01 Margaret Brennan by Bridie Jennings McMahon
02 Maura Varley by Declan Varley
03 Dorothy Hearne by Mary Farragher
04 Dr Emer Colleran by Elizabeth McConnell
05 Eliza McHugh by Grainne McConnell
06 Geraldine May by Sarah Horan
07 Information Board Double Size – Women Erased etc
08 Nurse Connolly by Imelda Hughes
09 Tess May by Joanna Hynes
10 Katherine Holcroft by Averil Staunton
11 Kathleen Ryder by Gerry Ryder
12 Kay Tracey by Cathy Tracey
13 Sr. Francis McMyler by Marteen Lane
14 Margaret Gibbons by Rosalie Darby, Australia
15 Mary Casey by Mary Tiernan
16 Mary Farragher by BHS
17 Maura Keane by Brid Mylotte
18 Maureen Dowd by Averil Staunton
19 Noreen Farragher by Bernadette Feerick
20 Sisters of Mercy by Various contributors
21 Kathleen Kilbane by Bro Anselm Conway
22 Bridie Mulloy by Averil Staunton
23 Maeve Kenny by Courtney Kenny & Others
24 Josie Murphy by Rob Murphy
25 Agnes Browne by Alma Murphy
26 Mina McHugh by Grainne McConnell
27 Mary Teresa Cooney by Ger Delaney
28 Ballinrobe Orphans by Averil Staunton
29 Bridget Browne by Interview with Averil Staunton
30 Fin O’Neill by O’Neill family
31 Mary Ellen Walsh by Mary Coleman
32 Ann Reid by Interview with Averil Staunton
33 Monica Horan by Interviewees
34 Nikita Sweeney by Tacu
01 Margaret Brennan, Roose, near Carras Church in the parish of Roundfort.
She was of patched green fields, stone walls, narrow winding boreens, holy wells and Pilgrim places.
02 Maura Varley. Creagh Road, Ballinrobe
"Always believe in the capacity of the written word to move and inspire" - Maura Varley
03 Dorothy Hearne
Dorothy instrumental in our library moving to the Church of Ireland
04 Professor Emer Colleran - October 1945 - June 2018
Environmental Scientist, Advocate and Public Intellectual October 1945
05 Eliza McHugh, Glebe Street, Ballinrobe
Local Business Woman and Entrepreneur - Ballinrobe
06 Geraldine May, Ballinrobe
Mrs May gave a voice to the vulnerable and never shied away from speaking up.
09 Tess May
Tess May was Captain of the local Cumann na mBan
10 Katherine Holcroft
I am what you will be; I was what you are now!
11 Mrs Kathleen Ryder, Neale Road, Ballinrobe
Ad vitam educationem (Education for life) - Kathleen Ryder
12 Kay Tracey
Kay has a great sense of humour, and a very positive outlook on life
14 Margaret Gibbons, Ballinrobe & Australia
A true survivor of desperate times in Ballinrobe
15 Mary Casey, Newtown, Partry
Mary had a warm welcome for everybody that visited.
16 Mary Farragher, Librarian Ballinrobe Library
Mary serves her community willingly and cheerfully.
18 Dr Maureen Dowd
Columnist, Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner.
19 Mrs Nora Farragher
An honest, generous, patient and forgiving person who worked hard to support and nurture her family
20 Sisters of Mercy, Convent, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
Extracted from the 1970 Convent of Mercy School Magazine p 14 - 17
21 Kathleen Kilbane's story extracts from No More Tears in My Eyes
Kathleen' years at Creagh House, Ballinrobe, which was a TB Sanatorium at one stage
23 Maeve Kenny
She encouraged an interest in light opera which has existed in Ballinrobe for over 60 years.
25 Agnes Browne, Bunnadubber, Ballinrobe
Agnes always remained a committed Irish woman.
25 Ballinrobe Workhouse Earl Grey Orphans
There are believed to be in the region of 16,000 descendants of the young Irish Earl Grey orphans
26 Mina McHugh, Glege Street, Ballinrobe
She worked hard, was a proud, ambitious and resilient lady.
27 Mary Teresa Cooney
Her son Dr Noel Browne introduced mass free screening for tuberculosis suffers, which dramatically reduced the incidence of TB in Ireland.
29 Bridget Browne
She had a great memory for detail and was unfailingly kind, polite and discrete with her customers.
29 continued ...Bridget Browne & Her Shop
Bridget Brown, Shop at Abbey Street, Ballinrobe.
30 Fin O'Neill
If you want something done ask a busy woman!
32 Ann Reid nee King Cloongowla, Cluain Gabhla, Ballinrobe
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams, Yet we are the movers and shakers, of the world forever it seems. Extract from Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy
34 Nikita Maughan, Ballinrobe
Nikita won the youth category at the National Traveller Pride Awards in Dublin in May 2019
About the 'Our Irish Women' Exhibition
National Museum of Ireland, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Ballinrobe Honours its Womenfolk
Exhibition currently at Ballinrobe Library created by Averil Staunton
Behind every great town are plenty of great ladies
Women have been so often written out of history but not so in Ballinrobe where a new project is putting them centre-stage, writes Majella Loftus.
Invitation to Womens' Exhibition
August 17th, Launch in Ballinrobe Library at 12.30
Logo for Our Irish Women
Explanation of various aspects
Mina McHugh (Tierney)
Glebe Street, Ballinrobe
Sister Francis McMyler
Thank You for the Music!
WOMEN OF BALLINROBE TO BE IMMORTALISED IN BOOK
Majella Loftus, Western People Newspaper, THURSDAY, JANUARY 09, 2020