| Mary Elizabeth Byrne | |
| Birth Name: | Mary Elizabeth Byrne |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1880[1] |
| Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Author, Researcher, and Linguist[2] |
| Education: | Dominican Convent |
| Alma Mater: | Royal University of Ireland |
Mary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (2 July 1880 – 19 January 1931) was an Irish linguist, author, and journalist.
She translated[3] the Old Irish Hymn, "Bí Thusa 'mo Shúile," into English as "Be Thou My Vision" in Ériu (the journal of the School of Irish Learning), in 1905.[4] [5]
A linguist, Byrne received her education from the Dominican Convent in Dublin, and the National University of Ireland, where she graduated in 1905.[6] She received the Chancellor's Gold Medal at the Royal University of Ireland.[7] She worked for the Board of Intermediate Education, and helped compile the Catalog of the Royal Irish Academy.[8] She also contributed to the Old and Mid-Irish Dictionary and Dictionary of the Irish Language, and wrote a treatise on England in the Age of Chaucer.[9] [10]