Tighe, Mary

Mary Tighe (1772-1810), poet, was born in Ireland on 9 October 1772, the daughter of the Revd William Blachford. She married her cousin, Henry Tighe of Woodstock, co. Wicklow, in 1793. She published the poem Psyche, or the legend of love privately in 1805. She died at Woodstock, co. Kilkenny, on 24 March 1810.

From the guide to the Mary Tighe:, Psyche or the legend of love, 1808, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)