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Phyllis Clinch (1901-1984) was plant virologist and became a professor of botany in 1961 at the University College of Dublin (UCD). Ireland’s Department of Agriculture used her work to develop a stock of disease-free potatoes. In the 1960s she resided on Merrion Street with fellow female professors Carmel Humphries (1909-86) and Eva Philbin (1914-2005). In 1949 she was one of four women to be elected to membership of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) along with Celtic art specialist Francoise Henry (1902-1982), Irish Historian Eleanor Knott (1886-1975)and Mathematician Sheila Tinney (1918-2010). She was the first woman to receive the Boyle Medal from the Royal Dublin Society in 1961.