Mary McGivney
Mary McGivney RRC | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1865 Collon, County Louth, Ireland |
| Died | 1933 (aged 67–68) Ardee, County Louth, Ireland |
| Education | The London Hospital |
| Occupations | Matron, College of Nursing founding member |
Mary McGivney (1865–1933) Royal Red Cross,[1] was an influential nurse reformer and Matron of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin from 1892 to 1920, a founding member of the College of Nursing and a member of the Irish Board of the College.[2][3][4][5][6] She also helped form a professional club for nurses in Dublin.[7]
Early life
McGivney was born on 6 February 1865 in Collon, County Louth, Ireland to her father Luke, and mother Anne. By 1911 her father had died and her mother was farming.[8]
Nursing career
McGiveney lived at home with her family until she commenced nurse training on 9 June 1888. She trained at The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London under Eva Luckes between 1888 and 1889.[9] After sixteen months she developed a 'severe form of flat foot' and left before she had completed two years training on 16 October 1889.[4][9] In 1892 she was appointed as matron of Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, and held the post until 1920.[3] During her matronship she oversaw the expansion of the nurse training programme at the hospital.[3] In 1900 she helped found a professional club for nurses in Dublin along with Margaret Huxley.[7] She was an early / founding member of the College of Nursing (later RCN), and was a member of the Irish Board of the College of Nursing.
Retirement
McGivney retired in 1920, and died in Ardee, County Louth, Ireland in 1932.[3][10]
Honours
- Royal Red Cross, 1917[1]
References
- 1 2 "Nursing and the War". The Nursing Record. 58 (1518): 1305. 5 May 1917 – via www.rcn.org.uk.
- ↑ "Irish Board, College of Nursing". Nursing Times. 14 (662): 5. 5 January 1918 – via Women Studies Archive: Gale.
- 1 2 3 4 Helena O’Donoghue, 'Mercy through the Years: The Story of Health Care in the South Central Province of the Sisters of Mercy' (2007)
- 1 2 Rogers, Sarah (2022). 'A Maker of Matrons'? A study of Eva Lückes's influence on a generation of nurse leaders:1880–1919' (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Huddersfield, April 2022
- ↑ Rogers, Sarah (2026). The Matron Maker. Eva Lückes: Nursing Reformer and Nightingale Protégée. Dunstable: London Nurse Press. ISBN 978-1-0667751-0-1.
- ↑ Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, No.2, Matron's Annual Letter to Nurses, 1894–1916; RLHLH/N/7/2, No.2, June 1895, 11; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- 1 2 "Professional Progress in Dublin". The Nursing Record. 25 (658): 375–376. 10 November 1900 – via womens studies : Gale.
- ↑ See 1911 census for Collon.
- 1 2 Mary McGivney, Register of Probationers; RLHLH/N/1/2, 242; Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums, London
- ↑ "Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Archive". The Royal College of Physcians of Ireland. 31 July 2026.
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