Mrs Mary Noel Andrews (neé Coyle) of "Ardcath", Taney Rd, Dundrum died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital aged 68. She was the wife of C.S. (Todd) Andrews, chairman of RTE and the mother of politicians David Andrews, and Niall Andrews.
She was a native of Derry, born there on the 1st January 1899. Her father John Coyle (1861-1918) was a tea merchant born in Co. Donegal and her mother Catherine Rebecca Begley (1874-1960)was from Limerick City.
She spent most of her life in Dublin, her family moving to 1 Mespil Rd when she was young. In 1919 she lived and worked in London for a while in the British Civil Service but she returned to Dublin and in 1920 she was employed as a Lady Clerk by Guinness Brewery. She was an active member of Cumann na mBan, she opposed the Treaty. She was on the Executive of Cumann na mBan. She worked as a despatch carrier for Richard Mulcahy, who was then IRA Chief of Staff. Mrs Andrews was arrested and imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham Jail and she was on hunger strike there for 14 days. After her release from prison she was asked by the management of Guinness' to cease her military activities. She declined to do so and resigned. In 1925 she enrolled in UCD and graduated with a B.Comm in 1928. At University she became reacquainted with Todd Andrews who was later to become her husband. They married on 22nd July 1929. For a while before she married she worked as a teacher in the Technical School in Parnell Square, and prior to that, from the time of her resignation from Guinness, she had worked for the family firm. She resigned her teaching post when she married.
She was an active member of Fianna Fáil. She initially disagreed with Fianna Fáil in their early years but by the 1940s she had resolved her indifferences to Fianna Fáil, feeling that now Eamon de Valera was articulating her Republican ideals. She became a key activist in the party and from their earliest years she had involved her children in politics.
She was survived by her children, her sons Christopher, Hugh, David, Niall and her daughter Catherine Tubridy (mother to Ryan). She was also survived by her brothers James and Daniel Coyle, her sisters Mrs Eithne Tighe, Mrs Nancy Hughes, and Mrs Rosemary Muldoon.
The President Mr Eamon De Valera attended the removal to the Church of the Holy Cross, Dundrum, Dublin. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch was present at the funeral, along with many other members of the Government and both houses of the Oireachtas, including the Minister for Finance Mr Charles Haughey, the Minister for Labour Dr Patrick Hilery, the Minister for Transport and Power and Posts and Telegraphs Mr Erskine Childers, the Minister for Justice Mr Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Education Mr Donogh O'Malley, the former Taoiseach Mr Sean Lemass, Senator Garrett Fitzgerald. Also represented were members of the Judiciary, the civil service, State professional organisations, societies, Trades Unions, veterans of the old IRA and the Clergy..including Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Dr T.K. Whitaker, and Dónal Ó Mórain amongst many others.
She was a native of Derry, born there on the 1st January 1899. Her father John Coyle (1861-1918) was a tea merchant born in Co. Donegal and her mother Catherine Rebecca Begley (1874-1960)was from Limerick City.
She spent most of her life in Dublin, her family moving to 1 Mespil Rd when she was young. In 1919 she lived and worked in London for a while in the British Civil Service but she returned to Dublin and in 1920 she was employed as a Lady Clerk by Guinness Brewery. She was an active member of Cumann na mBan, she opposed the Treaty. She was on the Executive of Cumann na mBan. She worked as a despatch carrier for Richard Mulcahy, who was then IRA Chief of Staff. Mrs Andrews was arrested and imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham Jail and she was on hunger strike there for 14 days. After her release from prison she was asked by the management of Guinness' to cease her military activities. She declined to do so and resigned. In 1925 she enrolled in UCD and graduated with a B.Comm in 1928. At University she became reacquainted with Todd Andrews who was later to become her husband. They married on 22nd July 1929. For a while before she married she worked as a teacher in the Technical School in Parnell Square, and prior to that, from the time of her resignation from Guinness, she had worked for the family firm. She resigned her teaching post when she married.
She was an active member of Fianna Fáil. She initially disagreed with Fianna Fáil in their early years but by the 1940s she had resolved her indifferences to Fianna Fáil, feeling that now Eamon de Valera was articulating her Republican ideals. She became a key activist in the party and from their earliest years she had involved her children in politics.
She was survived by her children, her sons Christopher, Hugh, David, Niall and her daughter Catherine Tubridy (mother to Ryan). She was also survived by her brothers James and Daniel Coyle, her sisters Mrs Eithne Tighe, Mrs Nancy Hughes, and Mrs Rosemary Muldoon.
The President Mr Eamon De Valera attended the removal to the Church of the Holy Cross, Dundrum, Dublin. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch was present at the funeral, along with many other members of the Government and both houses of the Oireachtas, including the Minister for Finance Mr Charles Haughey, the Minister for Labour Dr Patrick Hilery, the Minister for Transport and Power and Posts and Telegraphs Mr Erskine Childers, the Minister for Justice Mr Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Education Mr Donogh O'Malley, the former Taoiseach Mr Sean Lemass, Senator Garrett Fitzgerald. Also represented were members of the Judiciary, the civil service, State professional organisations, societies, Trades Unions, veterans of the old IRA and the Clergy..including Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Dr T.K. Whitaker, and Dónal Ó Mórain amongst many others.
Mrs Mary Noel Andrews (neé Coyle) of "Ardcath", Taney Rd, Dundrum died at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital aged 68. She was the wife of C.S. (Todd) Andrews, chairman of RTE and the mother of politicians David Andrews, and Niall Andrews.
She was a native of Derry, born there on the 1st January 1899. Her father John Coyle (1861-1918) was a tea merchant born in Co. Donegal and her mother Catherine Rebecca Begley (1874-1960)was from Limerick City.
She spent most of her life in Dublin, her family moving to 1 Mespil Rd when she was young. In 1919 she lived and worked in London for a while in the British Civil Service but she returned to Dublin and in 1920 she was employed as a Lady Clerk by Guinness Brewery. She was an active member of Cumann na mBan, she opposed the Treaty. She was on the Executive of Cumann na mBan. She worked as a despatch carrier for Richard Mulcahy, who was then IRA Chief of Staff. Mrs Andrews was arrested and imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham Jail and she was on hunger strike there for 14 days. After her release from prison she was asked by the management of Guinness' to cease her military activities. She declined to do so and resigned. In 1925 she enrolled in UCD and graduated with a B.Comm in 1928. At University she became reacquainted with Todd Andrews who was later to become her husband. They married on 22nd July 1929. For a while before she married she worked as a teacher in the Technical School in Parnell Square, and prior to that, from the time of her resignation from Guinness, she had worked for the family firm. She resigned her teaching post when she married.
She was an active member of Fianna Fáil. She initially disagreed with Fianna Fáil in their early years but by the 1940s she had resolved her indifferences to Fianna Fáil, feeling that now Eamon de Valera was articulating her Republican ideals. She became a key activist in the party and from their earliest years she had involved her children in politics.
She was survived by her children, her sons Christopher, Hugh, David, Niall and her daughter Catherine Tubridy (mother to Ryan). She was also survived by her brothers James and Daniel Coyle, her sisters Mrs Eithne Tighe, Mrs Nancy Hughes, and Mrs Rosemary Muldoon.
The President Mr Eamon De Valera attended the removal to the Church of the Holy Cross, Dundrum, Dublin. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch was present at the funeral, along with many other members of the Government and both houses of the Oireachtas, including the Minister for Finance Mr Charles Haughey, the Minister for Labour Dr Patrick Hilery, the Minister for Transport and Power and Posts and Telegraphs Mr Erskine Childers, the Minister for Justice Mr Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Education Mr Donogh O'Malley, the former Taoiseach Mr Sean Lemass, Senator Garrett Fitzgerald. Also represented were members of the Judiciary, the civil service, State professional organisations, societies, Trades Unions, veterans of the old IRA and the Clergy..including Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Dr T.K. Whitaker, and Dónal Ó Mórain amongst many others.
She was a native of Derry, born there on the 1st January 1899. Her father John Coyle (1861-1918) was a tea merchant born in Co. Donegal and her mother Catherine Rebecca Begley (1874-1960)was from Limerick City.
She spent most of her life in Dublin, her family moving to 1 Mespil Rd when she was young. In 1919 she lived and worked in London for a while in the British Civil Service but she returned to Dublin and in 1920 she was employed as a Lady Clerk by Guinness Brewery. She was an active member of Cumann na mBan, she opposed the Treaty. She was on the Executive of Cumann na mBan. She worked as a despatch carrier for Richard Mulcahy, who was then IRA Chief of Staff. Mrs Andrews was arrested and imprisoned for a year in Kilmainham Jail and she was on hunger strike there for 14 days. After her release from prison she was asked by the management of Guinness' to cease her military activities. She declined to do so and resigned. In 1925 she enrolled in UCD and graduated with a B.Comm in 1928. At University she became reacquainted with Todd Andrews who was later to become her husband. They married on 22nd July 1929. For a while before she married she worked as a teacher in the Technical School in Parnell Square, and prior to that, from the time of her resignation from Guinness, she had worked for the family firm. She resigned her teaching post when she married.
She was an active member of Fianna Fáil. She initially disagreed with Fianna Fáil in their early years but by the 1940s she had resolved her indifferences to Fianna Fáil, feeling that now Eamon de Valera was articulating her Republican ideals. She became a key activist in the party and from their earliest years she had involved her children in politics.
She was survived by her children, her sons Christopher, Hugh, David, Niall and her daughter Catherine Tubridy (mother to Ryan). She was also survived by her brothers James and Daniel Coyle, her sisters Mrs Eithne Tighe, Mrs Nancy Hughes, and Mrs Rosemary Muldoon.
The President Mr Eamon De Valera attended the removal to the Church of the Holy Cross, Dundrum, Dublin. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch was present at the funeral, along with many other members of the Government and both houses of the Oireachtas, including the Minister for Finance Mr Charles Haughey, the Minister for Labour Dr Patrick Hilery, the Minister for Transport and Power and Posts and Telegraphs Mr Erskine Childers, the Minister for Justice Mr Brian Lenihan, the Minister for Education Mr Donogh O'Malley, the former Taoiseach Mr Sean Lemass, Senator Garrett Fitzgerald. Also represented were members of the Judiciary, the civil service, State professional organisations, societies, Trades Unions, veterans of the old IRA and the Clergy..including Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Dr T.K. Whitaker, and Dónal Ó Mórain amongst many others.
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