The 1886 Galway Borough by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Galway Borough on 11 February 1886. The seat had been won by T. P. O'Co
Eyre Square, Galway, late nineteenth century
Katharine O'Shea
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Katharine Parnell, known before her second marriage as Katharine O'Shea and popularly as Kitty O'Shea, was an English woman from a political family whose adulterous relationship with Irish nationalist
1886 Galway Borough by-election
…party had not been consulted about the candidature. However, like his colleagues, he was aware that Parnell was in a relationship with O'Shea's wife, Katharine, who had had three children by him – a fact not publicly known and likely to cause a scandal. In an attempt to persuade O'Shea to withdraw, Healy hinted…
Kitty O Shea
Rivenhall Place, 1831 engraving
O'Shea in 1914