Christine Buckley (10 October 1946 – 11 March 2014)[1] was an Irish activist and campaigner, who served as the director of the Aislinn support and education group for survivors of Industrial Schools in Ireland.

[2] The daughter of a Nigerian medical student and a married Irish woman from Dublin,[3] she was abandoned at three weeks of age and grew up in Goldenbridge industrial school.

[3] In 2003, she called on Fianna Fáil Minister for Education Noel Dempsey to resign after he proposed that the Commission investigate only sample allegations of abuse instead of the 1800 complaints.

[7] In June 2009 she criticised a letter to priests by Pope Benedict XVI on the grounds that it used vague language and that it may have concealed rather than acknowledged the wrongs done.

[15] Awardees include: In December 2012, Trinity College, Dublin awarded her an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LL.D) in recognition of her work for people who were subjected to institutional abuse.