Eamon O'Neill

Eamon O'Neill (born 15 September 1944) is a nationalist politician in Northern Ireland, and a former Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Eamon O'Neill
Member of the Legislative Assembly
for South Down
In office
25 June 1998  26 November 2003
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byWillie Clarke
Personal details
Born (1944-09-15) 15 September 1944
Emyvale, County Monaghan
NationalityIrish
Political partySocial Democratic and Labour Party
Alma materOpen University

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. Eamonn 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] Eamonn is currently Chair of the Down District Council.

References

  1. South Down election results Archived 18 December 2010 at WebCite Ark.ac.uk accessed 8 May 2011
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly MLA for Down South
1998–2003
Succeeded by
Willie Clarke
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