21 Facts About Eamonn McCann

Eamonn McCann was born on 10 March 1943 and is an Irish political activist, former politician and journalist from Derry, Northern Ireland.

Eamonn McCann was born and has lived most of his life in Derry.

Eamonn McCann later attended Queen's University Belfast, where he was president of the Literary and Scientific Society, the university's debating society.

Eamonn McCann left Queen's without graduating, a decision he says was forced on him by the university authorities acting in a sectarian manner towards someone they regarded as a troublemaker.

Eamonn McCann stood for election in the Foyle constituency at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election for the Northern Ireland Labour Party, placing third with 1,993 votes.

However, Eamonn McCann was convicted of the theft of two computer discs, for which he received a 12-month conditional discharge.

Eamonn McCann explained that her family had asked him to speak at her funeral.

Eamonn McCann was elected as an MLA for Foyle in May 2016 but lost his seat in January 2017 when the number of seats in the Foyle constituency was reduced from six to five.

Eamonn McCann was central to the setting up of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign; the role of his investigative journalism and decades of campaigning for justice for the Bloody Sunday families was recognised in 2010 when several of the families proposed him for the Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism.

In February 1972, within a month of the killings, Eamonn McCann published the first pamphlet on Bloody Sunday, What Happened in Derry.

Eamonn McCann attended the hearings in London's Central Hall, paying his own costs to travel to and from London and staying with family while there.

Eamonn McCann wrote a weekly analysis for the Sunday Tribune in Dublin, and covered the proceedings daily for the Irish commercial radio station Today FM, as well as contributing articles to the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times, Irish Mirror and Irish Daily Mail.

Eamonn McCann currently writes for the Belfast Telegraph, The Irish Times and the Derry Journal.

Eamonn McCann has written a column for the Dublin-based magazine Hot Press, and is a frequent commentator on the BBC, RTE and other broadcast media.

Eamonn McCann worked as a journalist for the Sunday World newspaper and contributed to the original In Dublin magazine, among others.

In March 2008, Eamonn McCann spoke with National Public Radio in the United States about the solidarity between the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and the civil rights movement in the US.

In March 2014, following Crimea's referendum on joining Russia, Eamonn McCann had a piece published in The Irish Times on the situation there.

In 2021, Eamonn McCann was interviewed during the Docs Ireland documentary festival in Belfast, following a screening of his appearance on After Dark.

Eamonn McCann was the partner of Mary Holland, a journalist who worked for The Observer and The Irish Times.

Eamonn McCann has a daughter from that relationship, Kitty, who is a journalist for The Irish Times, and a son, Luke, who works for the US-based human rights think tank The Center for Economic and Social Rights.

Eamonn McCann is a supporter of Derry City FC In the 2002 film Bloody Sunday, Eamonn McCann was played by Irish actor Gerard Crossan.