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)