Thom's Irish Who's Who/McGuinness, Francis

McGUINNESS, Francis (T.D. for Cos. Longford and Westmeath from 1922); Chairman Longford County Council, 1921; Chairman Urban District Council 1909-1922; Chairman Co. Home, 1921-1922; Vice-chairman Mental Hospital, Mullingar, 1921-1922; arrested for Sinn Fein activities, 1916; deported to Wakefield, April to June; arrested 1918; three months in Sligo and Belfast jails; on release deported to Reading in connection with bogus German Plot, released after 12 months' detention; Oct. 1920, visited by Auxiliaries and Black and Tans, beaten, paraded with placards on public street; tried by drumhead court-martial, and sentenced to be shot on a certain date.