Miriam Hederman O'Brien (6 June 1932 – 14 March 2022) was an Irish barrister and academic, who held the posts of Chancellor of the University of Limerick and Director of the University of Limerick Foundation.
[1] Miriam Hederman was born in Naas, County Kildare on 6 June 1932,[2] the youngest of three children of William and Mary Hederman, drapers in Naas and Newbridge.
She had two older brothers, Supreme Court Justice and Attorney-General Anthony J. Hederman and William Hederman, a Vincentian priest.
[3][4] Hederman O'Brien died at a care home on 14 March 2022, at the age of 89.
[9] The Miriam Hederman O'Brien Research Prize[10] is awarded by the Foundation for Fiscal Studies.