After losing her fortune during the Great Famine, Martin and her husband went to Belgium for a time, where she contributed to periodicals.
They sailed to America in 1850, but Martin died 10 days after arrival due to complications of premature childbirth.
[1] Educated at home and by herself, Martin became fluent in Irish, English, French and a number of other languages.
In the same year, her father died of famine fever contracted while visiting his tenants in the Clifden workhouse.
She died ten days after arriving in New York City, following giving birth prematurely on board ship.