[1] Máire Ní Dhonnchadha Dhuibh was born in Glenflesk, County Kerry around 1702.
Her branch of the family, who settled in a place called Anees in Glenflesk, used the suffix "Dubh".
[1] Around 1718, she married Domhnall Mór Ó Conaill (died 1770), and she is believed to have overseen the construction of the family home, Derrynane House.
Her most famous daughter is Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill a fellow poet.
Oral tradition tells of Máire Ní Dhuibh's pride, determination and wittiness, with conjecture that her grandson, Daniel O'Connell, inherited her intellectual and orating abilities.