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Emily Henrietta Hickey
1845–1924
A gifted Irish poet, translator, and teacher, she built a literary life in London while keeping close ties to Irish culture and religious writing. She is also remembered for her friendship with Robert Browning and for helping to found the Browning Society.
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Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days
by Emily Henrietta Hickey
About the author
Born at Macmine Castle near Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in 1845, Emily Henrietta Hickey grew up in a clerical family and was educated largely at home. She went on to become a poet, prose writer, teacher, and translator, and later moved to London to pursue a wider literary career.
Her writing ranged from narrative and devotional poetry to criticism and translation. She was active in literary circles, became a friend of Robert Browning, and helped found the Browning Society, which gave her a lasting place in the reading culture of late Victorian Britain.
Hickey died in London in 1924. Although she is not as widely read now as some of her contemporaries, she remains an interesting figure in Irish literary history for the breadth of her work and for the way she moved between poetry, scholarship, and religious writing.