Caldwell, Johnny b. May 7, 1938 d. July 11, 2009 Professional Boxer, Olympic Athlete. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he represented his country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and won a bronze medal while fighting out of the Flyweight Division. He was recognized as the World Bantamweight Champion by the European Boxing Union, when he defeated France's Alphonse Halimi in 1961. He relinquished the title after a knockout loss to Eder Jofre less than three months later. Caldwell retired in 1965 after compiling a record of...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Sands, Bobby b. March 9, 1954 d. May 5, 1981 Irish Nationalist. The leader of the Irish Nationalist prisoners being held on H-Block in the infamous Belfast prison known as "The Maze”, he and nine others protested the continued presence of British troops in Northern Ireland through a huger strike that gained continued world wide coverage. The attention to the plight of the Hunger Strikers also drew international attention to the plight of Irish Catholics in the Ghettos and slums of Belfast and led indirectly 20 years later to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark S) Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
b. May 7, 1938 d. July 11, 2009
