Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill
IRISH NOBLEWOMAN AND POET
Eileen O'Connell (Irish Writer); Eibhlin Dubh Ni Chonaill; Eileen O'Connell (Irish writer)
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill (also known as Eileen O'Connell, ) was a member of the Irish gentry and a poet. She was the main composer of Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire, a traditional lament in Irish described (in its written form) as the greatest poem composed in either Ireland or Britain during the eighteenth century.