John Mcguffin - A Memorial Page By Tim Mcguinness Ph.D.

John McGuffin (1942 – 2002)

A colleague and collaborator
A writer & historian
A teller of tall tales!

And just maybe,
a believer in a better world!

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John McGuffin (1942-2002), "Irish journalist and political agitator. "

John McGuffin was born in Belfast in 1942. He came from a Protestant background. Indeed, so much so that by his own account, he never met a Catholic until he was 18 years old. His uncle, Sam McGuffin, was a Freemason and had been a Labour Unionist MP at, and first speaker in, Stormont. He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and then at Queen's University Belfast, where he took an honours degree in Modern History. Subsequently he taught in London and then in Saudi Arabia before returning to Belfast where he was employed as a lecturer. He was an active member of the People's Democracy. Interned in 1971 (as one of two "token Protestants", the other being Ronnie Bunting), he wrote the definite account of that process in Internment. He later resigned from political activity to concentrate on writing full-time. He died in Derry in April 2002.

This page is presented as both a memorial and an expression of thanks to a man that helped our founder, Dr. Tim McGuinness find the face of his fathers!