Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue
Irish writer, editor
Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue, also known as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert, (2 June 1843, Dublin, Ireland – 12 January 1940, Dublin Ireland) was a writer and equestrian.
She was known for her horse riding, poetry and journalism projects. She was a journalist and wrote pieces and articles concerning social welfare and animals well being. She had written many different books, her most famous; Riding for Ladies (1887) sold more than 94,000 copies. She was also a musician, novelist and social activist.
She lived out her life in the heart of Dublin and from the year she turned 26 years old (1869) she was married to William Power O'Donoghue, a professor of music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Early life
Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert was baptized under the Church of Ireland on 2 June 1843 in the Parish Church of St. Thomas in North Dublin, youngest daughter of Charles and Jane Catherine Lambert (Maiden name Irwin). Her father, Charles Lambert of Athenry, was from a landlord family which originates from County Galway.
Nicknamed 'Nannie' as an endearment to her being the youngest child of the family, Ann had 3 sisters: Lizzie, Jane Catherine and Hannah Elizabeth Ellen, one brother: Charles Edward, and two half-brothers; Arthur Irwin and Robert Henry Downes, from her mother's first marriage to Robert Henry Downes Mahon.
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