Crawford, Louise Macartney (1790–1858)
Crawford, Louise Macartney (1790–1858)
Irish poet. Name variations: Louisa Matilda Jane Crawford; also seen as Julia Crawford. Born Louisa Matilda Jane Macartney, 1790, in Co. Cavan, Ireland (some sources cite London); died 1858 (also seen as 1855 and 1860); dau. of a British soldier and naturalist of Luckham Hall, Wiltshire.
Though she wrote several novels, is best remembered for her lyrics to the song "Kathleen Mavourneen" (music written by Frederick Nicholls Crouch), published in Metropolitan Magazine in London (1830). Lyrics have also been wrongly attributed to Anne or Annie Crawford, an actress known as Ann Street Barry (1734–1801).
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