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‘The time is past when a female ambassador was thought extraordinary’: Her Excellency Mary Tinney
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21 December 2020
By Dr Ann Marie O Brien ‌
Born in Scotland in 1924, Mary Tinney spent most of her childhood in Carlingford, Co. Louth and then as a border in St Louis Convent, Monaghan Town. Tinney was an outstanding student and accomplished musician; she studied French and German in UCD, securing a gold medal for oral proficiency in both languages. It is unsurprising given her linguistic skills and academic achievements that she was successful in the Department of External Affairs open competition examinations in 1948. Tinney was just the third woman to enter the department through this process. ....

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