Dorothea Herbert
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Dorothea Herbert
Dorothea Herbert (c.1767-1829 was a noted Irish diarist and the eldest daughter of Rev. Nicholas Herbert, rector of Carrick-on-Suir
, County Tipperary, Ireland
. Her Retrospections, first published in two volumes in 1929-30, contain local accounts of life in the late eighteenth century, but are soon overshadowed by her unrequited passion for John Roe, heir to Rockwell near Knockgrafton, another of her father's parishes.
In spite of increasing isolation, depression and derangement, she wrote plays, novels and other works, none of which can be accounted for. Her Volume of Poetry, however, has survived and is now published, together with her Journal Notes (a continuation of her Retrospections) as a biography by historian Dr. Frances Finnegan.
Dorothea Herbert (c.1767-1829 was a noted Irish diarist and the eldest daughter of Rev. Nicholas Herbert, rector of Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir is a town in South Tipperary in Ireland. As the name – meaning "the rock of the Suir" – suggests, the town is situated on the River Suir. The of the town gives the population as 5,906 and shows that it has grown by 5.7% since 2002...
, County Tipperary, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Her Retrospections, first published in two volumes in 1929-30, contain local accounts of life in the late eighteenth century, but are soon overshadowed by her unrequited passion for John Roe, heir to Rockwell near Knockgrafton, another of her father's parishes.
In spite of increasing isolation, depression and derangement, she wrote plays, novels and other works, none of which can be accounted for. Her Volume of Poetry, however, has survived and is now published, together with her Journal Notes (a continuation of her Retrospections) as a biography by historian Dr. Frances Finnegan.
Further reading
- Introspections the Poetry and Private World of Dorothea Herbert, is a new publication by Congrave Press.
- Between literature and history: the diaries and memoirs of Mary Leadbeater and Dorothea Herbert