Carmel Naughton | |
|---|---|
| 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 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]