Alice Dease
Alice Mary Frances Dease | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 February 1874 Turbotston |
| Died | 27 October 1949 Dundrum, County Dublin |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Partner | Philip Charles Chichester |
| Children | None |
| Parent(s) | James Arthur Dease and Charlotte Jerningham |
Alice Dease (14 February 1874 – 27 October 1949) was an Irish writer and folklorist.
Biography
Born Alice Mary Frances Dease 14 February 1874, she was the tenth and youngest daughter of Irish landowners, James Arthur Dease and Charlotte Jerningham, of Turbotston in County Westmeath. She also had two older brothers. She married Philip Charles Chichester in 1915. Before her marriage she had written a number of works and she wrote about local folklore and had articles and stories published through the Catholic Truth Society. She died a widow in County Dublin in 1949.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Bibliography
- Good Women of Erin (1905)
- The Beckoning of the Wand: Sketches of a Lesser Known Ireland (1908)
- The Lady of Mystery (1913)
References and sources
- ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie.
- ^ "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
- ^ "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
- ^ "Person Page". Main Page. 1924-09-07. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ Kemp, Sandra; Mitchell, Charlotte; Trotter, David (1997). "Dease, Alice". The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198117605.001.0001. ISBN 9780198117605.
- ^ Burke, B.; Fox-Davies, A.C. (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Harrison & Sons. p. 171. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ Brozyna, A.E. (1999). Labour, Love, and Prayer: Female Piety in Ulster Religious Literature, 1850-1914. McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. MQUP. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7735-1757-8. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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