Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Eddie Fullerton" in English language version.
Born on a small farm in Buncrana in March 1935, he was the eldest of 20 children born to John and Mary Fullerton. He was unable to continue his schooling beyond the aged 12, despite winning plaudits from his teachers, because his father needed him to work on the farm. Aged 18, he went to Scotland to find work, eventually moving south to Birmingham. There, he fell in love with Diana Peach, started a construction business (employing many men from Donegal), raised a family of six, and became intensely interested in Irish politics.
The eldest of 20 children and a gifted footballer and boxer, Eddie Fullerton was 18 when he moved to Scotland in search of work. He then went to Birmingham, where he met and married his wife, Dinah. They had six children and returned to Buncrana in the mid 70s.
Loyalist terrorists smashed their way into the Fullerton home at around 2 am on 25 May 1991 and made there way upstairs. After being confronted by Eddie Fullerton they shot him a total of six times.
Fullerton, who was the first Sinn Féin member to be elected to Donegal County Council in 1979, "embodied what it means to be a proud Irish republican activist and a dedicated united Irelander," said Ms McDonald. "Everything he did was about lifting people up and moving forward.
Gardai investigating the murder of a Sinn Fein councillor in Co Donegal 30 years ago have arrested a man. Eddie Fullerton, a father of six, was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries at his home in Buncrana in May 1991. The UDA carried out the attack on the 56-year-old builder and republican politician.
