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	The death of Gerry Fitt. - Indymedia Ireland
		Gerry Fitt must be pleased that his role in continuing the divide in Ireland has safely passed to Britain's ally in Ireland, Gerry Adams.
		Gerry Fitt was not advocating the murder of innocent Irish people - or the murder of anyone - he was adamant that the Republican response at the time was deadly and counterproductive - and he was proved right.
		Gerry Fitt was, rightly, vehement in his opposition to your violence as are the majority of your fellow-countrymen.
	indymedia.ie /article/71696 (11702 words)

	gerry fitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gerrard "Gerry" Fitt, Baron Fitt (born 9 April 1926), is a former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and a socialist and republican politician.
		Gerry Fitt was born in Belfast and educated at the Christian Brothers School.
		Although Fitt was initially considered a Nationalist politician, his career defies the traditional terms used for the discussion of Northern Irish politics.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Gerry_Fitt.html (417 words)

	Gerry Fitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gerry Fitt (born 1926), former leader of the SDLP, republican and socialist politician.
		Gerry Fitt was born on 9 April 1926 in Belfast.
		Many sympathetic MP's were present at the civil rights march in Derry on the day that Fitt was wounded by police.
	www.theezine.net /g/gerry-fitt.html (293 words)

	Scotsman.com News - News Archive - Lord Gerry Fitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		GERRY Fitt was a politician to his fingertips.
		Fitt attended the well-intentioned Sunningdale Conference of 1974 and when Edward Heath closed Stormont, he helped develop a power executive of which Brian Faulkner was the chief executive and Fitt his deputy.
		Fitt was opposed to the change of name of the Royal Ulster Constabulary that the SDLP pushed for in the talks with Tony Blair.
	news.scotsman.com /archive.cfm?id=1858502005 (1570 words)

	Gerry Fitt, 79, nationalist leader in Northern Ireland - The Boston Globe
		Fitt, a member of Britain's House of Commons, was one of the first to be clubbed by police.
		Fitt represented West Belfast in the House of Commons for 17 years and was one of the founders in 1970 of the SDLP, which attracted moderate Catholic votes.
		Fitt, standing as a Socialist candidate, lost his Commons seat to Gerry Adams, leader of the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party, in 1983, and subsequently was appointed to the House of Lords as Baron Fitt of Bell's Hill in the County of Down.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/08/28/gerry_fitt_79_nationalist_leader_in_northern_ireland?mode=PF (466 words)

	The death of Gerry Fitt. - National Rights and Freedoms - Indymedia Ireland
		Gerry Fitt must be pleased that his role in continuing the divide in Ireland has safely passed to Britain's ally in Ireland, Gerry Adams.
		Gerry Fitt was not advocating the murder of innocent Irish people - or the murder of anyone - he was adamant that the Republican response at the time was deadly and counterproductive - and he was proved right.
		Gerry Fitt was, rightly, vehement in his opposition to your violence as are the majority of your fellow-countrymen.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=71696 (14451 words)

	Articles - Gerry Fitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fitt was born in Belfast and educated at the nearest Christian Brothers School.
		Fitt was elected as a republican and, for instance, unveiled a plaque at the house, on the Falls Road where the Easter Rising leader James Connolly had lived.
		Lord Fitt died on August 26, 2005, at the age of 79, after a long history of heart disease, a widower survived by his five daughters.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Gerry_Fitt (1054 words)

	Lord Fitt - Telegraph
		The Lord Fitt, who died yesterday aged 79, was, as Gerry Fitt, first the Republican Labour and then the Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for West Belfast; despite these labels, he strove to build bridges across the political divisions of Ulster.
		Fitt excited particular fury during the IRA hunger strike in 1980, when he denounced in the House of Commons the starving men and their commanders.
		Gerard Fitt, the third of six children, was born on April 9 1926 into a Catholic labourer's family in north-west Belfast.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2005/08/27/db2701.xml (818 words)

	JoBlog: Gerry Fitt Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gerry was one of NI politics more colourful figures and achieved a prominent place in history as a Deputy Chief Executive of the ill-fated Executive in 1973-74 when he worked closely with Unionist leader, the late Brian Faulkner.
		Gerry enjoyed his drink - while Brian was teetotal, but their relationship was cordial and more workmanlike than their successors in those same positions almost thirty years later.
		Fitt was created a life peer in 1983 and moved with his wife to London from Belfast, where republicans eventually burned down his home.
	jopoliticsnsociety.blogspot.com /2005/08/gerry-fitt-dies.html (892 words)

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		Gerry Fitt read James Connolly at sea and other socialist literature : " You know the way it is ", he says, " you dock into any port in the world and in some wee back lane you'll find the Communist Party bookshop, and wee cheap pamphlets.
		Gerry called himself Republican Labour because the 'Northern Ireland (sic) Labour Party' was tied into union with Britain and the Irish Labour Party was preoccupied with the border.
		Gerry Fitt's republicanism was entirely internal and personal, freeing him from bondage to any flag, although being Gerry Fitt he could wave flags with the best of them when electoral advantage was to be gained from it.......
	1169andcounting.blogspot.com /2005_05_15_1169andcounting_archive.html (4497 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Obituary: Gerry Fitt
		Gerry Fitt returned to Northern Ireland a committed socialist, and was soon on Belfast City Council as a member of the Irish Labour Party.
		It was Fitt, under pressure from local Catholic residents in the Falls Road, who made the call to the Prime Minister to have troops sent in.
		When his house, which he had termed Fortress Fitt, was set on fire soon afterwards, the Belfast-born politician defied cries of desertion and moved his wife, Anne, and the five daughters he affectionately dubbed "the Miss Fitts" to a new home in London.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/1673279.stm (800 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Northern Ireland \| Obituary: Gerry Fitt
		Gerry Fitt returned to Northern Ireland a committed socialist, and was soon on Belfast City Council as a member of the Irish Labour Party.
		Fitt's face, bloodied by clashes with police, became a potent symbol of the Northern Ireland troubles.
		When his house, which he had termed Fortress Fitt, was set on fire soon afterwards, the Belfast-born politician defied cries of desertion and moved his wife, Anne, and the five daughters he affectionately dubbed "the Miss Fitts" to a new home in London.
	212.58.226.51 /1/hi/northern_ireland/1673279.stm (800 words)

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		It seemed to Gerry Fitt, who lived in the 'Murder Mile' that stretched from Carlisle Circus up along the Antrim Road where he lived, that every time he opened his front door, or his newspaper, somebody was dead.
		In August 1971 internment was introduced and hundreds of Belfast Catholics were lifted from their beds ; Gerry Fitt endorsed the SDLP decision to not even discuss things with the British government and flew off to America to counteract the propaganda being put about by a Tory Minister who had gone over to disinform.
		Gerry Fitt had stated when the SDLP was launched - " It's a miracle that a party which includes elements from west of the Bann and the Falls Road should come together...
	1169andcounting.blogspot.com /2005_06_05_1169andcounting_archive.html (4248 words)

	Obituary: Gerry Fitt (1926-2005)
		That was the verdict of former colleague Austin Currie on hearing of the death of Lord Fitt.
		Fitt very quickly moved to a back seat in the mass demonstrations and eventually to outright hostility to the mass mobilisations.
		It hardly seems necessary to point out the irony of Gerry Fitt’s death at this time, when yet another group of nationalist politicians are waiting anxiously for the British to do the right thing and preserve an agreement that their unionist base has decisively rejected.
	www.socialistdemocracy.org /RecentArticles/RecentObituaryGerryFitt(1926-2005).html (553 words)

	RTÉ News: SDLP founder Gerry Fitt dies at 79
		Gerry Fitt, the first leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), died in England this afternoon.
		Mr Durkan said Mr Fitt was a key figure in the civil rights movement and in the political life of Northern Ireland for many years.
		An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said Lord Fitt was often in the front line of the Troubles but practised the message of moderation and tolerance that he preached.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0826/fittg.html (453 words)

	Irish Aires News: First SDLP Leader Lord Fitt Dies
		Lord Fitt, one of the co-founders of the SDLP, was the
		Gerry Fitt was a giant of nationalist politics in Northern
		Gerry Fitt was one of the most important figures of the
	irishaires.blogspot.com /2005/08/first-sdlp-leader-lord-fitt-dies.html (4349 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: Remembering Gerry Fitt...
		Gerry Fitt's death feels like the passing of an era.
		Fitt chose Bell's Hill in the County of Down as his title in the Lords.
		Read also: Brian Walker (who reported him most of Fitt's career); the Daily Telegraph's obit recalling the murder of his election agent in 1972; Alasdair Steven (reg needed) on Fitt's middle of the road self diagnosis.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/08/gerry_fitts_dea.php (764 words)

	ONN. Ohio News Now: Lord Gerry Fitt, Northern Ireland nationalist leader, dies at 79
		LONDON A leader of Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland and a fierce critic of the Irish Republican Army has died.
		The cause of death was not announced, but Fitt had a history of heart disease and had been in declining health for months.
		Fitt was a leader of a Catholic civil rights march which confronted police near Londonderry in October 1968.
	www.onnnews.com /Global/story.asp?S=3772647 (191 words)

	Slugger O'Toole: August 2005 Archives
		Gerry Fitt was among the first to protest about nationalists being at the back of the bus and, had more people paid heed to him from the time he went to Westminster in 1965, there might not have been anything like the carnage that followed.
		Gerry Fitt did protest about the Saracens and the torture and internment, but that is forgotten for he also condemned the barbarity of the IRA.
		After a while Gerry Fitt saw only that barbarity and none of the other injustices and, to that extent, was partial.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/2005/08 (13656 words)

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		Gerry Fit has knocked out Mel Judah with a straight.
		Second position is a toss-up between Leo Boxell and Billy Argyros, with David Welch a close fourth.
		Nick Assioti bets $500, Mike Ivin calls, Gerry Fitt raises to bet $2,725, Nick calls, Mick Ivin goes all-in with $2,125.
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	Las Vegas SUN: Northern Ireland Leader Gerry Fitt Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Las Vegas SUN: Northern Ireland Leader Gerry Fitt Dies
		LONDON (AP) - Gerry Fitt, a leader of Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland and a fierce critic of the Irish Republican Army, died Friday, his family said.
		Fitt left the SDLP in 1979, criticizing its increasing insistence on seeking greater involvement by the Republic of Ireland in Northern Ireland's affairs - the line taken by his successor as party leader, John Hume.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2005/aug/26/082602960.html (470 words)

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	Slugger O'Toole: Nationalism Archives
		Posted by Mick Fealty at 06:37 AM
		Ryle Dwyer recalls Gerry Fitt's street career as an MP, when he begged the Republic's government to send weapons to Catholic areas of Belfast to defend themselves with.
		Eoghan Harris found himself under political blockcade from what turned out to be a highly personable local Sinn Fein councillor protesting against Harris' journalistic emnity towards Gerry Adams and the wider Sinn Fein project.
	www.sluggerotoole.com /archives/nationalism (1880 words)

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