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An Irish novelist, daughter of the third Baron Cloncurry; born in 1845. She is the author of several popular romances of Irish life, full of pathos and picturesqueness, among which may be noticed: "A Millionaire's Cousin" (1885); "Hurrish" (1886), a study; "Grania" (1892), her most powerful work; "Maelcho" (1894), a story of the rebellion of Sir James Fitzmaurice in the 16th century. She is also author of "Ireland" (1887) in the "Story of the Nations" series.