Sybil Connolly
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Sybil Connolly (b. 24 January 1921, Swansea, Wales - d. 6 May 1998, Dublin) was a British/Irish fashion designer for Brunschwig & Fils, Schumacher, Tiffany & Co., etc.
Sybil Connolly was born to a Welsh mother and an Irish father; they moved to County Waterford, where she was educated at a convent school run by the Sisters of Mercy. Her interest in fashion led her to London, aged 17, to study dressmaking with Bradley & Co.
She returned to Ireland at the outbreak of World War II and lived there for the rest of her life, making her home at # 71 Merrion Square, Dublin, where she died in 1998, aged 77.
She received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland.
[edit] Bibliography
- Sybil Connolly, Irish Hands: The Tradition of Beautiful Crafts, Hearst Books, march 1995
