Dorothy Lowry-Corry Explained

Dorothy Lowry-Corry
Birth Date:	1885
Birth Place:	Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Death Date:	22 March 1967
Parents:	Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore

Dorothy Lowry-Corry (1885 – 22 March 1967) was an Irish historian and archaeologist.

Biography

Dorothy Lowry-Corry was born at Castle Coole, County Fermanagh as one of 13 children of Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore and Anne Elizabeth Honoria Gladstone. She developed an interest in history with a particular focus on the Early Christian period. Lowry-Corry wrote a number of papers, many for the Royal Irish Academy and to the Ulster Journal of Archaeology. She was particularly involved in the recording of the stone figures on Boa Island and Lustymore Island. She also discovered the Corracloona Court Tomb of County Leitrim. Lowry-Corry was the vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries and represented County Fermanagh on the Ancient Monuments Advisory Committee. She died 22 March 1967.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Dictionary of Ulster Biography . www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
2. Book: Commire . Anne . Klezmer . Deborah . Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia . 22 May 1999 . Yorkin Publications . 978-0-7876-3736-1 . 41108563 . English.
3. Lucey . John . LEADING LADIES . Archaeology Ireland . 2019 . 33 . 4 . 25–27 . 26844510 . 0790-892X.
4. Web site: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . Dublin, Ireland : The Society . 1919.
5. Web site: A SUMMARY CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS IN THE REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH BODY LIBRARY DUBLIN .
6. Cassidy . Janet . THE PILGRIMAGE OF DABHACH PHÁDRAIG: PLACE, MEMORY, AND SACRED LANDSCAPE AT THE HOLY WELL OF BELCOO . en.
7. Evans . Estyn . Obituary: Lady Dorothy Lowry-Corry . Ulster Journal of Archaeology . 1967 . 30 . 1 . 20567594 . 0082-7355.