Title
Fitzgibbon, Theodora
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Date
1916-1991
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Relation
Language
en
Type
Text
Subject
Fitzgibbon, Theodora
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
1916
Death Date
1991
Birthplace
London
Place of Association
Ballymackey, Co Tipperary
Co Clare
Biographical Text
Theodora Fitzgibbon was born in London of Irish parents and was educated in Tipperary and Clare, before going to England, Belgium and France. She later spent time in India, America, France, Italy and Ireland. Her reputation rests on her cookery books, about twenty-four in all, variously titled Cosmopolitan Cookery, Weekend Cookery, The High Protein Diet and Cookery Book, Country House Cooking, The Young Cook's Book, Game Cooking, The Art of British Cooking, Eat Well and Live Longer.
She was also well-known through her weekly column in The Irish Times which she wrote for sixteen years. She wrote one novel, Flight of the Kingfisher (1967) which was dramatised for television. She recounted her life in two volumes of autobiography, With Love (1982) and Loves Lies A Loss (1985). She was a friend of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas while living in London and the first volume is dedicated to Caitlin and to the memory of Dylan, and Peter [Peter Rose Pullman] her partner during those years.
She was also well-known through her weekly column in The Irish Times which she wrote for sixteen years. She wrote one novel, Flight of the Kingfisher (1967) which was dramatised for television. She recounted her life in two volumes of autobiography, With Love (1982) and Loves Lies A Loss (1985). She was a friend of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas while living in London and the first volume is dedicated to Caitlin and to the memory of Dylan, and Peter [Peter Rose Pullman] her partner during those years.
Writing Genre
Novels
Cookbooks
Memoirs