‘Blind poetess of Ulster’: photo recently discovered

Frances Browne was born in Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, in 1816. By the time of her death in 1879 she had carved out a relatively successful literary career as a prolific poet, essayist, novelist and writer of children’s stories that had taken her from her quiet village to the bustling cities of Edinburgh and London—despite having ... Read more

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