[1] Her family met with Sarsfield Hogan, the secretary of the Department of Finance at the time, to discuss the issue of her monthly allowance, which would have breached foreign exchange controls.
Sarsfield permitted her to receive the money on the condition that she return to Ireland in the future and teach her young compatriots to sing.
[1] She won the Concorso Lirico Milano in 1952, which brought her the role of Mimì in Leoncavallo's La bohème at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, which in turn brought her a contract from the Royal Opera House in London,[1] where she first appeared as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.
[3][1] Dunne's students included Patricia Bardon,[13] Orla Boylan,[7] Mary Brennan,[7] Tara Erraught,[5] Lynda Lee,[14] Colette McGahon, Anthony Kearns,[7] Suzanne Murphy,[15] and Finbar Wright,[16] who have all sung in the major international opera houses.
[17] The triennial Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition, established by the Friends of the Vocal Arts in Ireland in 1995,[3] awards bursaries in her name.
[18] Recipients have included Orla Boylan, Sarah-Jane Brandon, Tara Erraught, Pumeza Matshikiza and Simon O'Neill.