Alexander Ernest Donnelly, known as Alex Donnelly (died 9 May 1958), was a nationalist politician

Politician

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 and solicitor

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 in Ireland

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.

Donnelly studied at the Christian Brothers School in Omagh

Omagh

Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. The town, which is the largest in the county, had a population of 19,910 at the 2001 Census. Omagh also contains the headquarters of Omagh District Council and...

 and the Royal University of Ireland

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. He was elected to Tyrone County Council in 1914, holding his seat until 1951, holding the post of council Chairman from 1920 to 1924. He was also a member of Omagh Urban District Council. In 1916, he was a founder member of Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

 in the county, alongside Cahir Healy

Cahir Healy

Cahir Healy was an Irish politician.Born in Mountcharles in County Donegal, he became a journalist working on various local papers. He joined Sinn Féin on its foundation in 1905. He later campaigned against the inclusion of County Fermanagh and County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, arguing that they...

, James McHugh and Basil McGuckin.

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1925

Northern Ireland general election, 1925

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, Donnelly was elected for the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)

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 in Fermanagh and Tyrone

Fermanagh and Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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. He first took his seat in November 1927. His seat was abolished in 1929

Northern Ireland general election, 1929

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, and he was instead elected for West Tyrone

West Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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. He held this seat until he retired in 1949.