Eileen Browne (broadcaster)

Eileen Browne, (5 August 1923 – 14 April 1999) was a BBC Radio broadcaster, perhaps best known for being one of the original presenters of Listen with Mother.

Born in Edinburgh, her parents were Minnie Gallaugher and Professor Francis James Browne, both originally from County Donegal.

After working in precision engineering during the war, she wrote to the BBC asking if there were any vacancies in the schools music department and she was given temporary employment as a junior programme assistant, which later became permanent.

For Listen With Mother she recorded the traditional nursery rhymes with George Dixon in 1950, when the programme began.

The closing music, the Berceuse from Faure's Dolly Suite for piano duet, was recorded by Eileen and Roger Fiske.