TY - BOOK AU - Byrne,Patricia TI - Veiled woman of Achill: island outrage & a playboy drama SN - 9781848891470 (pbk.) : AV - HV6248.L995 U1 - 364.15092 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cork PB - Collins Press KW - MacDonnell, Agnes, KW - Lynchehaun, James, KW - Carney, Paul. KW - Synge, J. M. KW - Women landowners KW - Crimes against KW - Ireland KW - Achill Island KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Crime KW - ukslc KW - Achill Island (Ireland) KW - Social conditions N2 - 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 ER -