Eleanor Ffrench

Ffrench was a member of a family counted among the Tribes of Galway. Her single collection, Poems, was published postumphusly in Dublin in 1863. The preface stated: "This little book contains all the poems of the late Eleanor French, of Prospect Hill, Galway, which could be collected at a period of two years after her death. One poem, The Rival Lights, commemorated the installation of gas lighting in the town on 20 November 1837.

Eleanor Ffrench, Irish poet, died c. 1861.

Bibliography

Poems, Dublin, 1863.

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References

Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Irish Women Poets, pp. 135–136,Anne Ulry Colman, Kenny's Bookshop, Galway, 1996. ISBN 0-906312-44-2.

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