Herminie Templeton Kavanagh (1861 – 30 October 1933) was an Irish writer, most known for her short stories. She was born Herminie McGibney, the daughter of Major George McGibney, of Longford, Ireland. She became Herminie Templeton after her marriage to John Templeton, and Herminie Templeton Kavanagh after her second marriage, to Marcus Kavanagh (1859–1937), who served as a Cook County judge in Chicago from 1898 to 1935. The Good People in the title refers to the fairies in Irish mythology. The English translation of daoine maithe is good people.