Billy Fox | |
|---|---|
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Billy_Fox_(Fine_Gael).jpg) Fox, circa 1970s | |
| Senator | |
| In office 1 June 1973 – 12 March 1974 | |
| Constituency | Cultural and Educational Panel |
| Teachta Dála | |
| In office June 1969 – February 1973 | |
| Constituency | Monaghan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Fox 3 January 1939 Cortubber, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland[1] |
| Died | 12 March 1974 (aged 35) Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Manner of death | Assassination by gunshot |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
Billy Fox (3 January 1939 – 12 March 1974) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 1973 to 1974 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Monaghan constituency from 1969 to 1973.[2]
He was shot to death by the IRA who were carrying out a raid on his girlfriend's farmhouse. Five members of the Provisional IRA were convicted of involvement in his murder.[3][4]
- ^ "Fox, William ('Billy')". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
- ^ "Billy Fox". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ Lost Lives, McKittrick, Kelters, Feeney, Thornton & McVea, pp. 426–27; ISBN 978-1-84018-504-1
- ^ The Malcolm Sutton Index of Deaths states Fox was killed by the "Irish Republican Army", which, according to Sutton's categorisation, is "Provisional Irish Republican Army". (Official IRA killings are attributed to the "Official Irish Republican Army").