Alice Stanley Armitage Explained

Alice Stanley Armitage (24 February 1869 – 30 August 1949) was a campaigner for the blind and principal founder of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland.

Life

Alice Stanley Armitage was born on 24 February 1869. Her parents were Thomas Rhodes Armitage and Harriet Black.^[1] Her mother was the heiress of the Noan estate, County Tipperary.^[2] Her father founded the Royal National Institute for the Blind in England. She was the niece of painter Edward Armitage.^[3]

Armitage was the principal founder of the National Council for the Blind of Ireland on 10 March 1931 under the original name of the National Council for the Welfare of the Blind of Ireland.^[4]

Armitage died on 30 August 1949 in Chertsey, Surrey. A plaque was unveiled to a number of the Armitage family members involved in advocacy for the blind and partially sighted at Magorban Church, Cashel in 2006.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alice Stanley Armitage . www.thepeerage.com . 24 January 2022.
2. Web site: The Derrynaflan Trail . Holy Cross Ballycahill . 24 January 2022.
3. Web site: Art Trail . University of Limerick . 24 January 2022.
4. Web site: The formation of National Council for the Blind of Ireland as we know it - NCBI . NCBI . 24 January 2022 . 1 June 2021.
5. Web site: Fethard & Killusty Newsletter 2006 . fethard.com . 24 January 2022.