Eamon O'Neill
Eamon O'Neill | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Down | |
In office 25 June 1998 – 26 November 2003 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Willie Clarke |
Personal details | |
Born | Emyvale, Ireland | 15 September 1944
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Alma mater | Open University |
Eamon O'Neill (born 15 September 1944) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland, and a former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Born in Emyvale, County Monaghan, O'Neill studied at St Mary's College in Strawberry Hill, then with the Open University. He began working as a teacher in St. Malachy's High School in 1968, serving as Vice Principal from 1986–1998 and over-seeing the school's transition to A-levels. Eamon has been a community leader in the Castlewellan and Newcastle area since the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Movement. In 1977 he was elected to Down District Council for the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and has now served on the Council for 34 years.
At the 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election, O'Neill was elected in South Down. However, he narrowly lost his seat at the 2003 election and failed to regain it at the 2011 elections.[1] Eamon was later Chair of Down District Council.
References[]
- ^ South Down election results Archived 18 December 2010 at WebCite Ark.ac.uk accessed 8 May 2011
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the Open University
- Northern Ireland MLAs 1998–2003
- Social Democratic and Labour Party MLAs
- Members of Down District Council
- Politicians from County Down