Dorothy Dermody

[10] Julia was born in about 1877 in England to timber merchant George Evans and his wife Emma.

[citation needed] Dermody's husband, Cyril Patrick McCormack was born on 27 March 1907[12] in 27 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, Ireland.

[citation needed] Dermody spent most of her early life travelling with her father on board his ship.

[4] Dermody played lacrosse and squash at national level, but was seen to be better at diving and fencing.

[15] Dermody was a secretary of the Dublin Wine Society in her later years, after her career as a physical education teacher came to an end in 1958.

[18] Dermody received the Centurion Bounty award for reaching 100 years of age from the President of Ireland.

[citation needed] Dermody was invited to a lunch to be celebrated for her participation in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

[19][16] Dermody died at the age of 102 on 10 April 2012 at Killiney Grove Nursing Home.

During her time teaching in Alexandra College she taught P.E to future Olympian Maeve Kyle who would go on to become Ireland's first female track and field athlete to compete in the Olympics.