Title
Clibborn, Elizabeth
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Date
1780-1861
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, Ireland, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Language
en
Type
Text
Subject
Clibborn, Elizabeth
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
1780
Death Date
1861
Birthplace
Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Biographical Text
Writer of an unpublished journal (1807-18) MS in Dublin Friends Historical Library. This journal gives an insight into the day-to-day life and concerns of a woman of the period; for example, in 1810 she writes: "I am thirty years of age, it is an awful consideration, even if it should be a long life the prime is over" (42). Her journal also provides a social diary of the Quaker community in Munster during the early years of the nineteenth century. The Clibborns' house in Clonmel seems to have been a convenient resting-point for Quakers travelling to meetings in various parts of the region.
Bibliography
Journal, 1807-1818. (Unpublished)
[Note: Held at Dublin Friends (Quakers) Historical Library]
[Note: Held at Dublin Friends (Quakers) Historical Library]
Writing Genre
Memoir
Social History
Autobiography
Diaries