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- Fermanagh_and_South_Tyrone_by-election,_April_1981 abstract "The by-election held in Fermanagh and South Tyrone on 9 April 1981 is considered by many to be the most significant by-election held in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. It saw the first victory for the militant republican movement, which the following year entered electoral politics in full force as Sinn Féin. The successful candidate was the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands who died twenty-six days later.The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament Frank Maguire.".