Photographs taken at a reception hosted by Mary Robinson, the President of Ireland in 1992

Photographs taken at a reception hosted by Mary Robinson, the President of Ireland in 1992

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The Northern Ireland party at a reception Saturday Dec 12, 1992 hosted by Mary Robinson, the president of Ireland, for gay organisations form both the north and south of Ireland, and held in Aras an Uachtarain, the President’s official residence in Dublin. Left to right: Tom McAllister, P.A. MagLochlainn, Terry McFarland, Julie, Billy Adair and Jeff Dudgeon. Mary Robinson had previously worked as a legal advisor for the campaign for Homosexual Law Reform in the Republic.
President Robinson’s Reception, Early 1990’s
President Robinson at the reception, with the Northern Ireland party and David Norris in the background.
Mary Robinson served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. She first rose to prominence as an academic, barrister, campaigner and member of the Irish Senate. She is widely regarded as a transformative figure for Ireland, and the Irish presidency, revitalising and liberalising a previously conservative, low-profile political office.

Sobey, Doug

Ulster Museum Collection.

1992-12-12

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Dublin, Republic of Ireland