Mary Elmes Honoured At City Hall
The Cork woman is part of an exhibition to mark International Women's Day
The Cork woman behind the name of the city's newest bridge is just one of history's most important women on display at an exhibition in City Hall.
Ballintemple-born Mary Elmes, who was an Irish aid worker that saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust by helping them flee Nazi Germany, is being honoured in an exhibition by Cork artist Oonagh Hurley.
The exhibition entitled 'Women Unremembered' is on display in the atrium of City Hall to mark International Women's day until March 13th.
Speaking to RedFM News Oonagh says she chose Mary Elmes as one of her paintings because of her Cork roots and historical importance:
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