Catherine Mary MacSorley

Catherine Mary MacSorley (5 October 1848 – 26 January 1929) was an Irish writer. She specialized in books for girls and books of a religious nature.

Catherine Mary MacSorley
Born	5 October 1848 Dublin, Ireland
Died	26 January 1929 (aged 80) Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Nationality	Irish
Period	Victorian era Edwardian era

She was born at 94 Ranelagh Road, Dublin, eldest daughter of Catherine and Rev. John James MacSorley (1809-1884), rector of St. Peter's Church, Aungier St., Dublin. The family afterwards moved to Harcourt Terrace, where, after the death of her mother in 1910, she lived with her sister Mary Gertrude for the rest of their lives. Many of her books were published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[1][2]

She wrote the hymn, "We thank Thee, O our Father" ("Praise to God"), in 1890 for the children of Saint Peter’s School in nearby Camden Row.[3]

She died in Dublin in 1929 and was interred in Mount Jerome Cemetery.[4]

Select works

• Number One, Brighton Street: Or When We Assemble And Meet Together (1885)
• A Few Good Women, and What They Teach Us: A Book for Girls. London: Hogg, (1886)
• After Many Days (1893)
• A Steep Road (1894)
• A Seaside Story (with W F Overend, illustrator) (1897)
• Good-bye, Summer: A Story for Girls (1906)
• The Island of Saints (1907)
• The Rectory Family (1910)
• The Story of our Parish - St. Peter's, Dublin (1917)
• The Road Through the Bog (1923)
• His chosen work; or, Was it a failure?
• The Children's Plan and What Came of it (1934)
• Harold's Mother
• Rosie's Friends
• The Old House
• Nora, an Irish story
• Ireland and her church : simple history for children (1948)

See also

• List of Irish writers

References

1. Baptism records, St Peter's, Aungier St, Dublin
2. 1901 Census
3. Church Hymns, 1903, from the Irish Church Hymnal Appendix, 1891.
4. MacSorley family plot, Mount Jerome Cemetery