Dr. George Sigerson,
polymath,
born 1836,
mar Hester Varian
[novelist and poet],
surgeon, medical researcher
(Darwin
was interested in his biological research),
translated the pioneer neurologist
Charcot
into English,
writer and historian, major figure in the Irish literary revival,
translator of Gaelic poetry,
also wrote on politics, often under the pseudonym "Erionnach",
wrote
in the Freeman's Journal,
friend of the Fenian
Charles Joseph Kickham,
as his doctor attended his deathbed 1882,
see
[Comerford, 1979],
[Maher, 1942],
President of National Literary Society,
Hester died 1898,
he was co-founder of the
Feis Cheoil
competition 1903,
the Sigerson Cup
(the Gaelic Football
third-level competition)
founded by him 1911,
Free State Senator,
died 1925, age 89 yrs,
see his grave,
see [Dict. Ir. Biog.],
had issue:
Dora Sigerson,
the poet, born 1866,
mar Clement Shorter
[journalist],
she wrote as "Dora Sigerson Shorter",
after the 1916 Rising,
she designed a
pietà
style Memorial to the rebel dead, and left funds in her will for its erection,
she died 1918, age 52 yrs.
See her grave.
See [Dict. Ir. Writers].
Her 1916 Memorial was finally erected in
Glasnevin Cemetery
post-1926, possibly 1929.
It still survives.
See photos.
Hester Sigerson,
NOT Hestor, poet,
in her youth she knew her father's friend, the Fenian
Charles Joseph Kickham (died 1882),
mar Arthur Donn Piatt
[see here
and ancestors,
NOT Don, born 1867, Georgetown, Washington DC],
he was son of John James Piatt
[born 1835, U.S. Consul at Cork, Ireland 1882-93
(when Ireland part of UK), died 1917],
some sources say Arthur was US Vice-Consul in Ireland,
but think this is confusion with his father,
Hester wrote as "Hester Sigerson"
or "Hester Sigerson-Piatt",
Arthur died 1914, age 47 yrs,
his father died 1917,
Hester was member of Cumann na mBan
from 1919,
she corresponded with Annie Kickham Cleary,
she was author of the Kickham memoir
[Sigerson, 1933],
she attended Nell's
funeral Sat 10th June 1939,
and died only days later,
Fri 16th June 1939,
had issue:
Eibhlín Sigerson-Piatt,
or Eibhlín Piatt,
Eibhlín Hester, born 30th Sept 1911,
NOT Evelyn,
mar Emmet Humphreys and had issue.