Jane Barlow (1857 – 17 April 1917) was an Irish novelist born in Clontarf, County Dublin and died in Bray, County Wicklow.[1] She is noted for her poems describing the lives of the Irish peasantry, chiefly about Lisconnel and Ballyhoy, in relation to both landlords and the Irish potato famine. Barlow was the daughter of Rev. James William Barlow, vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin. She spent most of her life living in a thatched cottage in Raheny, Dublin. Barlow wrote both poems and novels. Her poetry collections include Bog-land Studies (1892), The End of Elfintown (1894), Ghost-Bereft (1901), The Mockers and Other Verses (1908), Doings and Dealings (1913, Between Doubting and Daring (1916), Irish Idylls (1892, went into eight editions), A Creel of Irish Stories (1897), From the East unto the West (1898), From the Land of the Shamrock (1900), By Beach and Bog Land (1905), Irish Neighbours (1907) and Irish Ways (1909). Her novels include Kerrigan’s Quality (1894) and The Founding of Fortunes (1902).