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{{For|the American football player|John McGarry (American football)}}
'''John McGarry''', [[Order of Canada|OC]] (born 1957) is a political scientist from [[Northern Ireland]]. He was born in [[Belfast]] and grew up in [[Ballymena]], [[County Antrim]]. He is currently the Stephen Gyimah Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Political Studies at [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]], Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.queensu.ca/politics/professor-john-mcgarry-recognized-distinguished-university-professor|title=Professor McGarry Recognized as Distinguished Univeristy Professor|accessdate=2 February 2024
==Biography==
John McGarry is the author of numerous influential books about [[ethnic conflict]] and particularly [[The Troubles]]. Many of the books were co-authored with [[Brendan O'Leary]], whom McGarry met when they both attended [[Garron Tower|Saint MacNissi's College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polisci.upenn.edu/ppec/PPEC%20People/Brendan%20O%27Leary/Brendan%20O%27Leary.html|title=Brendan O'Leary|publisher=Penn Program in Ethnic Conflict|accessdate=8 December 2007}}</ref>
McGarry and O'Leary' ''Explaining Northern Ireland: Broken Images'' (Blackwells, 1995) is widely regarded as the most authoritative (and most cited) book on the Northern Ireland conflict. Their ''Policing Northern Ireland: Proposals for a New Start'' (Blackstaff Press, 1999) had a significant influence on the work of the [[Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Barry White|title=Patten...finding the gems in the detail|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]|date=18 September 1999}}</ref> The Commission's work on reforming Northern Ireland's police dealt successfully with one of the most intractable issues in the negotiations around the [[Good Friday Agreement]].
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