Amelia Butler-Gallie

Homage to the greatest 18th-century poet you’ve never heard of

Doireann Ní Ghríofa discovers all she can about Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill, whose lament for her murdered husband deserves to be far better known

Doireann Ní Ghríofa. [Matthew Thompson]
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