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Councillor Eddie Fullerton. Visionary. Patriot. Martyr

Adams, Gerry
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In 1979, Fullerton was the first Sinn Féin member to be elected to Donegal County Council.Fullerton was murdered at his home in Cockhill Park, Buncrana on May 25, 1991 by the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA), his attackers having broken into the house using a sledgehammer. Fullerton was shot six times the night after four armed and masked men held a family hostage in Buncrana. Both the Fullerton family and Sinn Féin have repeatedly raised alleged collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the British security forces..
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