to the cabinet post of foreign secretary; subsequently served as chancellor of the Exchequer; on November 28, 1990, Major became leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister after Thatcher resigned.
Mallon, Séamus (b. 1936): Born in Markethill, County Armagh; schoolteacher; civil rights activist; SDLP spokesperson on law and order from 1982; deputy first minister of Northern Ireland 1998â99; deputy leader SDLP 1979â2001 MP for Newry and Armagh 1986â2005.
Mansergh, Martin (b. 1946): Personal and political adviser to Charles J. Haughey.
Maxwell, Sir John Grenville: British general who took command in Ireland after the 1916 Rising and ordered the executions of the leaders.
Mayhew, Sir Patrick: Attorney general in Northern Ireland; appointed secretary of state for Northern Ireland in 1992.
Meir, Golda (1898â1978): A founder of the State of Israel and its fourth prime minister, serving from 1969 to 1974.
Morrison, Danny (b. 1953): Volunteer; editor of the Republican News ; national director of publicity for Sinn Féin in the eighties.
Mr. Justice Gannon: Appointed as a judge in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.
Mowlam, Mo (1949â2005): Lecturer at Newcastle University until 1983; senior administrator at Northern College, Barnsley, until her election as MP 1987; opposition spokeswoman on Northern Ireland 1987â89; opposition spokeswoman on trade and industry 1990â92; opposition spokeswoman on Citizensâ Charter and Womenâs Affairs 1992â93; shadow national heritage secretary 1993â94; shadow Northern Ireland secretary 1994â97; secretary of state, Northern Ireland 1997â99.
Newman, Sir Kenneth (b. 1926): Served with the British police in Palestine; a commander with the Metropolitan Police in London; then a deputy chief constable in Northern Ireland; was appointed chief constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1976.
Nixon, Richard Milhous (1913â94): Vice president of the United States 1953â61; thirty-seventh president of the United States 1969â1974.
Nugent, Ciaran: Member of the IRA and first of the âBlanket Menâ in the H-Blocks.
à Brádaigh, Ruairà (Rory Brady) (b. 1932): Born in County Longford; graduated from University College, Dublin; taught school in County Roscommon; joined Sinn Féin in 1950; joined the IRA in 1951; Sinn Féin TD for Longford-Westmeath 1975; IRA chief of staff 1958â59 and 1961â62; when the republican movement split in 1970 became the first president of Provisional Sinn Féin; lost leadership to Gerry Adams in 1983; leader of faction that left Sinn Féin to form Republican Sinn Féin.
OâCallaghan, Sean: IRA informer.
à Conaill, Dáithà (David OâConnell) (1938â91): Schoolteacher from Cork; joined Sinn Féin in 1955; subsequently joined the IRA; second in command to Seán Garland in the 1956 Border Campaign; lost a lung to a bullet wound; member of the Army Council.
à Dálaigh, Cearbhall (1911â78): Born in Bray, County Wicklow; called to the bar in 1934; became senior counsel in 1945; supreme court judge 1953; chief justice 1961; elected president of Ireland in 1974.
OâDonnell, Mary: Noted Irish fashion designer born in County Donegal; trained with Mainbocher and with Sybil Connolly before going into business for herself in 1963.
à FÃaich, Cardinal Tomás (1923â90): Historian and cardinal of the Church; born in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, shortly after partition; ordained in 1948; lecturer in modern history at Maynooth 1953; professor 1959; college president 1974; named archbishop of Armagh in 1977; elevated to cardinal in 1979.
OâHanlon, Feargal: IRA Volunteer killed during the Brookeborough raid.
OâLeary, Michael (1936â2006): Tanaiste under Garret FitzGerald.
OâMalley, Desmond (b. 1939): Politician who succeeded his uncle Donagh OâMalley as a TD for Limerick East; parliamentary secretary