, Due to her father's straitened circumstances, she was sent to london to be educated and cared for by her aunt, Lady Blessington. There were circulating libraries in Ireland in the 19thC including one in Tipperary: CARRICK-ON-SUIR tip Power's Circulating Library 1840? [Ellen Power] Listed in Slater's National Commercial Directory of Ireland, 1847.Provincial Directory, 1824.Directory 1850 1901 census may record her: RG13 1186 102 14 24 Ellen Power Pauper W 70 F None Ireland Brentford Union Workhouse Address Civil Parish Isleworth Middlesex Middlesex