They expanded this stable to Ireland in 1955, hiring first Vincent O'Brien and then John Oxx as trainers.
[1] The McShains moved to Ireland in 1960, buying Killarney House, County Kerry and a large portion of the Kenmare estate.
[1][2] McShain was a Dame of Malta and a Lady of the Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre.
She was awarded two honorary doctorates in 1977, one from LaSalle University, Philadelphia and one from her alma mater, Rosemont College.
Her daughter, Pauline McShain, was a sister of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.