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became involved with various political scenes through her family members and friends. The Fitzgibbon half of her family were conservative Unionists, and she was influenced by her maternal great-uncle Gerald Fitzgibbon
's essay collection...
Family and Intimate relationships
May Laffan
Her mother, born Ellen Sarah Fitzgibbon
, was probably the niece of Gerald Fitzgibbon
, Master of Chancery in Ireland. Ellen's family was originally from County Limerick—but had settled in Dublin before her lifetime—and...