The source records Ballyshannon as this person's birthplace. The pin marks the area, not an exact birth address or later home.

What is recorded here

Why this person is known: Irish writer and activist and mother of Abraham (Bram) Stoker

Places near here

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Maker not stated on source page, kids.britannica.com
Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Maker not stated on source page, directmap.irish
Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Highland Radio (publisher); individual photographer not stated, highlandradio.com
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Maker not stated on source page, www.stockvault.net

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