An Irishwoman’s Diary Episode 7: Founder of the first Magdalen Asylum - Arabella Denny

This is series 2 of An Irishwoman’s Diary from The Deirdre
O’Shaughnessy Podcast, search in your podcast app for An
Irishwoman’s Diary to find the six-episode Series 1.


She campaigned for healthcare for infants, set up an almshouse
for the poor, introduced carpet weaving to Ireland, bred
silkworms at her home and, rather incongruously, took shooting
lessons to stop her brother-in-law bullying her (it worked!).


Lady Arabella Denny (yes, like the sausages – a distant branch of
the same family) was a woman before her time.


Irish Examiner columnist Clodagh Finn joins Deirdre to discuss
the woman who left very explicit – and unusual – instructions for
what was to be done when she died.


Read Clodagh’s column: Clodagh Finn: The life and extraordinary
death of Arabella Denny


An Irishwoman's Diary series 1: Meet the Irish women who left
their mark on history


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