Martin Galvin
{{Short description|American lawyer, publisher, and Irish republican(born 1950)}}
{{for|the American poet and teacher|Martin Galvin (poet)}}
Martin J. Galvin (born January 8, 1950) is an Irish American lawyer, publisher and activist, and former director of NORAID.{{cite web |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/how-the-peace-train-pulled-out-without-martin-galvin-28537484.html|title=How the peace train pulled out without Martin Galvin|publisher=Belfast Telegraph|date=May 24, 2010}}
Background
Galvin was born on January 8, 1950, the son of a fireman. He attended Catholic schools, Fordham University and Fordham University School of Law.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089062,00.html|title=America's Leading Ira Supporter, Martin Galvin, Says He "Understands" Why Terrorists Targeted Mrs. Thatcher|publisher=People|date=September 5, 1984}} He previously worked as hearing officer for the New York City Department of Sanitation.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/15/opinion/martin-galvin-s-message.html|title=Martin Galvin's Message|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 15, 1984}}
Galvin and his wife, Carmel, have a son.[http://pages.cdn.pagesuite.com/c/f/cf064395-b5ad-4a94-b630-4b8fdd3f931f/page.pdf%20 Reference to Martin Galvin, Jr.], Cdn.pagesuite.com; accessed June 10, 2014.[https://www.riverdalepress.com/stories/Martin-Galvin-Jr-and-Emer-Larkin-bring-Riverdale-and-Ireland-together,50895 Wedding of Martin Galvin, Jr. and Emer Larkin], Riverdalepress.com; accessed June 10, 2014.
Political activism
Galvin was the publicity director for the New York-based NORAID, an Irish American group fundraising organization which raised money for the families of Irish republican prisoners, but was also accused by the American, British, and Irish governments to be a front for the supply of weapons to the Provisional IRA.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/MMV.htm|title=Northern Ireland: The Time And Place For Urban Terror|first=John|last=Pike|website=Globalsecurity.org|accessdate=2017-03-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/accp/it0468/appa.htm|title=IT0468 App A|first=John|last=Pike|website=Globalsecurity.org|accessdate=2017-03-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/15853?page_no=2|title=Rep. King and the IRA: The End of an Extraordinary Affair? - The New York Sun|website=Globalsecurity.org|accessdate=2017-03-12}}
Galvin became a publisher of The Irish People in the 1980s. He was banned from Northern Ireland because of a speech he gave that seemed to endorse terrorism.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1987/03/22/irish-troubles-american-money/593e3941-826e-4719-bc79-8eb528f8ac70/?noredirect=on |title=Irish Troubles, American Money|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 22, 1987}} In August 1984 he defied the ban, and entered Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland. The following year Galvin returned to Northern Ireland to attend a funeral for an IRA member killed when a makeshift grenade launcher he was trying to fire at a Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks exploded.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-08-10-mn-3730-story.html|title=American Defies Ban and Attends IRA Services|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 10, 1985}} In 1989 Galvin was arrested and deported for violating the exclusion ban yet again.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-16-mn-480-story.html|title=Pro-IRA American Seized in Ulster; Had Been Barred|agency=Associated Press|date=August 16, 1989}}
Galvin has criticised the Northern Ireland peace process as a betrayal of republican ideals,{{cite web|url=http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/arts2011/jun19_Martin_Galvin_SF_traitors__SBreen_Sunday_World.php|title='Traitors' — Martin Galvin's Rap for "Sell Out" by Sinn Féin|publisher=Sunday World|date=June 19, 2011}} and characterized IRA's decision to open up its arms dumps to Independent International Commission on Decommissioning inspectors as a surrender.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jun/25/northernireland.henrymcdonald|title=Republican rebels gain strength|publisher=The Observer|date=June 24, 2000}}
On 28 May 2016, he attended a commemoration for PIRA volunteer George McBrearty in Creggan.{{cite news|author=Eamon Sweeney|url=http://www.derryjournal.com/news/sas-killing-martin-galvin-praises-true-patriot-mcbrearty-1-7407986|title=SAS killing: Martin Galvin praises 'true patriot' McBrearty|newspaper=Derry Journal|date=2016-05-31|accessdate=2017-03-12}}
References
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External links
- [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch84.htm A Chronology of the Conflict - 1984]
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Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:Fordham University School of Law alumni
Category:New York (state) lawyers