She starred in an adaptation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain's 1948 novel, Cré na Cille.
In her late teens, hearing that an assistant stage manager was leaving the Abbey Theatre, she wrote to Tomás Mac Anna, the director, and got the job.
After her performance in Silver Dollar Boys, Joe Dowling invited her to join the Abbey Actors.
She remained with them until the 1990s when she left to work in TG4's soap, Ros na Rún.
[4][5] She appeared on an Irish 55-cent stamp in 2008, depicted in a still from Cré na Cille.