Eleanor Ffrench
Eleanor Ffrench, Irish poet, died c. 1861.
Ffrench was a member of a family counted among the Tribes of Galway. Her single collection, Poems, was published postumphusly in Dublin in 1863. The preface stated: "This little book contains all the poems of the late Eleanor French, of Prospect Hill, Galway, which could be collected at a period of two years after her death. One poem, The Rival Lights, commemorated the installation of gas lighting in the town on 20 November 1837.
Bibliography
- Poems, Dublin, 1863.
References
- Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Irish Women Poets, pp. 135–136,Anne Ulry Colman, Kenny's Bookshop, Galway, 1996. ISBN 0-906312-44-2.
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