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The Irish Society

Organisation & Structure

The Court of The Honourable The Irish Society is effectively a Board of Trustees chaired by the Governor, traditionally a former Lord Mayor of London, an elected Deputy Governor and Members of the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.

The Grant-giving forum is the Local Advisory Committee which meets regularly in County Londonderry for that purpose and is administered by the Secretary & Representative. It consists of several Councillors from and the Chief Executive Officers of Causeway Coast & Glens Borough, Derry City & Strabane District and Mid-Ulster District Councils and is chaired by the Governor or Deputy Governor when present or – in their absence – the Society’s Secretary & Representative. The Mayor of Derry City is also a member of the Committee.

The Society’s fishing interests in the River Bann System – in particular on the Mourne and Foyle rivers – are overseen by a subsidiary Bann Division Committee, also administered by the Secretary & Representative and whose members, including those with particular game fishing expertise, are split between London and Londonderry.

Financial supervision rests with the Finance Committee which reports regularly to the Court of The Irish Society and consists of a Chairman and, currently, several Members and ex-officio Members.

Following the grant of the Supplemental Charter by the Privy Council in 2012, the number of Trustees of the Court reduced from 25 Members to 15 Members serving slightly longer terms.

The Honourable The Irish Society

Alderman Vincent Keaveny, CBE – Governor
Charles Edward Lord, OBE, JP, Deputy – Deputy Governor
Anne Corbett
Mary Durcan, JP
John Foley
John Griffiths
Duane Farrell – Secretary & Chief Executive

 

Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council

Cllr Ciaran McQuillan (SF, Ballymoney) – Mayor
Cllr Steven Callaghan, QPM (DUP, Limavady) 
Alderman 
Mark Fielding (DUP, Causeway)
Alderman 
Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP, Bann)
Patricia O’Brien (Fund Unit Manager obo
David Jackson, MBE, – Clerk & Chief Executive)

 

Derry City & Strabane District Council

Cllr Lilian Seenoi Barr (SDLP, Foyleside) – Mayor
Alderman Darren Guy (UUP, Waterside) – Deputy Mayor
Cllr Sean Mooney (SDLP, Ballyarnett)
Alderman Niree McMorris (DUP, Waterside)
Stephen Gillespie (Director of Business & Culture obo John Kelpie – Chief Executive Officer)

 

Mid-Ulster District Council

Cllr Wesley Brown (DUP, Maghera)
Cllr Brian McGuigan (SF, Carntogher)

Chair

Philip Woodhouse, Deputy

Vice Chair

Oliver Sells, KC – Deputy Governor Elect

Other London Members

Shravan Jashvantrai Joshi, MBE, Deputy
Hugh Selka

Northern Ireland Members

David Isaac Agnew
Derek Buckley
Catherine Deery
Mark Horton, MBE
David Laughlin
Peter Russell-Smith
Jim Wilson

Secretary & Chief Executive

Duane Farrell

Chair

Charles Edward Lord, OBE, JP, Deputy

Vice Chair

Eamonn James Mullally

Members

Alderman Robert Picton Seymour Howard
Hugh Selka
James St John Davis
Philip Woodhouse, Deputy 
Dawn Wright

Secretary & Chief Executive

Duane Farrell

Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements
The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2023 can be viewed here.
The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2022 can be viewed here.
The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2021 can be viewed here
The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2020 can be viewed here.
The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2019 can be viewed here.
The Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2018 can be viewed here.
The Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2017 can be viewed here.
The Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2016 can be viewed here.
The Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2015 can be viewed here.
The Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ending
30 April 2014 can be viewed here.