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=Teresa Brayton=

Teresa Brayton (29 June 1868 - 19 August 1943; born Teresa Coca Boylan), pen name T.B. Kilbrook, was an Irish republican and poet. She was born in Kilbrook, a small village near Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Brayton was the youngest daughter and fifth child of Hugh Boylan and mother Elizabeth Boylan (née Downes). Her family were long-time nationalists, with her great grandfather previously leading a battalion of pikesmen at the Battle of Prosperous.

She later became a notable member of Irish national parties, the United Irish League and Cumann na mBan. She was described as "a patriot, but never in the vulgar sense a politician" in The Irish Times. She was closely associated with leaders of the 1916 Rising, and wrote poems in honour of Irish patriots including Charles Parnell, Roger Casement and Patrick Pearse.

Early Life
Brayton was educated from the age of 5 in Newtown National School. She wrote her first poem at 12 years old, and soon after won her first literary award. Later on, Brayton trained to be a teacher, and then became an assistant teacher to her older sister Elizabeth in the same school she received her education.

Brayton's father was a tenant farmer, and from a young age she witnessed the effects of the land wars in Ireland. She was a supporter of Charles Parnell, the Land League and Home Rule. Her work is largely influenced by her family history and Irish nationalism.

In September 1895, Brayton emigrated to America at the age of 20. She first lived in Boston, Chicago, and later moved to New York. She met Richard H. Brayton, a French-Canadian who worked as an executive in the Municipal Revenue Department, who she then married. She looked after their home and focused on her career as a freelance journalist. Brayton lived in America for 40 years and became well known in Irish American circles as a prominent figure in the The Celtic Fellowship. It was in America that her reputation was established.

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Later Life & Death
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Legacy
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