Sean Connery born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland on 25 August 1930. His mother, Euphemia McBain "Effie" (née McLean), was a cleaning woman, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and lorry driver. His paternal grandfather's parents emigrated to Scotland from Ireland in the mid-19th century. The remainder of his family was of Scottish descent, and his maternal great-grandparents were native Scottish Gaelic speakers from Fife (unusually, for a speaker of the language), and Uig on the Isle of Skye. His father was a Roman Catholic, and his mother was a Protestant. He has a younger brother, Neil. Connery has said
Meg Connery Dublin. Although the Representation of the People Act, 1918 gave a vote to women Connery was critical of the limited access given and continued to demand full equality. Connery was a member of the Irish Linen Worker's Union. She worked for improvements in working conditions. She also worked for the Irish White Cross and in 1922 she was part of a delegation to review the destruction in Tipperary and Cork by the wars in Ireland. Connery died in December 1956. Meg Connery Meg Connery (1879–1956), was one of Ireland suffragist organisers and activists. Connery was born in Westport, County Mayo.