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Mary Ann O'Brien (born 8 September 1960) is an Irish businesswoman and former politician. She is the founder and chairman of Lily O'Brien's Chocolates and in 1997, she founded the Jack and Jill Foundation with her husband Jonathan Irwin, to provide home health care to severely sick babies. It was set up as a direct response to their experience of caring at home for their son Jack, born with severe brain damage in 1996. O'Brien's family background is in horse racing - her father Phonsie O'Brien and uncle Vincent O'Brien were both notable racehorse trainers. In May 2011, she was nominated by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny to the 24th Seanad. At the launch of Renua in March 2015, O'Brien was announced as a party candidate. O'Brien clarified that she would remain independent while a Senator and join Renua to stand at the 2016 general election. However, O'Brien did not contest the 2016 general election. References. Discover the Anne O Brien popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Anne O Brien books.

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Mistress Cromwell
Carol McGrath
Did you love WOLF HALL, BRING UP THE BODIES and THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT? If so, you'll be gripped by MISTRESS CROMWELL: discover the powerful story of the woman in the shadows . ....
Chronicles
Jean Froissart & Geoffrey Brereton
The Chronicles of Froissart (13371410) are one of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenthcentury England and France. Depicting the great age of AngloFrench rivalry from the...
Prosperity Drive
Mary Morrissy
‘A wonderful writer’ Hilary MantelAll of life is laid bare in Prosperity Drive. A woman falls and remembers a moment decades earlier that changed the course of her life. A failed p...
The Irish Princess
Elizabeth Chadwick
Her father's only daughter. Her country's only hope. Ireland, 1152The King of Leinster, awaiting news of his newborn child, is disappointed to hear he has a daughter. Diarmait MacM...
A Marriage of Fortune
Anne O'Brien
'A compelling tale of a family caught up in the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses... Be warned: it's dangerously addictive' TRACY BORMANEngland. 1469.A fortunate marriage will chang...
The Silken Rose
Carol McGrath
They called her the SheWolf From Provence. She'd shape the destiny of England ...Fans of Alison Weir, Anne O'Brien and Philippa Gregory, will devour this compelling new novel, star...
An Englishman Aboard
Charles Timoney
From the author of Pardon My French and A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi, this is the charming and hilariously funny story of one man's attempt to travel the entire length of the Seine by...
Isabella
Fiona Mountain
An epic 18thcentury historical romance from the author of the celebrated Rebel HeiressFletcher Christian and Isabella Curwen are first cousins who grow up together in the Lake Dist...
Root of the Tudor Rose
Mari Griffith
1421: Henry V and his young bride, Catherine de Valois, are blessed with the birth of a son but their happiness is shortlived. Catherine is widowed and when her father, the French...
Cavalier Queen
Fiona Mountain
She was the Princess Diana of her day.She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most ...
THE ROSE TRILOGY
Carol McGrath
Three glorious gripping novels formerly known as The SheWolves trilogy, now all in one volume for the first time as THE ROSE TRILOGY'Here is a novelist at ease with her subject. ...
The Stolen Crown
Carol McGrath
'A superb book, illuminating a fascinating and turbulent era. It is the figure of Matilda who rightly commanded the stage in all her power and complexity' Nicola Cornick'Packed wit...
The Handfasted Wife
Carol McGrath
'Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel' FAY WELDONThe first instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating The Daughters of Hastings trilogy!'This nov...
Poems That Make Grown Women Cry
Anthony Holden & Ben Holden
The internationally bestselling collection of poetry so powerful that it has moved readers to tears. “Anthony and Ben Holden remind us that you don’t have to be an academic or a po...
An Affair with My Mother
Caitríona Palmer
'Incredibly moving' Anne Enright, winner of the Man Booker PrizeAn Affair with My Mother by Caitriona Palmer: a moving and gripping story of love, denial and a daughter's quest for...
Skylark and Wallcreeper
Anne O'Brien Carelli
While helping her granny Collette evacuate to a makeshift shelter in Brooklyn during Superstorm Sandy, Lily uncovers secrets of her grandmother's past as a member of the French Res...
Shieldmaiden
Marianne Whiting
'I so enjoyed this book. It was easy to read and a joy for anyone who enjoys reading about the Viking culture... I absolutely loved this book' Amazon VINE VOICE review'Good charac...
The Courtesan and the Samurai
Lesley Downer
1868. In Japan's exotic pleasure quarters, sex is for sale and the only forbidden fruit is love ...Hana is just seventeen when her husband goes to war, leaving her alone and vulner...
The Betrothed Sister
Carol McGrath
'The Betrothed Sister is like one of its own rich embroideries, cut from the cloth of history and stitched with strange and passionate lives' EMMA DARWINThe final instalment in Car...
Her Last Assassin
Victoria Lamb
A gripping historical thriller set in Tudor England during the reign of Elizabeth I.Ladyinwaiting Lucy Morgan is once again torn between her dangerous attraction to William Shakesp...
The Damask Rose
Carol McGrath
'You lay hands on a princess of the realm? It is treason.''But this princess disobeys her King. Treason indeed.'A beloved wife. A hated queen. A journey to her destiny . . . If you...
The Swan-Daughter
Carol McGrath
'A wise and lyrical evocation of the lives of women in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest... A captivating read' SARAH BOWERThe second instalment in Carol McGrath's captivating T...
We Were Young
Niamh Campbell
'Witty, fiery, wistful and even shocking, with engrossing heady prose, Campbell's style is unique' Irish Independent'An immensely enjoyable novel, and a great validation of Campbel...
Married Past Redemption
Stanley Middleton
From the BookerPrizewinning author of Holiday. Rejacketed and reissued by Windmill to mark the 40th anniversary of Middleton's Booker Prize win.David and Alison are a successful yo...