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Captain William Henry O'Shea (1840 – 22 April 1905) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He is best known for being the ex-husband of Katharine O'Shea, the long-time mistress of the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell .
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.
O'Shea, William Henry (1840–1905), politician and adventurer, was born in Dublin, son of Henry O'Shea (pronounced ‘O'Shee’), a catholic solicitor from an indebted Limerick gentry family, and his wife Catherine, a papal countess and daughter of Edward Craneach Quinlan of Rosana, Co. Tipperary.
William O’Shea, a “moderate” Home Rule member, whose wife had been Parnell’s mistress since 1880. A settlement was reached, the so-called Kilmainham Treaty, whereby tenants were to obtain substantial concessions and Parnell was to use all his influence to decrease further agitation.
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The sensational divorce case brought in November 1890 by Captain William O’Shea wrecked both the political future of the Irish leader Charles Stewart Parnell and the movement for Home Rule.
Feb 2, 2024 · Today, an inordinate number of Irish pubs across the world are named after her even though “Kitty O’Shea” was a name she hated, and who could blame her? “Kitty” was a slur for a prostitute and “O’Shea” was the name of her estranged husband, Captain William O’Shea, a man she had come to despise.
