Obituary: Mary Banotti, grand-niece of Michael Collins, an MEP for two decades and a lifelong activist on social issues ...
She was born Mary Elizabeth O’Mahony in Dublin on May 29, 1939. Initially living on Blackhorse Avenue, the O’Mahonys then moved to Clontarf. She was the eldest in a family of six and Mary’s mother Kitty (née Collins) had lived as a child in Woodfield, near …