# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-mckevitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:27:38.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-mckevitt"
name: "Michael McKevitt"
slug: "michael-mckevitt"
description: "Michael McKevitt was an Irish republican and paramilitary leader. He was the Provisional Irish Republican Army's Quartermaster General. Due to the Provisional IRA's involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process, he formed the Real IRA in protest. His role in the Real IRA led to him being convicted of directing terrorism as the leader of the paramilitary organisation."
tagline: "Irish republican and paramilitary leader (1949–2021)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1949-09-04"
deathDate: "2021-01-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.400329333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Майкл Макевіт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "مایکل مک‌کویت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McKevitt"
    title: "Michael McKevitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10583784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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