Patrick Donegall Author

Patrick Donegall was born in London in 1952, however his early childhood was spent exclusively in County Wexford. Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester, he then held a short service commission in the Coldstream Guards, which he loved. This was followed by a shorter time working as a banker in the City of London, which he hated. In 1975, he inherited the courtesy title of The Earl of Belfast, and, on the death of his father in 2007, he became The Marquess of Donegall. Patrick splits his year between Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland he has turned the Cistercian monastery of Dunbrody Abbey, along with a maze, into a popular tourist destination. He plays bridge (badly) and golf (even worse). Married to Caroline, they have two children, James and Katie.