On 18 March 1912 Violet wrote to Edith Somerville about her visit to Tyrone House, Kilcolgan which would later be the setting for their book "The Big House of Inver". This is where my great grandmother Harriet St George grew up. Her father Christopher St George owned the house and the estates associated with it. She married John 'Jack' Joyce of the Joyce's of Mervue, a prominent Galway family of merchants and landowners. Tyrone House is now a forelorne ruin.
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National Portrait Gallery | Ireland | VIEW SOURCE |
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Somerville and Ross | UK | VIEW SOURCE |
Place of migration
Stayed in Ireland
Violet Florence Martin was born in Ross House, Connemara, County Galway on the 11th of June 1862. She was the youngest of 16 children. The family were well to do and belonged to one of the 14 Tribes of Galway.
Violet had a talent for writing. In her lifetime she wrote 13 novels with her cousin, Edith Somerville. Together the pair published as Somerville and Ross. The pair lived together in County Cork after first meeting in 1886. Their writing was responisble for inspiring the popular television series, The Irish R.M.
Violet was a suffragette and staunch unionist, working closely with the Munster Womens Franchise League. She was on good terms with the members of the Gaelic literary revival.
Violet died on the 21st of December 1915 from complications resulting from a bad horse riding injury some years prior.
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| Date of Birth | 11th Jun 1862 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 21st Dec 1915 | VIEW SOURCE |
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Drinagh
Wednesday 20th January 2021 10:18PM -
What a fantastic connection! Have you added your Ancestors and Tyrone House to the Chronicles? I'd be happy to help if you have any questions. Just send them to vkelly@irelandxo.com
Chronicles Editor
Thursday 21st January 2021 10:44AM
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