Mary Anne Holmes

Mary Anne Holmes
Portrait of Holmes by Thomas Hickey
Born
Mary Anne Emmet

10 October 1773
Dublin, Ireland
Died10 March 1805(1805-03-10) (aged 31)
NationalityIrish
Known forpoetry
Spouse
(m. 1799)
Parents
  • Dr Robert Emmet (father)
  • Elizabeth Mason (mother)
RelativesElizabeth Emmet Lenox-Conyngham (daughter)
Robert Emmet (brother)
Thomas Addis Emmet (brother)
Christopher Temple Emmet (brother)

Mary Anne Holmes (née Emmet) (10 October 1773 – 10 March 1805) was an Irish poet and writer, connected by her brothers Thomas Addis, and Robert Emmet, to the republican politics of the United Irishmen.[1]

  1. ^ Clarke, Frances; Kleinman, Sylvie (2009). "Holmes, Mary Anne (Maryanne)". In McGuire, James; Quinn, James (eds.). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.