Finbarr Patrick McGuigan MBE ( born 28 February 1961 ), known as Barry McGuigan and nicknamed The Clones Cyclone, is a former Irish and British professional boxer who became a world featherweight champion.

McGuigan is the Chairman of the Professional Boxing Association, an organisation he has wanted to set up for over a decade, with the intention of teaching boxers the importance of education, and indeed educating them.

McGuigan now manages boxers and currently is the manager of highly rated red hot Irish Super Bantamweight prospect Carl Frampton

" The Men Behind The Wire " is a song written and composed by Paddy McGuigan of the Barleycorn folk group in the aftermath of internment.

His son, Barry McGuigan, is a former world featherweight champion boxer, who is considered by many to be the greatest Irish boxer in history.

Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns ( born 6 September 1952, Nottingham ) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

* It is also the home town of noted boxers Barry McGuigan and Kevin McBride.

Paul McGuigan is the name of:

An example of this doctrine being tested is Sorrell v. McGuigan ( 4th Cir.

Gangster No. 1 is a 2000 British crime film directed by Paul McGuigan.

Other former Brakspear brewing staff are involved in a number of craft breweries, Justin Grant became head brewer of the Breconshire Brewery ; Chris Hearn & Steve Brown are now at Loddon Brewery near Henley, Mike McGuigan is brewing at Brimstage Brewery, Wirral ; Adrian Redgrove is head brewer at Castle Rock Brewery-Nottingham they won CAMRA's 2010 Champion Beer of Britain Award for their Harvest Pale ; Stuart Howe is head brewer at Sharp's Brewery, Cornwall ; and Jeff Drew is head brewer at Ringwood Brewery, Hants

McGuigan has commented on the support he got from both Protestant and Catholic in Ireland that it was because:

Pedroza finally lost his title in England, being defeated by Ireland's Barry McGuigan at London by a 15 round decision on his 20th defense.

During his career, McGuigan fought at a number of venues in Ireland and Britain.

McGuigan started his juvenile boxing career at the Wattlebridge Amateur Boxing Club, County Fermanagh and later moved to the Smithborough Amateur Boxing Club, County Monaghan.

There are three canal era cemeteries that are open to the public today: Chaffey's Cemetery and Memory Wall at Chaffey's Lock — this cemetery was used from 1825 to the late 19th century ; the Old Presbyterian Cemetery near Newboro — used from 1828 to the 1940s ; and McGuigan Cemetery near Merrickville — used from the early 19th century ( c. 1805 ) to the late 1890s.

Pat McGuigan came into the national spotlight in 1968, when he competed for Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Morecambe Chairman Peter McGuigan praised the pair for their efforts since taking over, describing McIlroy as the ' best manager in his reign at the club.

He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 31 from Cardinal James Charles McGuigan, with Archbishops Philip Francis Pocock and Michael Cornelius O ' Neill serving as co-consecrators, at St. Michael's Cathedral.

McGuigan was educated at Ontario Agricultural College, and worked as a farmer.

Around this time, Davidge scored the soundtrack for a Paul McGuigan film, Push and in December, Del Naja completed the score for 44 Inch Chest with The Insects and Angelo Badalamenti.

The second time around, McGuigan prevailed, by a knockout in the eighth round.

Morgan moved into a new area when he released a comedy single in December 1985, called " Thank you very very much, Mr. Eastwood ", a take on the fawning praise of his manager given after bouts by internationally successful Irish boxer Barry McGuigan, which ' featured ' lines by McGuigan, Ronald Reagan, Bob Geldof and Ben Morgan.

McGuigan and his wife were feted in a public reception through the streets of Belfast that attracted several hundred thousand spectators.

McGuigan described an examination of funds that were in the top quartile of performance during 1983 to 1993.

Some experts have questioned the level of competition he fought during his career, observing that he did not meet the WBC Champion Azumah Nelson of Ghana, whom commentator Jack McGowan of the Belfast Telegraph has stated that McGuigan would not have beaten.

Founding members Paul " Bonehead " Arthurs and " Guigsy " McGuigan left during the recording, leaving Liam Gallagher as the only member remaining from The Rain.

* Wilson, A. M., McGuigan, M. P., Fouracre, L. and MacMahon, L. ( 2001 ) The force and contact stress on the navicular bone during trot locomotion in sound horses and horses with navicular disease.

In 1985, he went to Ireland, where he lost a ten round decision to future world champion Barry McGuigan.

McGuigan was born in Clones, Ireland, son of singer Pat McGuigan ( died 1987 ).

McGuigan won the bout on a points decision after 15 rounds, Pedroza had previously defended his title in nineteen bouts, and Ireland had not had a boxing world champion for 35 years.

* Sandra and Barry McGuigan

Two biographies of McGuigan have been written.

Other occasional users of the stadium have included the Jamaican and Australian national football teams, and in 1985 the stadium saw Barry McGuigan defeat Eusebio Pedroza for the World Boxing Association featherweight championship.

The venue has also been used to host boxing in the past, with one of the most notable bouts being between Irishman Barry McGuigan and Panamanian Eusebio Pedroza on 8 June 1985 for the WBA featherweight championship in front of 27, 000 spectators.

McGuigan took out British citizenship so that he could compete for British domestic titles.

McGuigan himself was picked up in a later round of internment, which some saw as the British state's revenge for writing the song.

The book has chapters for each of the decades that comprised the 20th century, with special pages dedicated to Jack Johnson, Jimmy Wilde, Benny Leonard, Jack Dempsey, Mickey Walker, Henry Armstrong, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Barry McGuigan and Mike Tyson.

A police officer ( McGuigan ) detained a man named Crispin Sorrell based on the description of a suspect who had committed a robbery nearby, and proceeded to do a simple search for weapons.

He returned to parliament in the 1990 election, defeating McGuigan by 5, 890 votes amid an unexpected provincial victory for the NDP under Bob Rae.

* 28 February-Barry McGuigan, former world Featherweight champion boxer.