13. The small town of Boyle is located in County Roscommon, and in 1917 an Irish political party won its first ever seat here in the Irish parliament. The question is, which political party was this?
From Quiz County Roscommon: The Centre of Ireland
Answer:
Sinn Féin
Joseph Plunkett was executed by the British in May 1916 for his participation in the 1916 Easter Rising. Following this, in February 1917, his father, the Irish Nationalist George Noble Plunkett, stood for election and won the seat of Roscommon North in a by-election centred on Boyle, thereby claiming the first ever parliamentary seat for Sinn Féin.
The town of Boyle is situated in the shadow of the Curlew Mountains. It was here, in 1599 during the Nine Years' War, that an Irish force, numbering just 800, defeated a much larger English army in the Battle of Curlew Pass.