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Niblock was born in Magherafelt in September 1949. [3] His family had a strong association with sport, with his uncle, Frank Niblock, lining out for Derry when they won the National League in 1947. [4] Niblock's brother, Mickey, was a contemporary on the Derry team, while his nephew, David Niblock, won a Munster Championship title with Cork. [5]
McCrea was the youngest of five children born to Robert Thomas (a farmer in Stewartstown, Northern Ireland) and Sarah Jayne in August 1948. [3] He was educated in Magherafelt and spent a short time working in Social Security in the Civil Service of Northern Ireland before beginning training as a Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster minister.
18 December 1971: three IRA volunteers (James Sheridan, John Bateson and Martin Lee) died in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, when the bomb they were transporting exploded prematurely. [ 28 ] 21 December 1971: a Catholic publican (John Lavery, aged 60) was killed when he picked up and attempted to remove a bomb that had been planted in his pub ...
Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde (Irish: [mˠək ˈɟɪl̪ˠə ˈvʲɾʲiːdʲə] 29 August 1957 – 2 December 1984), English Tony or Anthony MacBride (also misspelled McBride), was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer from Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. [1]
Born Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 3 November 1960, he was the son of Wallace Clark and the godson of Miles Smeeton, themselves both yachtsmen and authors. His brother Bruce became a foreign correspondent at The Times .
Born at Town Parks, Magherafelt, County Londonderry and described as a "devout Roman Catholic", he studied at St Columb's College and at Queen's University Belfast. [2] In 1948 he was called to the Bar and in 1967 became Queen's Counsel, having served in the county courts of Armagh, Fermanagh and Antrim. [3] He was first named to a judgeship in ...
Michael Farrell (born 1944, Magherafelt) is an Irish civil rights activist and writer. He was a leading figure in the Queen's University-based People's Democracy (PD) from 1968 until the 1970s. [1] [2] [3]
Magherafelt (/ ˌ m æ h ə r ə ˈ f ɛ l t, ˌ m æ k ə-/ MA-hə-rə-FELT, MAK-ə-; from Irish Machaire Fíolta, meaning 'plain of Fíolta', pronounced [ˈmˠaxəɾʲə ˈfʲiːl̪ˠt̪ˠə]) [2] is a town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.