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  Patrick Hillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick John Hillery (born May 2, 1923) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and the sixth President of Ireland from 1976 until 1990.
Patrick John Hillery, commonly referred to as Paddy Hillery, was born in Miltown Malbay, County Clare in the then Irish Free State, now the Republic of Ireland in 1923.
Hillery however defended his action by saying that it was important to kill off the story for the good of the presidency, rather than allow the rumour to circulate and be accepted as 'fact' in the absence of a denial.
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 Patrick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick is a male name with Scottish origin.
Patrick Hillery, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and former President of Ireland
Patrick (parish), a parish in the Isle of Man
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 Patrick Hillary
Patrick Hillery was born in Co.Clare in 1923.
Patrick married a lady named Mary Finnegan and she gave birth to two children.
Patrick Hillery held his position as President for 2 terms and then unfortunatly his time as President was up.
homepage.eircom.net /~maryhelpofchristiansgns/aras/hillery.html   (95 words)

  
 Patrick J. Hurley --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The main issues were the disposition, size, and command of the Communist armies; the relationship between Communist-organized regional governments and the National Government; and problems of civil rights and legalization of the CCP and its activities in...
Buchanan, Patrick J. conservative American journalist who held positions in the administrations of three U.S. presidents and who three times sought nomination as a candidate for the presidency of the United States.
The enduring legends of St. Patrick are that he used a shamrock to explain the Trinity and that he banished all snakes from Ireland.
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 Patrick Hillery's Reform of Irish Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Hillery was Minister for Education from 1959 to 1965 and was one of the longest serving Ministers for Education since the establishment of the Irish Department of Education in 1922.
Hillery at the time was a practising medical doctor in Clare and pointed out that he had much to do, such as the delivery of new babies.
Hillery suggested the idea was simple, the scholarships were not good at the time, there was not enough to put anyone through education, so the big problem the big political problem he claimed was that there was a large area of need for buildings, for teachers and extension of opportunities in education.
www.jesuit.ie /studies/articles/2003/Rigney.htm   (7032 words)

  
 Jack Lynch -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Lynch, and another favourite of Lemass's, Patrick Hillery, ruled themselves out of the leadership election from the very beginning, however, other candidates such as Charles Haughey, George Colley and Neil Blaney threw their hats into the ring immediately.
As the violence continued the Minister for External Affairs, Patrick Hillery, met with the British Foreign Secretary and also went to the United Nations in a plea to send a peacekeeping force to the North and to highlight the Irish government's case.
Patrick Hillery, was eventually elected as Ó Dálaigh's successor and sixth President of Ireland.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Jack_Lynch   (4700 words)

  
 DETE - Minister Micheál Martin pays Tribute to Dr. Patrick Hillery
Patrick Hillery entered Dáil Eireann at the age of 28 as the constituency colleague of Eamon de Valera.
Patrick Hillery both represents and is a major figure in a generation which decided that Ireland did not have to accept unemployment and emigration as an inevitable part of our national reality.
Ireland owes Patrick Hillery its gratitude and its respect – and this evening’s award is a deeply merited demonstration of this.
www.entemp.ie /press/2005/20051104.htm   (2169 words)

  
 School Mission Statement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The year 1981 saw the inauguration of the first Patrick MacGill festival and it was opened by the late Tom O'Reilly, then secretary of the Donegal County Council.
Patrick MacGill's three daughters came over from the U.S. for the opening and Ms.
In 1984 the festival became known as the Patrick MacGill Summer School and in 1988 a plaque was unveiled in St.Columba's Comprehensive School commemorating the great poet and writer.
indigo.ie /~glenties/mcgill.htm   (318 words)

  
 Recent Acquisitions (April - June 2002)
The photographs opposite are of memorabilia from the Dr Patrick Hillery Collection, donated to Clare Museum during the period April - June 2002.
Patrick John Hillery was born on 2 May, 1923 at Miltown Malbay Co Clare.
Dr Hillery stood for the Presidential Election of 1976, following the resignation of President O'Dalaigh and was elected unopposed on 3 December 1976, serving a second term from 1983-1990.
www.clarelibrary.ie /eolas/claremuseum/acquisitions/recent_acquisitions_aprjune2002.htm   (276 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
When Patrick Hillery (the future President of Ireland) declined to seek the leadership, Jack Lynch reluctantly emerged to take it on.
Dr. Patrick Hillery then became the sixth President of Ireland.
The funeral was attended by President McAleese, an Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, former President Patrick Hillery, former Taoisigh Charles Haughey, Albert Reynolds and John Bruton and representatives from the GAA.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Jack_Lynch   (2468 words)

  
 Patrick
Patrick was the name taken by St. Patrick who converted the island of Ireland to Christianity.
In Ireland, it was not used until the 15th century in Scotland and the 17th century in Ireland (previously, in Gaelic lands, it was thought to be improper to name children directly after saints).
Afterwards, Patrick was reimported to England from Ireland and Scotland.
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 RTE News - Former President honoured by native county
There was a warm welcome in the town this afternoon for the man many regard as one of their most famous and accomplished public figures.
County Librarian Noel Crowley said it was an opportunity to honour a great Clare man, and to thank him for the wonderful work he had done for his county and for the country.
Dr Hillery said he was humbled and somewhat overwhelmed by the honour and the affection in which he continued to be held by his native community, and said his achievements were always as a result of the great support he had received form the people of County Clare.
www.rte.ie /news2/2003/0102/hillery.html   (296 words)

  
 UCD News
Speaking of Dr Hillery, the president of UCD, Dr Hugh Brady, said that UCD was singing a belated song to a too long unsung hero of modern Ireland – as well as an outstanding UCD alumnus.
Dr Paddy Hillery became President of Ireland in 1976 and when he left office after two terms in 1990, he was widely applauded for his integrity, honesty and devotion to duty.
Paddy Hillery, BSc 1944, MB BCh BAO 1947, DPH 1952, LLD 1962, was presented with the UCD Foundation Day Medal by the President of the University, Dr Hugh Brady, in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the formation of modern Ireland and for his constructive support to his alma mater.
www.ucd.ie /news/nov05/110705_former_president.htm   (965 words)

  
 Brendan Voyage Concerts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Brendan Voyage' was first performed in Rennes, France in 1982, and again the same year in Lorient at The Interceltique festival.
In 1983, it received its long-awaited Irish premier in the presence of the President of Ireland, Dr. Patrick Hillery and the explorer Tim Severin.
This concert, greeted by a rapturous standing ovation from the capacity audience, marked the beginning of a history of sold out performances of 'The Brendan Voyage' in the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
www.shaundavey.com /bvperf.htm   (256 words)

  
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Patrick Dorgan had fought with the British army in the second World War and had been a prisoner of war in Germany for four years.
Christy Ring was one of the inspirations for the main figure in Val Dorgan's play The Hurler in which he explored the relationship between republicanism and the GAA, but Ring was not impressed with the play according to its author.
The then president, Dr Patrick Hillery fulfilled a promise to the author, by attending the first night at the Granary Theatre in UCC.
www.gaelicgazette.com /valdorgan.htm   (753 words)

  
 Find hillery using our Local directory
Hillery Pharmacy - Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland, He...
Books by K. Hillery at Tesco.com including He Was...
Presidential gifts are a valuable archive Clare Champion, Friday, May 30, 2003 Dr Hillery has donated much of the memorabilia he collected during his career to the Clare Museum.
www.lifestylelocal.co.uk /search.htm?qLookingFor=hillery   (369 words)

  
 RTE News - 1970 cabinet papers from North reveal issues discussed by ministers
This led to a breakdown in relations between the British Army and the Catholic community and it was also the era which saw the emergence of the Provisional IRA.
At the request of the Taoiseach, the Minister for External Affairs, Patrick Hillery, made a secret visit to the Falls.
He said that the purpose was to try to relax tension in the North, but the visit angered unionists such as Brian Faulkner.
www.rte.ie /news/2001/0102/armscrisis.html   (366 words)

  
 Toasts of President Reagan and President Patrick J. Hillery of Ireland at a Luncheon Honoring the Irish President in ...
Toasts of President Reagan and President Patrick J. Hillery of Ireland at a Luncheon Honoring the Irish President in Dublin
Prime Minister, the White House is a good home for an Irishman, because every March 17th, I can honor St. Patrick by spending all day in the Green Room.
President, somebody remarked to me that your progress in Irish was so rapid that I should begin my speech in Irish and that you would understand it.
www.reagan.utexas.edu /archives/speeches/1984/60484b.htm   (1292 words)

  
 Irish ministries
1939) 14 Mar 1973 - 5 Jul 1977 Patrick Cooney (b.
1982) 2 Jun 1954 - 20 Mar 1957 Patrick O'Donnell (b.
1932) 30 Jun 1981 - 9 Mar 1982 Patrick Cooney (b.
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 The Museum Quiz for May 2003 to mark the 80th Birthday of Dr. Patrick Hillary
Dr Patrick Hillery celebrates his birthday on 2 May. Where was he born?
What was the name of the bank that presented Dr Patrick Hillery with a set of Irish Decimal Coins?
Dr Patrick Hillery was made Honorary Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy of Medicine in Ireland in what year?
www.clare-education-centre.ie /competitions/museum-quiz_may03.html   (215 words)

  
 BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1979: Pope calls for peace in Ireland
The 57-year-old pontiff made his appeal in front of a 300,000-strong crowd at Drogheda, a few miles from the Northern Irish border, during the first day of an historic tour of southern Ireland.
The Pope touched down at Dublin airport earlier today where he was met by the Irish president, Dr Patrick Hillery and a host of religious leaders.
It is the first time a reigning Pope has ever visited this devoutly Catholic country and John Paul II, who became Pope just 11 months ago, appears determined to use the trip to broadcast his messages of peace.
news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/29/newsid_3926000/3926755.stm   (695 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
The killing of Mountbatten, and the accompanying murder of eighteen soldiers the same day in a bombing in Northern Ireland, led to public outrage in Ireland.
The President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery, and the Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Jack Lynch, both attended a memorial service for Lord Mountbatten of Burma in St.
On 23 November 1979, Thomas McMahon was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Lord_Mountbatten   (941 words)

  
 Ireland's Recent Memory - Winter 2003 - Summaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As a result, in a given Irish town you had a secondary and a vocational school side by side - entailing serious social discrimination and waste of scarce resources (not to mention the gross inadequacy of secondary school programmes for a modern economy).
Eventually, Dr Patrick Hillery as Minister For Education announced in 1963 the creation of new post-primary schools to provide over a period of three years a wide curriculum catering for both secondary and vocational education.
Ex-service men marching from the British Legion headquarters to Remembrance Day Mass at the Pro-Cathedral were estimated at 2,000 (with the Service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, however, being the more prestigious one).
www.jesuit.ie /studies/articles/2003/Summaries403.htm   (2431 words)

  
 AN PHOBLACHT/REPUBLICAN NEWS
Foreign Affairs Minister Patrick Hillery was despatched to the United Nations to try and win backing for the government against Britain, while the Irish ambassador to London, Donal O'Sullivan, was recalled to Dublin.
Despite denials from Patrick Hillery that his approaches to the UN and the Canadian and French governments were rebuffed, it was quite clear that Lynch's much-vaunted `diplomatic pressures' had ended as a damp squib with no international outcry against the British.
Nor was the `five-point programme' pursued, and, as the days passed without any British response, the government again crawled back in the hope that talks might be arranged at an unspecific date in the future.
republican-news.org /archive/1997/January30/30bs1.html   (2291 words)

  
 Ireland Canada University Foundation
The Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) was established in 1993 by Newfoundlander Dr. Craig Dobbin O.C., and former President of Ireland Dr. Patrick Hillery, to encourage and facilitate scholarship links between Ireland and Canada.
On the Board of the Ireland Canada University Foundation are Mrs.
This MOU inaugurates the bilateral scholarships awards programme of 2004, when, for the first time in the history of the two countries, scholarships are being awarded in both directions to support research into projects which have relevance to both Ireland and Canada.
www.icuf.ie   (332 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Mary Robinson Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Robinson proved a remarkably good president, earning the praise of Lenihan himself, who before his death five years later, said that she was a better president than he ever could have been.
She took on a office that had a low reputation but which, once the pressures placed on President Hillery back in 1982, became known, suddenly was taken very seriously again.
(As was Hillery, who was seen as a national hero because of his evident integrity in standing up to former colleagues in 1982.) She brought to the presidency legal knowledge, deep intellect and political experience.
www.ipedia.com /mary_robinson.html   (3027 words)

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