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Elizabeth Sheahan ("Cousin Bee")

Elizabeth Sheahan,
Bess, "Bee",
born 5 Oct 1875.
Called "Cousin Bee" by her cousins.
Can't find her in 1901 census.
In 1911 census she is visiting her 1st cousin Agnes O'Mara and her family in London. She is "saleswoman" in "millinery" business. Not married.
She reported mother's death 1919, living 31 Frederick St, Limerick.
She worked in England.

Lived in The Grove, Killiney:
After WW2 she came to her 1st cousin Agnes O'Mara's house, The Grove, Killiney, Co.Dublin, and stayed on.
Richard Humphreys remembered "Cousin Bee" sewing in The Grove.
Nuala Duggan said Cousin Bee ran The Grove, organised food, servants, while Agnes took it easy.
She outlived her cousin Agnes, who died at Killiney in 1958.

She lived for a time with the Duggans.
Bee was confined to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Rochestown Ave, Dun Laoghaire, at time of death.
She died unmarried, 6 March 1960 [mass card] or 7 March [grave], age 84 yrs.
She was bur with her cousin Agnes in Glasnevin.

Rear: Cousin Bee, Maureen.
Front: Kathleen Cashel and Jack Riordan, Agnes Cashel.
The Grove, 1942.
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Left to right: Agnes Cashel, Cousin Bee, Alice Cashel.
In the garden at Killiney, 1948.
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See back.

Elizabeth Sheahan ("Bee").
From mass card.

Elizabeth Sheahan ("Bee") with Nuala Duggan.
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Elizabeth Sheahan ("Bee") on the grave of her cousin Agnes Cashel, Glasnevin.
Photo 2006. See full size and original.
Photo courtesy of Richard Humphreys.