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McAleese
McAleese
or
McGillis
is an Irish and
Scottish surname
and is an
anglicisation
of the Irish
Mac Giolla
Íosa
from the
Irish given name
Giolla Íosa
. This name is common in Derry and in
Antrim
.
Notable people with the surname include:
Jack McAleese,
Major League Baseball
player
John McAleese, MM,
British Army
soldier who led an
SAS
team
against the
Iranian embassy
in London in
May 1980
to end
the siege
Martin McAleese, member of
Seanad Éireann
and the
husband
of the former
President of Ireland
,
Mary McAleese
Mary McAleese, eighth President of Ireland from
1997
to 2011
Peter McAleese, British ex-paratrooper, ex-member of the SAS and author
