Cox, Arthur Conor Joseph (1891–1965), solicitor and senator, was born 25 July 1891 in Dublin, younger of two sons of Dr Michael Cox (qv) (1852–1926), physician, originally of Roscommon and Sligo, and Elizabeth Cox (née Nolan). Like…
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O'Brien, Mary Lucy
O'Brien, Mary Lucy (1923–2006), missionary sister and doctor in Africa, was born Nora Veronica O'Brien on 17 August 1923 in Ballinderry, in the parish of Cummer, near Tuam, Co. Galway, the second eldest in a family of four girls and four boys of Michael O'Brien and his wife Nora (née…
Walker, Margaret
Walker, Margaret (1881–1966), missionary in Calabar, Nigeria, was born 16 March 1881 in Brighton, Sussex, England, fifth of six children – three sons and three daughters – of Col. Edward Walker and Mary Josephine Walker (née Woodhead). She was educated at the convent of the Holy…