Carmel Naughton
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Carmel Naughton | |
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| Education | St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
| Known for | Patronage of the arts, education and camogie |
| Spouse | Martin Naughton |
| Children | 3 |
Carmel Patricia Naughton is an Irish philanthropist.[1]
Naughton attended St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan,[2] and is a graduate of Mary Immaculate College.[3][4] She married businessman and GlenDimplex founder Martin Naughton.[5][6][7] Naughton and her husband have three children, including Fergal Naughton, who is married to the former Undergraduate Awards board member, Rachael Naughton.[8][7] She lives at Stackallan House, County Meath.[9][10][11][12]
Through the Naughton Foundation, Naughton has funded STEM scholarships for Irish leaving certificate students,[13][14] having been told in her childhood by a nun that girls were "stupid", and "couldn't do maths".[15] She has sponsored the Camogie Association.[15][16][17] With her husband Naughton has been a benefactor to the Museum of Literature Ireland and Queen's University's Naughton Gallery.[18][19][20]
From 1996 to 2002, Naughton served as Chairman of the National Gallery of Ireland's board of governors.[21] In 2007, she was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[21][1][22] In the 2010s, she accepted a ministerial appointment to the board of St. James's Hospital, Dublin.[23] She was among the inaugural trustees of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust when it took control of Irish former Christian Brothers' Schools in 2008.[24] In 2016, Naughton and her husband Martin were named philanthropists of the year by the Community Foundation for Ireland.[25]
In 2004 Naughton received an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame.[1][26] Charles, Prince of Wales awarded her a medal for services to the arts in Northern Ireland.[22] In 2015 she was a recipient of the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) Gold Medal,[27][28] and she is an honorary member of the RHA.[22] In 2019, she received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin.[29][30][22] She has been named Mary I College alumnus of the year.[4]