On leaving university, Toman became a schoolteacher in Newtownards.[2] He joined the Young Socialist Alliance, and became a prominent leader of People's Democracy, whose other members included Michael Farrell and Eamonn McCann, contemporaries of his at university. Through the Alliance, he and Farrell were the main promoters of the Belfast to Derry march in 1968 which culminated in the Burntollet Bridge incident.[1]
In 1969, he was an organiser of a civil rights march from Belfast to Dublin. At the border customs post, he presented two books which had been condemned by the Roman Catholic Church, The Ginger Man and The Girl With Green Eyes, the first of which was then banned in the Republic of Ireland, to challenge that state's censorship laws. This proved controversial within the movement; Toman was also criticised for organising the march badly. Following Bloody Sunday (1972), he visited Armagh and Dublin to raise support before travelling to attempt to defend Free Derry. Once there, he spoke at public meetings to "keep up morale".[1]
^Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results: Counties: Armagh 9 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine, election.demon.co.uk; accessed 20 October 2015.
cyril, toman, political, activist, northern, ireland, toman, attended, queen, university, belfast, where, joined, labour, club, also, belfast, willowfield, branch, northern, ireland, labour, party, nilp, visited, soviet, union, group, representative, 1964, 196. Cyril Toman was a political activist in Northern Ireland Toman attended Queen s University Belfast where he joined the Labour Club and also the Belfast Willowfield branch of the Northern Ireland Labour Party NILP He visited the Soviet Union as the group s representative in 1964 In 1965 66 he edited the Labour Club s Impact journal and was the President of the Literific the university s debating society He also became Chair of the NILP Young Socialists and joined the revolutionary socialist Irish Workers Group 1 On leaving university Toman became a schoolteacher in Newtownards 2 He joined the Young Socialist Alliance and became a prominent leader of People s Democracy whose other members included Michael Farrell and Eamonn McCann contemporaries of his at university Through the Alliance he and Farrell were the main promoters of the Belfast to Derry march in 1968 which culminated in the Burntollet Bridge incident 1 Toman stood for People s Democracy in Mid Armagh at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election where he took 27 7 of the vote 3 In 1969 he was an organiser of a civil rights march from Belfast to Dublin At the border customs post he presented two books which had been condemned by the Roman Catholic Church The Ginger Man and The Girl With Green Eyes the first of which was then banned in the Republic of Ireland to challenge that state s censorship laws This proved controversial within the movement Toman was also criticised for organising the march badly Following Bloody Sunday 1972 he visited Armagh and Dublin to raise support before travelling to attempt to defend Free Derry Once there he spoke at public meetings to keep up morale 1 Toman later joined Sinn Fein and he stood unsuccessfully for the organisation in South Down at the 1982 Northern Ireland Assembly election 4 He later moved to Australia References edit a b c Paul Arthur The People s Democracy 1968 73 John McMillen s Annual Address Archived 2006 09 27 at archive today Institution of Civil Engineers 25 January 2006 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results Counties Armagh Archived 9 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine election demon co uk accessed 20 October 2015 South Down 1973 85 Northern Ireland Elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyril Toman amp oldid 1193735023, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
