Princess Macha

Standard Name: Macha, Princess

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Theme or Topic Treated in Text E. Owens Blackburne
The scope of Illustrious Irishwomen is broad, beginning with half-legendary
Blackburne, E. Owens. Illustrious Irishwomen. Tinsley Brothers, 1877, 2 vols.
I: 2
figures such as Queen Macha and Saint Brigit , and ending with near-contemporary Irishwomen such as Maria Edgeworth , Catherine Hayes , and...

Timeline

936: The first hospital in England was built in...

Building item

936

The first hospital in England was built in York. Ireland is said to have been well ahead of this, with PrincessMacha 's hospital called Broin Bearg , or House of Sorrow , founded in 300 BC.
Dolan, Josephine A. History of Nursing. 12th ed., Saunders, 1968.
108, 61-2

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