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Dorothy Dermody was a secretary of the Dublin Wine Society in her later years, after her career as a physical education teacher came to an end in 1958. In 1990 Dorothy became better known as "Tommy McCormack" taking after her late husbands name Count Cyril McCormack.

Dermody was involved in many projects to get more children involved in sport and be more active across Ireland. She once led a campaign to have a playground put in to every school in Ireland. She hosted a children's radio show programme that talked about sports, in particular she hosted on-air swimming lessons on RTÉ with Seamus Kavanagh.

Dorothy Dermody received the Centurion bounty award for reaching 100 years of age from the President of Ireland. Dorothy was also invited to a lunch to be celebrated for her participation in the 1948 Olympics, at this lunch she was awarded an Olympic medal of honour, she sent her family to receive this award on her behalf as she was unable to attend.

Dermody died at the age of 102 on 10 Tuesday April, at Killiney Grove Nursing Home. She was cremated but her remains can be found in Deansgrange cemetery at St.Patricks plot. When she died she was Irelands oldest living Olympian and the oldest living Olympian fencer in the world.