Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
Elizabeth Shane

Born: 1877
Died: 1951 (aged 74)
Bio: Gertrude Elizabeth Shane was an Irish poet born in Belfast and who lived much of her life in County Donegal. Among her best-known works is "Wee Hughie", a poem about a boy's first day at school.