Surname: Tighe Forename(s): Mary b. 9 October 1772. d. 24 March 1810. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet. Née Blachford. Born in Dublin. Married her cousin, Henry Tighe, on 6 October
1793. Friends with Thomas Moore. Suffered from consumption. Author of Psyche (privately printed in 1805, then published with other poems in 1811), which influenced
Keats. Felicia Hemans wrote three homage poems for Tighe, including “The Grave of
a Poetess.” Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)