Mary Eva Kelly, Irish poet and writer, 1826-1910.
Born in Headford, Kelly was educated privately with other members of her family. Her first poems were translations, including one of Alphonse de Lamartine's Dying Christian. She became famous for her contributions to The Nation, the first being The Banshee. Initially using her own name, she adopted the non-de-plume Eva starting with her Lament for Davis. She also contributed prose, essays and ballads.
In 1854 she married Kevin Izod O'Doherty and they emigrated to Brisbane but returned to Ireland the following year. O'Doherty was elected M.P. for Meath. After a time in London they moved back to Brisbane where O'Doherty was elected a member of both houses of parliament in Queensland. She died in Brisbane on 23 May 1910.