Eamonn Melaugh (born 4 July 1933) is an Irish socialist, political campaigner and activist from Derry, Northern Ireland.

He helped found the Derry Housing Action Committee (DHAC) and the Derry Unemployment Action Committee (DUAC) which campaigned for jobs and housing for Derry Catholics.

As a result, Melaugh and the DHAC became involved with the Northern Ireland Civil Rights *ociation in the late 1960s. He later contributed evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.

He is an active member of the Workers' Party of Ireland, and has stood as a candidate for it and its predecessor, Republican Clubs/Official Sinn Féin, in the Foyle cons*uency.

Personal life

Melaugh married Mary McLaughlin in 1956; the couple had 11 children, 4 daughters and 7 sons. One son, Martin, curates the University of Ulster's CAIN website.

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