176:. Five of Coffey's siblings died as children—four in infancy. According to Coffey's grand-nephew Robert Coffey, "that was one of the main reasons she was so motivated to learn about the health of newborns and young children". He described her as "a no-nonsense person but with quite a wicked sense of humour". She helped raise for the Dominican mission (now the
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Victoria
Philomena Dorothy Coffey was born on 16 September 1911 at 108 Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Benvenutus Valentine Coffey, a landowner, weigh-master, cattle exporter and bookmaker and Ellie Gwendoline Coffey (née McCall, first cousin of
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Alderman, High Sheriff and ex-officio Privy Councillor. During her childhood, Victoria—known to friends as "Vikki"— won numerous medals for her musical performances. She played the piano and cello, and trained as a singer under instruction from
219:. At St. Kevin's Hospital, Coffey became interested in the neglected field of congenital birth defects and began a publishing career. She was motivated to learn about the health of babies and young children, and focused on
180:), with which her brother Cecil (Fr. Louis Coffey O.P., Provincial of the Dominican Order in Ireland and founder of the moving crib exhibition in Dublin, and the St. Martin de Porres magazine) was associated. She survived
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