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Jim McAllister was born on 18 September, 1944 in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, is an Irish activist and politician (1944-2013). Discover Jim McAllister's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Occupation Politician
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 18 September 1944
Birthday 18 September
Birthplace Crossmaglen, County Armagh
Date of death 9 April, 2013
Died Place Crossmaglen, County Armagh
Nationality Ireland

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1920

His uncle, Johnnie Faughey, fought in the Irish War of Independence in the early 1920s.

1943

James McAllister (18 September 1943 – 9 April 2013), known as Jim McAllister, was an Irish republican activist and former politician from Ireland.

Jim McAllister was born on the Square in Crossmaglen in September 1943, one of seven children to Robbie McAllister, a cobbler, and his wife Katie.

1950

McAllister first became involved in the republican movement in the 1950s, at the end of the Border Campaign.

1962

McAllister joined Sinn Féin in 1962 as he wanted to fight injustice.

In his late teens, McAllister emigrated to Britain, where he worked in the building trade.

1974

He returned to South Armagh in 1974 and soon became a leading figure in Sinn Féin.

1981

During the 1981 Irish hunger strike, he became a full-time activist.

1982

At the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election, McAllister was elected in Armagh.

1983

He stood for the Westminster seat of Newry and Armagh at the 1983 general election, taking 20% of the votes cast, but his vote share fell to 13.2% at the 1986 Newry and Armagh by-election, and to 11.8% at the 1987 general election.

1985

McAllister was one of the first wave of Sinn Féin councillors to be elected in the North in modern times, taking a seat on Newry and Mourne District Council, representing Slieve Gullion, at the 1985 Northern Ireland local elections, a seat he held in 1989 and 1993.

1993

He left Sinn Féin and stood down as a councillor in 1993, in protest at their advocacy of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire and their participation in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

He delivered an oration at Milltown Cemetery for the Provisional IRA volunteer Thomas Begley who died during the Shankill bombing in October 1993.

McAllister led the campaign for justice for Paul Quinn.

1996

Described by author Toby Harnden as "The authentic voice of republicanism in South Armagh," McAllister supported the end of the IRA ceasefire in February 1996.

He said: "Within active republicans the feeling became as those months passed by that there was definitely nothing going to come out of it. And the feeling then became: 'Give it another month, give it another two months, then we'll see.' When Canary Wharf (Docklands) did come there was no great sadness; it was what they expected. And there was also very, very strong attitude amongst the people here that that's the place for the bombs: 'London, keep them over there. I don't want one, I've had enough of them, bang it out to hell over there.' Genuinely there was no great sorrow for London. None."

McAllister was a regular speaker at events and often gave funeral orations.

1998

In 1998, he stated: "There's an unsureness of where we're going, even a questioning of who we are, which is a new thing. I've read the damn thing The Good Friday Agreement and I believe it offers nothing whatsoever for republicans. To say this deal is transitional towards a united Ireland, that is bollocks. People had a genuine belief that this was an attempt to address the core issue of the British presence, which it never was."

He subsequently felt he was being restricted in what he could say.

Having been advised that he should have his opinion approved before speaking he stood down.

He spoke his mind and this no longer suited Sinn Féin so he left the party.

2000

In the 2000s, McAllister campaigned against what he viewed as Provisional IRA intimidation in South Armagh.

2007

A 21-year-old man from South Armagh who was brutally beaten to death in a barn in Oram, County Monaghan, where a dozen men who were members of the Provisional IRA were waiting in black military-style clothing after he was lured over the border in October 2007.

Later, however, he opposed the direction in which Sinn Féin was leading the Irish republican movement.

2008

In 2008, his son, Turloch McAllister, was charged with possessing explosives and alleged involvement in a dissident republican group.

2010

He was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to 12 years for grinding down fertiliser to be used in making pipe bombs.

2013

He died on 9 April 2013 of cancer at his home.

His son Turloch was eventually allowed compassionate leave for the funeral at Cullyhanna, South Armagh.