Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh

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Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh (c. 1702–1795) was an Irish poet from Glenflesk, County Kerry. She was the daughter of Domhnall Ó Donnchadha and Alice Ferriter, and a member of the Uí Dhonnchadha an Ghleanna (O'Donoghue of the Glens) family; her branch used the name Dubh. Her uncle Séafraidh Ó Donnchadha, also a poet, hosted writers at Killaha Castle near Killarney. Around 1718 she married Domhnall Mór Ó Conaill (died 1770). She is believed to have helped build Derrynane House, the family home. They had 22 children, of whom 12—four sons and eight daughters—survived to adulthood. Her son Maurice O'Connell later inherited Derrynane. Her daughter Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill was also a noted poet. Folk stories say she was proud, determined and witty, and some think her grandson Daniel O'Connell inherited her gifts of speech. She probably died around 1795.