Birth Name: Martin Brian Mulroney
Place of Birth: Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth: March 20, 1939
Ethnicity: Irish
Brian Mulroney is a Canadian politician, lawyer, and businessperson. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, he served as the 18th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1984 to 1993. He was previously Leader of the Opposition, from 1983 to 1984.
Prime Minister Mulroney is the son of Mary Irene (O’Shea) and Benedict Martin Mulroney. He is of Irish descent.
Prime Minister Mulroney’s paternal grandparents were Joseph Jeremiah Mulroney (the son of Pierce Mulroney and Ellen Buckley) and Marguerite-Anne Donovan (the daughter of John/Jean Donovan and Mary/Marie Barry). Joseph was born in Ste. Catherine de Portneuf, Quebec, to Irish parents, his father from Co. Cavan and his mother from Co. Tipperary. John was born in Ste. Catherine de Portneuf, to Irish parents from Co. Cork. Mary was also born in Ste. Catherine de Portneuf, also to Irish parents, her father from Co. Wexford and her mother from Co. Kilkenny.
Prime Minister Mulroney’s maternal grandfather was Edmund O’Shea (the son of Thomas O’Shea/Shea and Marie Griffin). Thomas was born in Ste. Catherine de Portneuf, to an Irish father, Edmund O’Shea, from Co. Kilkenny. Marie was born in Canada, to Irish parents, with her father being from Co. Carlow.
Prime Minister Mulroney’s maternal grandmother was Mary/Marie-Ellen Sheehan (the daughter of John/Jean Sheehan and Mary Ellen Donohue). John was born in Canada, to Irish parents. Prime Minister Mulroney’s great-grandmother Mary Ellen Donohue was also born in Canada, to Irish parents John Donaghue and Ellen Shea.
Sources: Genealogies of Brian Mulroney – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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