Joe McCann (2 November 1947 – 15 April 1972) was an Irish Republican Army and later Official Irish Republican Army volunteer from Belfast. He was active in politics from the early 1960s and participated, as an Official IRA volunteer, in the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. He was shot aged 24 by a member of the RUC, after being confronted by RUC Special Branch and British paratroopers in 1972.
Luke Livingston Macassey (1843–1908) was an Irish engineer, notable for his contributions to public health by improving the water supply in the north of Ireland. He also was the first to propose a direct rail link connecting Scotland with Ireland. He was honoured through the Ulster History Circle blue plaque scheme.
