Lizzie Twigg

Lizzie Twigg (born c. 1882 – 1933) was an Irish poet and Gaelic revivalist who was famously known for her appearance in Ulysses by James Joyce.[1][2]

Lizzie Twigg
Born1882
Bengal, India
Died3 January 1933 (age 50-51)
Limerick, Ireland
Pen nameÉilis Ní Chraoibhín
NationalityIrish
GenrePoetry

Life and work

Despite being known as a character in Ulysses, Lizzie Twigg was a real person. Born Eliza Ann Twigg in Bengal, India to British soldier, Sergeant Major William Twigg and his wife Frances.[3][4] He retired to live in Limerick where he worked as a clerk when she was a small child. Twigg was educated in the local Presentation Convent school on Sexton street. She worked in London and Dublin as well as living in Limerick.[5][2]

Twigg was a protégé of George William Russell and an ardent nationalist.[6][2] She wrote poems for the dominican published monthly the Irish Rosary[7] and the United Irishman in February 1903.[5] Her volume of poems was called Songs and Poems in 1904.[8][9] Although quite well known by her penname Éilis Ní Chraoibhín in Arthur Griffith's paper, she was largely forgotten by the time of her death and today it is her appearance in Ulysses for which she is best remembered.[10][2]

She died after a long illness in Limerick on 3 January 1933.[2][11]

References
  1. Gerry O'Flaherty (2011). "RTÉ Radio 1 "Reading Ulysses"". RTÉ. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  2. A.J. O'Halloran (14 January 1933). "A gifted Poetess passes away in Limerick" (PDF). Limerick Leader. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. Bowen, Zack (1969). "Note: Lizzie Twigg: Gone but Not Forgotten". James Joyce Quarterly. 6 (4): 368–370. JSTOR 25486791.
  6. Julián Ríos; Nick Caistor (2010). The House of Ulysses: A Novel. Dalkey Archive Press. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-1-56478-597-8.
  7. Blazes Boylan, Skin-the-Goat and Frederick Sweny: the real people of ‘Ulysses’ by Vivien Igoe, Culture, The Irish Times, June 11, 2016.
  8. "Holdings: Songs and poems /". Catalogue National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  9. "Lizzie Twigg". Ricorso. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  10. "An Macaomh. Edited by Padraic Pearse. Published at St. Enda's School. Inscribed by Thomas MacDonagh by P.H. Pearse & Thomas MacDonagh". Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  11. "Register of death" (PDF). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
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