Barrett, Rosa (Mary)
(1854–1936) philanthropist, child-care worker, and suffragist, was born 15 January 1854 in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, daughter of the Rev. W. G. Barrett and Martha Barrett (née Fletcher). From the 1860s she was resident with her family in Dublin. Her…...
Fleury, Eleonora Lilian (1867–1960), medical doctor, was
born in Manchester, England, the eldest
daughter of Charles Fleury, a Waterford surgeon of Huguenot stock. Losing her mother at
an early age, she appears to have been home-educated before registering as a medical
student at…...
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa)
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa) (1917–2008), politician, tribal
elder and nurse, was born Bridget Wren on
11 November 1917 in Tarmons,
Tarbert, Co. Kerry, one of five daughters and two
sons of John Wren, a small-holding farmer, and his wife Johanna (née…...
Redlich, (Mary) Patricia (1940–2011), journalist and psychologist, was born on 1 December 1940 at the National Maternity Hospital,
Holles Street, Dublin, one of four daughters
and a son born to Ben Cribbon, a clerk, and his wife Mary (née Crean). Growing up
in the northside Dublin…...