Stephen's Green during the Easter Rising in 1916. In 1915, she published her memoirs, An Irishwoman in China, in which she described the customs and people of China, and the lifestyle of Europeans living there. The book, which is illustrated also contains very detailed descriptions of the vegetation, plants and flowers of China. She edited two collections work by her brother Percy French: Chronicles and Poems of Percy French (1922) and Prose, Poems and Parodies of Percy French (1929). She died at Priory Lodge, Blackrock, County Dublin on 13 November 1935 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Harold's Cross. Emily gave illustrated lectures on China around Dublin in conjunction with the publication of her China memoir in 1915. She also gave illustrated lectures on her brother William Percy French around Dublin after she published The Chronicles and Poems of Percy French in 1922. References 4. Lowry, Bernadette 'Sounds of Manymirth on the Night's Ear Ringing Percy French (1854-1920) His Jarvey Years and Joyce's Haunted Inkbottle'. Carmen Eblana Productions, Dublin Dec 2021. ISBN 9 781914 488412 1859 births 1935 deaths People from County Roscommon 20th-century Irish writers 20th-century Irish women writers Irish nurses