Rachel Burrows

Rachel Burrows (29 April 1912 – 15 April 1987) was an Irish actress, broadcaster, and teacher.

Biography Rachel Burrows was born in Limerick on 29 April 1912. She was the daughter of the county surveyor for County Clare, Peter Le Fanu Knowles Dobbin, and his second wife Kathleen (Kitty) (née Vance). She was descended from Richard Brinsley Sheridan and James Sheridan Knowles. She grew up in Kilkishen House, County Clare and attended St Brandon's School in Bristol. Burrows attended Trinity College Dublin (TCD), graduating with a BA with first-class honours in 1933, followed by an M.Litt. in 1947. While attending TCD she was one of the founding members of the Dublin University Players. On 28 April 1934, she married the Rev. George Henry Jerram Burrows (died 2003), the former headmaster of the Cork grammar school and canon of the cathedrals of St Fin Barre and Ross. The couple had two daughters. From 1937 to 1947 she taught English in Limerick, before moving with her family to Cork, where she taught at the Cork grammar school until 1971, and becoming well known in the amateur theatrical community. She was a member of Ashton Productions, and she was key to the establishment of Cork's Everyman Theatre. Burrows was a founding members of the Limerick and Cork Alliance Française.