Whether you enjoy history or poetry you're sure to enjoy this talk. On
Thursday 19th Feb from 6:30-8pm at Kerry County Library, Tralee, Kerry Women's Writing Network presents a talk on Kerry poet Mary Downing who wrote under the name Christabel on
the 200th anniversary of her
birth in 1815. The talk by Dermot Twomey will cover the poet’s background; her
father, Daniel McCarthy, the anti-tithe campaigner; her brother-in-law McCarthy
Downing, the MP for Cork; her husband, Washington Downing, the parliamentary
reporter for Charles Dickens’ newspaper and her daughter Helena Paulina
Shearer, the famous suffragist.
A selection of Christabel's poetry will be recited on the night by KWWN member Claire O'Mahony. All are welcome.
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