Tom Hartley (born 1945[1]) is a historian and Irish republican politician. Hartley grew up in the Falls Road area of Belfast and became a republican activist in the late 1960s. In 1970, he was imprisoned in the Crumlin Road gaol for ten months for riotous behaviour; he was again detained in 1978. During the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Hartley chaired the POW Committee.[2]
Tom Hartley | |
|---|---|
| 65th Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 1 June 2008 – 1 June 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Jim Rodgers |
| Succeeded by | Naomi Long |
| Belfast City Councillor | |
| In office 19 May 1993 – 4 September 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Seán McKnight |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Lower Falls |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Sinn Féin |
| Occupation | Irish Republican activist and author |
Hartley became active in Sinn Féin, serving as the General Secretary in the mid-1980s and the Chairperson in the early 1990s.[2][3] In 1993, he was elected to Belfast City Council for the Lower Falls and held his seat in each subsequent election until 2013 when he stood down.[4][5] Hartley was one of three Sinn Féin candidates in Northern Ireland at the European election in 1994. Although he took only 3.8% of the votes cast and was not elected, he did receive more votes than the party's other candidates.[6] In 2008, Hartley became the second Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast.[2]
In his spare time, he conducts tours of Belfast City Cemetery[7] and authored the book series The History of Belfast. Written in Stone.[1][8][9][10]
Bibliography
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edit- ^ a b c Hartley, Tom (2014). Belfast City Cemetery. The History of Belfast, Written in Stone. Blackstaff Press. ISBN 9780856409240.
- ^ a b c "Sinn Féin's Tom Hartley elected Mayor of Belfast". An Phoblacht. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Adams, Gerry (29 June 2022). "Tom's lifetime of politics is well worth a view". Belfast Media Group. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Black, Rebecca (4 September 2014). "Sinn Fein's Tom Hartley departs Belfast City Hall as 'a much better place'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "Belfast City Council Elections 1993-2011". ARK - Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ "The 1994 European elections". ARK - Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Friel, Laura (16 December 1999). "A winter's tale". An Phoblacht. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ a b Hartley, Tom (2014). Milltown Cemetery. The History of Belfast, Written In Stone. Blackstaff Press. ISBN 9780856409257.
- ^ a b Hartley, Tom (2019). Balmoral Cemetery. The History of Belfast, Written In Stone. Blackstaff Press. ISBN 9781780732305.
- ^ "Written in Stone - the History of Belfast City Cemetery by Tom Hartley". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2024.