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6 unusual facts about Mary McAleese


1979 in Irish television

2 October – Mary McAleese debuts as a reporter on the current affairs programme Frontline.

2008 FÁS expenditure controversy

These reasons, he suggested, were "to do with the kind of activities that were involved there", including a dinner involving the President of Ireland Mary McAleese and her husband.

All Hallows High School

The school was also visited by Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, during the 2012-2013 school year.

Ireland Park

The park was officially opened during a ceremony on June 21, 2007, which featured the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Toronto Mayor David Miller, and the Chairman of the Ireland Park Foundation, Robert Kearns.

Jokela school shooting

Ireland – President Mary McAleese, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and a number of Irish schoolchildren expressed their condolences to Finnish President Tarja Halonen on November 12 during Halonen's state visit to the country.

Miriam Mone

When Irish president Mary McAleese was elected in 1997, she selected Mone to design her inauguration outfit.


Irish National War Memorial Gardens

A state commemoration to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 2006, was attended by the President of Ireland Mary McAleese, the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Members of the Oireachtas, leading representatives of all political parties in Ireland, the Diplomatic Corps of the Allies of World War I, delegates from Northern Ireland, representatives of the four main Churches, and solemnly accompanied by a Guard of Honour of the Irish Army and Army Band.

Laureate na nÓg

President of Ireland Mary McAleese revealed the news at an event held at the Irish Arts Council in Dublin.

Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas

Recent presenters have included Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, OP, former Master of the Order; Rabbi Jack Bemporad of the Center for Interreligious Understanding; Archbishop Luis Ladaria, SJ, of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Mary McAleese, president emeritus of Ireland.

Paddy Harte

This park was officially opened in November 1998 by President Mary McAleese, Queen Elizabeth II and King Albert II of the Belgians to commemorate all Irishmen who died in World War I.

Pontifical Irish College

Important contemporary visitors to the college include Pope John Paul II, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Irish President Mary McAleese.


see also

Von Hügel Institute

The VHI runs public lectures including the VHI Lecture (delivered in 2012 by Professor Stanley Hauerwas of Duke University, USA and in 2014 will be delivered by the former Irish President Professor Mary McAleese); the Lattey Lecture which examines the links between Catholic Biblical Studies and Catholic Social Teaching (delivered in 2012 by Archbishop Bernard Longley of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, UK and in 2013 by Rev Timothy Radcliffe OP, former Master of the Dominican Order).