Elizabeth Shane
Appearance
Elizabeth Shane | |
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Born | Gertrude Elizabeth Hine 1877 |
Died | 1951 |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | English, 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)