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Born in Ardoyne, north Belfast, she is the first president of Ireland to have come from Ulster.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"27 June 1951","date":"1951-06-27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Belfast","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10686"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"barrister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808967"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Fianna Fáil (until 1997)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216517","end":"1997"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Queen's University Belfast","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877925"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Martin McAleese","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776147","start":"1976"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president of Ireland (11 November 1997 – 10 November 2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213702","start":"1997-11-11","end":"2011-11-10"},{"text":"chancellor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61061"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438598","date":"2012"},{"text":"Golden Key of Madrid","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51889745","date":"2011-03-21"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the Harbin Institute of Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63092199","date":"2003"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the University of Chile","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86454113","date":"2004"},{"text":"honorary doctor of Fordham University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105193322","date":"2010"},{"text":"Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106615473","date":"2017"},{"text":"honorary doctor of the University of Otago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99192929","date":"2007"},{"text":"honorary doctorate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11415564","date":"2013-09-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_McAleese","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174662"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Mary McAleese born?","a":"Mary McAleese was born on 27 June 1951 in Belfast."},{"q":"What positions has Mary McAleese held?","a":"Positions held by Mary McAleese include: president of Ireland (1997–2011); chancellor."},{"q":"Where did Mary McAleese study?","a":"Mary McAleese was educated at Queen's University Belfast."}],"related":[{"name":"Éamon de Valera","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/eamon-de-valera"},{"name":"Michael D. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Mary McAleese.jpg — Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, GFDL 1.2.","cite":"\"Mary McAleese\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/mary-mcaleese. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T07:57:51Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/mary-mcaleese","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/mary-mcaleese","ne":null}}