The Clifford family moved to Dublin in 1915, first living in Leinster Square, Rathmines and later Mill Forge, Templeogue.

She died at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street on 11 March 1986, and is buried in Templeogue cemetery.

[1] She joined the Irish Women Workers’ Union (IWWU) after two days of starting at the laundry, and was later elected shop steward.

During the fourteen-week stoppage, Clifford supported her unemployed husband and their two young children on strike pay of 5 shillings per week.

During her presidential address at the IWWU's 1973 annual convention, she advocated for women to embrace flexibility in the workplace and to accept all opportunities presented to them.

The campaign culminated in a march of 300,000 workers in Dublin and one million across the country on 22 January 1980, the largest labour demonstration in the history of the Irish state.