Paddy Doherty
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Patrick (Paddy) Doherty (born 1926) is a former activist in Derry, Northern Ireland.
As vice-chairman of the Derry Citizens Defence Association Doherty played a major role in the events of August 1969 which culminated in the Battle of the Bogside, and was a leading figure in Free Derry in the years following its establishment.