A Rich Woman: From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

Katharine Tynan was born on 23rd January 1859 into a large family in Clondalkin, County Dublin.

The family business was cattle rearing and the farmhouse, set with the mountains for a backdrop, was a wonderful world for a young mind to learn and imagine.

She was educated at the convent school, St Catherine of Sienna, in Drogheda. A stubborn streak inhibited her ability to learn as easily as the school wished. However she did learn on her own terms and soon began to take her `forbidden literatu...