Ladies of llangollen by Lori Moriarty

As part of the National LGBTI+ inclusion strategy - Kilkenny Castle is delighted to present an online talk by Lori Moriarty on The Lives and Afterlives of the Ladies of Llangollen

On the evening of March 30th, 1778, Sarah Ponsonby dressed in men’s clothes, armed with a pistol and carrying her dog Frisk, climbed out of the parlour window of Woodstock House in Co. Kilkenny. Under the cover of darkness she met Eleanor Butler who had executed a similar escape from Kilkenny Castle, with the plan to ride as far as Waterford in order to catch a ship to England in the hopes of beginning a new life together. This was to be the first attempt of several.
Join me as I trace the story of the women who became known as ‘The Ladies of Llangollen’ and also examine the many afterlives of their story. From ‘extraordinary female affection’ (St James Chronicle, 1790) to ‘Ladies ahead of their time’ (The Telegraph, 2002) theirs was a truly fascinating journey.

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