Ellen Tuckey

Ellen Marguerite Tuckey (1884–1939) was one of the first three women to enter Trinity College, Dublin in 1904 with Avarina Shegog after Marion Johnston.

Ellen, or Elsie as she was also known, was born on the 4 February 1884 to Ellen Elizabeth Orpen and Davys Tuckey, barrister-at-law, and Assistant Land Commissioner in Dublin city.

[1][2][3] She was educated in Trinity College Dublin, joining Marion Johnston in the summer term in 1904.

[6] She went on to gain the teaching diploma and spent time studying in Bryn Mawr College in the United States.

[7] Tuckey taught for several years in both India and Canada before returning to Dublin to become Head Mistress of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Ireland, Ballsbridge, Dublin.

Provost George Salmon reputedly said women would enter Trinity over his dead body.