Born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, Violet McAdoo studied at the Belfast College of Art and the RCA, London, whence she graduated in 1927. She returned to Northern Ireland and supported herself through teaching as well as exhibiting with the RHA, WCSI, the Living Artists exhibitions, and the Ulster Academy of which she was at one time vice-president. Examples of her work hang in the Royal Ulster Academy and the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

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Violet McAdoo was an Ulster artist born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. She studied at the Belfast College of Art and the Royal College of Art London, graduating in 1927. She returned to Northern Ireland and supported herself through teaching while exhibiting annually at The Ulster Academy of Arts, later named the Royal Ulster Academy where she became Vice-President. She also exhibited with the Watercolour Society of Ireland and the RHA. Her work is held at the Ulster Museum and the RUA collections.