Marguerite Dockrell
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Marguerite Dockrell (10 March 1912 – 9 September 1983) was an Irish
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the
1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
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Early life

Marguerite Dockrell was born on 10 March 1912 in Blackrock, County Dublin. Marguerite and the rest of the Dockrell family lived at Danvers House. Which was previously owned by a flower arranger and cookery expert Constance Spry. She mentions the house in her memoirs. She attended Alexandra college like both her mother and grandmother Margaret Dockrell.


Family life

Dockrell was the third child of Henry Morgan Dockrell and Alice Evelyn Dockrell. Her older brother Maurice E. Dockrell and younger brother Percy Dockrell were both Fine Gael politicians. Her father Henry Morgan Dockrell was also a politician. She had a very sporty family with her uncle George Dockrell swimming in the 1908 Olympic Games. Her eldest brother Hayes was part of the water polo team at the 1928 Olympics. Her youngest brother was a well-known orthodontist and he had a bursary named after him.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dockrell, Marguerite 1912 births 1983 deaths People from Blackrock, Dublin Olympic swimmers for Ireland Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Dublin (city) Irish female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Irish sportswomen