Áine Ní Fhoghludha, (10 November 1880 – 1932) was an Irish nationalist and writer in the
Irish language
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Life
Born in
Ring
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* Ring (jewellery), a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry
* To make a sound with a bell, and the sound made by a bell
:(hence) to initiate a telephone connection
Arts, entertainment and media Film and ...
in
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...
to schoolteachers Micheál Ó Foghludha and Eibhlín de Brún. Her father was an advocate for the Irish language and she graduated in Irish. She taught in County Waterford but she lost her job after the
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...
. Some suppose that her nationalism was the reason as she was an active nationalist and she supported the
IRA
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Law
*Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, US, on status of ...
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Her book ''Brosna'' published in 1922 was used in Irish schools.
[
She died in ]Caherciveen
Cahersiveen (), sometimes Cahirciveen, is a town on the N70 national secondary road in County Kerry, Ireland. As of the 2016 CSO census, the town had a population of 1,041.
Geography
Cahersiveen is on the slopes of 376-metre-high Bentee, an ...
of pneumonia
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and was buried at Ring.[Maria Luddy, ‘Ní Fhoghludha, Áine (1880–1932)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200]
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References
Bibliography
* ''Idir na fleadhanna'' (1922)
* ''Brosna'' (1925)
* ''Díthreabhach an tobair'' (1934)
* ''Breacadh an lae'' (1934)
* ''Bréag-riocht Apollo agus cúiteamh .i. Dhá dhráma i gcóir na ngasóg'' (1934)
* ''Róis dhearga agus buadhann Críost'' (1934)
External links
* https://nccb.tcd.ie/catalog/x633h592d
* http://recirc.nuigalway.ie/2016/08/curious-case-catherine-burke/
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1880 births
1932 deaths
20th-century Irish people
Irish poets
Writers from County Waterford
Irish-language writers