Jane Barlow was an Irish writer, noted for her novels and poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry, chiefly about Lisconnell and Ballyhoy, in relation to both landlords and the Great Famine.
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Jane Barlow was educated by the family's governess and her father.
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Jane Barlow became proficient in French and German, and was a talented classical scholar and an accomplished pianist.
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Jane Barlow travelled much throughout Ireland, and in her twenties visited Italy, France, Greece, and Turkey.
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Jane Barlow was a contributor to the National Literary Society in Dublin and was friends with Katharine Tynan and Sarah Purser, who painted her portrait in 1894.
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Jane Barlow was a member of the Society for Psychical Research for more than 25 years.
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Jane Barlow is buried with her father, mother, and one of her sisters at Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.
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Jane Barlow published under her own name and under the pseudonym Felix Ryark.
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Jane Barlow co-wrote with her father under the pseudonym Antares Skorpios.
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Jane Barlow wrote a play titled A Bunch of Lavender, staged by the Theatre of Ireland on December 18th, 1911.