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James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; [1] 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles. He was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017 ...
The former IRA commander, who laid down his arms and turned peacemaker to help end Northern Ireland's 30-year conflict, died on Tuesday.
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The grave of Martin McGuinness, who was adjutant (second in command) of the Derry Brigade of the IRA in the early 1970s and who subsequently became deputy First Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, a post he held until just before his death in 2017, calls him "Óglach Martin McGuinness". [18]
McElwain was buried in Scotstown, County Monaghan, his funeral was attended by an estimated 3,000 people, including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness; the latter gave an oration describing McElwain as "a brave intelligent soldier, a young man who gave up his youth to fight for the freedom of his country" and "an Irish freedom fighter murdered ...
During a cultural event at a Belfast theatre one morning in June 2012, the monarch came face to face for the first time with former IRA commander Martin McGuinness.
The Disappeared are people from Northern Ireland believed to have been abducted, murdered and secretly buried, [1] the large majority of which occurred during the Troubles. ...
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said "I was a member of the IRA, but that war is over now. The people responsible for last night's incident are clearly signalling that they want to resume or restart that war. Well, I deny their right to do that."