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Probably her most famous collection of poems was published in 1901, Songs of the Glens of Antrim. They are described by the famous poet Laureate John Masefield as "poignant poems about her homeland, a few miles of the Irish coast, glen, moorland, mountain, and the sea, long-loved and made more intensely precious by exile."The songs became very popular, particularly "Corrymeela," "Waters of the Moyle," "Loughareema," and "Gold of Ballytearim".(Skrine, Agnes (C. 1865–1955) | Encyclopedia.com, n.d.) Moira O’Neill is quoted saying, “These Songs of the Glens of Antrim were written by a Glenswoman in the dialect of the Glens and chiefly for the pleasure of other Glens-people. By the courtesy of the editors of “Blackwood” and the “Spectator”, they are republished here”, (OpenLibrary.org, n.d.) Her poems achieved great success and some were even set to music by composers Hamilton Harty and Charles Villiers Stanford. Moira O'Neill, regularly wrote for Blackwood's Magazine. Another fascinating venture of hers was that she wrote dialect poems about country people. O’Neill also wrote novels. An Easter Vacation, published in London in 1893 was then issued in New York in 1894. Masefield described it as "a happy and witty book, containing one of the best studies known to me of a high spirited, finely natured boy." (Skrine, Agnes (C. 1865–1955) | Encyclopedia.com, n.d.) Other examples of her most famous work include The Elf Errant (Lawrence & Bullen, 1893; E.P. Dutton, 1894) and Collected Poems of Moira O'Neill (Blackwood, 1933)

Bibliography OpenLibrary.org. (n.d.). Songs of the Glens of Antrim - search | Open Library. Openlibrary.org. Retrieved November 17, 2022, from https://openlibrary.org/search?mode=everything&q=Songs+of+the+Glens+of+Antrim Skrine, Agnes (c. 1865–1955) | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.). Www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022, from https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/skrine-agnes-c-1865-1955 Charles Villiers Stanford. (2022, November 14). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Villiers_Stanford