Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) security wing of Portlaoise Prison, Ireland, in early 1998. They were presented by Gerry Adams to the 1998 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis as 'our Nelson Mandelas', and were released together with Brendan Dowd and Liam Quinn in 1999 as part of the Belfast Agreement. Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) Martin Joseph O'Connell (born 1951), better known as Joe, is an Irish republican and a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is most noted for having been a member of the Balcombe Street gang. O'Connell was born in Kilkee, in rural County Clare, 'a stronghold of Gaelic-speaking inhabitants
MacAlasdair which translates into English as "daughter of "Mac Alasdair"". The form of "Mac Alasdair" for married females is "Bean Mhic Alasdair", which translates into English as "wife of "Mac Alasdair""; this surname can also be represented in the contracted form "Mhic Alasdair". A similar Irish surname is "Mac Alastair", which translates into English as "son of "Alastar"". The Irish "Alastar" is an equivalent of the English "Alexander". Like, "Mac Alasdair", this surname no longer refers to the bearer's father, and like "Mac Alasdair" feminine forms of the name include "Nic Alastair", "Bean Mhic Alastair", and "Mhic Alastair". Another form of