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Eileen Gray portrait from 1926
Born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith on August 9, 1878, the Brownswood native would not only defy convention, not only overcome those obstacles, she would become a world leader in her field, an iconic figure who continues to be celebrated decades after her death.
Eileen s father, James McLaren Smith (1832-1900), was a painter, her mother, Eveleen (1841-1918) an Anglo-Irish aristocrat whose lineage could be traced back to King James V.
Clearly these were not your average Enniscorthy family.
While the young Eileen undoubtedly had a better start to life than most, a most affluent upbringing, she displayed the single-mindedness which would serve her well in later life from a young age.
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