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- [c. 1901-1902] (Creation)
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Grace O’Malley was born in 1934 as the elder of two children of Charles Vincent O’Malley and Dr Sarah (Judy) née Walsh. Her father was a dentist and ran a successful dental practice in the heart of Limerick city at No. 4 Pery Square, while her mother worked as a doctor and ophthalmologist. Grace was educated at Mount Anville in Dublin and later entered University College Dublin, where her studies for a degree in French and Italian were interrupted by tuberculosis in 1956. Following her recovery, Grace worked in public relations in Shannon. In 1958 she met and married her husband, George Cantillon, and had four children with him. Grace’s lifelong interest in family history culminated in an MA in Art History at University of Limerick in 2004 and the publication of The Round House O’Malleys: The Power of One Woman! in 2014.
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Cabinet card (250 x 172 mm) depicting a studio portrait of Patrick and Helena O’Malley with their eight children: daughters Louie standing next to her father, Elsie seated in front of Louie, Maude seated beside her mother and Grace seated between Maude and her mother; and sons Frank seated in a high-backed chair beside Elsie; Patrick seated at Frank’s feet, Charles sitting at his mother’s feet and Tom standing next to his father. Also digital reproductions (203 x 151 mm) same. Original image by M. Buckley, 117 George Street, Limerick.