Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill

Author of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, the keen for her murdered husband — the best-known of the Irish oral laments, composed extempore in the keening tradition and preserved through women's memory. Aunt of Daniel O'Connell. Doireann Ní Ghríofa's A Ghost in the Throat (2020) revived intense contemporary interest in her.