Joan Horan

Joan Horan
Born
Joan Dempsey

(1918-02-26)26 February 1918
7 Merrion Square, Dublin, Ireland
Died9 December 1965(1965-12-09) (aged 47)
Ardeen Cheshire home, Shillelagh, County Wicklow

Joan Horan (26 February 1918 – 9 December 1965) was an Irish paralympic athlete, and the first Irish woman to compete in the Paralympic Games.[1]

  1. ^ O'Riordan, Turlough (2019). "Horan, Joan". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.