Dorothy Lowry-Corry
Dorothy Lowry-Corry | |
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| Born | 1885 Castlecoole, County Fermanagh |
| Died | 22 March 1967 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Parent(s) | Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore |
Dorothy Lowry-Corry (1885 – 22 March 1967) was an Irish historian and archaeologist.
Biography[]
Dorothy Lowry-Corry was born at Castle Coole, County Fermanagh as one of 13 children of Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore and Anne Elizabeth Honoria Gladstone. She developed an interest in history with a particular focus on the Early Christian period. Lowry-Corry wrote a number of papers, many for the Royal Irish Academy and to the . She was particularly involved in the recording of the stone figures on Boa Island and Lustymore Island. She also discovered the Corracloona Court Tomb of County Leitrim. Lowry-Corry was the vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries and represented County Fermanagh on the Ancient Monuments Advisory Committee. She died 22 March 1967.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sources[]
- ^ "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah. Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia. Yorkin Publications. ISBN 978-0-7876-3736-1.
- ^ Lucey, John (2019). "LEADING LADIES". Archaeology Ireland. 33 (4): 25–27. ISSN 0790-892X.
- ^ "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". Dublin, Ireland : The Society. 1919.
- ^ "A SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH BODY LIBRARY DUBLIN" (PDF).
- ^ Cassidy, Janet. "THE PILGRIMAGE OF DABHACH PHÁDRAIG: PLACE, MEMORY, AND SACRED LANDSCAPE AT THE HOLY WELL OF BELCOO". Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Evans, Estyn (1967). "Obituary: Lady Dorothy Lowry-Corry". Ulster Journal of Archaeology. 30: 1–1. ISSN 0082-7355.
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