Terry Eagleton - Early Life

Early Life

Eagleton was born to Francis Paul Eagleton and Rosaleen (nee Riley). He grew up in a working-class Irish Catholic family in Salford, England, with roots in County Galway. His mother's side of the family had strong republican sympathies. He served as an altar boy at a local Carmelite convent where he was responsible for escorting novice nuns taking their vows, a role referred to in the title of his memoir The Gatekeeper.

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