Monica Sheridan
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29 January 1912
Monica Sheridan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Monica Elizabeth Treanor 29 January 1912 Augher Castle, County Tyrone |
| Died | 22 April 1993 (aged 81) Ashcroft nursing home, Navan, County Meath |
| Resting place | Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin |
| Occupation | Chef |
| Employer | Telefís Éireann |
| Spouse | Niall Sheridan |
Monica Sheridan (29 January 1912 – 22 April 1993) was an Irish cookery expert, award-winning broadcaster, author, and journalist,[1] and Ireland's first celebrity chef.[2][3]
Monica Sheridan was born Monica Elizabeth Treanor at Augher Castle, County Tyrone on 29 January 1912. Her parents were Hugh Treanor and Mary Ann (née Devine). Her father was a successful cattle and sheep farmer. She had six sisters, Kathleen, Agnes, Dympna, Eva, Eileen, and Mannix, and six brothers, Hugh, Gerald, Maurice, William, George, and Walter.
She spent a great deal of her time with her centenarian maternal great-grandmother, from whom she learnt cooking and other domestic skills. Her great-grandmother lived in a traditional thatched cottage, and also passed on south Ulster folk traditions to Sheridan. Sheridan's mother and aunts were all expert cooks, often baking and preserving fruit. Sheridan attended convent schools with her sisters, but by her own admission, she was a poor student. She graduated from University College Dublin with a BA in French and English.[1]
She married fellow graduate, Niall Sheridan, in May 1939. He worked with the Irish Tourist Board as an international publicity officer, as well as a published poet with a wide literary circle including Brian O'Nolan, Cyril Cusack, and Donagh MacDonagh with whom the Sheridans were close friends. The couple had one daughter, Catherine (born 1940). They lived until the mid-1970s at 7 de Vesci Terrace, Monkstown, Dublin, then moving to Park House, Ratoath, County Meath. Sheridan died in Ashcroft nursing home, Navan on 22 April 1993 after a long illness. She is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.[1][2]
