Individual Details

Emma MCDONNELL

(11 May 1910 - 2 May 1982)

Emma was a matron in Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare (we know she was at Clongowes in the 1950s) and later in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin (in the 1960s and perhaps later) where there is a library named after her. she She never married. She and her sisters, Annie and Eva, shared a home for many years at 102 Morehampton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin.

Emma died of heart failure at St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin aged 72.

Events

Birth11 May 1910Corgarriff, Kilmovee, Co. Mayo
Death2 May 1982Dublin
Burial4 May 1982Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin (grave OH 70.5, St. Bridget's)

Families

FatherJohn MCDONNELL (1860 - 1922)
MotherElizabeth (Lizzie) Ellen GORDON (1868 - 1955)
SiblingAlexander (Alex) John MCDONNELL (1893 - 1920)
SiblingAnne (Annie) MCDONNELL (1895 - 1976)
SiblingThomas (Tom) Francis MCDONNELL (1897 - 1963)
SiblingMichael George MCDONNELL (1900 - 1992)
SiblingMary MCDONNELL (1903 - 1904)
SiblingMary Elizabeth (Sr. Mary Walter) MCDONNELL (1904 - 1981)
SiblingEva MCDONNELL (1916 - 2009)