14-720: Marian Donnelly ( née Devlin ; born 10 August 1938) is a former president of the Workers' Party and was a member of the former District Policing Partnership for the Magherafelt district of Northern Ireland . Marian Donnelly was born in Castledawson , County Londonderry to Frank Devlin and Margaret Devlin ( née Scullion ) on 10 August 1938. She attended St Mary's Convent in Magherafelt. Donnelly first became involved in political activity in 1955 when she campaigned for
28-442: A woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote a man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over the e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but
42-702: A branch of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association . Her husband, Francie Donnelly , was its first Chairman and was also a prominent member of the Workers' Party. As a prominent member of the NICRA, she was present at Bloody Sunday in January 1972 when soldiers opened fire at civil rights demonstrators, with 14 ultimately being killed. She studied at St Mary's College of Education in Belfast and became
56-540: A member of the Glen GAC Club in her native Derry and is actively involved in the Bracaghreilly and District Community Association. She and her husband have three adult children. This article about a Northern Ireland politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to
70-409: A person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote
84-459: A teacher, later becoming a part-time teacher. She became active in Sinn Féin in the 1960s, and when the organisation split in 1970 she remained with Official Sinn Féin which subsequently became the Workers' Party. She has contested several elections on behalf of the party. In March 1992, Donnelly was elected as President of the Workers' Party following the breakaway of a parliamentary grouping from
98-417: Is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition , the term z domu (literally meaning "of
112-702: The Sinn Féin candidate Tom Mitchell in the Mid Ulster constituency for that years Westminster election , and in the re-run of that election after Mitchell was barred from being a candidate because he was imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol for a failed IRA raid in Omagh , County Tyrone at the time. Donnelly was a founding member and the first Secretary of the South Derry Civil Rights Association,
126-531: The surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of
140-446: The house", de domo in Latin ) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as née . Bracaghreilly Bracaghreilly is a townland lying within the civil parish of Maghera , County Londonderry , Northern Ireland . It lies on the west boundary of the parish, and is bounded by the townlands of; Drumballyhagan , Fallagloon , Glenshane , Kirley , and Lisnamuck . It
154-464: The party . She retired from the position in 1996, but remains an active member of the Workers' Party. She was a candidate for the Workers' Party in the 1992 Irish general election , contesting the Dublin North-East constituency. She received 239 votes (0.60%), and was eliminated on the third count. That years election demonstrated the level of support Democratic Left had taken in its split from
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#1733094203530168-472: The party nationwide, with Pat McCartan outperforming Donnelly by over 3,000 votes. She and James McLaughlin were both selected as Workers' Party candidates to run in the East Londonderry constituency for the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum election . Both received 75 votes (0.2%) in total. In 1997, she was the Workers' Party candidate for that years Westminster election , receiving 238 votes (0.47%). She
182-433: Was also chosen as a candidate for the Magherafelt constituency on Magherafelt District Council in the 1997 local elections . She received 37 votes (0.5%), failing to secure a seat on the council. In December 2018, she delivered the eulogy at the funeral of former leader of the Workers' Party, and veteran Official IRA member, Seán Garland . She married Francie Donnelly in 1973. He died on 26 May 2023. She has been
196-519: Was apportioned to the Drapers company. The townland in 1926 was part of Carnamoney district electoral division as part of the Draperstown dispensary (registrar's) district of Magherafelt Rural District . As part of Maghera civil parish, Bracaghreilly also lies within the historic barony of Loughinsholin . This article related to the geography of County Londonderry , Northern Ireland
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