Lady Gregory
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Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager. With William Butler Yeats and Edward Martyn, she co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatr
Gregory pictured on the frontispiece to "Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography" (1913)
Portrait of Lady Gregory, 1903
A poster for the opening run at the Abbey Theatre from 27 December 1904 to 3 January 1905
Lady Gregory in later life
William Henry Gregory
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Sir William Henry Gregory PC KCMG was an Anglo-Irish writer and politician who served as Governor of Ceylon from 1872 to 1877. He was the husband of Augusta, Lady Gregory, the playwright, co-founder a
Lady Gregory
…nanny), Mary Sheridan, a Catholic and a native Irish speaker, who introduced the young Augusta to the history and legends of the local area. She married Sir William Henry Gregory, a widower with an estate at Coole Park, near Gort, on 4 March 1880 in St. Matthias' Church, Dublin. Sir William, who was 36 years her elder, had just…
"An art critic" Gregory as caricatured by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, December 1871
The Gregory family vault near Coole Park, County Galway in 2016. Originally located on the demesne, it now lies on farmland in Kiltartan between the N18 and M18 (construction site) roads.
Information sign on the Gregory family vault.