Samuel McTier (1737/38 – 1795) was the first president of the Belfast Society of the United Irishmen, a revolutionary organisation in late 18th-century Ireland.
[4] The United Irishmen were initially founded in 1791 as a group of liberal Protestant and Presbyterian men interested in promoting Parliamentary reform, and influenced by the ideas of Thomas Paine and his book ‘The Rights of Man’.
Original members included Thomas Russell, Wolfe Tone, William Drennan, and Samuel Neilson.
While McTier was not a member of the original 11 men who founded the Society, he was appointed the first President of the Belfast United Irishmen.
[5] Thereafter the McTier home, with Martha taking an active interest, became a centre for United Irish gatherings and meetings.