Michael Keogh, known as Max Keogh (died April 2001),was a

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and

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. Based in

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, Keogh became the editor of the '' Frontier Sentinel''.Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons
/ref> Keogh was elected to

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, as a member of the Anti-Partition League of Ireland, and became chairman in 1949, holding the post until 1958. He was succeeded by a war of Independence veteran, Tom Kelly, following the Irish Labour Party landslide. He held various posts in the Nationalist Party, including Secretary of the party's Executive from 1966. He was also elected Secretary of the Newry branch of

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. In 1967, Keogh was elected to the

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, representing the Nationalists in South Down. He held his seat until the Parliament was abolished in 1973. He was invited to join the

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on its formation, but chose to remain a Nationalist Party member.Brendan Lynn, ''Holding the Ground: The Nationalist Party in Northern Ireland, 1945 – 72'' (1997),

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keogh, Michael Year of birth missing 2001 deaths Councillors in County Antrim Councillors in County Down Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1965–1969 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1969–1973 Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 20th-century journalists from Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Down constituencies People from Newry Writers from County Down