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by George J. Dance

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Moireen A. Fox, Liadain and Curithir, 1917. Courtesy Internet Archive.

Moireen (or Móirín) A. Fox was an Irish poet.

Life[]

Fox was born in Pinner, Greater London, England, to Anglo-Irish parents.[1]

She moved to Ireland in 1907 and enrolled in Ballingeary College.[1]

She married Claude Chevasse in 1917, and the couple moved to Galway, where they maintained an Irish-speaking household. Cheavasa was received into the Catholic Church in 1935.[1]

Besides poetry, her literary output included fiction, drama and biography.[1]

Recognition[]

Padraic Colum included her poem, "The Fairy Lover," in his 1922 Anthology of Irish Verse.[2]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Flower o' the May. Belfast: M’Caw, Stevenson, & Orr 1910.[3]
  • Midhir and Etain. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1920.
  • The One Unfaithfulness of Naoise. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1930.
  • The Fall of the Year: Collected poems. Dublin: Gayfield Press, 1940.

Play[]

  • The Fire-Bringers: A play in one act. Dublin: Talbot Press, 1920.

Non-fiction[]

  • Terence MacSwiney. Dublin: Clonmore & Reynolds / London: Burns & Oates, 1961.

Translated[]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]

Poems by Moireen Fox[]

See also[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cheavasa, Moirin, Social networks and archival content, University of Virginia. Web, May 8, 2015.
  2. Moireen Fox, "The Fairy Lover". Anthology of Irish Verse. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1922. Web, May 8, 2015.
  3. Moireen A. Fox, Ricorso.net. Web, May 8, 2015.
  4. Search results = au:Moireen Fox, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, May 8, 2015.

External links[]

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