Joseph MacManus' father, Seán MacManus, who at the time was a leading republican went on to become Mayor of Sligo, the first Sinn Fein Mayor in the Republic of Ireland since the beginning of the conflict in 1969.
Joseph MacManus'father went on to become Mayor of Sligo since the beginning of the conflict in 1969. This Joseph MacManus' father at the time was a leading republican. The first Sinn Fein Mayor in the Republic of Ireland was Sligo. Joseph MacManus' father was Seán MacManus.