Only the second woman in history to serve as Deputy Commissioner, Anne Marie McMahon held the role in an acting capacity in 2020 following in the footsteps of Noirin O’ Sullivan. She joined the An Garda Siochána in 1986 and served in Coolock (Dublin), Henry Street (Limerick) and with the United Nations in Cambodia. She was previously Assistant Commissioner Southern Region from 2016 to 2020 and before that was Director of Training and Development, Garda College in Templemore.
Among the senior roles she held in An Garda Siochána were Chief Superintendent of the Garda Community Relations Bureau and Superintendent in both Roxboro Road (Limerick) and Bruff, Co. Limerick and Inspector in Henry Street (Limerick). She retired as Deputy Garda Commissioner earlier this year. She holds an MBS (honours) Human Resource Management from the University of Limerick and a BA (honours) in Police Management, Garda College. She also received a Diploma in Business and Executive Coaching ( Distinction) Smurfit Business School.
She is the second Kilmurry McManon native to receive the Clare Person of the Year award. A previous winner in 2002 was the late Brother Sean MacNamara, Ennis CBS, one of Co. Clare’s best known personalities for many years and whose death occurred on June 17th 2023.