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Dame Alice Kyteler (/ˈkɪtlər/;[1] c. 1260 – after 1324) was the first recorded person condemned for witchcraft in Ireland.[2][3] She fled the country to either England or Flanders, and there is no record of her after her escape from persecution.[4] Her servant Petronilla de Meath (de Midia, meaning of Meath, her first name also spelt Petronella) was flogged and burned to death at the stake on 3 November 1324, after being tortured and confessing to the heretical crimes she, Kyteler, and Kyteler's followers were alleged to have committed.
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