Mary Patricia McAleese (/ ˌ m æ k ə ˈ l iː s / MAK-ə-LEESS; Irish: Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; [1] née Leneghan; born 27 June 1951 [2]) is an Irish activist lawyer, academic, author, and former politician who served as the eighth president of …

Mary McAleese, Irish politician who was president of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the country’s second female president and its first president from Northern Ireland. McAleese was a member of the Fianna Fail party. Learn more about her life and career.

Mary McAleese was re-elected on Friday 1st October 2004 being the only validly-nominated candidate. She is a barrister and former Professor of Law. Born on June 27th 1951 in Belfast, she is the first President to come from Northern Ireland.

Mary McAleese began her first term as President of Ireland on 11 November 1997, following her inauguration at Saint Patrick's Hall in the State Apartments in Dublin Castle. McAleese was first elected as president in 1997, having received the nomination of Fianna Fáil.

Mary Patricia McAleese (June 27, 1951 - ) served as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was Ireland's second female president and the world's first woman to succeed another woman as an elected head of state.

Mary is the author of Reconciled Being: Love in chaos (1997), Building Bridges (2011), Quo Vadis?: Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law (2012), Children’s Rights and Obligations in Canon Law (2019), Here's the Story (2020), and The 17 Irish Martyrs (2022).

Jun 7, 2022 · Mary McAleese was born in Belfast and grew up, the eldest of nine children, in Ardoyne the area worst affected by sectarian violence during the Troubles. Her family was seriously impacted by paramilitary attacks which cemented her lifelong commitment to non-violence, anti-sectarianism, interreligious dialogue, reconciliation and human rights.

In this luminous memoir, Mary McAleese traces that astonishing arc: from the tight streets of north Belfast, to a professorship in Dublin while still in her twenties, behind-the-scenes work on the peace process, and two triumphant terms as President of Ireland.

In 1997 Mary McAleese became the eighth president of Ireland. She succeeded the popular Mary Robinson to become the second woman, and the first person from Northern Ireland, to hold that position. Mary Leneghan was born on June 27, 1951, …

Mary McAleese served as president of Ireland from 1997 to 2011, the second female president of that country. She succeeded Mary Robinson, making her the world's first woman to succeed another as president.