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Her body was brought back to the Maiden City and interred in Londonderry City Cemetery, in the same grave as her mother and father.
Preceding the burial, a funeral service was conducted in St Columb’s Cathedral.
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Hide AdEleanor, who died unmarried, was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, in 1857. She spent thirty years of her life in Londonderry when her father was Anglican Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe (1867-1896), before becoming Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland on February 25, 1896.
Like her mother, Eleanor played an active part in the life of St Columb’s Cathedral. She was a Sunday School teacher and a leading worker in the Mothers’ Union, the Girls’ Friendly Society, and other church organisations.