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Lady Penelope Devereux – The fair lady with the black soul

Friday, 20 August 2021, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

Penelope Devereux was born in January 1563 in Staffordshire to parents Walter Devereux, who later became the 1st Earl of Essex, and his wife, Lettice Knollys. Penelope’s siblings that survived infancy were Dorothy, Walter and Robert, who became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I and was a high-ranking privy counsellor. Penelope came from a long [read more]

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Mary Stuart O’Donnell – An Irish Lady in exile (Part two)

Friday, 28 February 2020, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 1

In part one of Mary Stuart O’Donnell’s story, we learned of how she was born after most of her family fled Ireland for the continent in The Flight of the Earls 1607. Mary was raised by her mother in Donegal and then by her grandmother Lady Kildare in London. Mary was due to inherit her [read more]

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Mary Stuart O’Donnell – An Irish Lady in exile (Part one)

Thursday, 27 February 2020, 6:00 Amy Eloise Kelly 0

On 14 September 1607, a French ship left Lough Swilly in County Donegal, Ireland and headed for Spain. On this vessel were 99 people, most of whom would never see Ireland again. On the ship were Hugh O’Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, Cú Chonnacht Óg Mag Uidhir of Fermanagh, and Rory O’Donnell, Earl of Tyrconnell [read more]




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