Frances Browne's guest appearances

Frances Browne

The Beatles

The Spooky Women Podcast

Charlotte Riddell

Jane Barlow

Jamie Freel

OwlTail

Frances Browne (1816 – 1879) was born in Stranorlar, County Donegal, the seventh child of twelve children. She was an Irish poet and novelist. Browne became blind after an attack of smallpox in infanthood, and later became known as ‘The Blind Poetess of Ulster.’ Browne’s first poems were published in the Irish Penny Journal and the London Athenaeum. She published a complete volume of poetry in 1844 and a second volume in 1847. She also contributed to the Chamber's Edinburgh Journal.  In 1847 she moved to Edinburgh and then to London in 1852, where she wrote her first novel, My Share of the World (1861). Her best-known work, Granny’s Wonderful Chair, was published in 1856. Frances Browne died on 21 August 1879 at 19 St John’s Grove, Richmond upon Thames. 

Frances Browne (1816 – 1879) was born in Stranorlar, County Donegal, the seventh child of twelve children. She was an Irish poet and novelist. Browne became blind after an attack of smallpox in infanthood, and later became known as ‘The Blind Poetess of Ulster.’ Browne’s first poems were published in the Irish Penny Journal and the London Athenaeum. She published a complete volume of poetry in 1844 and a second volume in 1847. She also contributed to the Chamber's Edinburgh Journal.  In 1847 she moved to Edinburgh and then to London in 1852, where she wrote her first novel, My Share of the World (1861). Her best-known work, Granny’s Wonderful Chair, was published in 1856. Frances Browne died on 21 August 1879 at 19 St John’s Grove, Richmond upon Thames.