Paddy Devlin
Paddy Devlin | |
|---|---|
Devlin c. 1980 | |
| Member of the NI Parliament for Belfast Falls | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| Preceded by | Harry Diamond |
| Succeeded by | Constituency Abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patrick Joseph Devlin 8 March 1925 Pound Loney, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 15 August 1999 (aged 74) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Irish Labour (1948-1958) NILP (1958-1970) SDLP (1970-1977) United Labour (1978-1980s) LPNI (1985-1990) |
| Spouse | Theresa Devlin |
| Children | 5 |
Patrick Joseph Devlin (8 March 1925 – 15 August 1999) was an Irish socialist, labour and civil rights activist and writer from Belfast. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a Stormont MP and a member of the 1974 Power Sharing Executive.
Described as a "relentless campaigner against sectarianism", Devlin had once been a member of the IRA but later renounced physical force republicanism to work at transcending sectarian differences through peaceful, socialist and nationalist political means.