Jay Beatty, aged 19, is a supporter of Celtic Football Club. Born in Lurgan in December 2003 to parents Aine and Martin Beatty, Jay received attention thanks to Celtic player Giorgios Samaras and was an ambassador, in 2016, for the Celtic F.C. Foundation Charity. He become known as a superfan and received support and recognition from other football clubs and their fans. He is involved with the charity Downs and Proud founded by his parents to help those who have Downs Syndrome and their parents. He has also been awarded the Spirit of Northern Ireland Award and been crowned Sporting Hero at the Scottish Daily Record Our Heroes Awards in 2015. He was joint winner with Maria Lyle.Jay Beatty, aged 19, is a supporter of Celtic Football Club. Born in Lurgan in December 2003 to parents Aine and Martin Beatty, Jay received attention thanks to Celtic player Giorgios Samaras and was an ambassador, in 2016, for the Celtic F.C. Foundation Charity. He become known as a superfan and received support and recognition from other football clubs and their fans. He is involved with the charity Downs and Proud founded by his parents to help those who have Downs Syndrome and their parents. He has also been awarded the Spirit of Northern Ireland Award and been crowned Sporting Hero at the Scottish Daily Record Our Heroes Awards in 2015. He was joint winner with Maria Lyle.
Jay Beatty, aged 19, is a supporter of Celtic Football Club. Born in Lurgan in December 2003 to parents Aine and Martin Beatty, Jay received attention thanks to Celtic player Giorgios Samaras and was an ambassador, in 2016, for the Celtic F.C. Foundation Charity. He become known as a superfan and received support and recognition from other football clubs and their fans. He is involved with the charity Downs and Proud founded by his parents to help those who have Downs Syndrome and their parents. He has also been awarded the Spirit of Northern Ireland Award and been crowned Sporting Hero at the Scottish Daily Record Our Heroes Awards in 2015. He was joint winner with Maria Lyle.

21 images of famous people from Lurgan

There are many famous people from Lurgan, Co Armagh, from the sporting world to music and the world of science and technology.

Some of those include Jay Beatty, footballer and manager, Neil Lennon, Len Ganley, Barry Douglas, Archbishop Michael Jackson as well as William Paul Duprex who started scientific research by testing saliva of his Lurgan school friends.

Comedians Micky Bartlett and William Caulfield, as well as Lord Chief Justice Brian Kerr and Michael Deeny the 'Godfather of Irish Music' who brought the Horslips to the international stage.