Marguerite Dockrell (10 March 1912 – 9 September 1983) was an Irish
swimmer. She competed in the
women's 100 metre freestyle event at the
1928 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Marguerite Dockrell was born on 10 March 1912 in Blackrock, County Dublin. Marguerite and the rest of the Dockrell family lived at Danvers House. Which was previously owned by a flower arranger and cookery expert Constance Spry. She mentions the house in her memoirs. She attended Alexandra college like both her mother and grandmother Lady
Margaret Dockrell
Lady Margaret Dockrell (18 March 1849 – 29 June 1926) was an Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor.
Early life and family
Margaret Dockrell was born Margaret Shannon on 18 March 1849, at 18 Charlotte Street, Dublin. She was the el ...
.
Family life
Dockrell was the third child of
Henry Morgan Dockrell
Henry Morgan Dockrell (17 April 1880 – 26 October 1955) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael politician who was elected to both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
Early life
Dockrell was born on 17 April 1880 at the family home, ...
and Alice Evelyn Dockrell. Her older brother
Maurice E. Dockrell and younger brother
Percy Dockrell were both Fine Gael Politicians. Her father Henry Morgan Dockrell was also a politician. She had a very sporty family with her uncle
George Dockrell
George Henry Dockrell (born 22 July 1992) is an Irish cricketer. Dockrell is right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who plays international cricket for Ireland after learning his cricket at Leinster Cricket Club, Dublin. He was ...
swimming in the 1908 Olympic Games. Her eldest brother Hayes was part of the water polo team at the 1928 Olympics. Her youngest brother was a well-known orthodontist and he had a bursary named after him.
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1912 births
1983 deaths
Irish female swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Ireland
Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
Irish female freestyle swimmers
20th-century Irish women