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 | | Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (15 March 1852–22 May 1932), née Isabella Augusta Persse, was an (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish (Someone who writes plays) dramatist and (Click link for more info and facts about folklorist) folklorist. |
 | | She was educated at home, and her future career was strongly influenced by the family nurse, Mary Sheridan, a native (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish speaker who introduced the young Isabella Augusta to the history and legends of the local area. |
 | | She was to write later 'If I had not married I should not have learned the quick enrichment of sentences that one gets in conversation; had I not been widowed I should not have found the detachment of mind, the leisure for observation necessary to give insight into character, to express and interpret it. |
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