AG
met her future husband, Sir William Gregory
, at a Roxborough cricket match in 1877. He had just returned from Ceylon, where he had been governor. He had also served two terms as...
Family and Intimate relationships
Augusta Gregory
Augusta Persse
married Sir William Gregory
of Coole Park near Gort in Galway.
Stevenson, Mary Lou Kohfeldt. Lady Gregory: The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance. Atheneum, 1985.
88
Publishing
Augusta Gregory
After a trip to Egypt with her husband
, AG
published an article in the Times, Arabi and His Household, supporting the Egyptian nationalist Arabi Bey
.
Stevenson, Mary Lou Kohfeldt. Lady Gregory: The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance. Atheneum, 1985.
63
Textual Production
Augusta Gregory
John Murray
published Sir William Gregory
: An Autobiography, edited by AG
two years after her husband's death.
Stevenson, Mary Lou Kohfeldt. Lady Gregory: The Woman Behind the Irish Renaissance. Atheneum, 1985.
97
Mikhail, Edward Halim. Lady Gregory: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. Whitston, 1982.
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Timeline
8 June 1847: The Irish Poor Law Extension Act was pas...
National or international item
8 June 1847
The Irish Poor Law Extension Act was passed.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
328, 607
Curtis, Liz. The Cause of Ireland: From the United Irishmen to Partition. Beyond the Pale Publications, 1994.
50
Maddox, Brenda. “The queen of Coole”. theguardian.com, 30 Aug. 2003.
Texts
Gregory, Sir William Henry. Sir William Gregory. Editor Gregory, Augusta, John Murray, 1894.