Mary Patricia Leneghan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Mary Patricia McAleese (/mæk??li?s/; née Leneghan; Irish: Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; born 27 June 1951) served as the eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011. She was the second female president and was first elected in 1997 succeeding Mary Robinson, making McAleese the world's first woman to succeed another as president. She was re-elected unopposed for a second term in office in 2004. McAleese is the first President of Ireland to have come from either Northern Ireland or Ulster.McAleese graduated in Law from Queen's University Belfast. In 1975, she was appointed Professor of Criminal Law, Criminology and Penology at Trinity College, Dublin and in 1987, she returned to her Alma Mater, Queen's, to become Director of the Institute of Professional Legal Studies. In 1994, she became the first female Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University. She worked as a barrister and also worked as a journalist with RTÉ.McAleese used her time in office to address issues concerning justice, social equality, social inclusion, anti-sectarianism and reconciliation. She described the theme of her Presidency as "Building Bridges". This bridge-building materialised in her attempts to reach out to the unionist community in Northern Ireland. These steps included celebrating the Twelfth of July at Áras an Uachtaráin and she even incurred criticism from some of the Irish Catholic hierarchy by taking communion in a Church of Ireland cathedral in Dublin. Despite being a practising Roman Catholic, she holds liberal views regarding homosexuality and women priests. She is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders and was ranked the 64th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. In spite of some minor controversies, McAleese remained popular and her Presidency is regarded as successful.
Part of her 2009 commencement speech: Over 40 years ago when I was in my mid-teens, I announced at home that I had decided to become a lawyer. The first words I heard in response 'You can't because you are a woman.' It was the voice of our parish priest. The next voice I heard was my mother's saying, 'Don't listen to him.' To my mother's surprise, I heeded her advice. A couple of years later, the same year that the first human walked on the Moon, I started law school and our first textbook was called 'Learning the Law' by a very eminent jurist, Prof. Glanville Williams. In a chapter ominously entitled 'Women,' he stated his views that law school was no place for women and that our voices were too weak to be heard in a courtroom. That man had clearly never met my mother. He reckoned the only thing to be gained by having female law students was the opportunity it provided to meet suitable spouses. I married a dentist, just for spite.
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Fact
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She was the 2009 Commencement Speaker at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
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Apart from Eamon de Valera, she is the only President not to have been born in the territory of the Republic of Ireland
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Los desayunos de TVE
2011
TV Series
Herself
The Story of Ireland
2011
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself (as President Mary McAleese)
4th Irish Film and Television Awards
2007
TV Special
Herself (as President Mary McAleese)
The Late Late Show
2004
TV Series
Herself
From Ardoyne to the Áras: Inside the McAleese Presidency
2004
TV Movie documentary
Herself - 8th President of Ireland
Question Time
1994
TV Series
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Diamond Queen
2012
TV Series documentary
Herself
Known for movies
From Ardoyne to the Áras: Inside the McAleese Presidency (2004) as Herself - 8th President of Ireland
The 6th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (2009) as Herself
4th Irish Film and Television Awards (2007) as Herself
$250,000
