MacNeill, Josephine--DB5256
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
Maiden name, place of origin
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Married to James McNeill, governor general; Engaged to Pierce McCann, died 1919
Social background, family connections
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
University College Dublin: Degree in languages
Occupation
First official woman diplomat to Holland
Functions in agricultural institutions
Irish Countrywomen's Association: Buan Cara 1958-, Buan Cairde 1952-, trustee 1943-, delegate to the emigration commission 1948, member of the advisory committee for cultural relations
Functions in other institutions
Cumman na mBann: Member
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Heverin, Aileen, The Irish Countrywomen’s Association: A History 1910-2000, Dublin 2000, p. 92, 94, 98, 108, 218f