Honoria Aughney

Honoria Aughney (13 September 1900 – 7 March 1991) was an Irish republican activist and nationalist and Chief Medical Health Officer for County Wexford.

She was educated in University College Dublin where she completed her degree in medicine in the same class as Kevin Barry.

Along with her sister Eilís Nic Eachnaidh she got involved in the Irish Nationalist organisation Cumann na mBan.

She went on to work in public health in Kildare in 1939 before being appointed Chief Medical Officer for County Wexford from 1949 to 1959[3][1] In the 50s Aughney was a member of the Bord na Radharcmhastóirí, the Irish Optometrists board.

She faced them all down and cut the tripe out of the red necked bullies.The current Tullow Tennis Club is located on a field donated to the young people of the area for sports use by Aughney.