After Allen’s Brother-in-Law became a qualified dentist in 1881, her house in Westland Row was rented out and she moved to Manchester to live with her sister and brother-in-law. During her time in Manchester, Allen submitted two works to the Royal Hibernian Academy annual exhibition. These included The Sick Doll (1887), and At Evening Time It Shall Be Light (1890)[1][2]. At 62, Allen submitted her last painting, titled Mother’s Darling, to the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1894.In 1903, after the death of her sister Harriet, she moved back to Dublin City. She lived as a boarder in house 29 of Harold’s Cross Road, Terenure.[2]
Allen died March 26th in 1914, in Brookville House, a country house in rural Kilkenny. It is unknown what she died of.[2][1][3]
- ^ a b Murphy, Derville (Spring 2022). "Unframing Margaret Allen, HRHA (1832-1914)". History Ireland. 30 (2) – via History Ireland.
- ^ a b c Murphy, Derville (January 2010). "Margaret Allen, social commentator". Irish Arts Review. 27 (Spring): 88–91 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Feisty, female artist who died in Kilkenny inspires new novel". kilkennypeople.ie. 15/08/2021. Retrieved 23/11/2023.
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