In Reply to: Miss E.P. McManus of Pontoon posted by PJ on November 26, 2012 at 01:17:32:

I remember Miss Mc Manus visiting my mother (formerly Kathleen Gilmartin, Ross, Killala) in our shop in Newtown, Castlebar. My mother trained as a nurse in Guys Hospital where Miss Mc Manus was nursing tutor. There was a book published in 1956 entitled “Matron Of Guy’s” by Emily Elvira Primrose Mac Manus. This book is available in reference section Mayo Library.

Miss Mc Manus played an important role in WW1 & WW2 for the work she carried out with the Red Cross. Emily McManus was Matron of Guys from 1927 to 1946 and brought her experience of World War I to bear throughout the photographed underground surgery and casualties of World War II. She lived for a number of years of her retirement in a summer residence the family had near Pontoon. She died in the Sacred Heart Home, Castlebar, after all her fame and dedicated work as a nurse.

I have posted a more detailed article on the Mc Manus family from Kiledan, Kiltimagh elsewhere on this Website.