Elizabeth Hely Walshe (1835-1869), was an Irish writer of children's stories and histories.
Elizabeth Hely Walshe was born in 1835 in Limerick, Ireland to an evangelical Protestant family.
Walshe was a regular contributor to Leisure Hour Magazine and Sunday at Home.
She also worked with George Etell Sargent on stories for children.
Like many writers of that era the Irish Famine has an impact on the themes of her stories.