King James I Archives - History of Royal Women

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

February 28, 2020 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]

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

February 27, 2020 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]