Jim McDonald 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 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.
References
- "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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