Steyn, Stella
Steyn, Stella (1907–87), artist and designer, was born 26 December 1907 in Dublin, daughter of William Steyn, dentist, and Bertha Steyn (née Jaffe). Both the Steyn and Jaffe families had moved to Limerick from Russia in the 1870s. William and Bertha married in 1890. Stella was the…...
Summersby, Kathleen Helen (‘Kay’)
Summersby, Kathleen Helen (‘Kay’) (1908–75), secretary and chauffeur to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, was born Kathleen Helen MacCarthy-Morrogh at Inish Beg, Co. Cork, daughter of Major Donal Florence MacCarthy-Morrogh (d. 1932) of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and his wife Vera (née…...
Swanzy, Mary
Swanzy, Mary (1882–1978), landscape and genre painter, was born 15 February 1882 in Dublin, second of three daughters of Sir Henry Rosborough Swanzy, ophthalmic surgeon and vice-president of the College of Surgeons, and his wife Mary, daughter of Dr John Denham. The family resided at 23…...
Thornton, Brigid Lyons
Thornton, Brigid Lyons (1896–1987), public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army, was born 13 May 1896 in Northyard, Scramogue, Co. Roscommon, the eldest child of the two daughters and one son of Patrick Lyons, farmer, and Margaret Lyons…...
Traquair, Phoebe Anna
Traquair, Phoebe Anna (1852–1936), mural artist, craftworker, bookbinder, and illustrator, was born 24 May 1852, third daughter of William Moss , physician, of Kilternan, Co. Dublin, and Teresa Moss (née Richardson), and was reared in Dublin and Wicklow. In her late teens she…...
Trench, Cesca (Trinseach, Sadhbh)
Trench, Cesca (Trinseach, Sadhbh) (1891–1918), artist and cultural-political activist, was born Frances Georgiana Chenevix Trench in Liverpool on 3 February 1891, fourth child (of three sons and two daughters) of Francis Chenevix Trench, perpetual curate at the anglican church of St…...
Trevor, Helen Mabel
Trevor, Helen Mabel (1831–1900), artist, was born 20 December 1831 in Lisnagead House, Loughbrickland, Co. Down, eldest daughter of Edward Hill Trevor, Esq.; her mother's name is not known. She began drawing from an early age and her father encouraged her by fitting out a studio in…...
Vanston, Doreen (Dairine)
Vanston, Doreen (Dairine) (1903–88), artist, was born 19 October 1903 in Dublin, daughter of John S. B. Vanston, solicitor, and Lilla Mary Vanston (née Coffey), sculptor (see below). She was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin, and then studied art at Goldsmith's College, London, and…...
Vanston, Lilla Mary
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Ward, Mary
Ward, Mary (1827–69), artist, naturalist, and astronomer, was born 27 April 1827 in Ballylin, near Ferbane, King's Co. (Offaly), youngest among three daughters and one son of the Rev. Henry King (1799–1857) of Ballylin, and Harriette King (née Lloyd), of Gloster, King's Co. Her…...
Wejchert, Alexandra
Wejchert, Alexandra (1921–95), sculptor, was born 16 October 1921 in Cracow, Poland, daughter of Tedeusz Wejchert, who ran a shipping business in Gdansk. In 1939 she went to study architecture in Warsaw University and there experienced the German invasion of Poland, which haunted…...
Whitty, Sophia St John
Whitty, Sophia St John (1877–1924), woodcarver, teacher, and cooperativist, was born 4 November 1877 at 69 Upper Leeson St., Dublin, daughter of Richard Lawrence Whitty, gentleman, of that address, and his wife Jane Alicia, second daughter of Hugh Palliser Hickman (1805–83),…...
Williams, Jane
Williams, Jane (1771–1845), silversmith, was born 2 December 1771 in Cork, the eldest of seven daughters and two sons born to Carden Terry , silversmith, and his wife Catherine (née Webb), daughter of Stonewell Webb, also a silversmith. Carden was born 1742 to John Terry, a burgess…...
Yeats, Anne Butler
Yeats, Anne Butler (1919–2001), painter and stage designer, was born 26 February 1919 in Dublin, daughter and elder child of William Butler Yeats (qv), poet, and George Yeats (qv) (née Bertha Georgie Hyde Lees)…...
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet (‘Lollie’)
Yeats, Elizabeth Corbet (‘Lollie’) (1868–1940), publisher and painter, was born 11 March 1868 at 23 Fitzroy Road, London, daughter of John Butler Yeats (qv), painter, and Susan Yeats (née Pollexfen). She stayed in Merville, Sligo, at the…...
Yeats, Susan Mary (‘Lily’)
Yeats, Susan Mary (‘Lily’) (1866–1949), embroiderer and designer, was born 25 August 1866 at Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, daughter of John Butler Yeats (qv), painter, and Susan Yeats (née Pollexfen). A sickly child, she stayed in Merville,…...
Young (Henry), Mabel Florence
Young (Henry), Mabel Florence (1889–1974), artist, was born 18 August 1889, youngest of seven children of William Henry Young , owner of a coaching business, of 3 Union St., Ryde, Isle of Wight, and Emma Young. She was educated in Ryde, but, with her father's business adversely…...