Jim McDonald (Northern Ireland)
Jim McDonald (James McDonald) (1936/1937-2019)[1] 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[2] 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.[3] [4]
References
- ↑ "James (Jim) McDonald CBE, LVO, KC*SG, KMCO, JP, DL passes away". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ "ANNUAL REPORT: Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation for the period 1st April 2013 to 31st March 2014", rucgcfoundation.org; accessed 13 November 2016.
- ↑ Martin O'Brien, "First and foremost a Belfast man", irishcatholic.ie, 17 April 2014; accessed 13 November 2016.
- ↑ Profile, vsb.org.uk; accessed 13 November 2016.
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