Hester Sigerson Piatt (13 June 1870 – 16 June 1939), was an Irish poet and republican journalist.

Life

Piatt was born Anna Hester Sigerson, known to family as Hetty, in Dublin to Hester Varian and

George Sigerson George Sigerson (11 January 1836 – 17 February 1925) was an Irish physician, scientist, writer, politician and poet. He was a leading light in the Irish Literary Revival of the late 19th century in Ireland. Doctor and scientist Sigerson was ...

. Her father was a doctor, poet and senator, her mother was also a writer as was her sister Dora Sigerson Shorter. In about 1900 Piatt married the American Vice and Deputy Consul in Ireland, Arthur Donn Piatt. They had two children, Eibhlín Piatt Humphreys and Donn Sigerson Piatt. Her husband died in Ireland in 1914 aged 47. Piatt stayed in Ireland living in her father's house. She was a member of

Cumann na mBan Cumann na mBan (; but in English termed The Irishwomen's Council), abbreviated C na mB, is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, merging with and dissolving Inghinidhe na hÉireann, and in 191 ...

and covered topics like the

Charles Kickham Charles Joseph Kickham (9 May 1828 – 22 August 1882) was an Irish revolutionary, novelist, poet, journalist and one of the most prominent members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Early life Charles Kickham was born at Mullinahone, Count ...

Memoir in her writings. Piatt worked on the ''Weekly Freeman'', taking over as "Uncle Remus" from Rose Kavanagh, a job which earned her a pound a week. She also wrote for the ''Lyceum'', ''Irish Fireside'' and ''The Weekly Register'' as well as contributing to other American and English journals. Her poetry was published in

Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the ...

's Irish anthology and

Padraic Colum Padraic Colum (8 December 1881 – 11 January 1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's author and collector of folklore. He was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Early life Co ...

’s anthology of Irish verse.

Bibliography

* ''A ruined race; or, The last MacManus of Drumroosk'', 1889. * ''Anne Devlin: an outline of her story'', 1917. * ''In a poet's garden'', 1920. * ''The passing years: a book of verses'', 1935. * ''The golden quest, and other stories'', 1940.

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