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Margaret Ball

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Lady Mayoress of Dublic and Catholic martyr

Religious FiguresLived 1515 to 1584 · aged 69
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Margaret Ball (1515-1584) was a prominent member of 16th-century Irish society, who, despite being the widow of a Lord Mayor of Dublin, was arrested for her adherence to the Catholic faith and died of deprivation in the dungeons of Dublin Castle.

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Margaret BallMargaret BallThe Record Tower, dating from c.1228, the sole surviving part of Dublin Castle that still appears as it did during the Elizabethan era. To its left is the Chapel Royal.The Record Tower, dating from c.1228, the sole surviving part of Dublin Castle that still appears as it did during the Elizabethan era. To its left is the Chapel Royal.

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Margaret Ball (1515-1584) was a prominent member of 16th-century Irish society, who, despite being the widow of a Lord Mayor of Dublin, was arrested for her adherence to the Catholic faith and died of deprivation in the dungeons of Dublin Castle. She was declared a martyr for the faith by the Catholic Church and beatified in 1992, one of a group of 17 Irish Catholic Martyrs.

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Religious Figure
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deceased
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Lived 1515 to 1584 · aged 69
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