27 Facts About Uinseann MacEoin

Uinseann O Rathaille MacEoin was an Irish architect, journalist, republican campaigner and historian.

Additionally, Uinseann MacEoin remained interested in republicanism and would publish a number of books covering the history of Irish republicanism.

Uinseann O Rathaille MacEoin was born Vincent O'Rahilly McGuone in Pomeroy, County Tyrone on 4 July 1920.

Uinseann MacEoin's parents were Catherine and Malachy McGuone.

Uinseann MacEoin's father owned the Central Hotel in Pomeroy and was a wine and spirit merchant.

Uinseann MacEoin married Margaret Russell in 1956 in Navan, County Meath.

Uinseann MacEoin died in a nursing home in Shankill, County Dublin on 21 December 2007.

Uinseann MacEoin attended boarding school at Blackrock College, and was then articled to the architectural practice of Vincent Kelly in Merrion Square.

Uinseann MacEoin was among a group of republicans arrested in June 1940 and imprisoned in Arbour Hill for a year.

Uinseann MacEoin was sentenced to 3-months imprisonment in October 1943 for possession of incriminating documents.

Uinseann MacEoin had been charged with possession of ammunition, but MacEoin testified he was given the rounds against his will, and never appears to have engaged in any violence.

Uinseann MacEoin worked for a short time with Dublin Corporation, with their housing department, before establishing his own practice in 1955.

Uinseann MacEoin entered into a partnership with Aidan Kelly in 1969 as MacEoin Kelly and Associates.

Uinseann MacEoin wrote a large proportion of the copy in these periodicals, much under his own name, but he used pseudonyms, in particular in Plan as "Michael O'Brien".

Uinseann MacEoin wrote about his strong views on social housing, national infrastructure, and foreign and slum landlords, often libellously.

Uinseann MacEoin was an active member of the Irish Georgian Society and he campaigned actively against the road widening schemes in Dublin the 1970s and 1980s.

Uinseann MacEoin bought and saved Heath House, near Portlaoise, County Laois, living there towards the end of his life.

Uinseann MacEoin offered free conservation and architectural advise to community groups, and was a volunteer on the renovation works on projects including Tailors Hall.

Uinseann MacEoin remained politically active, joining Clann na Poblachta, the Wolfe Tone Society, the Dublin Civic Group, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement.

However, in March 1963 Uinseann MacEoin was called a witness to a case in Scotland involving a Glasgow bookmaker by the name of Samuel Docherty and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Uinseann MacEoin was placed in police custody for the day, and eventually he agreed to give the name in writing in confidence to the Judge.

The Judge ultimately ruled that Docherty was guilty of attempted fraud and perjury and that Uinseann MacEoin's involvement reeked of criminality.

Uinseann MacEoin was a founding member of the Constitutional Rights Campaign in 1987, a group which aimed to protect the rights of Irish citizens in the European Community, having campaigned against Ireland joining the EEC in the early 1970s.

Uinseann MacEoin had refused to buy one to protest the lack of Irish language programming.

Uinseann MacEoin wrote about the "greenhouse effect" as early as 1969.

Uinseann MacEoin published a novel, Sybil: a tale of innocence with his publishing house, Argenta, under the name Eoin O'Rahilly.

Uinseann MacEoin interviewed and recorded dozens of Republicans as part of his research for his books; these recordings would later be converted into a digital oral history archive held in trust by the Irish Defence Forces.