A Nationalist political party which was launched in 1977. The founding members of the IIP were Frank McManus and Fergus McAteer. The party advocated British withdrawal from Northern Ireland. The IIP initially sought agreement between Nationalist parties on candidates to fight Westminster elections. The party entered candidates in the 1979 Westminster election and the 1981 council election. Support for the party declined when Sinn Féin began to contest elections in the 1980s and the IIP then became defunct.
Irish Independence Party
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