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Her return to the Coombe as assistant master in 1949â52 made Troy the first woman to hold this post in
Ireland. She finalised her MAO from UCD in July 1954 and was appointed as a consultant in 1956. Troy was a specialist in gynaecological surgery. The hospitals where she was consultant included the
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Patricia was a GP in Wexford after graduating from medicine from UCD in 1946 while the other sister, Ethna was a dentist. Troy was involved with several charitable bodies. She was chair of the Coombe Benefit Committee from 1959 and a patron of the
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Troy was born to Joseph Troy a hatter and outfitter, and his wife Hanna ('Johanna') (nÊe Doran) in
Ranelagh on 14 September 1914. She had two sisters and two brothers. She attended school at
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