Died: April 23rd, 2021
Detta OâCathain, who died in Sussex on April 23rd after a short illness, aged 83, was the most successful Irish woman there had ever been in the business and political life of Britain, ending up as a leading Conservative in the House of Lords.
It was a far cry from her Irish background whose nationalism was signalled by the use of the Gaelic form of the surname Kane. Her paternal grandfather, a customs officer, was an early member of the Gaelic League in Ulster. He was forced by intimidation to move south from Belfast. Her father was based in Cork as a tax inspector when Margaret, known as Detta, the eldest of three children, was born on February 2nd, 1938.
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Fianna Fáil is set to celebrate the 95th year of its founding in Laois and Offaly with a virtual event in May.
The event will be taking place on May 16 and will be hosted by its Laois and Offaly Ógra units. The organisers outlined the contribution the organisation in the constituency has made to the party and the country.
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