# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eamonn-mccann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:28:07.704Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eamonn-mccann"
name: "Eamonn McCann"
slug: "eamonn-mccann"
description: "Eamonn McCann is an Irish political activist, former politician and journalist from Derry, Northern Ireland. McCann was a People Before Profit (PBP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2016 to 2017. In 2019, he was elected to Derry City and Strabane District Council, remaining in the position until his resignation for health reasons in March 2021."
tagline: "Northern Irish writer and activist (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eamonn_McCann.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1943-03-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.512494666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eamonnmccann.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إيمون ماكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ايمون مكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_McCann"
    title: "Eamonn McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_McCann"
    title: "Eamonn McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_McCann"
    title: "Eamonn McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_McCann"
    title: "Eamonn McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamonn_McCann"
    title: "Eamonn McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "ایمون میک کین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2904605"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump