Charlotte Dease

Charlotte Dease (20 July 1873 – 5 May 1953), was a collector of old Irish prayers who also wrote and translated books on the saints.

Charlotte Dease
Born20 July 1873
Ballybrittas, Laois
Died5 May 1953
Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Charlotte Dease was born the middle of five children to Edmund Gerald Dease and Mary Grattan on 20 July 1873. Her father was a Member of Parliament and a national education commissioner. He was a supporter of the Land League. Dease was a member of the Feis Laoise and Ossory and of the Ard-Fheis in 1907. She was particularly interested in traditional prayers. She published various collections of prayers from 1911 on. They were translated from 1915. Introductions to the works were given by Sir Henry Bellingham and Douglas Hyde. She also translated books from Italian for the English speaking market. During the Commemoration of Catholic Emancipation Dease represented the Central Catholic Library. Dease also wrote for magazines like the Irish Messenger and The Sacred Heart Review.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Dease died 5 May 1953 at 31 Pembroke Road, Dublin.[3]

Bibliography
  • Prayers of the People
  • Irish Rosary
  • Scenes of the Rosary
  • The Little flowers of St Catherine of Siena
  • An Alphabet of Irish saints
  • Children of the Gael
  • An Irish Nativity Play

References and sources
  1. Bhreathnach-Lynch, S. (2019). Expressions of Nationhood in Bronze & Stone: Albert G. Power, RHA. Irish Academic Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-78855-068-0. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  2. "Person Page". Main Page. 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  3. "DEASE, Charlotte (1873–1953)". ainm.ie (in Irish). 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  4. Dease, C. (1911). Children of the Gael. Washbourne. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  5. Healey, R. (2011). Italian Literature Before 1900 in English Translation: An Annotated Bibliography, 1929-2008. Toronto Italian studies (in Italian). University of Toronto Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4426-4269-0. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  6. Muessig, C.; Ferzoco, G.; Kienzle, B. (2011). A Companion to Catherine of Siena. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition. Brill. p. 365. ISBN 978-90-04-20555-0. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  7. Buckingham, J.S.; Sterling, J.; Maurice, F.D.; Stebbing, H.; Dilke, C.W.; Hervey, T.K.; Dixon, W.H.; Maccoll, N.; Murry, J.M.; Rendall, V.H. (1915). The Athenaeum. J. Francis. p. 507. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  8. Gunnlaugsson, G.Á.; Henderson, J.; Wall, R.; Guttormsson, L. (1994). Poor Women and Children in the European Past. Routledge. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-415-07716-3. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  9. Dease, Charlotte (1919). "Religious Traditions of Gaelic Ireland". The Irish Monthly. 47 (547): 45–50. JSTOR 20505223.
  10. Dease, C.; Maccrocaigh, R. (1915). Paidreacha na ndaoine. Prayers of the Gael. Being a translation ... into English by R. MacCrócaigh of the collection of Miss Charlotte Dease, etc. Sands & Company. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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