Veiled woman of Achill :

Byrne, Patricia, CSJ.

Veiled woman of Achill : island outrage & a playboy drama / Patricia Byrne. - Cork : Collins Press, 2012. - 240 p. ; 20 cm.

This is the story of an atrocity at Valley House, Achill Island, in the west of Ireland in 1894. An English landowner, Agnes MacDonnell, was brutally attacked and her home - Valley House - burnt. Agnes survived the attack but was so disfigured she wore a veil in public for the rest of her life.

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MacDonnell, Agnes, -1923.
Lynchehaun, James, approximately 1860-approximately 1937.
Lynchehaun, James, approximately 1860-approximately 1937 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Carney, Paul.
Synge, J. M. 1871-1909 --Characters--Christy Mahon.


Women landowners--Crimes against--History--Ireland--Achill Island--19th century.
Crime.


Achill Island (Ireland)--Social conditions--19th century.

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