Mary Elizabeth Byrne
Mary Elizabeth Byrne | |
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Born | Mary Elizabeth Byrne 2 July 1880[1] |
Died | 19 January 1931 | (aged 50)
Education | Dominican Convent |
Alma mater | Royal University of Ireland |
Occupation(s) | Author, Researcher, and Linguist[2] |
Mary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (2 July 1880 – 19 January 1931) was an Irish linguist, author, and journalist.
She translated the Old Irish Hymn, "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile," into English as "Be Thou My Vision" in Ériu (the journal of the School of Irish Learning), in 1905.[3][4][5]
A linguist, Byrne received her education from the Dominican Convent in Dublin, and the National University of Ireland, where she graduated in 1905.[6] She received the Chancellor's Gold Medal at the Royal University of Ireland.[7] She worked for the Board of Intermediate Education, and helped compile the Catalog of the Royal Irish Academy.[8] She also contributed to the Old and Mid-Irish Dictionary and Dictionary of the Irish Language, and wrote a treatise on England in the Age of Chaucer.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ The Cyber Hymnal™ Biography of Mary Elizabeth Byrne Archived 2012-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Robert Cottrill Today in 1880 – Mary Byrne Born, 2010-07-02
- ^ Robert K. Brown and Mark R. Norton. The One Year Book of Hymns, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL; 1995, ISBN 0-8423-5095-0, p. "June 10"
- ^ Ériu, vol. 2, Dublin, 1905
- ^ The United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville, TN; The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989), Hymn 451
- ^ Katie Donovan, A. N. Jeffares, & Brendan Kennelly, eds., Ireland’s Women (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan 1994); Gerald Dawe, ed., The Younger Irish Poets (Blackstaff [1982]; poems, rev. 1991), pp.65-73.
- ^ LindaJo H. McKim. The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion. Westminster John Knox Press; 1993-06-01. ISBN 978-0-664-25180-2. p. 239.
- ^ Raymond F. Glover. The Hymnal 1982 Companion. Vol. 3. Church Publishing, Inc.; 1995. ISBN 978-0-89869-143-6. p. 361–362.
- ^ Kenneth W. Osbeck. 101 More Hymn Stories. Kregel Publications; 1985. ISBN 978-0-8254-3420-4. pp. 42–44.
- ^ C. Michael Hawn. HISTORY OF HYMNS: Irish hymn encourages connection with saints, 2007-05-02