Born in Ballina, Ireland March 21, 1944 Websitehttp://www.maryrobinsoncentre.ie/ edit data Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Mary Therese Winifred Robinson (née Bourke; Irish: Máire Bean Mhic Róibín) served as the seventh, and first female, President of Ireland from 1990 to 1997, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, from 1997 to 2002. Less