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The World of Mary O'Connell, 1778-1836
Erin Bishop
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In 1800 Daniel O’Connell, a young Kerry barrister who had just made his first forays into national politics, began a clandestine correspondence with his distant cousin Mary O’Connell of Tralee. Two years later Daniel secretly married the dowerless Mary in Dublin, jeopardizing his inheritance and forging a bond that would last until Mary’s death in 1836. Husband and wife corresponded voluminously from the beginning of their courtship until Mary’s death, and over a thousand letters between them have survived. The World of Mary O’Connell, based on examination of these letters and of Mary’s correspondence with other family members and friends, ... Read more
In 1800 Daniel O’Connell, a young Kerry barrister who had just made his first forays into national politics, began a clandestine correspondence with his distant cousin Mary O’Connell of Tralee. Two years later Daniel secretly married the dowerless Mary in Dublin, jeopardizing his inheritance and forging a bond that would last until Mary’s death in 1836. Husband and wife corresponded voluminously from the beginning of their courtship until Mary’s death, and over a thousand letters between them have survived. The World of Mary O’Connell, based on examination of these letters and of Mary’s correspondence with other family members and friends, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Lilliput Pr Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781901866193
SKU
V9781901866193
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Ref
99-2
About Erin Bishop
ERIN I. BISHOP received her doctorate in history from the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, in 1997. She edited My Darling Danny: Letters from Mary O’Connell to Her Son Daniel, 1830-1832 (1998).
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