She was the granddaughter of the Cork shipbuilder Joseph Wheeler on her paternal side and author and anti-Corn law propagandist, William Cooke Taylor on her maternal side.
He was a strong advocate of the professedly non-denominational National School system, and his economic and religious views were heavily influenced by Richard Whately.
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