Jim McDonald (Northern Ireland)

Jim McDonald CBE, LVO, KCSG, GCHS, JP, DL was a Northern Irish Catholic Unionist.

McDonald served as the first Chairman of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation[1] and Chancellor of the Papal Orders in Ireland.

McDonald was born and raised in a devoutly Catholic family off the Falls Road close to Clonard Monastery in West Belfast, a nationalist/republican stronghold.[2] [3]

References

  1. "ANNUAL REPORT: Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation for the period 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014", rucgcfoundation.org; accessed 13 November 2016.
  2. Martin O'Brien, "First and foremost a Belfast man", irishcatholic.ie, 17 April 2014; accessed 13 November 2016.
  3. Profile, vsb.org.uk; accessed 13 November 2016.
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