Moira O'Neill (1864-1955). Courtesy Collections Canada.
Moira O'Neill was the pen name of Agnes Shakespeare Higginson Skrine (1864-1955), an Irish poet.
Life[]
O'Neill was born Agnes Higginson in co. Antrim.[1]
In 1895 she married Walter Skrine, and lived on his ranch near High River, Alberta, Canada. The Skrines lived there for 6 years, and then returned to Ireland.[1]
She wrote 2 books of poetry under the pseudonym "Moira O’Neill". She also wrote for Blackwood's Magazine.[1]
Her daughter, Molly Keane, was a novelist.[2]
Recognition[]
On O'Neill's death, Poet Laureate John Masefield wrote a tribute to her.[1]
In popular culture[]
Her poem "Sea Wrack" was set to music by Hamilton Harty.[2]
Composer Charles Villiers Stanford set 6 of her poems to music for his 1901 song-cycle, "An Irish Idyll."[3]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Songs of the Glens of Antrim. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1900.
- More Songs of the Glens of Antrim. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1921.
- Collected Poems. Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1933.
Non-fiction[]
- A Lady's Life on a Ranch. . Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood, 1898.
Sea Wrack by Hamilton Harty ♬ Russell Malcolm ❧ Irish Ballad ❧
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Agnes Higginson Skrine, 1864-1955, Alberta Settlement, Heritage Community Foundation. Web, Mar. 20, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Billy Mills, "Moira O’Neill: Irish Woman Poet, Elliptical Moments, December 21, 2013. Wordpress, Web, Mar. 20, 2017.
- ↑ Moira O'Neill, Wikipedia, June 4, 2016. Wikimedia Foundation. Web, Mar. 20, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:Moira O'Neill, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Mar. 20, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Sea Wrack"
- O'Neill in A Book of Women's Verse: "The Rachray Man," "The Grand Match"
- Moira O'Neill at AllPoetry (8 poems)
- Books
- Moira O'Neill at Amazon.com
- About
- Skrine, Agnes (‘Nesta’) Shakespeare (‘Moira O'Neill’) in the Dictionary of Irish Biography
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