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Mary O'Rourke is out of hospital and convalescing in Dublin, her son Cllr Aengus O'Rourke said this week. Cllr O'Rourke has also extended his thanks to everyone for their support and and prayers during his mother's recent illness.

Eilís Dillon was born on March 7, 1920, in Galway. Her parents were Professor Tom Dillon and Geraldine Plunkett, who was a sister of Joseph Mary Plunkett. They were very republican and were forced to move a number of times. They lived for a time in Daingean House and later in Barna for a few years. Eilís went to Barna National School where she became fluent at Irish, later to the Presentation, and later still to the Ursuline Convent in Sligo. She worked for a while in the hotel business.