Máire MacNeill

Máire MacNeill
Born(1904-12-07)7 December 1904
County Dublin, Ireland
Died15 May 1987(1987-05-15) (aged 82)
County Clare Ireland
OccupationJournalist, folklorist, translator
NationalityIrish
PeriodModernist
SubjectIrish mythology
Notable worksThe Festival of Lughnasa

Máire MacNeill (7 December 1904 – 15 May 1987) was an Irish journalist, folklorist and translator. She is best known for her magisterial study of the Irish harvest festival, The Festival of Lughnasa (1962, 1983).

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