The Irish Independence Party was a nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, founded in 1977 by Frank McManus (former Unity MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone between 1970 and 1974) and Fergus McAteer (son of Eddie McAteer, who had been leader of the Nationalist Party between 1953 and 1959). The Irish Nationalist movement began in the 18th century when Theobald Wolfe Tone attempted two uprisings in the 1790s. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Unity was the political label for a series of electoral pacts by Irish nationalst candidates in Northern Ireland elections in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Fermanagh & South Tyrone is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Nationalist Party existed under various froms from 1874 to 1973. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The party first came to prominance by standing three candidates in the 1979 UK general election. Its best result came in the Mid Ulster constituency where P. Fahy captured 12,055 votes, despite a divided nationalist vote another candidate was Seamus Mallon, for the Social Democratic and Labour Party. The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... Mid Ulster is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Seamus Mallon (born on August 17, 1936) is Northern Ireland politician and former Deputy Leader of the nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ...

The IIP continued to grow as it became involved in the campaign to support prisoners in Long Kesh who were "on the blanket" and later hunger strike. The IIP won over 20 seats on councils in the local elections of 1981 as a result of its involvement and it came to be accepted by some as a voice of Irish republicanism (although a number of other groups had similar localised support, with both the People's Democracy and the Irish Republican Socialist Party securing seats at the same election). Her Majestys Prison (HMP) Maze (known colloqually as The Maze) is a disused prison sited at the former RAF station at Long Kesh (it is still called Long Kesh by many Irish Republicans) near Lisburn, nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Irish Republicanism is the nationalist belief that all of Ireland should be a united independent republic. ... Peoples Democracy was a political organisation that, while supporting the campaign for civil rights for Northern Irelands Catholic minority stated that such rights could only be achieved through the establishment of a socialist republic in all of Ireland. ... Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist and republican. ...

Sinn Féin began standing candidates in elections in the early 1980s. As a result, the IIP lost republican support, while moderate nationalists had been long since lost to the SDLP. The party remained active until at least 1985, when it had four councillors elected in local council elections, but appears to have been disbanded before the next local elections in 1989. It has been suggested that Provisional Sinn Féin be merged into this article or section. ... The 1980s, in its most obvious sense, was the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...

McAteer, who was effectively leader of the IIP, currently runs an accountancy firm in Belfast, which he first set up in 1973. McManus is now a solicitor with offices in Lisnaskea and Enniskillen and is also involved in the Fermanagh Trust charity and the local GAA. Accountancy (British English) or accounting (American English) is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about information that helps managers and other decision makers make resource allocation decisions. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Lisnaskea (Lios na Scéithe in Irish) is the second Largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and is the former seat of the ancient Maguire Kings See also: List of towns in Northern Ireland Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Towns in Fermanagh ... Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ... // History Gaelic football Hurling External links Fermanagh on Hoganstand. ...