Career
She befriended unionists such as Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Horace Plunkett, and Chief Secretary George Wyndham and also nationalist leaders such as Charles Stuart Parnell, Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera. Her colourful memoir of those circles were published in 1937. A friendship with Máire Ní Chinnéide, forged through theatrical circles, led to her accepting the patronage of Camogie Association of Ireland from 1910 to 1923.
She also presented a cup and medals for the winners of the Dublin League.
She served largely in an honorary role attending few meetings of what was then known as Cualacht Luithchleas na mBan Gaedheal. A liberal unionist, she became active in the promotion of Irish agriculture, industry and culture.
She died at Earlsfort House, her Dublin home, on October 28, 1944 and was buried in Killeen Castle, County Meath. The large attendance at her funeral included the diplomatic representatives of Belgium, Canada, Netherlands, and Poland.
