Edith Coghlan
Edith Coghlan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 31 March 1866 Lislee House, Courtmacsherry, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 1931 (aged 64–65) County Cork, Ireland |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Spouse |
Thomas Sherrard (m. 1905) |
| Children | 1 |
| Writing career | |
| Language | |
Edith Helena Coghlan (married name Sherrard; 31 March 1866 – 1931) was an Irish poet active in County Cork and France.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Coghlan was born on 31 March 1866 at Lislee House in Courtmacsherry [a] to Heber Coghlan, a schoolmaster and poet, and Mary Jane Coghlan (née Soane; died 1870).[1][2][3][4] Coughlan had at least two younger siblings.[4][5]
A regular contributor of poetry to weekly newspapers in Dublin and Cork, Coghlan also published poetry in the New York Weekly between 1894 and 1897.[1][6][7][8][9] From 1894, Coghlan lived for a period in France where she wrote poetry in English and French.[2] In 1887, Coghlan published in Ireland a book of poetry entitled "Rejoice".[10] In 1901, Coghlan was working as a lady's maid in Surrey and had later returned to County Cork by 1911.[11][12]
On 2 March 1905, Coghlan married Thomas Sherrard, a farmer from County Cork, at St Leonard's Church in Chelsham.[4][13] The couple had one son, and Coghlan was the stepmother of two children from Sherrad's first marriage.[12] Coghlan died in 1931 in County Cork.[14]
Bibliography
[edit]- Coghlan, Edith H. (1887). Rejoice.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Also cited as the nearby village of Timoleague.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Ulry Colman, Anne (1996). Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Irish Women Poets. Galway: Kenny's Bookshop & Art Gallery. p. 55. ISBN 978-0906312445. Retrieved 1 August 2026 – via Internet Archive.
- 1 2 3 Paul, W. J. (1894). "Edith H. Coghlan". Modern Irish Poets. Belfast. pp. 77–83. Retrieved 1 August 2026 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 "Edith Helena Coghlan [birth index]". Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 31 March 1866.
- 1 2 3 Murphy, J. A. (2014). The Church of Ireland in Co Limerick: Edited Research Correspondence January 2012 to December 2013. Morrisville, North Carolina: Lulu Press. p. 218.
- ↑ "Frances Jane Coghlan". Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 16 December 1867.
- ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (1 September 1894). "Again We Meet". New York Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 45. New York City. p. 5. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Stanford Digital Repository, Stanford University.
- ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (22 September 1894). "The Death of Love". New York Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 48. New York City. p. 5. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Stanford Digital Repository, Stanford University.
- ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (12 December 1896). "When First We Met". New York Weekly. Vol. 52, no. 8. New York City. p. 1. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Digital Library, Villanova University.
- ↑ Coghlan, Edith H. (27 February 1897). "When Shall We Meet?". New York Weekly. Vol. 52, no. 19. New York City. p. 7. Retrieved 2 August 2026 – via Digital Library, Villanova University.
- 1 2 "Ready on Wednesday: Poetry". The Irish Times. Dublin. 13 December 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Edith H Coghlan". Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901. Kew, Richmond: The National Archives: 37. 1901.
- 1 2 "Residents of 8 Maryborough". 1911 Census; Cork; Douglas; Maryborough. 1911. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Thomas Sherrard and Edith Helena Cryhlam". Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Chelsham, St Leonard; 1900–1937. Woking, Surrey: Surrey History Centre. 2 March 1905.
- ↑ "Edith Sherrard [death index]". Quarterly Returns of Deaths in Ireland with Index to Deaths. 5 (Q1). Dublin: General Register Office: 137. 1931.