Philanthropy and Community Work

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MacDonnell, James

MacDonnell, James (1763–1845), physician, benefactor, and savant, was born 14 April 1763 near Cushendall, Co. Antrim, the second of three children (all sons) of Michael Roe MacDonnell, kinsman of the earls of Antrim, and his wife, Elizabeth Jane MacDonnell (née Stewart) of Ballintoy, Co…

MacSwiney, Patrick John

MacSwiney, Patrick John (1885–1940), catholic priest, Gaelic scholar, antiquarian, historian and teacher, was born on 16 March 1885 in 40 Nile Street (latterly Sheares Street), Cork city, the son of Terence McSweeney (b. 1847), a bootmaker, and his wife Hannah (née McCarthy; b. 1848…

Madden, Samuel Molyneux (‘Premium Madden

Madden, Samuel Molyneux (‘Premium Madden ’) (1686–1765), writer and philanthropist, was born in Dublin on 23 December 1686, the second son of John Madden MD (d. 1703), one of the original members of the Irish College of Physicians, and his first…

Magee, Martha Maria

Magee, Martha Maria (d. 1846), benefactor, was born in Lurgan, Co. Antrim. She was the granddaughter of a clergyman, the Rev. William Holmes of Antrim. In 1780 she married Lurgan's presbyterian minister, William Magee, with whom she had two sons, but was left in straitened…

Maguire, Sir Alexander Herbert

Maguire, Sir Alexander Herbert (1876–1947), match manufacturer and philanthropist, was born 18 May 1876 in Liverpool, son of John Thomas Maguire of Liverpool, match manufacturer, and his wife (name unknown). He was educated at Waterloo College, Liverpool, but left at an early age…

Martin, Richard

Martin, Richard (1754–1834), politician, animal rights campaigner, and duellist, was born 6 February 1754 at Ballinahinch castle, Dangan, Co. Galway, the eldest son of Robert Martin, a landowner, and his first wife, Bridget Martin (née Barnewall), daughter of the 11th Baron…

Masterson, Harold

Masterson, Harold (1946–2005), humanitarian aid worker, was born in Lisbellaw, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen and at QUB, taking an honours degree in social and economic geography. He…

Mathew, Theobald

Mathew, Theobald (1790–1856), Capuchin priest and temperance crusader, was born 10 October 1790 in Thomastown, Co. Tipperary, fourth of twelve children. His father, James Mathew, who was related to the Butlers, acted as agent for the Irish estates of his protestant cousin,…

Maturin, Gabriel James

Maturin, Gabriel James (1700?–1746), Church of Ireland clergyman and philanthropist, was born in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 1700 or 1701, elder son of Peter Maturin, a huguenot minister who moved to Ireland, where he was reunited with his own father, also Gabriel Maturin, who…

McCartan, Joyce

McCartan, Joyce (1929–96), community worker, was born in Banbridge, Co. Down, the only daughter among four children of Hugh Buchanan , whose family had originally settled in Northern Ireland from Scotland. Joyce, however, had a difficult childhood; her mother died when she was about…

McCaughey, Sir Samuel

McCaughey, Sir Samuel (1835–1919), pastoralist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist in Australia, was born 30 June 1835 in Tullynewey, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, eldest son and second child of Francis McCaughey, tenant of a large farm, and Eliza McCaughey (née Wilson), who later had…

McClean, (John) Raymond

McClean, (John) Raymond (1933–2011), medical doctor, civil-rights activist and humanitarian, was born on 18 January 1933 in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, third in a family of three sons and one daughter of Charles McClean and his wife Kathleen (née King). Charles McClean, a trophy-winning…

McCluskey, Constantine Mary (‘Conn’)

McCluskey, Constantine Mary (‘Conn’) (1915–2013), medical doctor and civil rights campaigner, was born on 19 February 1915 in Warrenpoint, Co. Down, the elder of two sons of John Montague McCluskey, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Hughes), also from a farming family. Conn attended…

McCluskey, Patricia

This is a co-subject for the entry on McCluskey, Constantine Mary (‘Conn’). …

McConnell, Robert Dodd

McConnell, Robert Dodd (1921–94), politician and activist for the blind, was born 27 March 1921 in Bangor, Co. Down, son of Robert James McConnell, farmer, and Helen Jeanette McConnell (née Dodd). He was educated at a local primary school before going on to attend Bangor Grammar School…

McCorkell, Aileen Allen

McCorkell, Aileen Allen (1921–2010), Lady McCorkell , Red Cross volunteer, was born on 18 September 1921 in Ootacamund, a hill station in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India, the second of three children (two girls and a boy) of Colonel Ernest Brabazon Booth of the Royal Army…

McCoubrey (Morrison), Margaret

McCoubrey (Morrison), Margaret (1880–1956), suffragist and political activist, was born Margaret Mearns Morrison in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, on 5 January 1880, one of two daughters and a son of William Morrison, labourer, and his wife Elizabeth. Her mother had three…

McCracken, Mary Ann

McCracken, Mary Ann (1770–1866), radical and philanthropist, was born 8 July 1770 in Belfast, younger daughter and fifth of the six children of Capt. John McCracken (c.1719–1803), a prosperous merchant of Belfast, and his wife Ann (c.1730–1814), daughter of…

McDonnell, Barbara Montgomery

McDonnell, Barbara Montgomery (1847?–1928), philanthropist, was the youngest daughter among four daughters and six sons of John MacDonnell (qv), a prominent surgeon in Dublin, and Charity MacDonnell (née Dobbs). Her father was a son of…

McDowell, John William ('Jack')

McDowell, John William ('Jack') (1923?–2006), community activist and politician, was born in the Shankill Road area of Belfast. His father was a first world war veteran and member of the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP); although some of his relatives were active in the Orange…

McDyer, James Daniel

McDyer, James Daniel (1911–87), parish priest and founder of the Glencolumbkille Co-operative Society, was born 14 September 1911 near Glenties, Co. Donegal, youngest son among five sons and two daughters of John McDyer, farmer, and Brigid McDyer (née Harkin). He was educated at…

McGrady, Eddie (Edward Kevin)

McGrady, Eddie (Edward Kevin) (1935–2013), activist and politician, was born on 3 June 1935 in Downpatrick, Co. Down, one of eleven children (nine sons and two daughters) of Michael McGrady, a merchant tailor, and his wife Lilian (née McGrath), originally from Fermoy, Co. Cork. The…

McIvor, Berna

McIvor, Berna (1932–2010), political and community activist, was born Bernadette Spellman on 9 February 1932 in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone. She trained as a teacher at St Mary's College, Belfast, and taught in the Long Tower primary school (in the Bogside area of Derry city) and later in…

McKeever, Ian

McKeever, Ian (1970–2013), mountaineer and charity fundraiser, was born on 13 February 1970 in Dublin. He was adopted from St Patrick’s Guild, an adoption agency run by the Sisters of Charity in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, by Niall McKeever, an accountant, and his wife Aedeen (née Molone).…

McLaughlin, (Florence) Patricia (Alice)

McLaughlin, (Florence) Patricia (Alice) (1916–97), politician and community activist, was born 23 June 1916 at Downpatrick, Co. Down, the only daughter of Canon Frederick Basil Aldwell , rector of St George's Church, Belfast, and his wife (named on the birth certificate as E. N.…