Olivia Knight

Deceased Person

1830 – 1908

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Who was Olivia Knight?

Olivia Knight, poet and essayist, 1830-1908.

Knight was a native of Castlebar, living on Rathbawn Road. She was a teacher and a regular contributor to The Nation under the name Thomasine. Her work had strong Irish nationalist themes.

After the death of her mother in 1860, she emigrated to Australia and married a journalist, Hope Connolly. She died in Queensland in 1908.

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Born
1830
Died
1908

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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