A prison chaplain who has spent more than 40 years at HMP Magilligan in the north west of Northern Ireland has said he feels incredibly touched to be recognised in the Kings’ Birthday Honours.
Free Presbyterian Minister Rev Wesley McDowell, 77, survived a siege at the prison when the inmates took over a wing seeking political status, and said while the experience was a little akin to the “lion’s den”, he enjoyed his 42 years there, and felt he had made a difference to many.
