Connell, Margot C.
Chairman of the board at Connell Limited Partnership in Boston, Margot Connell is the widow of the late William F. Connell, a first generation Irish American with ancestry in Counties Kerry and Sligo.
Mother to six children and donor to many charities, including the American Ireland Fund, Harvard Business School. United Way, and Catholic Charities, Connell is also on the board of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.
A graduate of Michigan State University, Connell has visited Ireland many times with family and friends. She is a fan of Irish tenors Frank Patterson, Anthony Kearns and John McDermott; who have performed at her children’s weddings and her late husband’s funeral.
“Irish heritage means the world to me,” says Connell. “I have made many Irish friends and have made multiple visits to Ireland.”
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