Eamonn Melaugh (born 4 July 1933) is an Irish socialist, political campaigner and activist from

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. He helped found the

Derry Housing Action Committee The Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC), was an organisation formed in 1968 in Derry, Northern Ireland to protest about housing conditions and provision. The DHAC was formed in February 1968 by two socialists and four tenants in response to the ...

(DHAC) and the Derry Unemployment Action Committee (DUAC) which campaigned for jobs and housing for Derry Catholics. As a result, Melaugh and the DHAC became involved with the

Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ) was an organisation that campaigned for civil rights in Northern Ireland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Formed in Belfast on 9 April 1967,

in the late 1960s. He later contributed evidence to the

Bloody Sunday Inquiry The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns for a second inquiry by families of t ...

. He is an active member of the Workers' Party, and has stood as a candidate for it and its predecessor, Republican Clubs/Official Sinn Féin, in the Foyle constituency.

Personal life

Melaugh married Mary McLaughlin in 1956; the couple had 11 children, 4 daughters and 7 sons. One son, Martin, curates the

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CAIN website
His nephew is the comedian and TV presenter Andrew Doyle.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Melaugh, Eamonn 1933 births Living people Workers' Party (Ireland) politicians Place of birth missing (living people)