Ellen Fitzsimon (1805 – 27 January 1883) was an Irish poet.[1][2]
Ellen Fitzsimon | |
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| Born | Ellen Bridget O'Connell 1805 Derrynane House, County Kerry |
| Died | 27 January 1883 (aged 77–78) London, England |
| Resting place | Kensal Green Cemetery |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse | Christopher Fitzsimon |
| Parent(s) | Daniel O'Connell and Mary O'Connell |
Biography edit
Ellen Fitzsimon was born Ellen Bridget O'Connell at Derrynane House, the third child and eldest daughter of Daniel and Mary O'Connell. She was well educated and spoke a number of languages. She was a close political ally of her father.[3] Her poems appeared in Irish Monthly, The Nation, Duffy's Fireside Magazine, the Dublin Review. A single book of poems, Derrynane Abbey in 1832, and other Poems, was published in 1863.[1]
On 25 July 1825, she married Christopher Fitzsimon Esq. of Glencullen, County Dublin, who was Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper and MP for County Dublin. The couple had 13 children:[2]
- Thomas Fitzsimon, died in infancy
- Mary O'Connell Fitzsimon (1828-1877), married Henry Edmond Redmond
- Daniel O'Connell Fitzsimon (1829-1844)
- Christopher O'Connell Fitzsimon (1830-1884)
- Henry Fitzsimon, died in infancy
- Thomas Fitzsimon (1833-1858)
- Henry O'Connell Fitzsimon (1835-1902)
- Ellen Fitzsimon, died in infancy
- Ellen "Eily" O'Connell Fitzsimon (25 January 1838 – 1919), married Charles Bianconi jnr, son of Charles Bianconi[4]
- Maurice Fitzsimon, died in infancy
- Kathleen Henrietta O'Connell Fitzsimon (1842-1927), married Lt.Col. George Ludlow Kennedy Hewett
- Maurice "Mossy" O'Connell Fitzsimon, died at 13
- Morgan O'Connell Fitzsimon, died in infancy
Fitzsimon died in London on 27 January 1883 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[1][5]
References edit
- ^ a b c Colman, Anne Ulry (1996). Dictionary of nineteenth-century Irish women poets. Galway: Kenny's Bookshop. p. 174. ISBN 0-906312-44-2. OCLC 35268787.
- ^ a b O'Connell, Basil Morgan. The O'Connell Family Tracts 1. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "The Family". Derrynane House. The Office of Public Works. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ O'Connell, Mrs Morgan John [née Mary Anne Bianconi] (1878). Charles Bianconi. A Biography, 1786–1875. By his Daughter. p. 158.
Mr. Fitz-Simon, of Glancullen, M.P. for Dublin, who married the Liberator's eldest daughter, was another guest, and his daughter afterwards married my brother.
- ^ "The O'Connell Papers. Part X". The Irish Monthly. 11 (118): 219–226. 1883. ISSN 2009-2113. JSTOR 20496948.