Daughter of Eldred Oldham and Anne née Alker Oldham.
Her father was a Silk Merchant and House Furnisher.
His business was based at 11-12 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.
Younger sister of Professor Charles Hubert Oldham, Professor of Commerce and National Economics at the National University, Dublin.
She married Richard Best in 1904, in Dublin.
She was very active in the administration of the Feis Ceoil.
Daughter of Eldred Oldham and Anne née Alker Oldham.
Her father was a Silk Merchant and House Furnisher.
His business was based at 11-12 Westmoreland Street, Dublin.
Younger sister of Professor Charles Hubert Oldham, Professor of Commerce and National Economics at the National University, Dublin.
She married Richard Best in 1904, in Dublin.
She was very active in the administration of the Feis Ceoil.
Inscription
EDITH OLDHAM
Associate & Hon. Associate
of the Royal College of Music, London
dearly loved wife of
RICHARD IRVINE BEST
died 5th March 1950
in the 85th year of her age
and the 45th of her wedded life
The setting sun, and music at the close
RICHARD IRVINE BEST
Director of the National Library of Ireland
President of the Royal Irish Academy
Senior Professor in the Dublin Institute
for Advanced Studies
Chairman of the Irish Manuscripts Commission
died 25th September 1959
in the 88th year of his age.
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