Ethna Carbery, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ethna Carbery

Irish journalist, writer and poet

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1866

Place of Birth: Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1902

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ethna Carbery (born Anna Johnston, 3 December 1864 – 2 April 1902) was an Irish journalist, writer and poet.
She is best known for the ballad Roddy McCorley and the Song of Ciabhán; the latter was set to music by Ivor Gurney.
Along with Alice Milligan she published two Irish nationalist magazines.