Pat McGeown

Pat McGeown
Belfast City Councillor
In office
1993–1996
ConstituencyLower Falls
Personal details
Born
Patrick McGeown

(1956-09-03)3 September 1956
Beechmount, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died1 October 1996(1996-10-01) (aged 40)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Resting placeMilltown Cemetery
Political partySinn Féin
NicknamePat Beag
Military service
AllegianceFianna Éireann (1970–1973)
Provisional Irish Republican Army (1973–1996)
Branch/serviceBelfast Brigade
Battles/warsThe Troubles
A plaque in memory of McGeown

Pat "Beag" McGeown (3 September 1956 – 1 October 1996[1]) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.[2]

  1. ^ Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 366. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2.
  2. ^ POGATCHNIK, SHAWN (4 October 1996). "IRA Hunger Striker, Sinn Fein Figure Pat McGeown Dies at 40". Associated Press. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

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