| ID | 2139 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Wicklow Papers |
| Reference | Ms4814 |
| Description | History of Sarah Ponsonby, 'put to school in Kilkenny under the superintendence of Lady Betty Fownes, her father's cousin'. Eleanor Butler's mother was 'a bigotted Roman Catholic, ashamed of her family for whom she would never go into mourning', and Eleanor 'had reached the age of thirty, without having had one lover, though a good complexion & a fine set of teeth', ' but she would not be called feminine & she was very satirical'. Detailed account of the elopement of the Ladies of Llangollen, 1778. Account of 1798 Rising 'when I tell you that the tragedy of 1641 is acting over again in this unhappy country' [Sarah Tighe, Dublin 4 June 1798]. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1778; 1798 |
| Century | 18th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
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| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |