John T. Coffey, who was rector of Mogorban, Fethard, County Tipperary, and Lizzie Moulson, daughter of the Rev.
Vanston became a member of the Gaelic League, and visited the Gaeltacht on Achill Island regularly.
[2][3] Vanston exhibited a medallion at the 1898 Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA) show, and another work in 1903.
At 27–28 Clare Street, Dublin, the group had its own plaster mill and could cast primarily ecclesiastical statues, which were then bronzed and tinted.
Vanston lived at 13 Herbert Street until she died on 23 March 1959 in the Royal City of Dublin Hospital.