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to train as a public analyst. When she came back to Dublin she worked in the college laboratory. In 1925, she set up a laboratory in Dawson Street, Dublin where she worked as a public analyst. She chose to employ female graduates. Eventually Ryan was the public analyst for 12 county councils. For
238:. Ryan was the youngest of six sisters and five brothers. They were a nationalist family who "played an important role in revolutionary politics and helped shape the new Free State." Their home was used as a headquarters in the
371:(1922–36). She was on the committee of the Irish Chemical Association (1936–7), then vice-president (1938–40) and president (1940–41). In 1934, Ryan became a member of the first industrial research council.
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in 1945, at which point Ryan gave up her career. Her hobbies included flower arranging and bridge. In June 1946, Ryan organised a reunion event at
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she divided her time between her work as a chemist and her political and military activities. Ryan was a member of, and at one point a captain in,
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Frances Ryan was born on 28 February 1895 to John Ryan and Elizabeth (née Sutton), farmers in Tomcoole, near
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770:"Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (Additional Papers)"
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226:Early life and family
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252:Fianna Fáil
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375:Later life
357:Nobels Ltd
345:Free State
244:James Ryan
176:James Ryan
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408:Roundwood
385:Mary Kate
327:When the
311:Red Cross
287:chemistry
200:Nell Ryan
178:(brother)
169:Relatives
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