Jim McDonald

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Catholic Unionist. McDonald served as the first Chairman of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation 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

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, a nationalist/republican stronghold. Profile
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1930s births Living people Catholic Unionists People from Belfast People educated at St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Date of birth missing (living people) Commanders_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{NI-bio-stub