Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Dr. Nora Stack,
Studied medicine at TCD:
Nora studied medicine in
TCD.
She had to work her way through university - family had no money.
She was helped get into Trinity by the Christian Brothers at
Synge Street,
where her older brother Bill had gone to school.
(Bill himself got into university in America in 1921.)
Nora got a
BA at TCD in 1926.
Continued in medical studies.
While she was at TCD, in 1927, the Catholic Hierarchy issued
an order that no Catholic should attend TCD
"under pain of grave sin".
(This was reinforced 1944:
"Any Catholic who disobeys this law is guilty of mortal sin".
Order finally scrapped 1970.)
At Trinity she became friends with
Dr. Marie Lea-Wilson.
Nora received
MB
(Hons) TCD, 1st class honours, Nov 1928.
She was
living
35 Heytesbury St
at time.
Worked as a doctor, 1929 to 1933:
Nora was
working at
Coombe Hospital, Dublin, as at June 1929.
She was
Resident Medical Officer
at the
Royal City of Dublin Hospital,
Dublin,
July 1929 - Aug 1930, including 6 months as House Physician,
7 months as House Surgeon.
One day, staff all gone to a rugby international.
Nora in charge.
No anaesthetist left.
Nick O'Dwyer taken in from the
South County Dublin Hunt
(Nora's future husband Frank hunted with O'Dwyer, but he and Nora didn't meet
at this stage).
Nora
had to give O'Dwyer 36 stitches without anaesthetic.
At one stage he looked up weakly:
"Is this girl qualified?"
Nora got
D.Ph.
TCD, June 1931.
In 1932 when she met Frank she was working at
Royal Hospital for Consumption for Ireland,
Newtown Mountkennedy
sanatorium, Co.Wicklow.
She went to England.
Worked as
Assistant School Medical Officer in South Shields,
Newcastle, NE England,
Nov 1932.
At marriage her address is given as Moore Ave, Harton,
South Shields
(see map).
At marriage
Frank is at a temporary address at St. Gregory's Catholic presbytery, Harton,
South Shields
(see following).
Nora
mar 31 July 1933
[her age 30, him age 46]
to Frank Flanagan
[born 11 Dec 1886] and had issue.
They mar
at
St. Gregory's Catholic church,
Harton,
South Shields.
See mar cert.
And copy.
NOT 29 June.
Staff of the Coombe Hospital, Dublin, June 1929.
Nora is centre row, 4th from right, to the left of the sister.
See names.
See full size
and wider shot.
See other shot
and other shot.
Nora. Close-up of above.
Resident staff of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot St, Dublin, 1930.
Nora is listed as "House Physician".
See names.
See full size
and wider shot.
See other shot
and other shot.
Nora. Close-up of above.
Nora (centre, back) working as a house-surgeon somewhere,
with a nun and nurses.
Nora, before her marriage in 1933.
See larger
and full size.
Nora Stack, c.1950.
See larger
and full size.
Nora Stack (left) with Alice Cooney, wife of
Sean Mac Eoin (Minister for Defence).
The Mac Eoins were family friends.
Social and Personal magazine, 1954.
Map from here
shows correct labelling.
This would indicate that the old church is the attached hall on the left side of the new church.
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