Dorothy Lowry-Corry

Dorothy Lowry-Corry (1885 – 22 March 1967) was an Irish historian and archaeologist with a particular focus on the Early Christian period. She wrote a number of papers, many for the Royal Irish Academy and the Ulster Journal of Archaeology. She was particularly involved in the recording of the stone figures on Boa Island and Lustymore Island. She also discovered the Corracloona Court Tomb in County Leitrim. Lowry-Corry was the vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries and represented County Fermanagh on the Ancient Monuments Advisory Committee.

Dorothy Lowry-Corry
Born	1885 Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Died	22 March 1967
Parent	Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore

Biography

Dorothy Lowry-Corry was born at Castle Coole, County Fermanagh, as one of 13 children of Somerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, and Anne Elizabeth Honoria Gladstone.^[1] Lowry-Corry was interested in history and genealogy from an early age, and this developed into an interest in history, with a particular focus on the Early Christian period. She wrote a number of papers, many for the Royal Irish Academy and the Ulster Journal of Archaeology. She was particularly involved in the recording of the stone figures on Boa Island and Lustymore Island. She also discovered the Corracloona Court Tomb of County Leitrim, and was responsible for a field survey of the ancient monuments of County Fermanagh, with which she was assisted by Maisie Gaffikin (1889–1959) and Estyn Evans.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Lowry-Corry was the vice-president of the Royal Society of Antiquaries and represented County Fermanagh on the Ancient Monuments Advisory Committee.^[2][7]

She died on 22 March 1967.^[1]