Malachy Conlon was a nationalist politician

Politician

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 in Ireland

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.

Conlon strongly believed that there was a need for a membership organisation linking nationalists in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. He pursued this theme during his campaign for the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)

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 in South Armagh

South Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

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 at the Northern Ireland general election, 1945. During the campaign, which he fought against a Northern Ireland Labour Party

Northern Ireland Labour Party

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 incumbent, he stressed the importance of Christianity

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 to Irish

Irish people

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 identity and contrasted this with what he described as the "flag of the communist Jew.

Following his election, Conlon worked with Eddie McAteer

Eddie McAteer

Eddie McAteer was an nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Coatbridge, Scotland, McAteer's family moved to Derry in Northern Ireland while he was young. In 1930 he joined the Inland Revenue, where he worked until 1944. He then became an accountant and more actively involved in politics...

 to found the Irish Anti-Partition League in November 1945, and was appointed its full-time Secretary.