| Jane Barlow | |
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| Born | Jane Barlow 1860 Clontarf, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | April 20, 1917 Bray, County Wicklow |
| Nationality | Irish |
Jane Barlow (1857 – 17 April 1917) was an Irish novelist, noted for her poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry, chiefly about Lisconnel and Ballyhoy, in relation to both landlords and the Irish potato famine.
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Barlow was the daughter of Rev. James William Barlow, vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin. Born in Clontarf, County Dublin, she spent most of her life living in a thatched cottage in Raheny, in the townland of Ballyhoy. She died in Bray, County Wicklow.[1]
Barlow wrote both poems and novels. Her poetry collections include:
Her novels include Kerrigan’s Quality (1894) and The Founding of Fortunes (1902).
The utopia History of a World of Immortals Without a God: Translated From an Unpublished Manuscript in the Library of a Continental University Dublin: W. McGee; London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1891, by Antares Skorpios is variously attributed to both Jane and her father James.