Margaret Leeson / Peg Plunkett

Margaret Leeson, also known as Peg Plunkett was a Sex Worker and Madame to the elite in 18th-century Ireland.  Companion to Modern Ireland's founding fathers *cough - Colonisers, she was renowned for her wit, intelligence, and charm.  When down on her luck, she published her autobiography in three volumes - giving unreliable customers the option to clear their debts with her, or be named and shamed!   Sources:

Book - Peg Plunkett: Memoires of a Whore by Julie Peakman

• https://dublin.ie/live/life-in-dublin/history-society/ 
• https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/prostitution-ireland 
• https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/the-liberty-and-ormond-boys-gangs-and-rioting-in-historic-dublin 
• https://comeheretome.com/2012/11/13/the-pinking-dindies/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poynings%27_Law_(on_certification_of_acts)
• https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/poynings-law/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwellian_conquest_of_Ireland 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift