Anne Doyle - Early Life

Early Life

Born in Ferns, County Wexford, Doyle was the youngest in a family of five boys and two girls. Her father, John Doyle (1903-1975), worked most of his life as a farm labourer, while her mother was the former Elizabeth Kavanagh (1916-1979). Doyle was educated at the Loreto Convent in nearby Gorey and later at University College Dublin, where she was conferred with a Bachelor of Arts in English and History before later completing a postgraduate diploma in education.

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