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Elizabeth Shane
BornGertrude Elizabeth Hine
1877
Died1951
OccupationPoet
LanguageEnglish, Mid-Ulster English

Gertrude Elizabeth Shane (née Hine; 1877–1951) was an Irish poet born in Belfast and who lived much of her life in County Donegal.[1][2] Among her best-known works is "Wee Hughie", a poem about a boy's first day at school.[3]

Bibliography

  • Tales of the Donegal Coast and Islands (1921)
  • By Bog and Sea in Donegal (1923/24)
  • Piper's Tunes - From Donegal and Antrim (1927)
  • The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Shane Vol 1 (1945)
  • The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Shane Vol 2 (1945)

References