Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue

Nannie Lambert Power O'Donoghue, also known as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert, was born in 1843 and lived until 12 January 1940. She came from an upper-middle class family and she was famous 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 was also a musician, novelist and social activist. She had written many different books, her most famous; Riding for Ladies (1887) sold more than 94,000 copies.

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.

Her father, Charles Lambert of Athenry, was from a landlord family which originates from County Galway.