Margaret Sheridan (Burke)

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Margaret Sheridan (Burke)

Also Known As: "Maggie from Mayo"
Birthdate:
Death: April 16, 1958 (68)
Place of Burial: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Occupation: Opera singer
Managed by: Terry Teford Cooper
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About Margaret Sheridan (Burke)

Opera singer. A spinto soprano who billed herself as "Maggie from Mayo", she had a brief but spectacular career in the leading houses of Italy and England. Though she twisted her story a bit over the years, Maggie was a middle-class girl who was orphaned at 11 and sent to live in a Dublin convent. There the nuns recognized her talent, and with the help of a wealthy patron, sent her to London's Royal Academy of Music for training. She made progress, winning a medal at the 1908 Feis Ceoil...

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Margaret Sheridan (Burke)'s Timeline

1889
October 15, 1889
1958
April 16, 1958
Age 68
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Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland