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'''Joseph Connellan''', known as '''Joe Connellan''' (1889 &ndash; 11 April 1967<ref name="mcallister">{{cite book |last1=McAllister |first1=Ian |last2=Rose |first2=Richard |title=United Kingdom Facts |date=1982 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=9781349042043}}</ref>) was a nationalist politician and newspaper editor in Ireland.

Connellan was educated at the Christian Brothers' School in Newry.<ref name="mcallister" /> He joined Sinn Féin in 1908<ref name="biog">[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons]</ref> and was prominent in the Newry Sluagh.<ref>C. Desmond Greaves, ''Liam Mellows and the Irish Revolution''</ref> Later in life, he was active in the Gaelic League and was the Senior Vice President of the Ulster Council of the National Athletic and Cycling Association of Ireland.<ref name="biog" />

Connellan was elected to the Newry Board of Governors in 1920, serving until 1922. In the 1929 Northern Ireland general election, he was elected in South Armagh, but stood down in 1933.<ref name="biog" />

In 1949, Connellan was elected to the Northern Ireland House of Commons, representing South Down. He served until his death as a member of the Nationalist Party,<ref name="biog" /> and was regarded as a member of the right wing of the party.<ref>John McCullagh , "[http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/content/view/586/31/ Tom Kelly, Labour Champion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121223557/http://www.newryjournal.co.uk/content/view/586/31/|date=21 November 2008}}", ''Newry Journal'', 29 November 2004</ref> He was also a member of Newry Urban District Council and the Chairman of the National Popular Front in 1964.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} From 1965 until 1967, he served as the Shadow Minister of Education.<ref name="biog" />

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{{s-start}} {{s-par|ni}} {{s-new | constituency}} {{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for South Armagh | years = 1929–1933 }} {{s-aft | after = Paddy McLogan }}

{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for South Down | years = 1949–1967 | before = Peter Murnoy | after = Max Keogh }} {{s-end}}

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