Carmel Naughton

Carmel Patricia Naughton is an Irish philanthropist.

Naughton attended St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan, and is a graduate of Mary Immaculate College. She lives at Stackallan House, County Meath.

Through the Naughton Foundation, Naughton has funded STEM scholarships for Irish leaving certificate students, having been told in her childhood by a nun that girls were "stupid", and "couldn't do maths". She has sponsored the Camogie Association. With her husband Naughton has been a benefactor to the Museum of Literature Ireland and Queen's Universitys Naughton Gallery.

From 1996 to 2002, Naughton served as Chairman of the National Gallery of Ireland's board of governors. She was among the inaugural trustees of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust when it took control of Irish former Christian Brothers' Schools in 2008. In 2016, Naughton and her husband Martin were named philanthropists of the year by the Community Foundation for Ireland.

In 2004 Naughton received an honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. Charles, Prince of Wales awarded her a medal for services to the arts in Northern Ireland. and she is an honorary member of the RHA. She has been named Mary I College alumnus of the year.