Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Dublin South Central
Aengus
Ó Snodaigh is a former worker with Bord na Gaeilge and a SIPTU shop steward. He is now a full-time constituency
representative for Dublin South Central.
Tá sé pósta le Aisling Ó Dalaigh ó Chroimghlinn le beirt
mhac, Ferghal agus Lorcan.
Aengus joined Sinn Féin while at University College Dublin in the 1980s
where he was active in student politics. He completed a BA in History and Geography, and a Higher Diploma
in Education. Having secured his teaching degree, Aengus went on to teach at secondary level and as
a literacy teacher in Dublin's inner city. He lives in Ballyfermot.
An energetic Sinn Féin and
community campaigner Aengus is the author of Sinn Féin's document on drugs "Empowering Communities".
He has also written for several magazines and newspapers.
Aengus has a long history of community
involvement, from the rallies against Dublin Corporation's "municipal vandalism" at the historic Wood
Quay site to the anti-drugs protests throughout the 1980s and today.
He has been active on the
housing issue, opposing evictions in Drimnagh in early 2000.
Tá Aengus mar bhall de Ard Chomhairle
Bhaile Átha Cliath. He has been a key figure in the party's rise as an electoral force in the city.
In the October 1999 Dublin South Central by-election he received 8.3% (up from 4.7%), polling fourth
place.
Irish Times Editorial, 29 October 1999, 'Labour wins lowest poll':
"Sinn Féin is
likely to put in a strong challenge for that extra seat
[Dublin South Central's new fifth seat] on
the basis of the party's rapid
growth in the constituency. Its first-preference share of the vote
was less than 2 per cent in 1992 but this grew to almost 5 per cent by 1997 and Mr Aengus Ó Snodaigh
pushed it up to more than 8 per cent in the by-election."
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