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William Henry O’Shea and Katharine O’Shea
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William Henry O’Shea and Katharine O’Shea

Irish nationalists
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Quick Facts William Henry O’Shea and Katharine O’Shea were husband and wife from 1867 to 1890. Their relationship with the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell led to a divorce scandal that terminated Parnell’s career and divided Irish nationalist opinion. William Henry O’Shea was the only son of a Roman Catholic solicitor in Dublin. Educated at Oscott and at Trinity College, Dublin, he became a cornet of the 18th Hussars in 1858 and was retired...

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