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Katharine O’Shea
Irish nationalist
Also known as: Katharine Page Wood, Mrs. Charles Stewart Parnell
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- In William Henry O’Shea and Katharine O’Shea
In 1867 he married Katharine, sixth daughter of the Rev. Sir John Page Wood of Rivenhall Place, Essex. The O’Sheas had one son, Gerard, and two daughters. It is not clear when O’Shea became aware of the existence of intimate relations between his wife and Parnell, though he and…
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association with Parnell
- In Charles Stewart Parnell: The Home Rule League and the Land League
…“moderate” Home Rule member, whose wife had been Parnell’s mistress since 1880. A settlement was reached, the so-called Kilmainham Treaty, whereby tenants were to obtain substantial concessions and Parnell was to use all his influence to decrease further agitation.
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