, (a founder member of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, she contributed many papers to the Society's Journal. Matilda Redington also was instrumental in preserving Drumacoo Church and Corcomroe Abbey. Her deep interest in the life and work of Antony Raftery led to her suggesting to Lady Gregory the erection of a headstone over his grave in Killeeneen cemetery, and she was among those present when the new headstone was unveiled by Douglas Hyde. She died unmarried.