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- January 12, 1887
Molly Allgood, actress (stage name Máire O’Neill) and she lived until 1952. She had a successful career in the theater and appeared in many productions in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Molly Allgood was associated with the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and worked alongside other renowned Irish playwrights and actors.
She was the fiancée of John Millington Synge, the renowned Irish playwright, was indeed born in Dublin, Ireland, on April 16, 1871.