Eileen Carragher (1930-2021) was a teacher and social activist in Belfast. Carragher was born in Belfast where she attended St Dominic's Grammar School for Girls and then Queen's University Belfast from which she obtained a degree in mathematics. She taught at St Louise's Comprehensive College before returning to St. Dominic's as a teacher of mathematics and then as Vice-Principal. She was also involved in local politics and was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party in 1970. Later, she was active in PACE - Protestant and Catholic Encounter - an organisation devoted to promoting greater connections between the Protestant and Catholic communities in Northern Ireland.
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