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Helena Concannon was an excellent student being educated by the Loreto nuns in Coleraine. In 1897, Helena Concannon studied modern languages at the Royal University of Ireland on a three year scholarship. She studied abroad during these years as in 1899, she traveled to Germany and studied German in Berlin University accompanied by her friend, Mary Macken. Concannon then traveled to France to study French in Sorbonne. In 1900, Concannon graduated Bachelor of Arts with first class honors and went on to study Master of Arts in 1902 at the Royal University of Ireland. Concannon was fortunate to being on of the first generation of educated women.

In 1906, Concannon married Thomas Concannon who she met in 1900, when he arrived home from America. They settled down in Co.Galway where they shared the same love for the Irish Language and wrote many Irish texts. In Galway, Concannon was a professor at the University of Galway where she thought History, which mainly involved the history of Irish Women. In 1909, Concannon was offered a lectureship at University of College Dublin, in Italian, but the offer was then drawn before she could accept, so she decided to pursue the writing career.

Paseta, S.P. (2005), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Available at: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50993