Eileen Mahon 12.02.26 - 20.08.87
Eileen Mahon was the eleventh child of Joseph Senior and the 9th with his second wife Minnie. She went to Mt. Lourdes Convent Grammar in Enniskillen and then studied music at UCD, Dublin. She began her career as a music teacher in Mt. Lourdes, but when her brother Dermot came back on holiday from Australia, he took her back with him. There she spent 30 years as head of music in Mitchell College in Bathurst, NSW visiting Irvinestown several times on holiday. Nearing retirement, she took ill and came home spending her last months back in Irvinestown where she died.
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