Bishop, Esther--DB4995
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
Maiden name, place of origin
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Married to John Richards Orpen
Social background, family connections
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Occupation
Functions in agricultural institutions
Irish Countrywomen's Association: Vice-president, honorary secretary 1947-, honorary assistant secretary 1937-, chairwoman of the executive committee 1953, chairwoman of the finance and appointments sub-committee, chairwoman of the grant counter fund sub-committee, chairwoman of the committee on needs and priorities of a rural Ireland courted for modernisation, delegate to the emigration commission 1948, member of the Oylegate, Wexford guild
Functions in other institutions
Foras Eirann: Member of the council 1964, chairwoman of the Halls Committee
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
- Bishop, Esther, Bantracht na Tuatha, Dublin 1950
Sources
- Heverin, Aileen, The Irish Countrywomen’s Association: A History 1910-2000, Dublin 2000, p. 94, 116
- Irish Farmers' Journal, 11.04.1953, p. 14; 28.05.1960, p. 27; 14.11.1964, p. 32
- McNamara, Sarah, Those Intrepid United Irishwomen, Parteen and Limerick 1995, p. 114
- ARH file no. 3334