Ellen Fitzsimon

Irish poet

Ellen Fitzsimon

Born|

Ellen Bridget O'Connell

1805

Derrynane House, County Kerry

Died| 27 January 1883(1883-01-27) (aged 77–78)

London, England

Resting place| Kensal Green Cemetery
Nationality| Irish
Spouse| Christopher Fitzsimon
Parent(s)| Daniel O'Connell and Mary O'Connell

Ellen Fitzsimon (1805 – 27 January 1883) was an Irish poet.[1][2]

## Biography

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Ellen Fitzsimon was born Ellen Bridget O'Connell at Derrynane House, the third child and eldest daughter of Daniel and Mary O'Connell. She was well educated and spoke a number of languages. She was a close political ally of her father.[3] Her poems appeared in Irish Monthly, The Nation, Duffy's Fireside Magazine, the Dublin Review. A single book of poems, Derrynane Abbey in 1832, and other Poems, was published in 1863.[1]

On 25 July 1825, she married Christopher Fitzsimon Esq. of Glencullen, County Dublin, who was Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper and MP for County Dublin. The couple had 13 children:[2]

* Thomas Fitzsimon, died in infancy
* Mary O'Connell Fitzsimon (1828-1877), married Henry Edmond Redmond
* Daniel O'Connell Fitzsimon (1829-1844)
* Christopher O'Connell Fitzsimon (1830-1884)
* Henry Fitzsimon, died in infancy
* Thomas Fitzsimon (1833-1858)
* Henry O'Connell Fitzsimon (1835-1902)
* Ellen Fitzsimon, died in infancy
* Ellen "Eily" O'Connell Fitzsimon (25 January 1838 – 1919), married Charles Bianconi jnr, son of Charles Bianconi[4]
* Maurice Fitzsimon, died in infancy
* Kathleen Henrietta O'Connell Fitzsimon (1842-1927), married Lt.Col. George Ludlow Kennedy Hewett
* Maurice "Mossy" O'Connell Fitzsimon, died at 13
* Morgan O'Connell Fitzsimon, died in infancy

Fitzsimon died in London on 27 January 1883 and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.[1][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Colman, Anne Ulry (1996). Dictionary of nineteenth-century Irish women poets. Galway: Kenny's Bookshop. p. 174\. ISBN 0-906312-44-2. OCLC 35268787.
2. ^ a b O'Connell, Basil Morgan. The O'Connell Family Tracts 1. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
3. ^ "The Family". Derrynane House. The Office of Public Works. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
4. ^ O'Connell, Mrs Morgan John [née Mary Anne Bianconi] (1878). Charles Bianconi. A Biography, 1786–1875. By his Daughter. p. 158\. "Mr. Fitz-Simon, of Glancullen, M.P. for Dublin, who married the Liberator's eldest daughter, was another guest, and his daughter afterwards married my brother."
5. ^ "The O'Connell Papers. Part X". The Irish Monthly. 11 (118): 219–226. 1883. ISSN 2009-2113. JSTOR 20496948.