McAleese or McGillis is an Irish and Scottish surname and is an anglicisation of the Irish Mac Giolla Íosa from the Irish given name Giolla Íosa (Servant of Jesus). This name is common in Derry and in Antrim.
Notable people with the surname include:
Jack McAleese, Major League Baseball player
John McAleese, MM (1949–2011), British Army soldier who led an SAS team against the Iranian embassy in London in May 1980 to end the siege
Martin McAleese, member of Seanad Éireann and the husband of the former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese (born 1951), eighth President of Ireland from 1997 to 2011
Peter McAleese, British ex-paratrooper, ex-member of the SAS and author
Mary Patricia McAleese (/ˌmækəˈliːs/ MAK-ə-LEESS; Irish: Máire Pádraigín Mhic Ghiolla Íosa; née Leneghan; born 27 June 1951) is an Irish activist lawyer...
John Thomas "Mac" McAleese, MM (25 April 1949 – 26 August 2011) was a Scottish soldier who took part in several late 20th century conflicts with the British...
McAleese or McGillis is an Irish and Scottish surname and is an anglicisation of the Irish Mac Giolla Íosa from the Irish given name Giolla Íosa (Servant...
Peter McAleese (7 September 1942 – 18 March 2024) was a Scottish soldier and mercenary. McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special...
Martin McAleese (born 24 March 1951) is an Irish politician, dentist and accountant who has served as the Chancellor of Dublin City University since August...
August 22, 1878, McAleese was a son of Patrick McAleese (1846-1884) and Catherine (Diamond) McAleese (1849-1933). His brother, Daniel McAleese, played baseball...
nominations closed at noon on 1 October and the incumbent president, Mary McAleese, who had nominated herself in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution...
to that point, and more remarkably, four of the five were women. Mary McAleese was selected by Fianna Fáil as their candidate for the presidency. Born...
The Mary McAleese Boyne Valley Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in County Meath, and County Louth, Ireland. It spans the Boyne River 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)...
Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese; 5 September 1945 – 31 December 2018) was a Scottish singer and songwriter best known for his tenure as lead vocalist and...
vetting, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese made much more use of their right to speak without government approval, with McAleese doing many live television and...
Derek Raymond McAleese (born 14 September 1964) is an Irish former rugby union international. McAleese, raised in the Northern Ireland town of Limavady...
seeing McAleese as unbeatable. McAleese was re-inaugurated at the commencement of her second seven-year term on 11 November 2004. McAleese's very high...
Shea Joseph McAleese (born 7 August 1984) is a New Zealand field hockey player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Olympics. He was part...
on advice from an influential Belfast priest. President of Ireland Mary McAleese conferred honorary Irish citizenship on Smith in 1998, in recognition of...
Students in Ireland advocated Yes votes in both referendums, as did Mary McAleese, a former president of Ireland. Groups including the Iona Institute, Family...
DSO – British and Irish Lions Rugby Union player Fitzroy Maclean John McAleese – First man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught...
over two million units. In 1998 Campbell and co-writer Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese) were awarded a Special Citation of Achievement by the BMI for attaining...
Accordingly, Cowen asked McAleese to dissolve the Dáil on 1 February 2011. In accordance with Irish constitutional practice, McAleese duly granted the dissolution...
experience in Mother and Baby Homes. It was brought to the attention of Martin McAleese when he concluded his report on the Magdalene laundries. So none of this...
Retrieved 5 February 2013. McDonald, Henry (5 February 2013). "Magdalene laundries: Ireland accepts state guilt in scandal: McAleese report finds police also...
have been made to conceptualize the process of creating concept maps. McAleese suggested that the process of making knowledge explicit, using nodes and...
9% 1997 Mary Banotti 58 Oireachtas: Fine Gael 372,002 29.3% Mary McAleese Mary McAleese 46 Oireachtas: Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats 574,424 45...
October 2011. "Mary McAleese concludes final overseas tour", RTÉ News, 16 October 2011. "Last official trip abroad for Mary McAleese", Irish Examiner, 11...
banned McAleese, a supporter of women's ordination and same-sex marriage, from speaking at a Vatican conference on Women in the Catholic Church. McAleese sought...
relationship before a registrar. The bill was signed by President Mary McAleese on 19 July 2010. The Minister for Justice signed the commencement order...
McAleese, Peter (1993). No Mean Soldier. Cassell Pub. Bowden, Mark (2002). Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw. Penguin Pub. McNary...
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