Eileen Carragher
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.
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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