He was born in north Belfast and attended Orangefield Boys School and Belfast College of Business Studies, before moving in 1971, to Coleraine to attend the University of Ulster where his fellow students included Brian Keenan and Brendan Hamill.
He was born in north Belfast and attended Orangefield Boys School and Belfast College of Business Studies. He moved to Coleraine in 1971 to attend the University of Ulster, where his fellow students included Brian Keenan and Brendan Hamill.