THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES
! A woman Avas responsible for starting tho Irish sweepstakes. "Tho Mother of the Sweepstake," as she is called, is a Mrs. Lanigan O'lvecffe, who is still secretary to the Sweepstakes Hospital Committee. Years ago she was struggling to colloct funds for tho Holies Street Maternity Hospital, in which she was interested, and sho succeeded in raising £1000. The institution was in dire need of £20,000. What was Mrs. O'Keeffs to do? Suddenly it struck her that if, with tho approval and support of tho Government, she could organise a sweepstake, she could probably raise all the money she needed. The world knows the result.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 24, 29 January 1934, Page 9
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107THE IRISH SWEEPSTAKES Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 24, 29 January 1934, Page 9
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