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
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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.