To this she appended a chapter on The Ancient Races of Ireland by her late husband
. The preface was signed Francesca Speranza Wilde. Some of these legends had appeared previously in her article The...
Health
E. Owens Blackburne
EOB
was blind for some years. She lost her sight at about eleven but regained it after an operation performed by Sir William R. Wilde
(father to Oscar
) when she was eighteen.
O’Donoghue, David James. The Poets of Ireland. Gale Research.
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