Bates, Daisy May
(1859–1951), welfare worker for Aborigines, anthropologist, and eccentric, was born 21 October 1859 in Roscrea, Co. Tipperay, third among six children of James Dwyer , catholic tradesman and blacksmith, and Bridget Dwyer (née Hunt). Her twin brother, Francis, died…...
Cleary, Bridget
(1867–95), dressmaker, was born in Ballyvadlea, near Cloneen, Co. Tipperary, daughter, and apparently the youngest child, of Patrick Boland , a farm labourer, and his wife, Bridget (née Keating). This was probably in February 1867, although most contemporary…...
Johnson, Rosanna (‘Rosie’) (1891–1987), street trader, was born
24 March 1891, daughter of
William Walsh, labourer, of 6 Turner's Cottages, Dublin, and Julia Walsh (née Reilly). At the age of 12 she was
selling violets on the street for a penny a bunch and by the time she was 17 she…...
O'Rourke, Madeleine C. (1951–2006), aviator and organiser of aviation
events, was born in south Dublin in the spring of 1951, the
daughter of Peter J. Byrne and his
wife Olive (née Poole); there was an older brother. Her father was an electrical
engineer with the…...
