Beatrice Gubbins
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Beatrice Gubbins | |
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 Passport photo of Beatrice Gubbins | |
| Born | 19 September 1878 |
| Died | 12 August 1944 (aged 65) Dunkettle, Ireland |
| Known for | Painting |
Beatrice Edith Gubbins (19 September 1878 – 12 August 1944)[1] was an Irish watercolour artist and traveller.
Beatrice Edith Gubbins was born in County Limerick on 19 September 1878. The family moved to Cork in 1883, when her father inherited Wises' Distillery at North Gate, Cork, through his mother's family. She was the youngest child of Thomas Wise Gubbins and Frances Gertrude (née Russell). She had two brothers and four sisters. Her father was a distiller.[2] The Wise Gubbins family purchased the 18th century Dunkathiel House from Jonas Morris around 1870.[3] For many years Dunkathiel House was the home of the five Gubbins sisters, all of whom were deaf, Gubbins received treatment for this in London in 1912 to 1913 which improved her hearing. It is possible that Gubbins attended the Crawford School of Art, Cork, but the records of the time are incomplete. Along with her sisters, Gubbins was active in the community within the church and aiding the poor. The sisters holidayed around Ireland, travelling in the family Daimler.[2]
Gubbins trained as a nurse during World War I, working in the Tivoli hospital, Cork where she nursed injured soldiers that had returned from Europe. From 1916 to 1919 she worked in a hospital in Exeter, England. Returning to Cork in 1919, she nursed her mother, who died in 1927.[2]
