1880 - 1931 Person Name: Mary Byrne Arranger of "Be Thou My Vision" in A Hymnal for Friends Mary Elizabeth Byrne, M.A. (July 2, 1880 – January 19, 1931) was born in Ireland.
She translated 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.
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