Mary Brannagan

Mary Brannagan is an Irish chess player, Irish Women's Chess Championship two-times silver medalist.

Biography

In the 1960s and 1970s, Brannagan was one of Ireland's leading female chess players. She won two silver medals in Irish Women's Chess Championships: 1968 and 1973.
Brannagan played for Ireland in the Women's Chess Olympiad:

In 1969, at first board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lublin.

Brannagan was a former president of the Leinster Chess Union and the Branagan Cup is named after her. She was secretary and president of Rathmines Chess Club.