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Also known as

• Maighréad Ball
• Maighréad nic Fheorais
• Margaret Bermingham
• Margherita Ball

Memorial

• 20 June
• 30 January on some calendars

Profile

Lay women in the archdiocese of Dublin, Ireland. Married to wealth merchant Bartholomew Ball. Hid priests and bishops in her home during a period of state persecution of the Church. Her eldest son, Walter, gave in to the pressure from the authorities and became a Prostetant; when he became mayor of Dublin, assisted in the persecution of Catholics and had his mother imprisoned. One of the Irish Martyrs.

Born

• c.1515 in Skreen, Meath, Ireland

Died

• 1584 in Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland of general abuse and neglect

Venerated

• 6 July 1991 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

• 27 September 1992 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Margaret Ball“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 July 2023. Web. 28 April 2024. <>