Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney

male, 70 years old
Seamus Justin Heaney, Translator, gaelic, Alumni of Queen's University Belfast, lecturer, Translator from Polish…County Londonderry, fromCountyLondonderry, graduated from Queen's University
Seamus Justin Heaney 's attempts to develop poetic language in which meaning and sound are intimately related result in concentrated, sensually...

Kevin Lynch

male, deceased (1981)
Irish National Liberation Army member, fromCountyLondonderry, imprisoned for terrorism, hunger strike, Irish republicanism, Irish Republican…County Londonderry
Kevin Lynch was an Irish Republican hunger striker and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) from Park near Dungiven, County...

James Chichester-Clark

male, deceased (2002)
Donegall, Penelope Hobhouse, James Lenox-Conyingham Chichester-Clark, Member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland, Marquess of Donegall, County Londonderry…fromCountyLondonderry, South Londonderry
James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (February 12, 1923-May 17, 2002) was the fifth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. James Dawson...
Francis Hughes

Francis Hughes

male, deceased (1981)
Proinsias Ó hÁodha, fromCountyLondonderry, Official IRA member, imprisoned for terrorism, Shooting victim, Maze Prison
Francis Hughes (Irish name: Proinsias Ó hÁodha was an Irish Official IRA, and later, Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member (volunteer) wh...

Denis Henry

male, deceased (1925)
Mount St Mary's College, Irish Unionist Party politician, fromCountyLondonderry, Northern Irish, Jesuit, Irish…County Londonderry, South Londonderry
Sir Denis Stanislaus Henry KBE, QC (7 March 1864 - 1 October 1925) was born in Cahore, Draperstown, County Londonderry, son of prosperous Catholic...

Richard Doherty

male
Catholic, Northern Irish, St. Columb's College, County Londonderry, the Troubles, Royal Ulster Constabulary…fromCountyLondonderry, County Tyrone
Richard Doherty is a County Londonderry-born military historian and author, educated at St. Columb's College, who has authored more than a dozen...
Thomas McElwee

Thomas McElwee

male, deceased (1981)
imprisoned for terrorism, fromCountyLondonderry, Irish republicanism, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish Republican, volunteer
Thomas McElwee was an Irish republican hunger striker and a member (volunteer) within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Martin O'Neill

Martin O'Neill

male, 57 years old
Lisburn Distillery F.C. player, Gaelic footballers who switched code, Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Northern Ireland international footballer, Wycombe Wanderers F.C. manager…fromCountyLondonderry, Notts County F.C. player, notts county
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, (born March 1 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is a former Northern Ireland national football team captain who...
John Mitchel

John Mitchel

male, deceased (1875)
Irish Confederation, Dungiven, County Londonderry, solicitor, Young Ireland, Presbyterian…fromCountyLondonderry
John Mitchel was an Irish nationalist activist, solicitor and political journalist. Born in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Ireland he became a...

Dehra Parker

female, deceased (1963)
ministry of education, londonderry, Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, Ulster Unionist Party politician, predecessor, Parliamentary Secretary…fromCountyLondonderry, South Londonderry
Dame Dehra S. Parker, GBE, PC (NI) (1882 - 30 November 1963) was the longest serving woman MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons. Born in...