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 the name is "Mac Alastruim", which translates into English as "son of "Alastrom"". The Irish "Alastrom" is an equivalent of the English "Alexander". Feminine forms of "Mac Alastruim" include "Nic Alastair", "Bean Mhic Alastair", and "Mhic Alastair". Another form of the Irish name is "Mac Alsandair", which translates into English as "son of "Alsandar"". Feminine forms of "Mac Alsandair" include "Nic Alsandair", "Bean Mhic Alsandair", and "Mhic Alsandair". Anglicised forms of "MacAlasdair", in use today, include "Alexander", "Callister", "Macalaster", "Macalester", "Macalister", "Macallaster", "MacAllister", "Maccalister", "McAllister". Anglicised forms of "Mac Alasdair" include "Alister", "MacAlester", "MacAlister", "MacAllister", "MacCalister", and "MacCallister". Anglicised forms