McCreery was released on 17 February 1974 prompting celebrations in his native east Belfast that quickly escalated into a riot.

By 1971 he was back in his native Belfast and held the rank of Detective Sergeant.

The ex-football star, who was back in his native Belfast this weekend, has revealed that offers of television work are flooding in.

He was imprisoned in Crumlin Road jail in his native Belfast from 1956 to 1960 at the time of the Irish Republican Army Border Campaign.

In October 2000, McCullough was to return to his native Belfast for a homecoming fight.

The exciting winger, who used to set Windsor Park alight, is now back living in his native east Belfast after a seven-club English career.

Various critics have suggested that it was Lewis's dismay over sectarian conflict in his native Belfast that led him to eventually adopt such an ecumenical brand of Christianity.

Andrews began a successful medical practice in his native Belfast in 1835, also giving instruction in chemistry at the Academical Institution.

Other nicknames included the "Belfast Boy", and he was often referred to as Georgie, or Geordie in his native Belfast.

He also acquired several bars in his native east Belfast.