Dr Eleanor Johnson is a native of Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. Eleanor qualified in medicine from University College Dublin in 1986. She subsequently worked on the Surgical Training Scheme in University College Hospital Galway & Portiuncula Hospital Ballinasloe. Eleanor trained in General Practice on the Dublin Vocational Training Scheme & worked as a GP in Tallaght, Dublin & Templemore, Co. Tipperary before returning to Killarney in 1999.