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Teresa Brayton (nee: Boylan) was born in Co. Kildare to a republican family but left for America when she was just 18 years old. She first set for Boston but later moved to New York where she was primarily known as a poet and writer. It was here where she met her French-Canadian husband, Richard Brayton. He worked in the municipal revenue department. (Kildare.ie)

Death: It can be assumed that Teresa was a well-known and respected woman both in America and Ireland. After Brayton’s death, she had a memorial dedicated to her in Cloncurry, county Kildare. At the time, President De Valera spoke highly of her at the unveiling of a memorial dedicated to her. He noted that she was a permanent figure in the Irish life of New York and that her songs were favourites at every Irish gathering and that they showed her burning love for Ireland. After her husband’s death, Brayton moved back to Ireland in 1932. She lived with her sister in Bray for a period before moving back to the family farmhouse in Kildare in 1941. (Memorial to Teresa Brayton – The Irish Times October 19, 1959) Life in New York: Teresa lived at 213 West 12th Street, New York, as states on a letter she wrote to Margaret Pearse describing a ceilidh that was held in New York for fundraising for St. Enda’s School. It can be imagined that Brayton was a proud Irish woman who wanted to continue Irish traditions while abroad to make her feel at home. She enjoyed these events in her husband’s company. In the letter she mentioned that her husband “got a hen fruit coating he’ll never forget”. Brayton’s time in New York is not documented very well but it is known that Teresa was heavily involved with the Irish Freedom movement. http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000618247/HierarchyTree

Poetry: Brayton’s career as a poet began in the 1980s. During this time, she contributed to both national and provincial papers. Her poems appeared in such papers as The Irish Times, New York, The San Francisco Monitor, and many others. Her work was printed in every Irish newspaper at the time, Her best-known poem is “The Old Bog Road” and it’s included in her poetry book “Songs of the Dawn”. This book was published in 1913, when she was 45 years old. Many musicians have added music and covered her poem The Old Bog Road, some of these musicians being Finbar Furey and Daniel O’Donnell. http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do;jsessionid=A71BDE1E6CF8BABD78CAB2544A9976C3?articleId=a0908 http://feniangraves.net/Brayton,%20Teresa/Teresa%20Brayton%20bio.htm Bibliography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do;jsessionid=A71BDE1E6CF8BABD78CAB2544A9976C3?articleId=a0908 http://feniangraves.net/Brayton,%20Teresa/Teresa%20Brayton%20bio.htm http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000618247/HierarchyTree (Memorial to Teresa Brayton – The Irish Times October 19, 1959) Kildare.ie