House only as a founder member ofFianna Fáil , when he followedÉamon de Valera into the5th Dáil , taking his seat on 12 August 1927.He remained active in local politics, being elected to
Sligo County Council in 1928 for theTobercurry ward. He was re-elected in August 1942, only a month before his death, after which his Dáil remained vacant until the 1943 general election.References
*Younger, Carlton (1968). "Ireland's Civil War", 354.
*James, Lawrence. "Warrior Race: A History of the British at War",Macmillan (2003), 354, ISBN 0312307373, ISBN 9780312307370.External links
* [http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=1321 Frank Carty's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
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