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Carmel Naughton
D.Litt., D.Phil., MRIA, HRHA
EducationSt. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan
OccupationPhilanthropist
Known forPatronage of the arts, education and camogie
SpouseMartin Naughton
Children3

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]

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  1. ^ a b c "Mrs Carmel Patricia Naughton". Royal Irish Academy. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Carmel Naughton pays to tribute to the Louis nuns who introduced her to the world of art". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  3. ^ Harford, Judith; Hyland, Áine (2023). "Becoming women teachers: gender and primary teacher training in Ireland, 1922–1974". History of Education. 52 (6). Taylor & Francis: 903. doi:10.1080/0046760X.2023.2218315. ISSN 0046-760X.
  4. ^ a b "Dr Carmel Naughton receives the MIC Alumni Award". MIC.UL.ie. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Glen Dimplex Unlimited Company – Irish Company Info – Vision-Net". Vision-Net.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Naughton donates €25 million to TCD". 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Forbes profile: Martin Naughton". Forbes. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Rachael Naughton's 'Retreats'". ThePhoenix.ie. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  9. ^ "1712 – Stackallan House, Co. Meath". Archiseek.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  10. ^ "The doyenne of Dunnes Stores has one mission – and that's to beat them all". Irish Independent. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Welcome to my multimillion crib". Independent.ie. April 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Stackallan House, STACKALLAN, MEATH". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Deadline for €20,000 Naughton scholarship looms". Drogheda Independent. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025 – via Independent.ie.
  14. ^ "The fruits of the foundation: Celebrating ten years of The Naughton Foundation Scholarship". Irish Examiner. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  15. ^ a b Mallon, Ian (6 August 2022). "'For the good of the country': Camogie's greatest benefactor giving back to game she loves". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Carmel Naughton and Glen Dimplex announce five-year sponsorship of Camogie Championships and Camogie Association". Camogie.ie. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Camogie Association Announces the Camogie 120 Teacher Education Bursaries". The Camogie Association. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  18. ^ Canavan, Tony; Fox, Caoimhe (2018). "BOOK NOTES". Books Ireland. No. 379. p. 8. JSTOR 26564157. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  19. ^ O'Connor, Simon; Collins, Lucy (September 2021). "'More Than Just a Place to Visit...': An Interview with Simon O'Connor, Director, Museum of Literature Ireland". Irish University Review. 51 (2): 190. doi:10.3366/iur.2021.0513. ISSN 0021-1427 – via EBSCOHOST.
  20. ^ "Mr Martin and Carmel Naughton". Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy. Arts & Business. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  21. ^ a b "New Members of Royal Irish Academy Enrolled". TCD.ie. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  22. ^ a b c d "Orations April 2019" (pdf). TCD.ie. April 2019. p. vii.
  23. ^ "St. James's Hospital Annual Report" (PDF). StJames.ie. 2012. pp. 3, 5.
  24. ^ John Walshe (19 June 2008). "End of era for Christian Brothers". Independent.ie. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  25. ^ "Carmel and Martin Naughton named Philanthropists of Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  26. ^ "Notre Dame Dedicates New Building in Dublin". ND.edu. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  27. ^ "187th Annual Exhibition". RHAGallery.ie. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  28. ^ "RHA Gold Medal 2015". RHAGallery.ie. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  29. ^ O'Mahony, Eleanor (18 April 2019). "Patricia O'Brien and Carmel Naughton Awarded Honorary Degrees". The University Times. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  30. ^ "Honorary Degrees 2018–19". Trinity College Dublin. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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