Alice Kyteler

Dame Alice Kyteler (/ˈkɪtlər/; c. 1260 – after 1324) was the first recorded person condemned for witchcraft in Ireland. She is believed to have fled the country to either England or Flanders, but there is no record of her after her escape from persecution. Her associate Petronilla de Meath (de Midia, meaning of Meath, her first name also spelt Petronella) was flogged and burned to death at the stake on 3 November 1324, after being tortured and confessing to the heretical crimes she, Kyteler, and Kyteler's followers were alleged to have committed.

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