Smyth, Roman Catholic priest and convicted child sexual abuser (b.1927). 4 October - Sheila McGibbon, actress (b.1921). 27 December - Billy Wright, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (b.1960; k. in prison). 29 December - John Graham, Irish Republican Army activist in 1940s (b.1915). Kennedy Lindsay - Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party politician and British Ulster Dominion Party leader (b.1924 in Canada). See also 1997 in England 1997 in Scotland 1997 in Wales References Northern Ireland