10 Facts About Padraic McGuinness

Padraic Pearse "Paddy" McGuinness was an Australian journalist, activist, and commentator.

Padraic McGuinness began his career on the far left, then worked as a policy assistant to the more moderate Labor parliamentarian Bill Hayden.

Padraic McGuinness had worked as a columnist for The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald and as the editor of The Australian Financial Review.

Padraic McGuinness attended, first, Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and then obtained a scholarship to attend Sydney Boys High School.

Padraic McGuinness later worked for the OECD in Paris, and there he observed the Paris demonstrations of 1968.

Padraic McGuinness wrote occasional film reviews and columns for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian.

Padraic McGuinness reportedly became a member of the Australian Labor Party and unsuccessfully sought preselection for the seat of Sydney.

Padraic McGuinness died from cancer on Australia Day, 26 January 2008, aged 69, having recently stood down as editor of Quadrant.

Padraic McGuinness was survived by his daughter Parnell Palme McGuinness, named after Charles Stewart Parnell, and two siblings: his older brother Michael and his older sister Judy.

Parnell Padraic McGuinness is a columnist with the Sydney Morning Herald.