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Seumas MacManus
Seumas MacManus (31 December 1867 – 23 October 1960) was an Irish author, dramatist, and poet known for his ability to reinterpret Irish folktales for modern audiences.
Biography.
Born James McManus on 31 December 1867 in Mountcharles, County Donegal, he was the son of Patrick McManus, a merchant, and Mary Molloy.
He became a teacher, and in the 1890s began contributing articles and stories to newspapers in the US.
On 22 August 1901 he married the Antrim poet, balladeer
Hopper, Seumas MacManus and Alice Furlong, and it contained some early writings of James Connolly.
On 22 August 1901 she married poet and folklorist Seumas MacManus (1867–1960) and moved with him to Revlin House, just outside Donegal Town in County Donegal in the west of Ulster. It was then that she began writing under the pen name of Ethna Carbery because once she took the last name of MacManus she didn't want to be confused with her husband (also a writer).
She died in Revlin House of