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Pegg Monahan was a founding member of the Radio Eireann Players and remained with the company for 46 years before her retirement.

Background and Early Years
Her maternal grandfather was Robert J Hughes, who moved to Dublin from Belfast in the 18xxs and was a wine merchant ... Her parents were Frank Monahan and Maura Hughes. The family background was a mixture of Protestant and Catholic. She was one of six children. She was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 2nd June 1921. She attended ... and then Loreto St Stephen's Green. She left school at the age of sixteen and worked for a number of firms in the city, including .. and Guinness.

Acting Career
She began training to be an actress Lennox Robinson

She was a member of the xx theatre company with Lammie Baker and xxx among others

in 194x, she toured with xxx Daphne Carroll

In 1946, she joined the Radio Eireann Players

In 1966, she appeared in Robert Farren's Lost Light at the Abbey Theatre, part of the commemoration ceremonies of the 1916 rebellion.

She also did work in television ... and on stage ...

Personal Life
She married Padraic O Raghallaigh in 1951, and they had three children. He died in 1999.