Despite her Irish birth, she disliked and distanced herself from the Irish: Anna Maria Hall
's husband, Samuel Carter Hall
, reported her saying that she needed to fumigate her dining-room after entertaining Daniel O'Connell
Cultural formation
Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan
Sydney Owenson was born to an English Methodist
mother with leanings towards the sect called the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection
, and an Irish, originally Catholic
, father. She aligned herself strongly with the Irish...
