Ladies of Llangollen
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The "Ladies of Llangollen", Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, were two upper-class Irish women who lived together as a couple. Their relationship scandalised and fascinated their contemporaries. The
Portrait of The Rt. Hon. Lady Eleanor Butler & Miss Ponsonby 'The Ladies of Llangollen'
Sarah Ponsonby and Lady Eleanor Butler in their library
Portrait of Ladies of Llangollen 1819
Carved oak porch of Plas Newydd. The house did not look like this during the Ladies' tenure; the exterior woodwork on the walls postdates them, added by a later owner between 1861 and 1890.
Mary Carryl
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Mary Carryl was an Irish-born loyal servant and friend of the celebrated Ladies of Llangollen. She served them up to her death; and when the Ladies died, they shared the same grave.
Ladies of Llangollen
…Their families found them and forcefully tried to make them give up their plans—but in vain. They moved to Wales and then sent for Sarah's servant, Mary Caryll, who lived with and worked for them for the rest of her life. Mary died first, and they were all three buried in the same plot with the same grave…
Mrs. Mary Carryl
Mary Carryl's memorial is shared with the Ladies of Llangollen in the local church