sentences:  She was the eldest child of Charles McMackin, publican, of Rathmullan, son of Joseph McMackin, described as "merchant", and Winnifred Deeny, national teacher, of Glenvar, the eldest child of Charles Deeny, originally from Inniskil, and Sarah McGinley, originally from Legboy, Fanad, both also teachers.She moved with her family to Glasgow in 1903, and attended the Franciscan Convent School there.From 1923 to 1926, she trained as a fever nurse at the Knightswood Hospital in Glasgow.