Eithne Strong | |
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| Born | 1923 Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 1999 Monkstown, County Dublin |
| Pen name | Eithne Strong |
| Occupation | Poet, writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
Eithne Strong (née O'Connell; 1923–1999)[1] was a bilingual Irish poet and writer who wrote in both Irish and English. Her first poems in Irish were published in Combhar and An Glor 1943–44 under the name Eithne Ni Chonaill. She was a founder member of the Runa Press whose early Chapbooks featured artwork by among others Jack B. Yeats, Sean Keating, Sean O'Sullivan, Harry Kernoff among others. The press was noted for the publication in 1943 of Marrowbone Lane by Robert Collis which depicts the fierce fighting that took place during the Easter Rising of 1916.
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