Wild Irish Women by Broderick, Marian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Reviews Title Page Dedication Acknowledgements Table of Contents INTRODUCTION WOMEN OF LETTERS

Maria Edgeworth Lady Sydney Morgan Marguerite, Countess of Blessington Lady Jane Wilde Lady Augusta Gregory Somerville and Ross Peig Sayers Kate O’Brien

WIVES AND LOVERS

Eleanor FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond Marie Louise (Louison) O’Morphi Eibhlín Dubh ní Chonaill Dora Jordan Sarah Curran Katharine O’Shea Bridget Cleary Nora Barnacle Kitty Kiernan

THE GREAT PRETENDERS

Kit Cavanagh Anne Bonny Dr James Barry

WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE

Anne Devlin Mother Jones Madame Eliza Lynch Dr Kathleen Lynn Delia Larkin Mairéad Farrell Veronica Guerin

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME

Lady Arabella Denny Nano Nagle Ladies of Llangollen Mary Ann McCracken Kate Tyrrell Countess Constance Markievicz Hanna Sheehy Skeffington Dame Kathleen Lonsdale

POLITICAL ANIMALS

Gormlaith Charlotte Despard Fanny and Anna Parnell Maud Gonne Louie Bennett Mary MacSwiney Kathleen Clarke

SAINTS AND SINNERS

St Brighid Dame Alice Kyteler Margaret Leeson Lady Betty Venerable Catherine McAuley Margaret Haugherey

TOUGH COOKIES

Queen Maeve of Connacht Katherine FitzGerald, Old Countess of Desmond Grace O’Malley Iníon Dubh Máire Rua O’Brien Biddy Early Molly Brown Kathleen Behan

INTREPID TRAVELLERS

Lola Montez Daisy Bates Beatrice Grimshaw Lady Mary Heath Maura ‘Soshin’ O’Halloran

STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN

Peg Woffington George Anne Bellamy Sara Allgood Dame Ninette de Valois Greer Garson Siobhán McKenn

ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENTS

Sarah Purser Lily and Lolly Yeats Grace Gifford Mainie Jellett

GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY Plates About the Author Copyright