The search for Ireland’s greatest tennis player

Mabel Cahill could not be found.

The search for Ireland’s greatest tennis player
Fri, 08 Sep, 2017 - 01:00
Paul Rouse
Paul Rouse

Back in the 1890s, she won five US Open Tennis championships. But then Mabel Cahill fell off the cliff of history.

The speculation was that she had left America for England later in the 1890s.

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CourtsSports ColumnistsTennisMabel CahillUS Open Tennis championshipsSportPlace: IrelandPlace: AmericaPlace: EnglandPlace: BallyraggetPlace: KilkennyPlace: 91 Merrion Square, DublinPlace: Rhode IslandPlace: BallyconraPlace: Co.Place: Fitzwilliam SquarePlace: DublinPlace: ManhattanPlace: Central ParkPlace: PhiladelphiaPerson: Mabel CahillPerson: Harry MaunsellPerson: CahillPerson: MaunsellPerson: Mabel E. CahillPerson: Tom HigginsPerson: Mark RyanPerson: Michael CahillPerson: Margaret MaganPerson: MabelPerson: Ellen RooseveltPerson: GraceEvent: US Open TennisEvent: Wimbledon ChampionshipsEvent: US OpenEvent: Women’s United States Singles ChampionshipOrganisation: Irish Lawn Tennis AssociationOrganisation: ILTAOrganisation: of FameOrganisation: New York Tennis Club
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