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Elizabeth Shane
Born Gertrude Elizabeth Heron Hine
5 February 1877
Belfast, Ireland
Died 19 March 1951 (age 74)
Annalong, County Down, Northern Ireland
Occupation violinist, poet
Language English, Mid-Ulster English
Period 1921–45

Gertrude Elizabeth Heron Shane (née Hine; 5 February 1877 – 19 March 1951) was an Irish poet, playwright and violinist born in Belfast and who lived much of her life in County Donegal. Among her best-known works is "Wee Hughie", a poem about a boy's first day at school.

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