Katherine Tynan was born on January 23rd 1859 into a large farming family in Clondalkin, County Dublin, and educated at a convent school in Drogheda. In her early years she suffered from eye ulcers, which left her somewhat myopic.
She first began to have her poems published in 1878. A great friend to Gerard Manley Hopkins and to WB Yeats (who it is rumoured proposed marriage but was rejected). With Yeats to encourage her, her poetry blossomed and she was equally supportive of his. She married fellow writer and barrister Henry Albert Hinkson in 1898. They moved to England where she bore and began to raise 5 children although two were to tragically die in infancy. In 1912 they returned to Claremorris, County Mayo when her husband was appointed magistrate there from 1912 until 1919. Sadly her husband died that year but Katherine continued to write.
Her output was prolific, some sources have her as the author of almost a 100 novels. Here we concentrate on her poetry. Amongst the classics such as ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’ are numerous war poems. She is now sometimes grouped amongst the War Poets of the First World War. Her experience was not direct but as a Mother with one son serving in France and another in Palestine, the emotions, fears and doubts are expressed in a beautiful heart-felt way.
Katharine died on April 2nd 1931 and she is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery in London.
1 - The Poetry of Katherine Tynan - An Introduction
2 - Any Woman by Katharine Tynan
3 - The Nurse by Katharine Tynan
4 - The Only Child by Katharine Tynan
5 - Alienation by Katharine Tynan
6 - The Young Mother by Katharine Tynan
7 - Any Mother by Katharine Tynan
8 - The Only Son by Katharine Tynan
9 - The Father by Katharine Tynan
10 - The Summons by Katharine Tynan
11 - Joining the Colours by Katharine Tynan
12 - The Aerodrome by Katharine Tynan
13 - Flower of Youth by Katharine Tynan
14 - A Lament by Katharine Tynan
15 - The Predestined by Katharine Tynan
16 - A Hero by Katharine Tynan
17 - Mid the Piteous Heap of Dead by Katharine Tynan
18 - The Weeping Babe by Katharine Tynan
19 - All Souls by Katharine Tynan
20 - No Man's Land by Katharine Tynan
21 - The Old Soldier by Katharine Tynan
22 - Salutation by Katharine Tynan
23 - Wings in the Night by Katharine Tynan
24 - The Great Sorrow by Katharine Tynan
25 - The End of the Day by Katharine Tynan
26 - They Who Return by Katharine Tynan
27 - Quiet Eyes by Kathaine Tynan
28 - The Refuge by Katharine Tynan
29 - The Foggy Dew by Katharine Tynan
30 - A Song of Spring by Katharine Tynan
31 - Slow Spring by Katharine Tynan
32 - Sheep and Lambs by Katharine Tynan
33 - Easter by Katharine Tynan
34 - Winter Sunset by Katharine Tynan
35 - A Gardener Sage by Katharine Tynan
36 - The Bird's Bargain by Katharine Tynan
37 - St Francis and the Birds by Katharine Tynan
38 - The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Katharine Tynan
39 - Blessings by Katharine Tynan
40 - A Song for the New Year by Katherine Tynan
41 - Mater Dei by Katharine Tynan
42 - Immortality by Katharine Tynan
43 - The Epitipah by Katharine Tynan
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