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Eva Gore-Booth Papers

Eva Gore-Booth

Eva Gore-Booth

UCD Library Special Collections holds a collection of letters and poems by Eva Gore-Booth.
Identity Statement

Reference code IE/ UCD/SC/GB

Title
Eva Gore-Booth Papers.

Dates
[1916?].

Level of Description
Fonds.

Extent
14 items.

Context

Creator
Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1928).

Biographical History

  • Eva Gore-Booth was an Irish poet, dramatist, philosopher, and influential political activist.
  • She was born at Lissadell House, County Sligo.
  • Eva’s older sister was Constance Gore-Booth, better known as Countess Markievicz.
  • In 1886 Ester Roper and Eva Gore-Booth became joint secretaries of the Women’s Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee.
  • She was also active in the National Union for Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and wrote propaganda pamphlets and articles in feminist and trade union journals.
  • Eva was a keen poet and playwright, with her first published volume of poetry being praised highly by W. B. Yeats. 
  • She published ten volumes of poetry and the verse dramas Unseen Kings (1904) and Death of Fionavar (1916). 

Source of Acquisition
Donated by Liam O’Leary, February 2008.

Scope and Content
  • Holograph letters from Eva Gore-Booth to Meredith Starr and other correspondents concerning the occult, reincarnation, poetry, German immigration into England, the social situation in Ireland, and visiting her sister, Countess Markievicz, in Dublin [1916?].
  • Holograph poems including a poem entitled Roger Casement (not dated).
Access and Use

Reproduction
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Language
English.

Finding Aid
n/a.

More Information

Find Information on Eva Gore-Booth in the (opens in a new window)Dictionary of Irish Biography.

UCD Special Collections

James Joyce Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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