Samuel Jamison McAughtry was born at 130 Cosgrave Street, Belfast, Ireland, on 24 March 1921, approximately six weeks before the country's partition.
10 Facts About Sam McAughtry
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Sam McAughtry was the son of Marriot McAughtry, a fireman, and Elizabeth Condit.
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Sam McAughtry was brought up in the loyalist Tiger's Bay area of Belfast and was educated at St Barnabas'.
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Sam McAughtry left school at 14 and during the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force.
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Sam McAughtry undertook a career as a civil servant, ironically carrying out the correlation of agricultural census papers from rural areas, before becoming a full-time writer.
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Sam McAughtry made many contributions to radio and television programmes, giving his memories of life in Belfast as well as political analysis during the troubles.
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Sam McAughtry was a regular columnist in The Irish Times.
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In 1996, Sam McAughtry was elected a member of the Seanad Eireann, on the Industrial and Commercial Panel, succeeding the late Sean Fallon.
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Sam McAughtry was introduced on 28 February 1996, welcomed as a rare northern Protestant representative, and made his first contribution in response in which he stated:.
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Sam McAughtry was survived by his three daughters, and by his wife, Phyllis.