Elizabeth Mary Troy

Elizabeth Mary ('Lilly') Troy, (1914–2011), obstetrician and Ireland's first female medical consultant.

[1] Troy served, with the rank of squadron leader, in the RAF as a female medical officer for three years.

[1] Her return to the Coombe as assistant master in 1949–52 made Troy the first woman to hold this post in Ireland.

[1] Angela MacNamara, the Sunday Press agony aunt often used her as the expert for advice on reproductive issues.

She was chair of the Coombe Benefit Committee from 1959 and a patron of the National Concert Hall and of Focus Ireland.