IRELAND
Irish Independent
ONE of a family of 12 children, Monsignor Eamon Martin was born in 1961 in Pennyburn in Derry.
His mother, Catherine Crossan, lives in Derry and his father, John James Martin, died in 2006.
A Diocesan Administrator for the Diocese of Derry, he is a regular contributor to the BBC’s Thought for the Day and Sunday Morning Worship, and RTE programmes.
He has a keen interest in gardening and music, particularly in choral, classical music and Gregorian chant.
He has become well-known in the North for his reforms in education and interest in children’s rights.
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