Vincent MacDowell (1925–2003) was an Irish political activist. He was the vice chairman of

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and the

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. Born in

Newry Newry (; ) is a City status in Ireland, city in Northern Ireland, standing on the Newry River, Clanrye river in counties County Down, Down and County Armagh, Armagh. It is near Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, the border with the ...

, County Down, MacDowell was interned for IRA membership in the 1940s. He was a member of the Socialist Republican Party in Belfast, where he edited the party's newspaper the ''Northern Star''. MacDowell advocated the Irish Labour Party re-organising in Northern Ireland, and supported the party in elections in the late 1940s and early 1950s in Belfast. He was elected as a Green Party councilor in

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in 1999,Vincent MacDowell Election History
election ireland database after previously standing as an Independent and Labour party member. His daughter is Nuala Ahern, a former Green Party MEP.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macdowell, Vincent People from Newry 1925 births 2003 deaths Green Party (Ireland) candidates in Dáil elections Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) members Labour Party (Ireland) candidates in Dáil elections Independent candidates in Dáil elections Politicians from County Down Members of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Council Green Party (Ireland) local councillors