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The name \u2018Fergus McCabe\u2019 might not mean much to a lot of people, especially if you\u2019re not a Dubliner but if you\u2019re from the northside of the Liffey it\u2019s a name that might matter a great deal.\nIn fact northside residents like Mary Lou McDonald, Paschal Donohoe, Gary Gannon and even a man who lives in the Phoenix Park called Michael D. Higgins all paid tribute to him when his death was announced this week.\nHis was a name which wasn\u2019t widely known outside of his own community - Dublin\u2019s North Inner-City - but he was a serious player in Irish politics in the closing decades of the twentieth century who was at the heart of the \u2018Gregory Deal\u2019 - a landmark moment in Irish political history.\nDonal Fallon joins Gavan Reilly for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.\nListen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly\xa0on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0 \nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.