Birth name | Tom McGurk | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 December 1946 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cookstown, County Tyrone[1] | ||||||||||||
University | Queen's University Belfast | ||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Journalist | ||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||
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Tom McGurk (Irish: Tomás Mag Oirc) (born 20 December 1946) is an Irish poet, journalist, radio presenter and sportscaster from Brockagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He attended Portadown College.[2] He studied English and Philosophy at Queen's University Belfast.[3] He was involved in the civil rights demonstrations while at Queen's.