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THE POETS OF IRELAND.
THE
POETS OF lEELAND
A BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY OF IRISH
WRITERS OF ENGLISH VERSE
BY
D. J. Q'DONOGHUE
LIBRARIAN, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
AUTHOR OF " THE MFB OF WILUAM OARIETON "
" THE IIFE OF JAMES CLARENCE MANQAN "
ETC. ETC.
DUBLIN
HODGES FIGGIS & CO., LTD.
LONDON
HENEY FEOWDE, OXFOKD UNIVEKSITY PRESS.
1912
S
TO
E. R. M'OLINTOCK DIX
AN IMPEKPEOT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF
MANY KINDNESSES
PEEPACE.
The very imperfect work issued by me under the same title twenty
years ago, although brought out under many disadvantages, met with
such success that from the first I was encouraged to contemplate
an improved edition in a form more worthy of its subject.
Originally published in parts, and from the author's private
residence, never: advertised or pushed in any way, conceived and
carried through in London, away from the most fruitful sources of
information, nevertheless, not only did the original parts go quickly out
of print, but for some years hardly a week passed which did not bring
its batch of interesting and suggestive correspondence from well-wishers
and subscribers in the United Kingdom, America, and Australia con-
cerning the book.
It was warmly praised by the Press, which recognised its utility
to all interested in Irish literary effort, and appreciated what it not
unfairly described as the enthusiasm of the author.
But, if the work was received far more generously than I had
expected, still, I, at least, never failed to observe its many defects
and shortcomings. The information was too loosely strung together,
it was often too vague and general, and occasionally the bibUographies
lacked directness and method. I realised the want of a book of the
kind on a more comprehensive plan.
No sooner was the original publication issued than I commenced
to glean additional information from all available sources, and I
continued that unwearying research which had become such a
hobby with me that no occasion for increasing my rapidly accumulating
material was allowed to slip.
From friendly correspondents in three Continents I gained many
valuable items of information.
To such an extent did the work grow, that the edition which I
am nov, by the enterprise of a Dublin publisher, enabled to offer to
the public, may almost claim to be an entirely new book.
Twenty years ago Irish biographioal literature was in a rather
bad way. There was no publication in existence to which one could
confidently turn for information about an Irish writer. Alfred Webb's
" Compendium of Irish Biography " was excellent as far as it went,
but it was too restricted in scope to include many names which never-
theless have their interest to students of literature.
There was no " Who's Who." The Dictionary of National Bio-
graphy had not long been launched, and such biographical works as
were available were edited and managed by people to whom Ireland
and its literary achievements meant nothing.
With this general ignorance and indifference to Irish writers, it
is not surprising that the most absurd mistakes were made every day
by editors of anthologies, and writers of literary matter for the press,
and naturally the field of selection from Irish poets was narrowed
down to a very small space. It was not the least of its merits, if I
may say so, that the original issue of this work cleared up innumerable
mysteries of authorship, and gave the right author the credit (or other-
wise) of his literary effort. A close and persistent following of clues in
Irish literary journals, a patient tracking of the nom-de-guerre to its
true owner, afforded for the first time a true insight into the nature and
extent of a particular author's activity. I spared no pains in attempt-
ing to unravel any doubtful ma,tter, and the elucidation of the smallest
point often entailed real and prolonged trouble.
I have been asked why I did not enlarge the scope of the work —
why I restricted it to poetical writers, and even of these only
the Anglo-Irish. To which I may reply, that to record one section of
Irish authors has proved sufficiently onerous. It has necessitated
constant research for many years, and has not precluded anybody,
with the necessary qualifications, from doing a similar work for, say,
the Gaelic poets. An old friend of mine and an excellent Gaelic
scholar — under whom I studied Irish when I was thirteen years of age —
told me my title was a misnomer, and reproached me for incomplete-
ness, and forgetfulness of the ancient time when " a third of the men
of Erin ' ' were poets. The criticism was sufficiently alarming to
decide me to keep to my original plan, which was in itself likely to be
fairly comprehensive. Has not Dion Boucicault told us that every
Irishman carries a harp in his breast? So I confined myself to the
Irish men and women who used the English language, and found the
record of achievement no small one.
At first I was disposed to deal only with those who had published
volumes, but I soon saw that this would exclude many notable Irish
singers who had never taken the trouble to collect their verses, and I
never expected to see their insouciant countrymen do it for them.
Therefore all those poets who had found an anthology wide enough to
take them in, under whatever pretext, were eligible to some extent,
while the search through scores of Irish newspapers and magazines for
biographical and bibliographical information, revealed some hundreds
of writers who were quite well worth recording and who in any country
but Ireland would have been corralled long ago by some conscientious
editor within the bounds of an anthology. And if the reader thinks I
have not been critical, I would remind him that not every contributor to
a " Poet's Corner " could be admitted. Only those fugitive writers who
had a genuine poetical gift came within my survey. As the proportion
of people who write verse in Ireland is enormously greater than aji Eng-
lishman would believe, considerable discrimination has been necessarily
observed. But I am confident that one will never look for an Irish writer
of real talent, even though he may have written only one pleasant song,
and fail to find him. I have, of course, never refused admission to the
author of a volume, if only for bibliographical reasons. To shut out those
who had been so indifierent to their fame as to let their verses remain
buried in forgotten or inaccessible periodicals would have been to exclude
Michael Doheny, Joseph Brenan, John Walsh, Charles Kickham,
Charles Gavan Duffy, and a host of others whose names speak eloquently
to many an Irish reader who has kept the files or treasured cuttings of
verse from his favourite periodical. One of the first things I did was to
make an exhaustive index of the poems which appeared in the immortal
Nation newspaper over a long period, and all its contributors who seemed
to me to have any claim had that claim allowed.
Generally speaking, I did not press into service those who were
only partly or remotely of Irish blood, though Mrs. Hemans, Edgar
Allan Poe, the Brontes, and many others, had strong claims. At the
same time, English writers who made their homes in Ireland and identi-
fied themselves with it have been considered admissible.
It only remains for me to thank the many friends who very kindly
helped me with information within their special reach. To the late
Joseph Glynn, of the Downs, Mullingar; the late John McCall, of
Dublin; the late John Tarpey Kelly, the late Sir Charles Gavan Duffy,
snd the late John O'Leary, I am deeply indebted for much of the matter
IV.
contained in the earlier work, Dr. John S. Crone, editor of the invalu-
able "Irish Book-Lover," Francis J. Bigger, editor of "The Ulster
Journal of Archaeology" ; and the Eev. M. P. Hickey, P. J. MeCall,
W. J. Lawrence, Eev. Matthew Eussell, S.J. (from the rich stores of
whose " Irish Monthly " I have drawn very largely); B. E. McC. Dix,
J. De L. Smyth (all of Dublin) ; Daniel Crilly, F. A. Fahy, and Frank
McDonagh, of London; A. A. Campbell, J. J. Marshall, David Ken-
nedy, and the Eev. W. T. Latimer, of the Northern, and James Cole-
man and the late C. G. Doran, of the Southern Province. Mr. Francis
Nugent, of Pebody, Mass., U.S.A., deserves special thanks for his
invaluable help in tracing the Irish- American poets. To all these,
and to the many poets, living and dead, who kindly gave me particulars
about their own work, I have privately expressed my acknowledgments.
D. J. O'DONOGHUE.
Dublin.
THE POETS OF IRELAND.
ANONYMOUS. — Advice from Fairyland ; an Imitation of our Present Irish
Poetry. Dublin, 1726, folio sheet.
All the Talents, a poem. (By E. S. Barrett, q.v.)
Anacrbon in Dublin. (By Edmund L. Swift, q.v.)
Assassination, a poem, dedicated to the Earl of Clare, Dublin, 1798, 8vo.
Band (The), Inscribed to Gentlemen of the Long Robe, verse. Dublin,
1731, folio sheet.
Bonaparte, h poem. Cork, 1816. (By Rev. E. Hincks?).
Book of Nature (The), a poem. Dublin, 1771, 8vo.
Celebrated (The) Beauties, being an heroick Poem made on the
College Green Ladies. Dublin (?), 1720, 8vo.
Chaplet (A) FOR THE Brows OF THE CORPORATORS, etc, poems. Dublin,
1819, 8vo.
Children (The) of Nature, a poem. Edinburgh, 1851. Irish in subject.
Clontahf, a poem. Dublin, 1822. (By Rev. W. H. Drummond, q.v.)
Comet (The), etc. (By E. S. Barrett, q.v.).
Connaught Wife (The), a comedy in two acts and in verse, an adaptation
of J. Hippisley's Journey to Bristol for the Irish Stage. London, 1767,
8rao.
Crazed Maid (The) op Venice, etc. (By E. N. Shannon, q.v.)
Description (A) of the College Green Club,i a satire (in verse) by the
Eamier, with the State case of Richard O'Shaughnessy, Esq., etc.
Dublin, 1753, 8vo. MS. notes in British Museum copy.
Dirge (A) on the Death of Lady Flora Hastings. Dublin, 1851, 16mo.
DoNKiAD (The), or, Corporation of Asses, composed by the Poet Laureate
to the Corporation of Dublin, n.d., 32mo.
DoNORE, a poem. Dublin (?), 1780 (?), 4to.
Dream of Life (The), a narrative poem. Waterford, 184D.
Druid (The) ; or. The Vision of Fingal, a choral masque in one act and
in verse. London, 1815, 8vo.
Dublin, a satirical essay in verse. By a young author. Dublin, 1788,
8vo. Books I. and II. only.
Dublin Mail (The) ; or, Intercepted Correspondence, to which is added
A Packet of Poems, satires in verse. London, 1821, 12mo. (By W. R.
M'Donald? q.n.)
Dublin Tragedy (The), etc., in verse. Dublin, 1825 (?), I6mo.
Bffusioxs (The) of Fancy, addressed to the benevolent. Dublin, 1796,
8vo.
Elegy on the Death of Mr. Harrison (Banker). Dublin, 1725, folio
sheet.
Elegy on the Death op Father Nicholas Dalton. Dublin, 1725, folio
sheet.
Elegy on the Death of Mr. Robert Fitzgerald (Prime Serieant), etc.
Dublin (?), 1752. A slip.
Elegy on the Death of Lobd Robert Manners. Dubliiij 1784, 8vo.
Elegt on Chabceb Spencer, Third Earl of Sunderland. Dublin, 1722,
folio sheet.
EiLAUNA, etc. (By Mrs. St. John, q.v.)
Englishkan in Bordeaux (The), a comedy, translated from M. Favart,
by a lady. Dublin, 1763; another edition, London, 1764.
Erin, a poem. Washington (D.O.), 1843.
Essay on Immorality (An), a poem in three parts. Dublin, 1765, 8vo.
Hables in English Vehse, translated from La Fontaine. Dublin, 1813,
12mo. (104 pp.).
Farmer op Inniscreen (The), a tale of the Famine, in verse. London and
Norwich, 1863, 16mo.
Feud (The), a Scottish story in seven cantos. Dublin, 1814, 8vo.
FiNGAL A Fine-Eirin, a poem in six cantos; with notes intended to
delineate the manners and state of society of Ancient Ireland. London,
1813, 8vo.
Fion's Choice; or. The Minstrel op the Sea. By a bard of Ulster,
Newry, 1821, 8vo.
Fraud Detected; or, The Hibernian Patriot; the Drapier's Letters;
also Prometheus, a poem; also a new poem to the Drapier, etc. Dublin,
reprinted, 1725. (By Swift).
Fudge in Ireland, a collection of letters and poems, etc. London, 1822,
16mo. (By. W. R. McDonald, q.v.)
Fugitive Pieces. Waterford, 1810.
GriuSEPPiNO, an occidental story in verse. (By E. N. Shannon, q.v.)
Glorious Revolution op 1782 (The), a heroic poem, favourite pieces,
glees, etc. Dublin, 1788.
HiBERNiAD (The), a poem. Dublin, 1754, 4to.
Hibernian Night's Entertainment (The), a metrical romance. By a,
Fermanagh peasant. Enniskillen, 1849, 8vo.
Iambic (An), Ode upon an iambic match, being an epithalamium to the
little beau wedded to a tall belle. Dublin, 1726.
Imitation of Beasts (The) ; or, The Irish Christian Doctrine, a new
sermon, etc., in verse. Dublin, 1755. [MS. notes in British Museum
copy.]
Indispensable Requisites for Dandies op both Sexes. By a lady, author
of "Emblematical Garden," etc. Dublin, 1820 (?), 16mo. [Nine
coloured, plates, with descriptive letterpress in verse. ]
Ireland, a satire, in verse, second edition. London, 1824, 8vo. By
author of " Translations, Imitations," etc. [By an Englishman named
Rose Lambart Price.]
Irish Harp on the Willows (The) ; or. Thoughts and Solicitudes on
the Cause op Christ in Ireland. Dublin, 1846, 12mo.
Irish on the Prairies (The), and other poems. (By Rev. T A. Butler,
q.v.)
Irish Widow (The). Dublin, 1828.
Jb ne scai Quoi; or, A Collection or Letters, Odes, etc. (By A. B.
Poyntz, q.v.)
Journal of a Dublin Lady, in a Letter to a Person op Quality, a satire
in verse. Dublin, 1728.
KiLLABNEY, a poem. By an Officer in the Army. Dublin, 1750 (?), 4to.
Killabnby, AND OTHER PoEMS. Dublin, 1820. [For other poems on
Killarney, see Daniel Roderick O'Conor, Michael McCarthy, Rev.
Charles Hoyle, John Leslie, M. J. O'SuUivan, Hannah Maria Bourke,
Miss Catherine Luby, Patrick O'Kelly, N. J. Gannon, Thomas Gallwey,
William Adams, and Joseph Atkinson.]
Ladies of Dublin (To the), a poem, to which is added " lerne's Answer
to Albion." By a lady. Dublin, 1745, 8vo.
Lake (The), and oiheb Poems. London, 1846, 8vo. (By Rev. J. D.
HuU, q.v.)
Last Canto (The) of Habold's Pilgrimage, from the French of Lamar-
tine, rendered into English verse. By the author of " The Poetry of
Earth, and other poems." Dublin, 1851.
Law Sceutiny (TeCb) ; or, Attoknie's Guise (verse). (By Andrew
Carmichael, q.v.)
Lays erom Ebin. Belfast, 1852.
Legendary Tales in Verse, with notes. Belfast, 1813, 8vo. (By Rev.
L. a. ConoUy, q.v.)
Legends oe the Saints, etc. (By Monica Healy, q.v.)
Longford Glyn; a true history, faithfully translated from the Irish
original, in verse. London, 1732, folio sheet.
MaoDebmot; or. The Irish Fortune Huntbb, a poem in six cantos. By
the author of "The Art of Dress." London, 1717, 8vo. (Written by
an Englishman of Huguenot descent, J. D. de Breval.)
Maid of Araby (The), an Oriental romance, with other poems. Dublin,
1820, 8vo.
Mabdyke, a poem. Cork, 1796.
Mary Gray, and other tales and verses. (By Lady B. C. N. Ponsonby,
q.v.)
May Wreath (A), etc. Dublin, 1857.
Metamoephosb (The) of a certain Dublin Beau's Head into a Tea-kettle,
a poem. By a lady. Dublin, 1730, folio sheet.
Metropolis (The), etc. (By Andrew Carmichael, q.v.)
Monks op Kilorea (The), etc. (By A. G. Geoghegan, q.v.)
Mount Leinster, a poem. (By J. A. S. Liddiard, q.v.)
New Poem (A), inscribed to the gentlemen of the Grand Jury, on their
thjowing out the indictment against J. Harding, printer of the Drapier's
Letters. Dublin,- 1725, folio sheet.
New Poem (A), on the beauties of the Universe. Dublin {?), 1725 (?), folio
sheet.
New Scene (A), for the comedy called The Knights (by S. Foote), or.
Fresh Tea for Me. Foote. London, 1758, 8vo. (First printed in
Dublin. It is a satire on some of the members of the Irish House of
Commons.)
Ode to Recollection. April, 1819. Cork, 1822, 16mo.
Ode in Imitation op the third Ode op the third Book of Horace, in
praise of Humphrey French, Lord Mayor of Dublin. Dublin (?),
1733(?), 4to. (By Swift?).
O'Leariad (The), a poem translated from the Irish, jvith notes. By an
admirer (of Rev. Arthur O'Leary). Dublin, 1787, 12mo.
Orange, a political rhapsody in three cantos. (By John Giffard, q.v.)
Dublin, 1798.
Oephbus' Lute; or. Charms op Melody, a collection of new songs to
which is subjoined the life of D. Hempson, the last of the Irish Bards.
Dublin, 1815, 16mo.
Paddy Whack's Bottle Companion, a collection of convivial songs, etc.
London, 1791.
Passing Thoughts. 1854. (By B. G. Babington, q.v.)
Patriot Soldier (The) ; or_j Irish Volunteer, a poem, by a member o5
the Belfast Volunteer Company, 24 pp., 4to. Printed for the author,
Belfast, 1789.
Pilgrim (The) op Ebin, and other poems. (By John Atkins, q.v.)
Tious Incendiaries ; or. Fanaticism Displayed, a poem. (By Mary
O'Brien, q.v.)
Plea (A) for a Plotter, in verse. Dublin, 1856, 12mo.
Plbadeb's Guide (The), a didactic poem in two books. . - . (By the
late John Surrebutter, Esq.) Dublin, 1797, 12rao.
Poem (A), in praise of the Journeymen Taylors. Dublin, 1725, folio sheet.
Poem (A), on the erecting of a groom-porter's house adjoining to the
Chappie (sic) in the Castle of Dublin. Dublin, 1725 (.-'). -^ shp.
Poem (A), for a widow, on a fly getting into her eye. Dublin, 1726, folio
sheet.
Poem (A), on the Art op Pbinting, etc. Dublin (?), 1728 (?), folio sheet.
Poem on the Journeymen Shearmen and Dyebs. Dublin, 1727, folio
sheet.
Poem on the Riding the Franchises. Dublin (?), 1710 (?), folio sheet.
Poem sacred to the memory of Ladt Harriet Boyle, privately printed.
Dublin, 1747, 4to.
Poem on the new Lord Chancellor (i.e., Richard West). Dublin, 1/25,
folio sheet.
Poem on the late Miss Catherine Gunning, of Carlinston, Co. Westmeath,
the seat of her uncle, James Nugent, Esq. Dublin, 1752, 8vo.
Poem (A) on Mrs. Wofpington's performing the Character of
Andromeda in the " Distressed Mother," at the Theatre Royal,
Smock Alley. Dublin, 17-51, folio sheet.
Poems and Hymns. By a lady. Dublin, 1816, 16mo.
Poems on Several Occasions. By a lady. Dublin, 1748, 12mo.
Prelude (The) to a Levee; calculated for the meridian' of the Castle of
Dublin (verse). Dublin, 1757, 8vo.
Promenade; or. Theatre Beauty, a poem. Dublin, 1788, 8vo.
Proteus ; or. Two Faces under a Hood, in three cantos. Dublin, 1789,
8vo.
Reclaimed (The), a poem founded on the Raising of Lazarus. By a
beneficed clergyman. Dublin, 1849.
Religious Poems in Verse (sic). Belfast, 1840.
Rose and Shamrock, a poem. London, 1869, 12mo.
Satire in Verse (A) on Drs. Oheyne, Helsham, and the Medical
Profession. Dublin, (?), 1725, folio sheet.
Satirical Poem (A) on the Society of Journeymen Taylors. Dublin (?),
1730 (?), folio sheet.
Sceptre of Tara (The) ; or. The Two Queens, a poem. Dublin, 1854,
8vo.
Seven Thieves, etc. (By Andrew Carmichael, q.v.)
Setting Sun, etc. (By E. S. Barrett, q.v.)
Shamrock (The), a collection of poems, the production of Ireland. London,
1773, 8vo. [Edited by Samuel Whyte. This is a compressed edition of
Whyte's collection, whose success was its justification.]
Shamrock Leaves ; or, The Wicklow Excursion, a Doem, with notes.
London, 1823, 12mo.
Sheil's Nocturnal Visit, a poem. Dublin (?), 1840 (?), folio sheet.
Refers to Right. Hon. R. L. Sheil.
Songs of the Seasons. Dublin, 1839, 16mo.
Songs for Souls in Erin's Isle. Dublin, 1855, 8vo.
Songs in the Valley, by some who went through it. Dublin, 18i73,
12mo.
Sonnets to the Memory of the Princess Guendalina Borghese Talbot.
who died at Rome, October 27, 1840. Rome, 1842. The sonnets are in
Italian, French, English, Irish. Latin, Greek, Spanish, German, Danish,
Polish, Russian, Albanian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac.
Stella, a poem of the day in three cantos, etc., etc. London, 1845, 8vo.
[By a lady who describes herself as Irish. The poem was printed in
Dublin.]
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Swan Tkipe Club (The), a satyr in verse, etc. Dublin, 1706, 4to.
Talents (The) eun Mad, a poem. (By E. S. Barrett, q.v.)
Theodobice, £ing op Dbnmabe, a tragedy by a young gentlewoman.
Bublin, 1752.
Thbbe Days at Killakkby, etc. (By Rev. Charles Hoyle, q.v.)
Thbee Teavellbbs (The), a tale inscribed to Right Hon. Lady Elizabeth
and Lady Mary Birmingham, and dedicated to Earl of Charlemont.
Dublin, 1787, 12mo.
Tide- Waiting, a poem humbly inscribed to Hon. Joseph Lysaght, Collector
of the Port of Cork, by a Tide- Waiter at Cove. Cork, 1775, 8vo.
Tbanslations, Imitations, etc., by author of " Ireland, a satire " [i.e..
Rose Lambart Price.] London, 1824.
Tbitjmphant Retubn (The), a poem in Latin and English. Dublin, 1788,
8vo.
Unio, sive lambntatio Hibeenica, poema Maceronico-Latinum. And an
Ode to P. Pindar. Londini, 1801, 4to.
Vbeses on the Present State of Ieeland. By a lady, etc. London,
4to.
Vebses Inscbibed to the Right Hon. Col. Boyle (Henry, the first Earl
of Shannon). Dublin, 1783, 8vo.
View (A) of the Irish Bab, in verse. Dublin, 172^-30, folio sheet. The
British Museum copy has MS. notes.
Vision (The), a poem inscribed to Mrs. Wofiington. Wrote by a lady.
Dublin, 1753j 8vo.
Voice of Laboub (The), a Chant of the Monster Meetings, etc. Waterf ord,
1844 (?), 16mo.
Waeden (The), of Galway, a tragedy. (By Rev. Edward Groves, q.v.)
WiNTEB Evening's Reverie (A), in the Churchyard of Tor-Mohun, Devon,
in verse. Torquay, 1835. Written by a Wexford man, author of
" Visions of Solitude," a poem.
Woman, a poem. (By E. S. Barrett, q.v.)
Woman ; or, Adela of England, a poem. Dungannon, privately printed,
1845.
Wreath (The), a selection of poems for young readers. Dublin, 1825 (?),
12mo.
Wreaths of Song from Fields of Philosophy. Dublin, 1890, 8vo.
Ye Kingstown Ballades, by ye Kingstown Barde. Dublin, 1879 (?),
16mo. (By W. C. Hennessy, q.v.)
ZiLPHA, or Messiah in Paradise, a poem. Dublin, 1833.
A., H. — A Waterford lady who wrote a good deal for Walker's Hibernian
Magazine, 1794-1797.
A., M. A. — Seems to have published a poem entitled A Day at the Giant's
Causeway, for it is quoted in the Dviblin National Magazine (1830-31),
where other poems over these initials are to be found. (See pages 468-471
of that magazine.) Also contributed to Dublin Family Magazine, 1829.
ABELL, JOSHUA. — ^Wrote a lot of verse in Bublin Literary Journal (1843-45),
of which he was proprietor and editor. Kept an academy in Eustace
Street, Dublin, where he died at the age of 50, on January 3, 1846, his
journal perishing with him. Was a member of the Royal Dublin Society,
and judging from extracts in his magazine wrote a work on France. The
Mrs. Abell who published a volume of travel about the same time may
have been his wife.
ACHESON, HARRIET.— Ulsteb Ballads of To-Dat.
Daughter of Rev. James Glasgow (q.v.) and wife of John Acheson,
Portadown. Wrote verse for Armagh papers.
ADAIR, JAMES.— The Beide oe Randal Graham, a poem in six cantos, with
notes. Belfast, 1831, 8vo.
ADAIR, SIR ROBERT.— Son of the famous " Robin Adair " (a Wicklow
man), and Lady Caroline Keppel, who wrote the well-known song. He
became M.P. for Appleby and Camelford successively, and was a friend
of the Right Hon. C. J. Fox. Contributed to " The Rolliad " and " Pro-
bationary Odes," and wrote much verse for Morning Chronicle. He was
Ambassador to Vienna in 1806, and to Constantinople in 1809, and died
October 3, 1855, aged 92. (See Moore's " Diary," vol. ii., p. 304.)
ADAMS, MARY MATHEWS.— Epithalamium. New York and London,
The Choib Visible, verse; Sonnets and Songb; The Song at Midnight.
Born in Ireland in 1840, but lived in America from childhood till her
death in 1902. Chiefly educated at Packer Institute, Brooklyn, and
afterwards became a teiicher. Married first Alfred S. Barnes, a Brooklyn
publisher, who died a few years ago, and subsequently a gentleman named
Adams. Wrote much miscellaneous verse. An "Ode to Poetry" by
her in The Magazine of Poetry (Buffalo, New York), for January, 1896,
occupies ten pages.
ADAMS, WILLIAM. — Glbna oe the Creek, a poem of Killarney, and other
poems. London, 1870, 8vo.
Nearly all his poems are Irish.
ADAMS, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS.— Rus Divinum, a nature poem (over signa-
ture of "Augusto Smada "). London, 1900, 8vo. Horae Fugaces,
lyrics, London, 1902, 8vo. The Lonely Wat and other poems, London,
1903, 8vo. Two Hundred and Fifty Thoughts, London, 1906, 8vo.
Elder surviving son of the late Rev. B. W. Adams, Rector of Santiy.
Co. Dublin, and born May 27, 1865. Graduated at T.C.D., where he gained
the gold medal for English literature. Passed through Sandhurst, and
entered the Army in 1898. Served in South Africa, and wrote first long
poem during the siege of Ladysmith. Was M.P. for Woolwich for a few
years.
ADDISON, COL. HENRY ROBERT.— Le Zingari, an opera, 1825; Jessie,
the Flower of Dunblane, 1825; Tam O'Shanter, a musical farce, 1834;
and numberless other dramatic pieces in prose and verse.
Born in Calcutta, of Irish parents, in or about 1805, first a soldier in
2nd Dragoon Guards, and afterwards a police-magistrate. Author of
stories, sketches, etc., in Vuhlin University Magazine, including
" Dramatic Doings " in the earlier vols. A portrait and sketch of him
appeared in that periodical. A most rapid and prolific writer. Died in
Albion Street, Hyde Park, London, June 24, 1876, aged 71. Published
some novels and travels, and edited Who's Who? 1849-50.
AGNEW, SARAH. — Resource of Melancholy, poems. Larne (Co Antrim),
1839.
AICKIN, JOSEPH. — LoNDERiAS ; or, A Narrative of the Siege of London-
derry, in verse. Dublin, 1699, 8vo.
And other works. Was, I believe, a medical man.
AKERS, ELIZABETH ("FLORENCE PERRY ") .—Queen Catherine, Rose,
and other poems. Dublin, 1886, 16mo.
" ALBERT."— Poems, Original and Tbanslated. Belfast, 1814, 8vo.
ALCOCK, MART. — ^The Air-Balloon, a poem, London, 1784, 4to; Poems,
London, 1789, 8vo. Another edition, London, 1799, 8vo.
A sister of Richard Cumberland, and may have been born in Ireland.
She died on May 28, 1798, aged 56.
ALEXANDER, CECILIA FRANCES.— Verses for Holt Seasons, 1846,
Svo; Moral Songs, etc., 1849, 12mo ; Narrative Hymns fob Village
Schools, 1854, 4to ; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, 1854, Svo ;
Hymns, Descriptive and Devotional, 1858, 32mo; The Legend oe the
Golden Prayers, and other poems, 18S9, Svo; Hymns for Little
Children, 1862, 24mo; Poems of the late Mrs. Alexander, with intro-
duction by her husband. London, 1S96, Svo.
Second daughter of Major John Humphreys, and born in Dublin in
1818, according to some writers, but Brownlie's " Hymns and Hymn-
Writers" says she was born at Miltown House, Co. Tyrone, in 1823^.
Married Dr. W. Alexander, the late Archbishop of Affmagh, October
15, 1850. A distinguished writer ot hymns, such as " There is a green
hill far away." In 1848, her " Baron's Little Daughter," and other
tales, in prose and verse, were edited by W. Gresley, the second edition
bearing no date on it. Her well-known "Burial of Moses" appeared
first in Duilin UniversHy Mapazine for 1856, anonymously. She died in
Derry on Saturday, October 12, 1895, aged 77.
ALEXANDER, REY. HENRY.— A Morning Walk on the Verge of the City,
a poem. Dublin, 1799, 4to.
Sch. T.C.D., 1781; B.A., 1783.
ALEXANDER, HUGH.— Songs in Solitude. Dublin, 1808, Svo.
ALEXANDER, JAMES.— Of New Ross, Co. Wexford, and also of Kingswood.
Besides a book on " English Language " (published at Cork), he published
verse in Walker's Hibernian Maijazine for 1797, etc. Apparently a
schoolmaster. Published in Cork in 1814 " An Amusing Summer Com-
panion to Glanmire, near Cork."
ALEXANDER, SAMUEL. — The Pleasures of Religion, tO| which are added
other religious poems on various subjects. Dublin, 1824, Svo.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT JOCELYN.— The Last of the Red Indians, Newde-
gate prize poem. Oxford, 1874. Also a prize essay in 1877.
Eldest son of the Right Rev. W. and Mrs. O. F. Alexander. Now an
inspector of schools. Matriculated at Oxford, December 1, 1870, aged 18
years, and graduated B.A. in 1874. Gained the Newdegate prize for
poetry in 1873 and 1877.
ALEXANDER, RT. REY. WILLIAM (Archbishop of Armagh).— An Installa-
tion Ode, 1853 ; The Death of Jacob, and a few other poems, O'xfoi'd,
1858, Svo; Specimens, Poetical and Critical, privately printed, London,
1867, Svo ; Lyrics of Life and Light (by W. A. and others), 1878, Svo ;
and St. Augustine's Holiday, and other poems, London, 1886, Svo. The
Finding op the Book, and other poems. London, 1900, Svo. Many other
works.
Born at Derry, April 13, 1824. Educated at Tunbridge and at Oxford.
Matriculated November 19, 1841; B.A., 1845; M.A., 1856. Made a D.D.
and a D.C.L. by the University. Appointed Bishop of Derry in 1867y
Archbishop of Armagh in 1896, and died in September, 1911. (See Mrs.
O. F. Alexander, above.)
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ALLEN, MRS.— Pastoeals, Elegies, Odes, etc. Abingdon, Maryland,
U.S.A., 1806, 12mo.
An Irish lady who dedicated her poems to Thomas Jefferson.
ALLEN, EPHRAIM.— Poetical Meditations. Portadown, 1855.
ALLEN, JOHN.— Three poems by him in Concanen's collection of '|^MiM;el-
laneous Poems," original and translated, by several hands, 1724, 8vo.
He was probably the B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, 1712; M.A., Irlb.
ALLEN, JOSEPH ANTISELL.— The True and Romantic Story of Col. and
Mrs. Hutchinson, a drama in verse. London, 1883, 8vo.
Is probably identical with the J. A. Allen who published "The
Lambda — ^Nu Tercentenary Poem on Shakespeare." Stratford-on-Avon,
1864, 8vo. Was born at Arbor Hill, Co. Tipperary, February 27, 1814,
and passed through T.C.D. He went to Canada in early life, and pub-
lished there several works. Died Oct., 1900. His son was Grant Allen,
the novelist and scientist, who died Oct., 1899. See Morgan's " Canadian
Men and Women of the Time."
ALLEN, SAMUEL. — An occasional contributor of verse to Dublin Kottabos.
A. T.C.D. man, B.A. and LL.B., 1869. There are nine pieces by him in
" Dublin Translations," 1899.
ALLEY, REV. GEORGE. — The Siege of Derry, a poem to which is prefixed
The Poet, an epistle addressed to the Right Rev. William Bennet, D.D.,
Lord Bishop of Cork and Ross. Dublin, 1792, 8vo.
ALLEY, SIR GEORGE, M.D.— About fourteen songs by him in " Harmonica,"
a collection of songs published at Cork in 1818. Wrote others, some being
set to music. Was probably the Sir George A. Alley who produced several
medical works. There was a George Alley who graduated B.A. in T.C.D.
in 1790, who may have been the clergyman previously noticed. There
was also a Dr. George Alley who died of fever at Fermoy in 1811, and
presumably a relative.
ALLEY, REY. JEROME, M.R.I.A.— The Judge, a poem in three cantos.
London, 1803, 16mo. Occasioned by the death of Lord Clare. The
Widowed Queen; or, Elizabeth, Dowager of Edward IV.. a poem.
1778, 4to.
Born in Ireland in 1760, and died in 1827. Was B.A., T.C.D., 1781;
LL.B., 1784. Was for a time Rector of Drumcar, in the diocese of
Armagh. He published in Dublin, in 1781, an "Historical Essay on the
Lives of Augustus Csesar " (247 pp.). He was Curate of Drogheda, and
Rector of Beaulieu, when, in December, 1783, he married Lady Waller,
widow of Sir Robert Waller. Bart.
ALLEY, PETER.— Public Spirit, a poem. Dublin, 1793. The Te.\es of
THE Muses. London, 1794, 4to.
The first poem is largely quoted in Sentimental and Masonic Magazine,
Dublin, October and November, 1793. The other poem appeared in the
same magazine for September, 1794, having previously been published
in book form. Its full title is, " The Tears of the Muses, a poem sacred
to the memory of Sarah, Countess of Westmoreland, addressed to and
particularly intended for the future consideration of Lord Burghersh."
B.A., T.OJ)., 1793; M.A. same year. The Peter Alley, barrister, who
defended Bellingham, the murderer of Spencer Perceval in 1312, was
probably the poet here noticed. See Serjeant Ballantine's " Reminis-
cences " for references to him. He died in or about 1841, at an
advanced age.
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ALLINGHAM, EDWABD, M.B.— New and Original Poems. London,
1890, 8vo.
A brother of William AUingham, the poet, and practised some time ago
in Belfast. Was B.A., T.C.D., 1862; M.B., 1874.
ALLINGHAM, JOHN TILL.— The Weathercock, musical farce, 1806, 8vo;
Transformation, do., not printed, performed at Drury Lane in 1810;
Who Wins, do., 1818, not printed, and various songs.
Was the son of an Irish wine merchant in London, and said to have
been born in Ireland (" Thespian Dictionary ")• He had a sister on the
stage, and became an actor himself, but retired after marriage. He died
young, the result, it is believed, of intemperance. He was intended for
the law, but did not follow it.
ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM.— Poems, London, 1850, 12mo ; Day and Night
Songs, London, 1854, 8vo; Peace and War, an ode, reprinted from the
Daily News, London, 1864, 8vo ; The Music Master, a love story, and
two series of Day and Night Songs, with designs by D. G. Bossetti,
Millais, and A. Hughes, London, 1865, 8vo ; Laurence Bloomfield in
Ireland, a modern poem, London and Cambridge, 1864, 8vo ; new and
cheaper edition, London, 1869, 8vo; Fifty Modern Poems, London,. 1865,
8vo; In Fairyland, illustrations by Richard Doyle, text by AUingham,
London, 1869 (70) f ol. ; Songs, Ballads, and Stories, etc., London, 1877;
AsHBY Manor, a play in two acts (verse and prose), London. 1883, 8vo;
Evil May Day, etc. (poems), London and Manchester, 1883, 8vo ; The
Fairies, a Child's Song, illustrated, London, 1883, oblong 8vo; Irish
Songs and Poems, London, 1887, 8vo ; Rhymes for the Young Folk,
illustrated by Mrs. AUingham and Kate Greenaway, London, 1887, 4to ;
Flower Pieces, and other Poems, with designs by D. G. Rossetti,
London and Guildford, 1888, 8vo ; Life and Phantasy, with frontispiece
by Millais, London. 1889, 8vo; Thought and Word (poems), and Ashby
Manor, London, 1890, 8vo ; Blackberries, etc. Sixteen Poems by
William Allingham, selected by W. B. Yeats, Dun Emer Press, Co.
Dublin, 1905, 8vo.
Also edited several volumes of poetry, and published an account of a
tour through England under the pseudonym of "Patricius Walker."
Born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, March 19, 1824 ; died on November
18, 1889, in Hampstead, and icremated at Woking, voutside London.
Educated chiefly at Ballyshannon. Entered the Customs while a young
man, and remained in it for some years. In 1864 he received a pension
from the Civil List for literary services, and in 1874 married Miss Helen
Patterson, a well-known artist. In the same year he became editor
of Fraser's Magazine, succeeding Mr. J. A. Froude, under whom he had
been sub-editor for a time. A large number of his poems appeared in
the Athencewm. He is one of the best of the Irish poets. He belonged
to the pre-Raphaelite group, and was an intimate friend of DIante
Rossetti, whose letters to him have been recently published in book form.
ALLOWAY, ROBERT MORELLET. — The Rose of Rostrevob, a poem.
London, 1866, 8vo (over pseudonym of " Robert Montgomerie ").
Eldest son of W. J. AUoway and Margaret Johnson, of Queen's County
(daughter of Hon. Robert Johnson, of Dublin), and born in 1807. He was
called to the Irish Bar in 1830, and married in 1832 Marion Lewis of
Dublin. He graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1824; M.A., 1832. Under his own
name he published a couple of works on the industrial resources of Ireland.
He yras a magistrate of Queen's County.
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ANCELL, SAMUEL. — ^Wrote verse of a masonic character to Sentimental
and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, 1792-95, and published a couple of works,
one of them treating of the siege of Gibraltar. He also composed a good
deal of military music, and died October 19, 1802. Some of his songs,
with his own music, appeared in a periodical. The Monthly Military
Companion, which he edited.
ANDERSON, PARIS. — Author of one or two volumes of verse, and well known
.an an antiquary in Kilkenny. His poems are referred to in Hogan's
■'History of Kilkenny." I have never seen any of them.
ANDERSON, ROBERT. — A Plat-ground toe the Working Classes, and a
Time to Plat, verse, addressed to H.M. the Queen Victoria. Carlow,
1846, 8vo.
Author of "The Premier," noticed on title page of above brochure.
ANDERSON, W. THEODORE. — A Belfast poet, six of whose pieces are in
■' Sung by Six," a collection of pieces brought out by six young Belfast
poets. Belfast, 1896, 8vo.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM. — Author of numerous poems in Belfast and other
northern papers, over signature of " I. V. Green." Born at Lurgan,
Co. Armagh, was in America for some years, and was on the staflt
of Chicago Journal of Agriculture. He wrote verse for American and
Canadian press while in the United States. Is an accountant in Belfast
at present time.
ANDERSON, WILLIAM.— A Collection op Mokal, Instkuctive, and
Descriptive Poems, also a few Songs, by W. A., English teacher. Saint-
field, Co. Down (with portrait). Belfast, printed for the author, 1830, 8ro.
" ANDREW."— The Grange Melodist. Dublin, 1856.
ANDREWS, REY. SAMUEL.— Hymn writer, three of whose pieces are i^
McIIwaine's "Lyra Hibernica Sacra." Presbyterian minister of Porta-
down for some years, but left that place for Westport, Co. Mayo, about
1886, and went thence to America. He contributed to Presbyterian
Churchman, Witness, etc., and wrote a book called " Our Great Writers."
He died at Fariboult, Minn., on January 29, 1901.
ANGLEY, REY. JOHN GODFREY.— Wellington, an historical poem,
Dublin, 1859.
B.A., T.C.D., 1841; M.A., 1846. Wrote various other works, and
died 1870.
ANKETELL, REY. JOHN. — Poems on several Subjects, to which are added
the epistle of Yariko to Inkle, and the English and Latin songs of Chevy
Chase, Dublin, 1793, 8vo. Another edition, Boston, U.S.A., 1795, 12mo.
Versification oe the Book op Job, and Christ's Sermon on the Mount,
Dublin, 1799. Bssats in Prose and Verse, Belfast, 1806, 8vo.
Born about 1750; B.A., T.C.D., 1773. Was first educated at Armagh
Free School. From November 1, 1773, he was a curate in Armagh
diocese until he took charge of the parish of Donaghendry, Co. Tyrone.
Born in the latter county or in Monaghan. Nearly all the Anketells
among the subscribers to his volume belonged to the Truaghs, Co.
Monaghan, and as he refers to the place several times in his poems, he
may have oome from there. Contributed to the Dublin Chronicle, which
ceased in 1771, and wrote for Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1783, etc.,
and was then of Armagh. The preface to his volume is terribly long,
and full of personal complaints at lack of subscriptions, although his list
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is a very respectable one. Is most interesting as a poet when he deals with
local and national customs, as in his " Stramore Patron."
ANKETELL, REY. JOHN. — Gospeh and Epistle Htmns fob ihb Christian
Yeab, New York, 1889.
Presumably of Irish origin. Born at New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.,
March 8, 1835. Became professor of Hebrew and Greek Exegesis at
Seabury Divinity School, and has translated numerous hymns from the
Latin, Greek, French, German, Danish, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish and
Syriac, which were published in the New York Church Beview, and other
journals, from 1876 onwards.
ANNESLEY, GEORGE (Lord Valentia, afterwards Earl of Mountmorris).—
Is said to have written an exceedingly fine tragedy, which was never
printed, and probably still exists in manuscript. Published some travels.
Born in 1769 ; died in 1844. See, for reference to his play, Dublin Univer-
sity Magazine articles oni Irish dramatists, in the year 1856.
ANSTER, JOHN MARTIN, LL.D.— Ode to Fancy, and other Poems,
Dublin, 1816, 12mo. Poems, with some translations from the
German, Edinburgh, 1819, 12mo. Faushjs ; The Bbidb or Corinth ;
The First Walpdegis Night, translated by J. A., 1835, 8vo. Xbniola,
poems, including translations from Schiller and De Ita Motte Fouque,
Dublin, 1837, 8vo. The Second Part oe Faust, translated, 1864, 8vo.
Lines .on the Death oe the Princess Charlotte oe Wales, to which
was adjudged the prize proposed by the Provost and Senior Fellows of
Trinity College, Dublin, 1818, 8vo. Other works.
Was the son of John Anster, of Charleville, Co. Cork, and Miss
Hesserman, of Lishennel, Co. Limerick, and was born at Charleville,
in 1793. Entered T.C.D. in 1810, and graduated B.A. 1816; LL.B. and
LL.D., 18215. Became a Protestant while at T.C.D. Was called to the
Irish Bar in 1824, wrote a good deal of prose and verse for Dublin Univer-
sity Magazine, and many articles for North British Beview. His full name
was John Martin Anster, according to Amulet for 1828, which so describes
him. Poems by him in that annual for 1826 and 1828. See Dublin Univer-
sity Magazine, November, 1839, for sketch and portrait. In 1841 he
received a Civil List pension. Died in Dublin on June 9, 1867, aged 73.
ARBUCKLE, JAMES. — Snuff; a poem, Glasgow, 1717, 8vo, Edinburgh, 1719,
8vo. GLOTTA,.a poem, Glasgow, 1721, 8vo.
Edited "Letters and Essays," contributed to Dublin Weekly Journal
over signature of " Hibernicus," London, 1729, 8vo, 2 volumes. " Momus
Mistaken," a fable, etc. (referring to Dean Swift), Dublin, 1735, folio
sheet. [Two satires against him were entitled " Wit upon Crutches,"
etc., Dublin, 1725, folio sheet; and " The Last Speech and Dying Words
of D(ea)n J. A(r)b(uc)kle," author of the Weekly Journal, Dublin {?),
1730 (?), folio sheet.] The name of Arbuckle must have been
common in Ireland. Among the subscribers to John Winstanley's
poems {C[-v.) there were a Jamefe Arbuckle, M.D., and a Mr.
James Arbuckle. There was a James Arbuckle of Donaghadee
also, who in 1798 married Lady Sophie Jocelyn, daughter of the late Earl
of Roden, and was a subscriber from Donaghadee to Hugh Tynan's poems
and other volumes of poetry issued by Irish authors. Chalmers, in his
" Biographical Dictionary," very coolly states that the poet was born in
Glasgow. He was educated at the University there, graduating M.D. in
1724, and while in the town wrote " Glotta," his poem on the Clyde ; but
he was born in Ireland, and every page of his writings proves
him an Irishman. He practically tells us, in the poem just
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mentioned, that the Lagan (Co. Antrim) was his natal stream.
The MS. note prefixed to the British Museum copy of " Glotta "
expressly says he was born in Ireland, and died in 1734, aged
34. This, however, must be a mistake, as he was living after that
date. Probably 1746 is the correct date, as his funeral sermon was
preached in Dublin on January 4, 1747. He projected a translation of
Virgil, but did not live to finish it. He addressed lines to Allan Ramsay,
and the latter repaid him in verses. After finishing his university studies,
he became a schoolmaster in the North of Ireland. One Arbuckle wrote
the epilogue to Clancy's " Sharper," 1750. There is a satire on the poet
in Smedley's " GuUiveriana," which refers to his editorship of Dublin
Journal. Dr. Thos. Campbell, in his " Philosophical Survey of the South
of Ireland," calls him an Irishman, and dubs him '* Doctor." He wrote
some notable philosophical essays. See " Mind," vol. viii., 1899, and W.
R. Scott's " Life of Frances Hutoheson."
ARCHBOLD, THOMAS E. — Lays of the Kildaee Minstrel ; or. The Bajnqttbt
OF Fancy. Dublin, 1835, Svo.
ARCHDEACON, MATTHEW. — Wrote fugitive verse, and published
anonymously "Legends of Connaught," tales, etc., Dublin, 1829; and
" Connaught, in 1798," 1830. Also " The Priest Hunter," an Irish tale of
the penal times. Published also " Everard," an Irish tale of the nineteenth
century, Dublin, two vols., 1885. There are poems scattered through his
various stories. Born at Castlebar, Mayo, about 1800, and taught an
academy in his native town. Bouse's " Modern English Biography "
says he died at Castlebar on September 7, 1853, but 1862 has been given
as the date.
ARCHDEACON, MATTHEW.— Born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, on May 7, 1843,
and was educated at Banteer National School, of which he is now the
master. He was appointed a monitor in 18-58, teacher of Clonmeeu School
in 1864, and remained there ten years. In 1874, he was appointed prin-
cipal of Banteer School. He has written much verse, some of it very
creditable, for Young Ireland, Cork Examiner, Irish EducationaJ Almanac,
The Fermoy Monthly Illustrated Journal, Shamrock, Dublin Weekb/ Seios,
and Pen and Pencil (Glasgow).
ARCHER, HENRY PLAYSTED.— Ekmbt, the Irish Patriot, and other
poems. Canterbury, 1832, 13mo.
Preface signed J. W.
ARCHER, WILLIAM. — The Marching of the Lodges^ a poem. Orange
Melodies, Dublin, 1869, Svo.
Was assistant secretary of an Orange Lodge, and was born in Dublin,
his father being a solicitor. He died in 1874, and was buried in St.
Kevin's Church, where there is a memorial tablet to him. There is
another in Mount Jerome Mortuary Chapel, both being placed there by
the Orange Institution. There are seven poems by him in Wm. John-
ston's " Boyne Book of Poetry and Song," Downpatriok, 1859.
ARMSTRONG, A. W.— The Poetical Works of A. W. A. (O'Neil's Farewell,
a poem), two parts. North Shields, 1816, 12mo.
ARMSTRONG, EDMUND JOHN.— Poems by the late E. J. A., with preface
by G. A. C(hadwick), London, 1865, 8vo. The Poetical Works op E. J.
A., edited by his brother, G. F. Armstrong, London, 1877, Svo. Essays
AND Sketches, edited by same, London, 1877, Svo. Life and Letters or
E. J. A., also edited by his brother, London, 1877, Svo.
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Born in Dublin, on July 23, 1841 ; died at Kingstown, on February 24,
1865, and was buried at Monkstown, Co. Dublin. Entered Trinity College
in 1859, and distinguished himself there, but did not graduate. His short
career was full of the most brilliant promise. (See G. F. Savage-
Armstrong.)
ARMSTRONG, FLORENCE.— The King in His Beauty, and other hymns,
illustrated. London, 1875, 16mo.
This lady, who has also published some Action, is the daughter of
William Armstrong, M.D., of CoUooney, Co. Sligo, and was born on
March 18, 1843.
ARMSTRONG, G. F.— See Savage-Armstrong (G. F.).
ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM. — The Wreath, a collection of miscellaneous poems,
select and original. Limerick, 1834, 8vo.
ARNOLD, HENRIETTA AND CHARLOTTE.— Village Lyrics. London,
1878, 8vo.
Of LismorCj Co. Waterford.
ARWAKER, REV. EDMUND. — An Elegy on Her Grace Elizabeth, Duchess
OF Okmond, who died July the 21st, 1684, London, 1684, fol. ; PiA
Desideria, verse, 1686; FoNS Pekennis, a poem on the invention of
making sea-water fresh, London, 1686, 4to ; Truth in FioTioN, or
Morality in Masquerade, a collection of two hundred and twenty-five
select fables from iEsop and others, done into English verse, London,
1708.
An alumnus of Kilkenny College, who was chaplain to the Duke of
Ormond, and Archdeacon of Armagh.
ARWAKER, REY. EDMUND (Jun.).— An Embassy from Heav'n; or, The
Ghost of Queen Mary, a poem, London, 1704, 4to.
ASHE, ISAAC. — The Plagellator, a poem, Bath, 1815.
This poem was written in answer to a book by the Rev. E. Mangin (q.v.).
Ashe was an actor.
ASHE, ISAAC, M.D.— Eldest son of Rev. Isaac Ashe and Jane Ellis.— Pub-
lished a volume of poems in London in the early part of 1891, having as
subject of his longest piece the Rocky Mountains, but I cannot discover
its exact title. He graduated B.A., T.C.D., I860-, M.B., 1862;
M. Chir., 1862. Two religious pieces by him in " Lyra Hibernica
Sacra," edited by Rev. W. Mcllwaine. He was medical superintendent
of the Central Asylum at Dundrum, Co. Dublin, and died there suddenly
on November 19, 1891, aged ,57. Possibly he was the doctor of the same
name who published some medical books a good many years ago.
ASHE, REV. ISAAC. — Songs op Zion, a selection of hymns for public wor-
ship. Third edition, Dublin, 1864, 32mo.
Author of various sermons, etc.
ASHE, REY. NICHOLAS.— Panthea ; or, The Susan Captive, a tragedy in
five acts and in verse. Dublin, 1800, 12mo.
Also a sermon.
ASHE, REY. THOMAS.— Poems, London, 1859, 8vo; Dryopb, and other
poems, London, 1861, 8vo; Pictures, and other poems, London, 1865,
8vo ; The Sorrows of Hypsipyle, a poem, London, 1867, 8vo ; Edith ;
or. Love and Life in Cheshire, a poem, London, 1873 ; 8vo ; Songs Now
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AND Then, London, 1876, 12mo; Poems, complete edition, London, 1886,
8vo; Songs of a Year, London, 1888, 8vo; and edited several of Cole-
ridge's separate works — reprints.
An excellent poet, included in several English anthologies. Was the son
of the Rev. John Ashe, vicar of St. Paul's, Crewe, and was born at South-
port in 1836. He graduated at Cambridge. It is pretty certain that he
was Irish in some way. He diedl in December, 1889.
ASHTON (or ASTON), ROBERT.— The Battle of Aughrim; or. The Pall of
M. St. Ruth, a tragedy in five acts and in verse, Dublin, 1756, 12mo.
Other editions and reprints in Dublin in 1771, 1777, 1780, 1784, 1814, 1839,
1841. An edition of Strabane, 1786, and one of Limerick, 1819. He
also wrote a comedy, not printed — Love is the Conqueror.
Could this writer be a connection of the Robert Aston who follows? Tlie
Rev. John Graham, in his edition of "The Battle of Aughrim," 1841,
calls him William Ashton, and says he was eighteen years of age, and a
student at T.O.D., when he wrote it.
ASTON, ANTHONY. — The Boy Shepherdess, a pastoral, as it was acted at
the Theatre Royal, DuMin. Dublin, 1709, 4to.
Dedicated to the nobility and gentry of Ireland.
ASTON, MILES. — ^An Heeoick Poem on the Weaving Trade, setting forth
its antiquity and use, Dublin, 4to; An Heroick Poem on the Powerful
and Commanding Art of Brewing, etc., Dublin, 1728, folio sheet.
ASTON, ROBERT.— A Congratulatory Poem to Dean Swift, Dublin, 172.5,
folio sheet; A Poem in Honour of the Royal Society of Journeymen
Shoemakers, who are to Dine at the Bull's Head, October 25, 1726,
by a member of the Society, Dublin, 1726, folio sheet; A Poem on the
Birth-day of Her late Majesty, Queen Anne, Dublin, 1726, folio sheet.
This Aston, or Ashton, was, it has been stated, the author of " The
Battle of Aughrim."
ATKINS, JOHN. — The Pilgrim of Erin, and other poems (anonymous).
London, 1832, 12mo.
Born in Cork, and studied at T.C.D. May have been the John R.
Atkins who graduated B.A. in 1831. Was almost certainly the John Atkins
who was uncle of Thomas Davis. Practised as a barrister. Among the
chief mourners at the funeral of Davis was a " Mr. John Atkins."
ATKINSON, JOSEPH.— Mutual Deception, a comedy, 1785, 8vo; A M.4.TCH
FOR A Widow, a comic opera, 1788, 8vo; CongratuIiAtory Ode to Gen.
Sir Wm. Howe, on his return from America, 1778, 8vo; Killarney, a
poem, Dublin, 1798, 4to; Love in a Blaze, a comic opera, Dublin, 1800,
12mo ; A Poetic Excursion, Dublin, 1818, 8vo' (a description of Wicklow
in verse, 58 pp.).
Born in Dublin in 1743. Became a captain in the army, and afterwards
lived at Melfield, Co. Dublin. Wrote a poem entitled " Mount Merrion,"
addressed primarily to Lord Fitzwilliam, and afterwards dedicated to the
Earl of Pembroke. Was an intimate friend of Thomas Moore. Died
in England in October, 1818, and is buried at Cheadle Churchyard,
Staffordshire, where there is a monument to his memory, with a poem
by Moore inscribed on it. A marble slab to him in Monkstown
Church, Co. Dublin. Wrote fugitive verse, but the poem generallv
attributed to him. which refers to the birth of Moore's thircL
daughter, was more likely the production of E. S. Barrett, to whom it is
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given in Harmonica, Cork, 1818. Wrote prologue to Miss Owenson's
(afterwards Lady Morgan) comic opera, The First Attempt, which was
produced on March 5, 1807, set to music by T. S. Carter. For this and
other verse of Atkinson's, see Titzpatrick's " Lady Morgan." In " Private
Theatre of Kilkenny," published in that town in 1826, there is another
prologue of his. See Dublin Inquisitor, 1821, for meagre sketch of his life.
On page 24, vol. ii., of Moore's " Diary and Correspondence," his death
is wrongly referred to 1814.
ATKINSON, THOMAS.— HiBBBNiAN Eclogues, to which are added Miscel-
laneous Poems, Dublin, 1791, 12mo; A Poetical Epistle ebom Mabib
Antoinette, etc., etc., 1791.
An Englishman, born at Bishop's Auckland on March 28, 1770. The
first volume named above was dedicated to Lord Charlemont.
ATTERIDGE, HELEN. — Madonna, a poem, London; Buttebfly Ballads,
etc., London, 1897.
An Irish lady who has contributed largely to Catholic periodicals. There
are three sonnets by her in Orby Shipley's " Carmina Mariana."
AUCKINLECK, SYDNEY E. — Fob the Honoub of the Queen, and other
poems, Dublin, 1900, 8vo.
By a young Dublin lady, said to be only fifteen years of age.
AUSTIN, THOMAS (?).— The Wounded Soldibb's Dbeam, The Ibish
Emigeant, Pbince Charlie, and other poems. London and Bristol, 1846,
16mo.
A geological writer, and a Fellow of the Geological Society.
AYELING, EDWARD BIBBINS, D,So.— Of London and Cambridge ITniver-
sities. Born at Stoke Newington, in 1851, of Irish parentage. Wrote a
large number of scientific and irreligious books, also works on labour
questions, and An American Journey, New York, 1888, wherein he twice
calls himself an Irishman. It contains a poem, " The Legend of the
Lemmings." He wrote various plays under the name of ''' Alec Nelson,"
and did much journalistic work. A few years ago he edited Progress, a
Freethought monthly magazine in London, and to it contributed various
poems. Same of his verse appeared over the pseudonym of " Kenneth
May." He married some years ago Eleanor Marx, daughter of the cele-
brated German Socialist, Karl Marx. She committed suicide shortly
before Dr. Aveling's death, which occurred in August, 1898.
AYLWARD, REY. JAMES A. DOMINIC— A Dominican prior of Wood-
chester for forty years. He was of Irish parentage, and was born in
Leeds, April 4, 1813. He wrote largely for Catholic Weekly Instructor.
In Orby Shipley's " Annus Sanctus — Hymns of the Church for the ecclesi-
astical year," 1884, and other collections of Catholic verse by the same,
there are a large number of his hymns, some from unpublished MSS.,
others being reprints. He died October 5, 1872.
AYRES, JAMES. — Sancho at Court ; or. The Mock Govebnob, an opera
comedy, London, 1742; The Kiss Accepted and Reiubned, operetta,
1744, not printed.
Thomas Hailes Lacy suggested that Ayres might be James Eyre
Weekes (q.v.).
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B.,— The Lbobnd of Cathleen and Kevin, a poem, by " B., Esq., B.L."
Dublin, 1812, 8vo.
B.,— Pahody on Bbuce's Address at Bannookbtikn, and other satirical
verses. Dublin, 1830 (?).
B., H. M.— The Mad Minstrel ; or. The Irish Minstrel, and other poems,
1812, 12mo.
May have been Hannah Maria Bourke (q.v.).
B., J.— Lara, an historical tale in verse, two parts. Dublin, 1829, Svo.
B., J. — There are poems by a writer with these initials in Concanen's collec-
tion of poems, 1723, and also in his " Flower Piece," 1730.
B., J. B. — The Sovereigns oe England from the Norman Conquest, in rhyme.
Dublin and London, 1876, Svo.
This was the late Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King-at-Arms.
B., J. G. — Peri Nuzzade, a poem in three cantos. Dublin, 1829, Svo.
B., J. T.— A number of translations of Greek songs by this writer in earlier
volumes of Dublin University Magazine. (See next entry.) A volume
entitled " Miscellaneous Poems " was published by a writer with above
initials in London, 1852, Svo.
B., J. T. — Brian Boru, a tragedy in five acts, and in verse. London, 1879,
8vo.
It was generally believed that the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Right
Hon. J. T. Ball, was the author of this play, but this is a mistake. It
was written by Joshua T. Bottle, a Norfolk man, who did not give his
name on account of its oddity. Ball was, however, possibly the author
of the poems in Dublin University Magazine, above mentioned.
B., R. (P.T.C.D., M.B.I. A.). — The Academical Sportsman; or, Seven Wise
Men of Gotham, burletta in three acts. Dublin, 1796 (?). (See Rev.
Gerald Fitzgerald.)
The author may have been the Rev. Robert Burrowes {q.v.)
BABINGTON, BENJAMIN GUY, M.D.— Passing Thoughts (poems), anony-
mously. London (?), 1854.
A distinguished physician and Oriental scholar, and son of the eminent
mineralogist, Dr. Wm. Babington. Born in London, of Antrim parentage,
in 1794. Died on April 8, 1866.
BAGOT, REY. DANIEL, D.D.— A Collection or Hymns, Edinburgh, 1836,
12mo; Original Hymns, Dublin, 1858; Horase's Art on Poetry; trans-
lated into English verse, and other translations, 1863, Svo ; 3rd edition,
1880; Hymns, Edinburgh, 1886, Svo; and many other religious works.
Sometime Dean of Dromore, B.A., T.C.D., 1827; M.A., 1832; B.D.,
1834; D.D., 1864. Born in Dublin, 1805. Was chaplain to several
Viceroys of Ireland. In 1875 he went to reside in England, and died
there, June 9, 1891.
BAINE, W. B.— See under Bayne.
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BAKER, WILLIAM HOSIER. — Pbnsiero; or, Seeing the Wokld, a poem.
Dublin, 1879, 8vo.
An Englishman — manager for some years of the Capel Street (Dublin)
branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. Died June, 1911.
BALFOUR, MARY. — ^Hope, a poetical essay, with various other poems,
Belfast, 1810, 8vo; Kathleen O'Neil, a grand national melodrama in
three acts, as performed at the Belfast Theatre, 1814, 8vo. The latter
anonymous.
She was the daughter of a Derry clergyman who had been presented to
his living by the Earl of Bristol. Probably born in Derry, January 24,
1775 (?). On the death of her parents, she, with her younger sisters,
removed to Newtown Limavady, where they kept a school, and it was
while there that she published her 1810 volume. Before 1813 she had
removed to Belfast, where she opened another school, on the site of the
present Bank Buildings, at the juncture of Castle Place and Castle Street.
It was also successful apparently, for it was closed after a few years.
She died unmarried about 1820. For poem addressed to her, see poems of
John Murphy (of Belfast). Induced by Moore's success to write words to-
old Irish airs, many of which were published by Bunting and other
coUectoi-s.
BALL, REY. JOHN. — Odes, Elegies, Ballads, etc. Dublin, 1772, 8vo ;
Poems and Ballads, 1775 {vide Dr. Madden's Library Catalogue).
Chaplain to the Countess Dowager of Barrymore. Contributor to
Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1804, etc. A patriotic poet, whose natal
river would seem to have been the Slaney. Mentions Philip Doyne, the
translator of Tasso, in poem on that river, as also in his " Tears of the
British Muses," and his preface. He was the eldest son of the Rev.
Thomas Ball (a Tyrone man, born in 1718, died 1787, and an eminent
schoolmaster), whom he succeeded at St. Michael Le Pole School, Dublin.
His father was Grattan's first teacher. John Ball became a scholar of T.C.D.,
1762; B.A., 1764; M.A., 1768. Was married to Miss Elizabeth Budds, of
Donard, on November 1, 1777, and died in 1812. His volume of poems,
he says, was part of a larger collection in MS. called " Faded Flowers."
The Hev. W. TV. Ball's work on the Bali family speaks of him as author
of a collection of poems called " Fading Leaves." He published in
Dublin, in 1775, an anonymous prose work called " A Brother's Advice to
his Sisters." He was buried near his father in St. Michael Le Pole Church-
yard.
BALL, THOMAS FREDERICK.— Poems. London, 1865, 8to.
Internal evidence would seem to prove him Irish.
BALL, WILLIAM, LL.D. — An eminent barrister. "VVas the third son of Rev.
Thomas Ball, a brother of Rev. John Ball. The family was of Fermanagh
origin. This writer died on July 18, 1824, aged 73, and was buried at
Taney, Dundrum, Co. Dublin. A good many of his poems in Joshua
Edkins' collection of verse (Dublin, 1789-90, two volumes), one of them
being a translation of Gresset's " Ver-Vert." One of the poems is
addressed from the Temple, London. He was Sch., 1767, and B.A., 1769,
of Trinity College, Dublin. His poems in Edkins' collection were signed
only " W. B." A large number of his poems were in Dr. Madden's posses-
sion, and were sold with his library — they were chiefly in MS., and written
between the years 1767-1820.
BALLARD, JOHN. — ^Honotjb, a poem inscribed to Swift. Dublin, 1739.
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BALLARD, REV. JOHN WOODS.— Son of Rev. Thomas Ballard, and born
at Donaghadee, 1831. Is a Methodist minister. Two of his poems are in
W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets."
BANCROFT, CHARITIE LEES.— Wiihix the Veil, verse, 1867.
Better known, perhaps, as Oharitie Lees Smith. A hymn-writer, repre-
sented in " Lj'ra Hibernica Sacra" and Roger's "Lyra Britannica."
Daughter of Rev. Sydney Smith, D.D., Rector of Aghalurcher, Co. Fer-
managh, and born art Bloomfield, Merrion, Co. Dublin, on June 21, 1841.
Wrote various pieces for religious periodicals.
BANIM, JOHN. — Damon and Pythias, a tragedy in verse, London, 1821, 8vo,
revised by R. L. Shell. The Celt's Pabadise, a poem in four duans,
London, 1821, 12mo. Chavnt of the Cholera, Songs for Ireland, by the
authors of " The O'Hara Family " (that is, John Banim only). London,
1831, 8vo.
Born at Kilkenny on April 3, 1798; died August 1, 1842. Well known
as author of various Irish novels in conjunction with his brother, MichaeL
Contributed verse to Athena-um of 1832 and 1833, and to Amulet for 1830
and 1835. Some of his poems are full of strength, others of tenderness.
His "Soggarth Aroon " and other lyrics are famous.
BARBER, MARY. — Poems on Several Occasions. London, 1734, 4to;
another edition, London, 1735, 8vo.
Contributed to " Poems by Eminent Ladies," London, two vols., 12mo,
1755. Born in Ireland about 1690. Married a wool clothier or tailor of
Capel Street, Dublin. One of Swift's most esteemed friends. Died in
1755. Read's " Cabinet of Irish Literature " says she was born in 1712^.
and died in 1757. One of her sons, Constantine, became President of the
College of Physicians, Ireland ; another, Rupert, a painter and engraver.
Mrs. Pilkington (q.v.) says that Dean Delany and others corrected her
writings.
BARKER, REY. ROBERT, M.A.— Contentment, a poem in fifteen parts.
Dublin, 1788, 8vo. Printed for the author.
BARLOW, JANE. — Bogland Studies, poems, London, 1892, 8vo ; new edition,
London, 1894. The Battle or the Frogs and' Mice, verse, from the
Greek, 1894, 8vo. The E^d op E^lpintown, verse, illustrated, London,
1894. The Ghost-Bbeeft, London, 1901. The Mockers, and other
verses, London, 1908.
Is the daughter of the Rev. J. W. Barlow, F.T.C.D., and was born at
Clontarf , Co. Dublin, and lives at iRalieny, of which her father is rector.
The first of her "Bogland Studies" appeared in the Duhlin Z'niversity
Review, edited by T. W. Rolleston, about 1885. By the publication of her
"Irish Idylls," "Strangers at Lisconnell," "Kerrigan's Quality,"
" Maureen's Fairing," and many other most successful descriptions of
Irish life, she has become one of the most notable of Irish writers.
BARNARD, MRS. CHARLES (?).— Fireside Thoights, Ballads, etc., by
" Claribel," London, 1865, 8vo. Thoughts, Verses, and Songs, by
" Claribel," London, Edinburgh, 1877, 8vo. Also, for private circulation,
Songs and Verses.
Well known as musician and song-writer. Composer and author of
" Come Back to Erin," " Won't you tell me why, Robin?" and many other
popular songs. Born December 23, 1830 ; married Charles Gary Barnard
on May 18, 1854; died at Dover on January 30, 1869; and was buried in
St. John's Cemetery in that town.
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BARNARD, RT. REY. THOMAS, D.D. (Bishop of Limerick).— Born, probably
in England, in 1728, and died on June 8, 1806. M.A., Cambridge, 1749;
D.D., T.C.D., 1761 ; F.R.S., 1783. Mentioned in Boswell's " Life of John-
son," where a witty poem of his is quoted. It is to be found in several
collections, such as "Humorous Poems, by English and American authors,"
etc., published a few years ago by Ward and Lock. He thought highly
of the "Nosegay" of Thomas Grady (jl-v.), and is praised in the 1816
edition of that poem. He was a member of several literary coteries and
was highly esteemed by many notable writers.
BARRETT, EATON STANNARD.— All the Talents, a satirial poem in three
dialogues, over pseudonym of "Polypus," London, 1807, Svo ; nearly twenty
editions in less than a year (MS. notes in B.M. copy of 17th edition). All
THE Talents' Garland, including " Elijah's Mantle " and other poems of
the same author, circa 1807. The Second Titan AVae; or, The Talents
Buried under Portland Isle, a political satire (in verse), London, 1807,
Svo. The Comet, a Mock Newspaper, prose and verse, London, 1808,
•8vo. The Setting Sxra ; or, Devil among the Placemen, to which is
.added a new musical drama, being a parody on The Beggar's Opera, as
lately acted, etc., London, 1809, 8vo, by Cervantes Hogg. Woman, a,
poemj London. 1810, Svo ; anotheT editilon, w-ith Occasion^:/ Pojems,
London, 1818, 12mo. The Talents Run Mad ; or, 1816, a satirical poem
in three dialogues, with notes, London, 1816, Svo. The Uti Possidetis
AND Status Quo, verse. The Tarantula; or, The Dance op Fools, a
satirical work, London, 1809, Svo, attributed to' him.
He also published '' My AVife ! What Wife?" a comedy in three acts
and in prose, London, ISlo ; and satirical romances, as "The Heroine;
or. Adventures of Cherubina," three volumes, London, 1814 ; " The Rising
Sun," two volumes, London, 1807; and "Six Weeks at Long's, by a late
Resident," two volumes, London, 1817. Most of his writings were anony-
Tnous ; one or two were signed " Polypus " and " Cervantes Hogg." Born
in Cork towards the close of last century. Educated with his brother
Richard (afterwards an ally of O'Connell in Dublin, and editor of The
Pilot newspaper), at a private school at Wimbledon, near London, which
was given up before 1800. Graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in ISOo, and
studied the law at the Temple. Died in Wales on March 20, 1820, some-
what suddenly. (See Joseph Atkinson, q.v.)
BARRETT,- JAMES JOSEPH. — Lilies of Love, poems. London, no date
(but about 1890), 12mo.
On the title-page of this booklet, he is mentioned as the author of other
collections of poems, but I have seen none of these, and they do not
appear to have been published separately. This writer, who is a resident
of London, has issued some extraordinary circulars and 'prospectuses
giving details of himself, from which it would appear that he was born
in 1867, and is of Co. Mayo origin paternally. He now calls himself
" Lord Barrett of Mayo." He charges £5 5s. for a copy of " Lilies of
Love," and in his circvilars mentions many of the crowned heads of
Europe as among his subscribers.
BARRETT, JOHN E. — The Fugitive, and other Poems. Buffalo, N.Y.,
1898.
An Irish-American poet and journalist, and author of serial stories in
Celtic Weehly and Once a TT'eefc of New York. Poems by him have
appeared in Boston Pilot, New York Freeman's Journal, etc. Edited The
Scranton Truth, of Scranton, Pa.
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BARRETT, STEPHEN ( ?) .— Buoolica A. Poppii . . . latini reddite inters
prete, S.B. 1746, 4to. Ovid's Epistles, translated into English veise,
1769, 8vo. "War, a satire.
Possibly an Irishman.
BARRY, ALICE F. — A Singer in the Outer Court, poems. London, 1889,
Svo.
BARRY, J. B. — ^Angel Calls, and other Poemb. Dublin. 1862. 8vo.
BARRY, LODOWICK.— Bam Alley; or. Merry Tricks, a comedy in prose-
and verse. London, 1611, 8v-o.
An Irishman, and apparently a lawyer. " Lod " Barry becanie-
" Lord " Barry in one chronicler. There is considerable humour in this
play of the Shakespearian era. Nothing appears to he known about.
Barry, except that he was Irish.
BARRY, M. A. — ^A lady of this name wrote a good deal of verse for the Corh
Southern Reporter in the earlier half of the nineteenth century. Eight
of her pieces are in " Echoes from Parnassus," selected from the original
poetry of the Southern Beporter, Cork, 1849.
BARRY, REY. MICHAEL, D.D. — The Siege op Limerick, an academic-
drama (62 pp.), 1863 (All Halloa's College); The Battle op Waterloo.
do., 1864 ((38 pp.); The Siege op Maljvkopp.
Also wrote a work on " Orators and Elocution," a " Grammar of
Rhetoric," "Politeness" (by "A Citizen otf the World"). Editerf
Holmes' " Rhetoric," and is said to have been the first to abridge Shake-
speare for schools. He was a native of Charleville, Co. Cork, and wa^
born in 1820; he died on December 22, 1873. Was for some years professoi
at All Hallows' College, Dublin.
BARRY, MICHAEL JOSEPH.— The Kishoge P.\pers (verse), under thc
pseudonym of "Bouillon de Garcon," Dublin, 18 — , 8vo; new edition,
London, 1872; Svo. A Waterloo Commemoration for 1854 (verse),
London, Dublin, 1854. Lays op the War, and Miscellaneous Poems.
London, Cork, 1855, third edition, Svo. Six Songs op Beranger, trans-
lated (for private circulation), Dublin, 1871. Svo. Heinrioh and Lexorh.
AND OTHER PoEMS, Dublin, 1886, Svo. Edited " The Songs of Ireland/
Dublin, 1845, 12mo ; and wrote some other works, chiefly legal.
Eldest son of Michael Joseph Barry, of Cork, where he . was born in
1817. Wrote a great deal of verse for the Natiori, over signatures of
" B.," " M. J. B.," "Beta" and "Brutus." Recanted his early
opinions, and became a police magistrate in Dublin. Died on January
23, 1889. , He won the prize of £100 offered by the Repeal Association,,
about 1843, for the best essay on Repeal, though there were 48 competitors.
" The Kishoge Papers " appeared in Dublin University Magazine, 1842-43,
anonymously, and they were republished without his name. Was editor
of Cork Southern Beporter from 1848 for some yeai-s, and there arc nine-
teen poems of his in " Echoes from Parnassus," reprinted from its.
columns in Cork in 1849, including his famous " French Revolution ' ' by
"the Boy Jones." The above Miss M. A. Barry was perhaps related to-
him.
BARRY, REY. WILLIAM, D.D.— Author of " The New Antigone." " Tlie
Two Standards," " Arden Massiter," and other brilliant novels; and has
written much verse for Catholic journals and magazines. .He was born
in London, of Irish parentage, on April 21, 1849, and was educated at
Oscott College and at Rome. He has written some fine irticles for the
reviews, and is a most eloquent preacher and lecturer.
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BARTER, WILLIAM GEORGE THOMAS (?).— Poems, Omsinal and
TiiANSLATBD, including the FiKSi Iliad op Homer^ London, 1850, 8vo.
The Iliad op HoMBE,"with notes, London, 1854, 8vo. Adventures of a
Summer Eve, London, 1856, Svo. Second edition^ with other poems,
London, 1864, Svo. The Iliad op Homer, literally rendered in Spenserian
stanza. London, 1864.
Only son of William Barter, of Bombay; was born in 1S08, and died
about 1871.
BARTLEY, MRS. (n6e SMITH). — Lady op the Lake, a drama, Dublin, no
date, Svo. Border Feuds ; or. The Lady op Buccledch, a drama.
Dublin, no date, Svo.
BARTOLINI, LOUISA GRACE. — Canti di Roma Antioa di. T. B. Macaulay
e poesiesulla schiavitu e frammenti di E. (i.e.) H. W. Longfellow tradotti
in versi Italiani da L.G.B. Edited by I. del Lungo. Firenze, 1869,
Svo.
Born in Dublin, but of Italian extraction.
BARTON, REY. RICHARD. — A Physico-Poeticai Essay on the Wonders
OP Lake Neah (sic) in Ireland (English and Latin), in imitation o£
Lucretius. Dublin, 1769, 4to.
BARTON, WILLIAM.— The Psalms in Metre, translated by " W. B." 1645»
12mo.
Edited some collections of hymns. The above psalms were set to music
by Thomas Smith, of Dublin. Was born about 1603, and died on May 14,
1678.
BATES, JOHN. — A Collection op Poems, among which are "The Quiet
Conscience," " The Affecting Story of Griffith and Jenneth," " The
Dependant," etc. Dublin, 1790, Svo.
Dedicated to Lord Moira.
BATTERSBY, C. MAUD. — Twilight and Dawn, Hymns, Fragments, and
Poems. London and Dublin, 1899.
BATTERSBY, HANNAH S. — Home Lyrics, a book of poems. London,
second edition, 1876, 16mo.
BATTERSBY, HENRY FRANCIS PREYOST.— Fires op Green Wood, poems,
1887 ; Melilot, short poems, London, 1886, Svo (under pseudonym of
" Francis Prevost ").
Has written several books under his pen-name of " Francis Prevost,"
such as " Rust of Gold," " On the Verge," etc. He is now a war
correspondent for Morning Post. He is the son of Major-General J. P.
Battersby, and was born on February 10, 1862, his mother being a
daughter of Sir John Dillon.
BATTERSBY, JOHN (?).— Of Warrington. The Last Day, and other
Poems. London, 1874, Svo.
BATTERSBY, WILLIAM J.— The Great Glorious Irish Exhibition op 1S53,
verse, Dublin, 1853, Svo. Les Napoleons ; or. The Present and Future
GiOiiiES OP France, verse, Dublin, 1857, Svo.
Also wrote other verse, and several small Catholic books, isuch as '" Life
of the Rev. Dr. Gentili," 1848; "History of the Order of St. Augustine
in Ireland," 1856, etc. He also issued " The Repealer's Manual," several
Catholic directories and almanacs, etc. Died in February, 1873, and
was buried in Glasnevin.
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BATTIER, MRS. HENRIETTA.— Pbotbcted Fugitives, a collection of
miscellaneous poems, the genuine production of a lady, never before
published, Dublin, 1791, 8vo ; Maeriage Ode, after the manner of Dryden,
Dublin, 1795, 8vo (a parody); The Kikwanade, a poetical epistle (on the-
Rev. W. B. Kirwan), Dublin, 1791, 8vo ; Ax Addeess on the Subject of
THE Peojected Uxion, to the ill-starred Stephen III., King of Dalkey,
Dublin, 1790, Svo ; The Gibbonade ; or, Poetical Reviewer, first number,
Dublin, 1793. 1794, Svo, second edition ; the second number. 1793 ; third
number, 1794; The Lemox, a poem, Dublin, 1797, Svo; Canto II. or
THE Same, Dublin, 1798, Svo; An Irregular Ode to EDVifARD Byhne, or
MULLINAHACK, ON HiS MaKRIAGE WITH MiSS ROE, STEP-DALtGHTER TO ONE
NOBLE LORD, AND NIECE TO ANOTHER, Dublin, 1797. 8vO.
"Was a Miss Fleming, daughter of John Fleming, of Staholmock. She-
married at Carnarvon, in November, 176S, Major John Gaspard Battier,
•"ith Foot, the son of Mr. Battier, Stephen's Green. Her husband was
one of Samuel Whyte's pupils, probably about the same time as R. B.
Sheridan, and he subscribed to Whyte's volume of poems. He died in
December, 1794. Mrs. Battier was left in poor circumstances with two
daughters, and lived at No. 17 Fade St., Dublin, where some of her poems,
were sold. She was an ardent patriot, and an extremely clever writer,
endowed witli considerable satirical power. Moore was acquainted with
her, and thought rather well of her, though he hated blue-stockiugs. Her
"Lemon" was " a poem in answer to a scandalous libel entitled 'The'
Orange,' written, though anonymous, by the Rev. Dr. Bobadil." (See-
John Gilford.) She says in the Preface to her 1791 collection of poems
that she was " a better housewife than a poet," and mentions having met
Dr. Johnson in London, and that he encouraged her, and offered to read her
poems in MS., and to correct them for her. He offered to- procure, and
didjprocure, some London subscribers for her. Among the subscribers to
this volume (" Protected Fugitives") were Sir Joshua Reynolds, George
Colman, Dennis O'Bryen (the political writer), Rt. Hon. John Fitzgibbon,
Henry Grattan, Lord Clonmel, Lord Charlemont, Vincent Dowling (the-
satirist), .lonathan Fisher (the artist), Richard Cosway (do.), Wm.
AVoollett (the engraver). Dr. Drennan, Benjamin West (the artist). Rev.
George ISIiller, Rev. Arthur O'Leary, John Hely Hutchinson, Joseph
Pollock (the "Press" writer), Arthur Wolfe, Samuel AVhyte, Charles
Macklin, and other notables. Many of her separate skits and poems were
published under the pseudonym of "Pat Pindar." She wrote odes on
the death of the Duke of Leinster, and to Archibald Hamilton Rowan,
and other poetic effusions. She was known as " Countess Laurel," and
was the " H. B." who wrote verse to the Anflioloijia Hibernjca, and
probably also " H. B." and " A Lady '' of the Senfim.evtnl and Masonic
Maqazine. both published between 1792 and 1795 in Dublin. Her poem,
" Bitter Orange," appeared in The Presx. the ora-an of the Tnited Irish-
men. She probably wrote the pieces signed " B." and "A Ladv " in-
Rdkins' collection of verse in 1789-90. She certainly wrote poems for it.
In the volume of " Poems " by Samuel Whyte there is a poem of hers.
She died at Sandymount, Dublin, in the autumn of 1813, totally neglected.
BAXENDALE, WALTER.— A Woodland Mount.mn Path, verse London
1895.
An Irishman.
BAYLEY, FREDERICK W. N.— The Island Bagatelle, Grenada, lS29, Svo ;.
The French Revolution of 1830, a comic poem, with portraits, London,
1830, 12mo; Songs op Almacks', 1831; Poetical Illustrations (to
pictures) London, 1831, folio; The Nosegay,- A Gage d'Amour, etc.,
London, 1832. folio; Home Gift Songs ; The New Tale of a Tub, in verse'
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London, 1841, folio ; another edition, 8vo ; Blhebeaiid, in verse, London,
1842, 16mo; Little Red Riding-Hood, in verse, London, 1843, 16mo;
Gems fhom the Drawing-Room, four books, London, 1852, 4to ; several
volumes of stories and sketches, a life of "William Cobbet, and many
separate songs, set to music by Henry Russell, etc.
Known as " Alphabet Bayley," on account of his many Chrsitian names.
There is a great difference in the various dates given about him, but 1807
was the most likely date of his birth, the place being Ireland. Hi»
father was a captain in the army, and he accompanied him to Barbadoes
in 1825. In 1831 (November 19) his best known poem appeared in the
AfheniFum — " Chelsea pensioners reading an Account of the Victory at
Waterloo. He became first editor of Illustrated London Neirs (1842),
and wrote a series of historical poems for the Times. Was dramatic critic
for the Moi-ning Post, and died at Birmingham on December 1, 1852, aged'
about 45.
BAYLY, HENRY. — Topogkaphical and Historical Account of Lisbdhn, with
poem on the same, etc. Belfast, 1834, 12mo.
A Lisburn lawyer.
BAYLY, THOMAS. — Rough Sketches of Bath, and other poems, London,
1820, 12mo ; Parliamentary Letters, and other poems, London, 1820,
12mo ; Erin, and other poems, Dublin, 1822, 8vo.
The first two volumes are largely satirical. This writer was after-
wards notatile as Thomas' Haynes Bayly, but he was not Irish. He simply
resided in Dublin for a few years.
BAYNE, W. B.— The Poetry op Incident. Belfast, 1850.
By an assistant-master in Belfast Academy. Some of the poems are
quoted in Bell's "Elocutionist," where the name is given as Baine. In
a little volume of " Selections for Reading and Recitation," Belfast, 1866,
another poem of his is given as by Baine.
BEALE, JAMES (Junior).— Poems. Cork, 1876, 8vo.
Of Queenstown, Co. Cork. Only 200 copies printed. Dedicated to
Professor Dowden.
BEAMISH, FLORENCE F. — Contributor of prose and verse to Buffy's
Fireside Magazine. Presumably the Florence Beamish of Haj-es'
" Ballads of Ireland," 1855, and a native of Cork.
BEAMISH, REY. HENRY HAMILTON.— Psalma Daibi, etc., partly trans-
lated (into verse) by H. H. B. London (?), 1836, 12mo.
Edited, or rather wrote an introduction for. Miss Colthurst's
"Emmanuel," 1833. A Cork man. He died on February 33, 1872.
BEAMISH, J. S. — Jewish F^ith and Gentile Courage, etc., being two
dramatic poems. London and Coventry, 1875, 16mo.
BEATTY, PAKENHAM THOMAS.— To my Lady, and other Poems, London,
1879 (1878), 8vo; Three Women op the People, and other Poems,
London, 1881, 8vo ; Mabcia, a tragedy in three acts, and in verse, London,
1884, 16mo; Spret^ Carmina Mus.a:, first series, London, 1893, 12mo.
Born in Maranha, Brazil, on June 23, 1855, and lived there till he
was eight years old. Was then taken to Manchester, and afterwards to
Co. Louth. Educated at Harrow, and studied for the Bar, but was never
called. His father was Irish, his mother being of Scotch and Brazilian
extraction.
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BBATTY, THOMAS EDWARD, M.D. — Poem on the Death op Pbincess
Chaelotie. Dublin, 1818, 8vo.
Also published a medical work. He was President of Royal College of
Surgeons, Ireland, in 1850, and of King's and Queen's College of Physi-
cians in 1864. Died on May 3, 1872, aged 72. There is a. tablet to his
memory in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
BEAUFORT, AUGUSTUS. — Ekin's Hope, and other Poeiis. London, 1869,
8vo.
BEAUMONT, THOMAS WENTWORTH.— The White Lady, a legend of
Ardagh, in verse. London, 1827, 8vo.
Published under the initials of " T. W. B."
BECK, ELLEN. — A contributor of numerous poems to Irish Monthly, Kation,
etc., over the pseudonym of " Magdalen Rook." She is, I believe, a
schoolmistress in the North of Ireland. There are some pieces of hers in
Orby Shipley's " Carmina Mariana."
BECK, THOMAS. — The Cause or the Dumb pleaded, a poem. No date,
Dublin {?), 17—.
BEGGS THOMAS. — Pieces in Vebse, and Songs, Belfast, 1819, 8vo;
Rathlin, a descriptive poem, Belfast, 1820, 12mo ; The Rhyming
Pedagogue, and other Poems, Belfast, 1821, 12mo; The Memento, a,
choice variety of original poems, Belfast, 1828, 8vo; Nights in a Garret,
; The Minstrel Oepering, etc., Belfast, 1834; Second Part of the
Same, Belfast, 1836.
Born in Glenwherry, Co. Antrim, May 6, 1789. Spent a few years at
sea, finally settling as a weaver and bleacher at Ballyclare, Co. Antrim,
where he died in July, 1847. There was another Thomas Beggs, probably
Scotch, who published in London, in 1844, " The Student's Vigil," poem.'
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD. — The Hundred Days op Napoleon, poem in five
cantos. London, 1858, 8vo.
BELFAST, EARL OF.— See under Chichester.
BELL, REY. CHARLES DENT, D.D.— Voices prom the Lakes, 1876, 8vo;
Songs in the Twilight, 1878, Sv^o; FtouR Seasons at the Lakes, poems,
illuminated by R. De M. O. Morrell, London, Belfast, 1878, 4to ; Htmns
POR Church and Chamber, 1879, 8vo; Songs in many Keys, 1884, 8vo;
Poems, Old and New, London, 1893; Diana's Looking-glass, and other
Poems, 1894; and many otheii works.
Born in Ballymaguigan, Go. Derry, on February 10, 1819 ; B.A., T.C.D.,
1842; M.A., 1852. Was Canon of Carlisle for many years, and died
November, 1898.
BELL, MARGUERITE.— Where Shamrocks Grow,, poems. Belfast, 1909.
BELL, ROBERT. — Marriage, 1842; Mothers and Daughters, 1843, second
edition, 1844; Temper, 1847 — all three -prose comedies, octavo. In early
life he wrote two other pieces called " Double Disguises " and " Comic
Lectures."
Born in Cork on January 16, 1800, being the son of a magistrate ; B.A.,
T.C.D., 1818. Reorganised the Dublin Historical Society, and founded
the Dublin Inquisitor. Became a journalist, and settled in London in
1828, where he wrote many popular books, such as " Lives of the English
Poets," "Life of Canning," and some historical works. Edited "The
British Poets," etc. Died on April 12, 1867, and buried in Kensal Green
near his friend Thackeray.
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BELLAMY, W. H. ( ?)— The Collects (of the Church of England), rendered
into verse, 1848, 16mo.
Wrote numbers of songs, including the well-known " Simon the
Cellarer." Is represented in J. E. Carpenter's " New Irish Song Book."
Born in Cork, August 5, 1800. He became an actor, and died at Green-
point, Long Island (U.S.A.), April 15, 1866.
BELLEW, ROBERT.— Tealealgar, a rhapsody on the death of Lord Nelson.
London (P), 1806.
Presumably the writer of same name who wrote a work on the regulation
of tithes in 1803', and another on the condition of the Irish peasantry in
1808. There was a Robert Bellew who graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1788.
iBELLINGHAM, HENRY. — ^Bltjbbeahd Rjepaired, Prince Oamaralzaman ; or.
The Eairies' Revenge, and Princess Primrose and the Potjr Prettt
Princes, three extravaganzas by him in Lacy's collection of plays, 12mo.
Also Arlinb, the Lost Child ; or. The Pole, the Policeman, and the
Polar Bear, a burlesque in verse, London, 1864, 8vo. And a prose
drama entitled Monsieur Laroche, London, 1878, 12mo.
Is still living, and is, perhaps, connected with the Castlebellingham
family of Co. Louth.
BENN, MARY. — The Solitary ; or, A Lay from the West, and other poems
in Latin and English, London, 1853, 12mo ; Lays of the Hebrews, and
other poems, London and Bath, 1855, 12mo.
Fervently Irish, and distinguished for her Latin poems. Wrote a
couple of poems in Nation of 1845, under signature of "Wilhelm."
Daughter of Rev. Wm. Dunn, rector of Charleville, Co. Cork, and became
the wife of Rev. Wm. Benn. She lived in the South of Ireland most of
her life. Her son is Mr. A. W. Benn, the well-known scholar and writer
on Greece.
BENNETT, GEORGE.— Born October 23, 1824, at Bandon, Co.' Cork, and
graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. He proceeded to the Bar, and in
1861 published his well-known "History of Bandon," a third edition of
which he has in preparation. In 1873 he emigrated to the States, and
settled in Oregon, at the mouth of Coquille River, where now stands
the town of Bandon. The name was twice changed by bigots, but Mr.
Bennett did not rest till he got an act passed fixing the name as Bandon.
He has written various poems, chiefly in praise of the town and its sur-
roundings, in the newspapers of Oregon.
BENNETT, HENRY.— A noted Cork solicitor in the early part of the century.
Part author of " St. Patrick was a Gentleman," and author of various
poems in Bolster's Quarterly Magazine (Cork, 1836-1831), including The
Steam Boat, a poem in six cantos. Also wrote verse for other Cork
periodicals, and a oomio opera of his, entitled The Election, from the
Freeholder of 1830, is given among Casey's poems in " Gems from the
Cork Poets." It is a kind of parody on Kane O'Hara's " Midas." A
probable poem of his is quoted on pages 23-24 of D. 0. Madden's " Revela-
tions of Ireland." He was the son of Philip Bennett, Haremount,
Macroom, Co. Cork, and the Grand Parade, Cork, who was Sheriff of
Cork in 1774, and Mayor in 1798. Henry Bennett was born in or about
1766, and was apprenticed as a solicitor to Heard & Colburn, of the
Grand Parade, CorK. In 1810 he married Sarah Colburn, daughter of
one of the partners, and entered into partnership with them, continuing
with his brother-in-law, John Colburn. After his death, which occurred
in August, 1828, his son, William Colburn Bennett, carried on the business
•of his cousin, William Colburn, on whose death the business ceased.
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Henry Bennett was Sheriff of Cork in 1814, and was of musical tastes ^
being a prominent member of an amateur musical society. He was a
good conveyancer, but disliked his profession, and occasionally satirised
it. He seems to have written for no other periodical besides Bolster's.
There is a portrait of him in the Cork Journal of ArchcEology, etc., vol. -3,
p. 314.
BENNETT, PATRICK. — The Patriot, a poem. Dublin, 1831. [Of
Grahamstown.]
BENSON, CHARLES, M.D.— Of CoUooney, Co. Sligo, and born there in 1797.
Sch. T.C.D., 1818; B.A., 1819; M.D. and M.B., 1822; U.J)., 1848. He-
died on January 21, 1880, aged 82. He practised in Dublin for many
years, and wrote verse for various periodicals. He was doubtless the
" Carl Benson " of Nation, November 25, 1854.
BENSON, RICHARD. — Morni, an Irish Bardic story, in three cantos, and
the Pilgrim of CiRMEL, an Eastern tale in one canto, Newrv, 1815 ;
Dublin, 1815, Svo.
BERESFORD, REY. GILBERT. — Sorrow, a poem, London and Edinburgh,.
1862, Svo ; RiziwH, and early poems, 1870, 8vo ; The Stream of T.\lent,
and other poems, London, 1882.
Was Rector of St.' Andrew's, Holborn, London, and probably of Irish
extraction. Born in Wiltshire, February 9, 1812, and died January 4,
1899.
BERESFORD, HAMILTON SYDNEY, M.A.— ]\Iahomet, a Cambridge prize-
poem, 1816, Svo; Death op Absalom, do., Cambridge, 1825, Svo.
Was the Beresford, commonly called " J. Beresford," who wrote verse
to London Literary Gazette, over signature of " Ignoto Seoondo."
William Read, another Irish poetical contributor to Literarxj Gazette,
addressed his "Versailles" to H. S. B. See volume iii. of Jerdan's
" Autobiography," page 233, and Appendix J. of same volume, for refer-
ence and poem of his.
BERESFORD, REY. JAMES (?).— The ^neid or Virgil, translated into
blank verse, 1794, 4to ; Song op the Svn, imitated from the Eddas, 1805,
Svo ; The Cross and the Crescent, an heroic metrical romance, partially
founded on Madame Oottin's " Mathilde," London, 1824, Svo. Various
other works, chiefly religious.
He matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, March 24, 1783; B.A.,
1780; M.A., 179S. Rector of Kilworth Beauchamp, Lincolnshire, from
1812 till his death, September 29, 1840. I can only suggest that he
may have been Irish. {See Moore's " Diary," vol. 3, p". 347.)
BERESFORD, REY. JOHN JERYIS (?).— Last Yeab's Le-Ues, poems,
London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1887, 8vo.
Probably Irish. IS'ow a curate in Wales. B.A., Cambridge University,
1879; M.A., 1885.
BERKELEY, RIGHT REY. GEORGE (Bishop of Cloyne).— This eminent
philosopher wrote verse, the well-known prophetic poem by him with tlie
line, "Westward the course of empire takes its way," being included in
many collections. Born in Co. Kilkenny, probably at Dysart Castle, near
Thomastown, on March 12, 16S4-S5. B.A., T.C.D., 1704; M.A., 1707;
B.D. and D.D., 1721. Made Dean of Dromore in the latter year, and
appointed to Bishopric of Cloyne in 1734. Died on January 14, 1753, at
Oxford. Wrote famous philisophical works, etc. His poem above referred^
to appeared in Dodsley's " Collection," volume vi., 1758.
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BERKELEY, GEORGE MONCK.— Xima, a comedy in two acts, from tlie-
French, 1787, 8vo; Love and Nature, a musical piece in one act, 1797;
Poems,, edited by his mother, 1797, 4to.
Born in England Februai y 8, 1763 ; died Jannai}- 26, 1793. A grand-
son of Bishop Berkeley. Other works by him.
BERNARD, REY. YALENTINE LUMLEY (?).— Jon, „ sacred poem, 1800,.
8vo. Also a sermon.
BIBBY, THOMAS. — Gerald of Kildaek, a dramatic poem, 18-54 ; Silken
Thomas, sequel to former, 1859. Connacia Geraldina ; or, Thu Gather-
ing OF CONNAUGHT, . ThE SiEGB, AND THE ChASIBER IN THE ToWER, — .
Earinus, a tale of antiquity, — ■ .
Born in Kilkenny in 1799; Sch. T.C.D., 1814; B.A., 1816,; died January
7, 1863. See Kilkenny Moderator for January 10 and 14, 1863, and
Gentleman' s Magazine, volume 214. His works were all anonymous.
BICKERSTAFPE, ISAAC. — Leucothob, a dramatic poem, 1756, 8vo; Thomas-
AND Sally; or, The Sailor's Return, musical farce, 1760, 8vo; Love in
A Village, comic opera, 1763, Svo; Stephen's Green, a rhapsody (pro-se),
Dublin, 1763, Svo ; Judith, oratorio, 1764, 4to ; The M.-iid of the Mill,
comic opera, 1765, 8vo ; Daphne and Amintoe, comic opera, 1756, Svo; The.
Plain Dealer, comedy, 1766, Svo ; Love in the City, comic opera, 1767,
Svo; Lionel and Clarissa, comic opera, 1768, Svo; The Absent Man,
farce, 176S, Svo; The Royal Garland, interlude, 1768, Svo; The Padlock,
comic opera, 1768, Svo; The Hypocrites, comedy, founded on Moliere,,
I176S, Svo ; The E^hesian Matron, scena, 1769, Svo ; Dr. Last in his
Chariot, comedy, 1769, Svo; The Captive, comic opera, 1769, Svo; A
School for, FjVthers, comic opera, 1770, Svo; 'Tis well it's no worse,.
comedy, 1770, Svo; The Recruiting Sergeant, interkide, 1770, Svo; Hi;
WOULD if he could ; or. An old Fool worse than any, burletta, 1771, Svo ;
The Sultan, farce, 1775 (1787, Svo) ; and also probably The Spoiler
Child, a farce, 1805, Svo.
Swift took the assumed name of Isaac Bickerstaffe in his writings,
from a locksmith's door in Dublin. Perhaps the above was the son of the-
tradesman. He was an Irishman, and 1735 (?) and 1812 (?) are usually
given as dates of his birth and death. Thomas Mooney's " History of
Ireland," however, says he was born in Dublin in 1732, and was the son
of a groom-porter at Dublin during Lord Cliesterfield's vice-royalty, and
died in London in 1816, at the age of 84. All other accounts of his life
are somewhat vague. He was first a page to Lord Cliestei'field and then
an ofiScer in the army, but had to leave the service and the country in-
disgrace.
BIGGER, SAMUEL LENNOX L.— The Collegians, a poem, etc., Dublin,
1882, Svo ; Christmas Carols, Dublin, 1883 ; Elij.ah, the Prophet of
Fire, Dublin, 1885; The King of Terrors, Dublin, 1885; A Triplet of
Poems, Dublin, 1SS6, Svo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1830; M.A., 1832; M.B., 1834. Died in January, 1891,.
aged 82, and buried in Moimt Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. Was probably
born in Belfast, with which he was connected by family.
BINNS, BENJAMIN PEMBERTON.— One of the United Irishmen, a poem
of whose is included in Dr. Madden's " Literary Remains of the United
Irishmen," a collection of poems published in 1887.
BIRKETT, MARY. — A Poem on the African Slave Trade, addressed to her
own sex. Part I., 1729, Svo ; second edition, 1792, Svo ; Part II. of same.
Dublin, 1792, Svo ; and (anonymously) Lines to the Memory op our late:
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ENDEAHED AND JUSTLY VAIUBD FkIEND, JoSEPH WiLLIAMS. Dublin^ 1807,
Svo.
All Irish Quakeress.
BIRMINGHAM, ANDREW B.— Poems. Dublin, 1881 (?), Svo.
A Galway man, who died a few years ago.
BIRMINGHAM, JOHN. — Anglecania; or, England's Mission to the Celt,
a poem. London and Derby, 1863, 8vo.
A celebrated astronomer, after whom one of the stars is named. Born,
perhaps in Galway, in 1816 ; died at Tuam, September '/ , 1884. 'Wrote
various other poems.
BLACK, REY. CHARLES INGHAM.— Juvenile Poems, Dublin, 1843, Svo;
Miscellaneous Pieces., Sonnets, and Becokds of a Tour through thb
Co. WiOKLow, Dublin, 1844, 12mo; Miscellaneous Poems, Sonnets, etc.,
London, 1847; Memohialis Cordis (verse?), London, 1856, Svo; and
various religious works in prose.
Born in 1821 or 1822, and died June 29, 1896. Sch. T.C.D., 1842; B.A.,
1845. Was a clergyman in England for many years. Has been called
Charles Ingram Black.
BLACKALL, ELIZABETH. — ^Psalms and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Dublin, 1857, 12mo.
BLACKER, REY. GEORTGE DACRE.— The Book's First Book, verse
Dublin, 1860, 12mo.
This is the Book of Genesis in verse. Was Prebendary of Maynootli,
and died May 23, 1871.
BLACKER, REY. MAXWELL JULIUS.— Translation into Latin of D. F.
McCarthy's " Moore Centenary Ode," 1881, 4to.
Born May 27, 1822. Was curate of St. Bfirnabas, Pimlioo. Died
June 11, 1888.
BLACKER, LIEUT.-COLONEL YALENTINE.— Aedmagh, a Chronicle-,
The Fire Towers ; Carmbl, etc .(poems). Armagh. 1848, Svo.
This was, according to Sparling's " Irish Minstrelsy," by the following
writer. Blacker died in 1823
BLACKER, COLONEL WILLIAM.— Early Piety, a reply to a plea, etc.,
Portadown, Co. Armagh, 1853, Svo ; A Tale of Woe, for children, Porta^
down, 1854, Svo; Emmaus, a tale for Easter, Portadown, 1855, Svo.
Born at Carrickblacker, Co. Armagh, September 1, 1777 ; died November
25, 1855. B.A., T.C.D., 1799; M.A., 1803. His name is known chiefly
as the author of several clever Orange ballads, notably one with the re-
frain of " So put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry."
His poems were never collected, though his family possesses the MSS. He
wrote a good deal of verse for Dublin University Magazine over the
signature of " Fitzstewart, Bannville." His poems deserve to be collected,
as they are often very vigorous.
BLACKLEY, REY. WILLIAM LEWERY.— The Frithiof Saga; or, Lir
OF Frithiof, from the Swedish of Tegner, Dublin, 1857, Svo. Another
edition, 1880, 4to.
Author of various scholarly works, and originator of a national insur-
ance scheme. Canon of Winchester Cathedral since 1883. Born at Dun-
dalk, Co. Louth, December, 18130; B.A., 1851; MA T CD 1854.
Died July 25, 1902.
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BLACKWOOD, REY. JAMES STEVENSON, D.D.-^The Ikish Judge, a poem
Dublin, 1834, 8vo. ' ^
B.A., T.C.D., 1844; LL.B. and LL.D., 1845; M.A., B.D., and D.D
1857. Eldest son of Pinkstan Blackwood, of Killyleagh, Co. Down, and
born in 1805. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in February, 1828' but,
does not appear to have followed the law even temporarily.
BLAKE, CHARLES. — ^Hibernia Plobans, carmine pastorali, 1689, mensis.
Julia. London, 1694, folio.
" BLAKE, DINNY." — The Spkjg of Shillelagh, a collection of the most
humorous and popular Irish songs. London, 1852, 16mo.
BLAKE, EMILIA AYLMER.— See E. A. Gowing.
BLAKE, ELIZABETH.— Born in Lyaguin, Co. Galway, in or about
1770, her maiden name being Burke. I have heard that she wrote verse
which was very popular in her part of the country, but I have seen none
of it. She may have oeen the Miss Burke mentioned further on.
BLAKE, JAMES S.— Poems. London, 1840, 8vo.
A graduate of T.O.D.
BLAKE, MARY ELIZABETH.— Poems, Boston, 1882, 8vo; Verses.
Alokg the Way, Boston, 1870, 8vo ; The Merby Months All, verses
for children, '1885 : Youth in Twelve Centuries, do., 1886.
Also the author of " On the Wing," 1883, a volume of travel sketches;
" Mexico," 1888, a similar work; and "A Summer Holiday" (1890), a
record of European travel. Born at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Septem-
ber 1, 1849. She was educated at the Quincy High School. Mass., her
parents having settled at Quincy in 1855, and at the Convent of the-
Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, New York. She married in 1885 Dr. John
G. Blake. Her literary work, which is highly valued in America, has been
chiefly done for the Boston Journal,. Catholic World, New York, Lippin-
cott's Magazine, New York Independent, Boston Pilot, and Globe,
Donohoe's Magazine, and one or two other leading periodicals. Some of
her early work appeared over the signature of " Marie." She is justly
considered one of the best, if not the best, of the Irish-American poetesses.
BLAKE, NICHOLAS. — A native of Maxley, Co. Meath, and author of various
poems, many of which were published in Drogheda Argus year-s after
his death. He was an extensive farmer until the famine of '46-'47 ruined
him, and he left for London, where he died in the fifties. He took with
him to London the MS. of a novel called " The Absentee," but did not
succeed in getting it published.
BLAKE, ROBERT.— See Thompson, Robert Hely.
BLAKELY, ( — ). — All I can discover of this writer is that he published a
volume of poems in Banbridge, Co. Down, of which he was a native. The-
title and date of the work have so far eluded all search.
BLESSINGTON, COUNTESS OF.— See Marguerite Power.
BLOXHAM, REY. MARK. — ^Paradise ORegained, an unfinished poem ; minor
poems, and The Babd, a poem in two cantos. London, 1834, 8vo.
Was chaplain to the Earl of Erroll, and son of a Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Sch. T.C.D., 1813; B.A., 1815; M.A., 1818.
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BOAL, JAMES. — A rural poet ivho lived at Uranslia, near Comber, Co. Down,
about the beginning of the 19th centui-y. His name is still remembered
in the district, and a volume, " Jimmy Boal's Poems," is still occasion-
ally met with.
BOATE, GRESHON. — A Fathbe's Advice to his Child; or, The Maiden's
BEST Adohning, being a directory for youth, setting forth the greatest
beauty by a holy conversation (in verse) ; inserted in William Caton's
" Abridgment of Eusebius," second edition, 1698, 8vo. Afterwards re-
printed as " Miscellanies in Prose and Verse," etc., edited by J. T(aylor).
The second' edition, Dublin, 1725, 16mo, is separate.
A Quaker of Borrisolea (?) and afterwards of Mountrath, Queen's
County, Ireland. Died in 1704, aged 56.
BOATE, HENRIETTA. — Nug^ CANORiE, a collection of poems, London,
1837; Dublin, 1847, 16mo. Carlo Maeillo, and other Poems, including
'■Recollections of Ireland," 1857.
Became wife of Edward Wellington Boate, a noted Irish journalist, who
died in U.S.A. in 1871. Her first volume of poems was published over
her maiden name of Henrietta Bruce O'Xeill, as also her " Tales of the
Sacred Heart," and " Early Doomed."
BODDINGTON, MARY.— Poems, London, 1839, 8vo ; The Gossips Week,
in prose and verse, two volumes, London, 1836, 12mo.
Daughter of Patrick Comerfoi'd, of Cork, where she was born in 1776 ;
left that city in 1803, and maried a wealthy West Indian merchant of
London. Wrote verse frequently for the Cork papers. May have been
one of the Boddingtons often referred to in Thomas Moore's Diary. Died
in 1839 or beginning of 1840. Some of her songs written to Irish airs.
She wrote a couple of entertaining volumes of travel on the Continent.
BODKIN, MATHIAS McDONAGH, Q.C.— Author of several clever and
popular novels and romances, and of humorous collections of prose and
verse, including ''Poteen Punch" and "Pat o' Xine Tales," published
over pseudonym of " Crom-a-boo." He is a native of County Galway, and
has been for years an active journalist in Dublin. He was for a time
Member of Parliament for North Roscommon. He was born in 1850.
BODKIN, S. S. — Memory's Record of Passing Events, etc., in verse,
London, 1862, 16mo.
BOLAND, CHARLES J. — A Clonmel man, holding a high position in Valua-
tion Office. Dublin. Author of various poems, for which see " Clonmel
Scrap Book," 1907.
BOLAND, ELEANOR. — Authoress of various poems in Bnafnn Pilot,
the Jesuit (its predecessor), etc., over the pseudonym of " Alethe." She
was the sister of the Right Rev. J. B. Fitzpatrick, third Bishop of
Boston. In 1841 she married a well-known builder and contractor named
Boland, who died in September, 1883.
BOLES, J.— In " Harmonica," Cork, 1818, there are three partlv-Irish poems
by him. pp. 206, 213, and 217.
BOLTON, REY. RICHARD KNOTT.— Obiter : Wayside Verses ; being medi-
tations of a country clergyman. London, 1873, 8vo.
Several religious works in prose also. B.A., T.O.D., 1853- il V 1860
Died April 13, 1909, aged 78. ' ''
BOND, ALESSIE.— See A. B. Faussett.
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BOND, RICHARD (?).— Poems, Divine and Moral. London and Gloster,
1769 (?), 4to.
BOOKER, REY. MOORE. — The True Gratification of the Sensual Appe-
tites RECOMMENDED IN A Sermon. . . . With an elegiac poem on the death
of the Right Hon. Mary Ponsonby, late Countess of Drogheda etc.
Dublin, 1756, 8vo.
B.A., 1706; M.A., T.C.D., 1709.
BOOTH, EYA GORE.— Poems. London, 1898, 8vo. Unseen Kings, a play
in verse, London, 1904 ; The One and the Many, poems, 1904 ; The Three
Resurrection and the Triumph or M^ve^ 1905 ; The Egyptian Pillar
AND other Poems. Dublin, 1908.
Daughter of the late Sir Henry Gore Booth, of Sligo. Has contributed
verse to Longman's Magazine, the Irish Homestead, etc.
BORRELL, LAURA. — Ye Tale of ye Star, and other poems, with 12
engravings by Cecilia Ada Whiteside, Dublin, 1861.
BOSHELLE, S. E. M. — Marriage, a comedy; The Irish Serf, a local drama,
verse. Dublin, 1844, 8vo.
BOSOMWORTH, WILLIAM JACKSON.— Lays, Legends, and Lyrics. Lon-
don and Dublin, 18'4o, 12mo. Another edition, London. 1848, 12mo.
Probably an Englishman, but he lived in Dublin. Was, I believe, a
printer or bookseller. Wrote verse for Dublin Literary Journal, edited
by Joshua Abel], in 1845.
BOSQUET, ABRAHAM.— HowTH, a descriptive poem. Dublin, 1787, 4to.
This poem contains 580 quatrains. A person of this name was Sch.
T.C.D., 1726; B.A., 1728; M.A., 1731.
BOTTA, ANNA C. L.— Poems. New York, 1848, 8vo; the same, 1849.
Other works, such as " A Handbook of IJniversal Literature," 1860.
Born in Vermont, U.S.A., in 1820. Her father, named Lynch, was one of
the United Irishmen, and a native of Dublin. She married Mr. Vincenzo
Botta in 185-5. Died March 3, 1891. Wrote a great deal for American
periodicals, and is considered one of the best of the American poetesses.
BOUCICAULT, DION. — ^Thb Fox and the Goose, an operetta. — .
Wrote innumerable prose melodramas and comedies, etc., some of which
contain verse. Has written besides a few separate poems. One, entitled
"Light," is in vol. ix. of Bentley's Miscellany, signed ''D. L. Boucicault."
His full name was Dionysius Lardner Boucicault, and he was born in
Dublin on December 26, 1822. He is said to have been a natural son of Dr.
Dionysius Lardner, the well-known scientific man. Under the name of
" Dion Boucicault " he wrote verse for the Musical Examiner, Musical
World, etc., for 1843 and onwards. His Irish melodramas and his " Lon-
don Assurance " still hold the stage. Became famous as an actor as well
as a dramatist. Resided in the United States during the latter years of
his life, and died in September, 1890.
BOURKE, HANNAH MARIA. — O'Donoghue, Prince of Killarney, a
romance, in seven cantos, Dublin, 1830, 8vo; The City of the Star;
or, Second Coming op Christ, a religious poem in ten cantos, dedicated
to Queen Victoria, Dublin, n.d.
Is referred to in Crofton Croker's " Legends of Killarney," and Duhlirt
University Magazine, vol. i., 1833, p. 205, etc. Probably a native of
Killarney, or at least of Kerry. (See B., H. M.).
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BOURKE, J. W. — Some verses by this writer are included in "Echoes froia
Parnassus," Cork, 1849, a volume of poems collected from the contributors-
to the Southern Reporter of that city at the time.
BOURK&, JAMES J. — A very well-known poet of latter days, who wrote over
signature of " Tiria." Born in Dublin, on September 17, 1837, and was
employed in the municipal offices of the city. He contributed
articles to English periodicals like the Lamp and Family herald, and
numerous poems to the Irishman, the Shamrock , the Nation^ Flag of
Ireland, United Ireland, Irish People, etc. A good deal of his verse
appeared anonymously in Christmas and St. Patrick's Day numbers of
Shamrock, United Ireland (where his excellent " O'Shanahan Dhu " was
given several years ago), and Irishman. His prize poem, " Ireland a
Nation," was rewarded by a gold medal. Wrote also many stories for
various jovirnals. He is the " J. J. Bourke " included in " Duncathail's "
(Ralph Varian) collection of " Irish Ballad Poetry," 1865. He died at
Ranelagh, Dublin, on April 28, 1894, aged 57, and was buried in Glas-
nevin. In the Shamrock for May 19, 1894, there is an appreciative
notice of his work. See present writer's "Humour of Ireland" for
specimens of his humorous verse. /
BOWEN, CHARLES HARTPOLE.— PAtJST, Part I., translated by C. H. B.
London, 1878, 8vo.
An Irishman, and a cousin of W. E. H. Lecky, the hisix)i-ian.
BOWEN, SIR CHARLES S. C. (LORD BOWEN) .—Vikgil in English
Vekse, 1887, 8vo.
The late Lord Justice Bowen. Was of Irish origin, but born in
Gloucestershire in 1835; educated at Oxford, where he graduated B.A.,
1858. Called to the bar, 1861, and raised to the post of Lord Justice of
Appeal in 1882. He died in 1896. A short biography of this brilliant
man was published soon after his death, and it contains some admirable
verse by him.
BOWEN, EDWARD ERNEST.— Haebow Songs, and otheb Vebses London^
1886, 8vo.
Born about 1830 in Co. Wicklow, and brother of preceding writer.
Was assistant mastor of Harrow School from 1859 to his death, 11th of
April, 1901, while on a cycling tour in Prance. Was on the stafE of
Saturday Beview, and wrote " The Campaigns of Napoleon."
BOYCE, WILLIAM. — Contemplations of the Holy Scriptube, verse, Bel-
fast, 1834, 8vo; Contemplations on the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness-
OP God, third edition, Belfast, 1844, 8vo.
AVas in btisiness at 50 High Street, Belfast.
BOYD, ALEXANDER (?).— German Balljids and Poems, translated by
A. B. London, 1860 (1859), 8vo.
BOYD, CHARLES. — Virgil's Georges, with the First, Fourth, Sixth,
AND Tenth Eclogues. Dublin, 1808, 8vo.
Also a commercial work. Was of " His Majesty's Customs." One of
this name graduated at T.C.D., B.A., 1809; M.A., 1832. Boyd died at
Brixton, London, May 7, 1857, aged 76. From 1840 to 1855 he was-
Surveyor-General of Customs for the United Kingdom.
BOYD, DAVID. — Poems on Belfast Poorhouse. Belfast, 1806, 8vo.
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BOYD, DAYID.— Born in Co. Antrim in 1833, and went to U.S.A. in 1851.
He graduated B.A. in 1866, and was one of the " Union Colony " settlers
of Greeley, Colorado, where he has held several influential posts. He
published a history of the colony in 1890, and was elected State Senator
for Weld County in 1892. Is a well-known local poet, and is included
in " Evenings with the Colorado Poets " (Denver, 1895), which gives a
portrait of him.
BOYD, ELIZABETH (?) .—Humorous Miscellany, etc., 1733, 4to ; Don
Sancho; or, The Student's Whim, a ballad opera of two acts, with
Minerva's Triumph, a masque in prose and verse, London, 1739, 8vo;
Glory to the Highest, a thanksgiving poem on the late victory at
Dettingen, to which is subjoined a sacred (!) hymn on the same occasion,
London, 1743, 4to; The Beau's Miscellany; or, The Agreeable Variety,
poems, 1745 ; and a novel entitled The Happy Unfortunate ; or, The
Female Page, 1750.
BOYD, HENRY (?). — Death op the Queen Dowager, a poem. London,
1850, 8vo.
BOYD, REY. HENRY.— Poems, chiefly lyric and dramatic, Dublin, 1793,
8vo; The WoodmIan's Tale, to which are added other poems, and The
Royal Marriage, a drama, etc., London, 1805, 8vo. Also the following
translations : The Inferno op Dante, with a specimen of Orlando
FuRioso OP Ariosto, in English verse, 1785, 8vo ; The Divina Commedia
or Dante,, in English verse, three vols. , 1802, 8vo ; The Penance op
Hugo, a vision^ from the Italian of Monti, with two additional cantos,
1805, 12mo; The Triumphs of Petrarch, translated into English verse,
1807, 12mo.
Also, in 1809, some notes on " Paradise Lost," perhaps his best work.
His translation of D'Ercilla's " Araucana,' in thirty-six cantos, never
found a publisher. His plays are included among his poems. Born about
1756 (probably in Derry, says a notice in the Sentimental and Masonic
Magazine of October, 1793, but examination of his volumes seems to show
that he came from Tyrone originally, perhaps froin,Killymoon). Graduated
B.A., T.C.D., in 1776. Officiated at a place called Killeagh, and became
Vicar of Drumgath, and then of Rathfriland, Co. Down, and chaplain
to the Earl of Charleville (see, Lady, Charleville). In 1798 he had to flee
from the wrath of the rebels, and in his poems renews his hostility to them.
One of them, " The Recognition," deals with an incident that occurred in
Wexford during the insurrection to Rev. John Elgee (grandfather of the
late Lady Wilde). He wrote many pieces for Poetical Begisier
in the early part of the century. In Warder for June 28, 1823, there is a
poem by Henry Boyd, of Killeady (query, Killeash.''), who may have been
the reverend writer of that name. Died at Ballintemple, near Newry,
Co. Down, September 18, 1832.
BOYD, HUGH MACAULEY. — Life op H. M. B., with some poems, edited by
L. D. Campbell, London. 1798, 8vo.
He was one of the writers supposed to be Junius. Born at Ballyoastle,
Co. Antrim, in October, 1746, and died on October 19, 1794, in Madras,
India, where he held an official position; B.A., T.C.D., 1765. His real
name was Macauley, but it is often given as M'Aulay.
BOYD, HUGH STUART. — Luceria, a tragedy in verse, London, 1806, Svo;
Translations peom the Greek, and original poems, 1814, 8vo ; A Malvern
Talb, and other poems, London, 1827, 8vo; Thoughts on an Illustrious
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Exile, etc., and other poems, London, 1825, 8vo. Otlier works, chiefly
classical translations.
Son of preceding, but born in England in 1781. His mother's name was
Murphy. He was educated at Cambridge, but did not take a degree. His
knowledge of Greek ivas remarkable, and he became tutor to Mrs. Barrett
Browning, who admired him very much. He was blind during the last
twenty years of his life, and died at Kentish Town on May 10, 1848.
BOYD, PERCY. — A Book of Ballads from the GEiiJsrAN. Dublin, 1848, 8vo.
B.A., T.O.D., 1840.
A friend of Dickens and Thackeray, and died in London, June 1, 1876.
BOYD, THOMAS.— Poems, Dublin, 1906, 8vo.
Was an occasional contributor to tfnited Ireland, and has written for
other Irish papers, etc. Born at Carlingford, Co. liouth, about 1867, and
lived in London and Manchester for many years. His fine poem, " The
Lianhaun Shee," will be found in "Lyra Celtica," edited by William
Sharp, and it, with another poem, is also included in "A Treasury of
Irish Poetry," edited by Stopford Brooke and T. W. Rolleston (1900).
Boyd ranks with the best poets Ireland has produced.
BOYD, WILLIAM CARR.— Juvenal's Satikes, three, ten, thirteen, and
fourteen, with notes, etc. 1844, 12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1851.
BOYLAN, R. DILLON.— Translations of Schiller's Don Carlos, 1870, 8vo ;
Lessing's Nathan der Weise, 1888, 8vo; and of Goethe's AVilhelm
Meistek, for Bohn's Classical Library.
BOYLAN, TERESA C— Frequent contributor of verse to leading Irish and
American magazines and papers. A native of Kildare, and born on
June 29, 1868. She went to U.S.A. in 1894, married a Mr. Brayton, and
now resides m New York. In 1909-10 some poems by her appeared in
The_ Peasant, a Dublin paper, edited by W. P. Ryan. Among the Irish
periodicals for which she wrote verse, which was often very graceful and
pathetic, are the yation, Irish Fireside, Weeldy Keics, We.iimeath Inde-
pendent, Irish Monthly, Westmeath Emminer,' Yoynrj Ireland etc Also
Boston Pdot, Young Folks' Paper, and others. Her poems Were often
signed " T. B. Kilbrook."
BOYLE, EMILY CHARLOTTE (Countess of Cork).-MEMoiRs and Thoights
in verse. London, 1886, 8vo.
BOYLE, ESMERALDA.-The Story of Felice, in verse, London, 1873, 8vo;
S?*"n T"^/ ?°S™'a Philadelphia, ; Songs of the Land and
Sea, New York 18/6, 8vo; St. Cecilia's Gates (poems), Dublin, 1890, 8vo.
On^^nn '^^''<- w ^shmgton U.S.A., of Irish parentage. Is represented in
^bT. ^ 1 ■ ?°«r 'l'^ ^'^''^^ °^ Ireland's Poets." Wrote a work called
Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Marylanders."
^°^1845 ^C"^ ^'""'f'"-' °^ Belfast. In Timperley's "Songs of the Press,"
1845, there are two poems by this writer.
^°^o^f^' Mv^'T^'^'P^T '?^^'-'Y^°'- of ^erse to Saiion. over signatures
of Mylo and Pontiac," and to Boston Pilot and New York Metro-
pohtan I{ecor<:l over those of "J. B.," ■' Jasper Green," and "Roderick
O Donncll." Born near Banagher, in King's County, IrelandT about 1822
UtntTTmt V^f ""^ ^''V'' ^^^York (wh'^^re he had settledfon
Jaiuaiy 7, 188o. Has been wrongly credited by some with the authorship
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of the poems in Nation, etc., signed "Carroll Malone." Published a
prose work, "Tlie Battlefields of Ireland," in 1870. He was a school
teacher in New York, and when he died was the senior principal in that
city, where he had followed the profession for over thirty years. Ho
wrote the poem " Cathal the Hunter," which is signed " Milo " in Hayes'
" Ballads of Ireland." He left behind him a widow and seven children,
and was deeply regretted by all who knew him for his gentleness, modesty,
and high character.
BOYLE, JOHN .(fifth Earl of Cork and Orrery).— 1"hb First Ode oi? tite
FiEST Book op Hokaoe, imitated by J. B., 1741, 8vo; Pyrbha, an imita-
tion of the fifth Ode of the first book of Horace, 1741, folio, Dublin,
1742, 8vo ; A Poem sacred to the Memory of Edmund Sheffield, Duke
OP Buckingham, London, 1736, folio; Pr^hotsiorabili Dominb. . .
Latin verses eulogistic of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and Flora
Macdonald, 1749, MS.
Many other works in prose. Born on January 2, 1707, and died on
November 16, 1762. His " Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan
Swift " is his best known work.
BOYLE, MARGARET. — An American poetess, born of Irish parentage at
Mapleshade, Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 19, 1862. She has been blind
from childhood, and was educated at the Asylum for the Blind in
Columbus, Ohio. Her poems have appeared in several American
periodicals.
BOYLE, MARY LOUISA. — Thei Bridal op Melcha, a dramatic poem. Lon-
don, 1844, 8vo.
Also various other works — tales and biographical catalogues of pictures.
Born in November, 1810, being the daughter of Admiral Sir Courtenay
Boyle, a younger son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery. Was well acquainted
with leading litterateurs, numbering amongst her friends such men as
Tennyson, Dickens, Browning, and Landor. Was a frequent contributor
to the annuals, etc., in the thirties, and wrote one of the best poems in
" The Tribute," a collection of pieces edited by the Marquis of North-
ampton in 18137. Died in Oakley Street, Chelsea, on Monday, April 7,
1890.
BOYLE, MURROUGH (Lord Viscount Blessington).— The Lost Princess,
a tragedy in five acts and in verse, not printed.
Son of Dr. Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh (who died in 1702,
aged 93) ; died on December 25, 1712.
BOYLE, ROBERT WHELAN.— Quietude, miscellaneous poems, il879;
Charity', a poem (publicly recited at Crystal Palace in aid of a benevolent
object).
From 1877 was editor of London Daily Chronicle. Wrote very good
verse, according to Eyles' " Popular Poets of the Period." Was the son
of Thomas Boyle, and was born in the North of Ireland. Died on
November 13, 1889, in his 67th year, and buried at Woking. A few years
before his death he published an Irish story called " Ijove until Death."
BOYLE, ROGER (Lord Broghill, afterwards Earl of Cork).— Plays :
MusTAPHA, 1668; Henry V., 1672; The Black Prince, 1669; Mis.
Anthony, 1690; Guzman, 1693; Herod, 1694; Altemira, 1702, mostly
tragedies. Poems on most op the Festivals op the Church, by R. B.,
Dublin {?), 1681, folio. Also some poems in A Collection op Poems, etc.,
1701, 8vo.
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Born at Lismore, Co. Waterford, on April 25, 1621, and was a brother of
Boyle the philosopher. Eminent as a soldier and statesman, and died on
October 16, 1679.
BOYLE, WILLIAM.— A Kish of Brogues, prose and verse. Dublin and
London, 1899, 8vo. ,.^-1,1,
This volume of racy Irish stories and poems, and his admirable plays,
have placed Mr. Boyle in the front rank of Irish writers. They show
marvellous knowledge of the people, and are redolent of the Irish atmos-
phere. The humour and pathos of his stories place them far above many
Irish books more widely advertised. He is a native of Dromiskin,
Co. Louth, and was born in 1853. He was educated at St. Marys
College, Dundalk, and entered the Inland Revenue branch of the Civil
Service in 1874. He has since that time written a great deal of Irish
verse for Irish papers, particularly Nation, United Ireland, Irish Fireside,
Young Ireland, etc., and many of his stories have appeared in the two
last-named journals, as well as in the People's Friend of Dundee. He
is represented as a poet in "Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885, and
O'Donoghue's " Humour of Ireland," 1894. He has also written for Young
Folks, etc. One or two of his songs have been set to music, and have
become popular notably, "Molly Dooley." Of late years he has
devoted himself to the writing of Irish plays, and there is no doubt that
"The Building Fund," "Eloquent Dempsey," and "The Mineral
Workers," are the truest and best Irish comedies of the Irish revival.
BOYSE, JOHN.— Sacramental Htiins, etc., mostly by himself, but several
by "other hands." London, 1693, 8vo.
Also accounts of the sieges of Limerick and Derry, 1690.
BOYSE, SAMUEL.— Translations and Poems, etc., Edinburgh, 1731, 8vo ;
Deity, a poem, 1739, 8vo ; another edition, 1749, 8vo ; The Praise of
Peace, a poem in three cantos, from the Dutch, 1742, 8vo ; The Canter-
bury Tales, modernised by S. B., etc., 1741, 8vo; another edition, 1742,
12mo ; The Tears op the Muses, a poem sacred to the memory of Anne,
late Viscountess of Stormont, Edinburgh, 1736, 8vo.
His poems have been reprinted over and over again. He wrote other
works. He was born in Dublin in 1708, and was educated at Dublin and
Glasgow. Led a wretched life, and died in destitution near Shoe Lane,
London, in May, 1746. Fielding, the novelist, thought his poem on
" Deity " a fine one, and other writers have also praised it very highly.
BOYSE, THOMAS. — Of Bannow, Co. Wexford. Is referred to as a poet in
W. M. Downes' " Poems." He was a great friend of Thomas Moore,
and is referred to several times in Moore's " Diary," especially in vol. 7,
pp. 110-120. He died in 1854. (See George Griffith's " Wexford," p. 322.)
BRACKEN, THOMAS. — Behind the Tombs, and other Poems, Melbourne,
1871, 8vo; Flowers of the Frbelands, Melbourne, 1877, 8vo ; Lays of
the Maori and Moa, London, 1884, 8vo ; Maoriland Musings, Welling-
ton, N.Z., Sydney, N.S.W., 1890; Musings from M.vori Land, Dunedin,
1891.
Born in Ireland in 1843; went to Australia (Victoria) in 1855, accord-
ing to Douglas Sladen ; others say 1853. After an eventful career,
settled down in New Zealand, where he became a newspaper proprietor
at Dunedin. Was n member of the Legislature of New Zealand, and
died early in 1898. A collected edition of his poems was to have been
published, with a preface by the late Sir George Grey, but I have not
heard of its appearance,
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BRADEY, BARNEY.— See Parkes, W. T.
BRADLEY, DANIEL. — Musings in Exile, poems, Glasgow, 1894.
Born in Derry in December, 1852, and educated at Catholic schools
there. Went to Glasgow in 1872, and now works there in an engineering
firm. Has written verse for United Ireland, Derry Journal, Donegal
Indicator, People's Journal (Dundee), Glasgow Weelcly Mail, etc.
BRADSHAW, REV. GEORGE BUTLER.— Condemned fok their Country;
or, No Irish need apply, prose and verse, Dublin, 1868, 8vo; Poetical
Portraits of tub Good, the Giitted, and the Beautiful,, and other poems.
New Maiden and London, 1882, 8vo ; The Gossiping Tongue, and other
salutary satires (in verse), second edition, Clapham, 1880, 8vo; Victoria's
Dream, and other poems; Tears and Rainbows; or. Heavenly Rainbows
ON Earthly Sorrows (poems) ; and other collections.
A very eccentric character. Was at first a Professor and Examiner at
Science and Art Department, South Kensington, tut was dismissed, as
he alleges, on account of his nationality. Became a clergyman after-
wards of New Maiden, Surrey. Was in some way related to the Marquis
of Ormonde. Died at the age of 79 in London, June 19, 1901, as the
result of burns received in a fire at his lodgings.
BRADSHAW, THOMAS (of Belfast).— Friendship's Memorial, or hymns
and miscellaneous pieces. London and Edinburgh, 1856, 18mo.
BRADY, CHARLES.— Poems upon Various Occasions. Blyth, 1829, 8vo.
BRADY, CHARLOTTE WESTROPP.— Christian Songs, a collection of hymns
set to music by Sir F. W. Brady. London, 1894, 8vo.
Probably a sister of Sir Francis Wm. Brady, Q.C., the well-known Irish
lawyer and amateur musician, who was himself a writer of occasional
verse, and who died recently.
BRADY, J. P. — The Wrongs of Erin, a patriotic poem. Dublin, 1832, 8vo.
BRADY, SIR MAZIERE. — A Poem on the Marriage of Princess Charlotte,
Dublin, 1816, 8vo, 32 pp. (prize poem of T.C.D.) ; A Poem on the
Marriage of the Prince or Wales, Dublin, 1863, 8vo.
Born in Dublin, July 20, 1796, B.A., T.C.D. , 1816; M.A., 1819. He
obtained the Vice-Chancellor's prize for English verse at T.C.D. He was
an eminent lawyer, and became Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He died
April 13, 1871. Notes and Queries, 5th series, vols. x. and xiv., speaks
highly of his poetical poems, and quotes one of his pieces.
BRADY, REY. NICHOLAS, D.D.— New Version of the Psalms of David,
in conjunction with Nahum Tate, London, 1695, 8vo ; The jEneids op
Virgil, in English verse, 4 vols., London, 1716, etc. ; The Rape, a tragedy
in five acts, and in verse, 1692, 4to; and many sermons.
Born at Bandon, Co. Cork, October 28, 1659. Educated at Westminster
School and at Christ Church, Oxford. Also B.A., T.C.D. , 1685; M.A.,
1686; B.D. and D.D., 1699. Held a valuable living in London. Died
May 20, 1726.
BRADY, THOMAS JOHN BELLINGHAM.— A frequent contributor to
Kottabos; and also collaborated with Professor R. Y. Tyrrell and M. C.
Cullinan in " Hesperidum Susurri," a collection of translations of
English poems into Latin and Greek. London and Cambridge, 1867, 8vo.
There are twenty of his pieces in " Dublin Translations," 1890. He was
born in Dublin on March 15, 1841, being the son of the late Dr. Thomas
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Brady, of Dublin rniversitv. He was educated at T.C.D., becoming Sch.,
1859; B.A., 18G1; U.A., 18G'); LL.B. and LL.D.. 1880. He was one of
the Assistant CommissioiievR of Intormediatc- Education in Ireland, and
died on March 31, 191(1.
6RANAGAN, THOMAS.— Aveni.4, or a tragical poem on the oppression of the
human species, etc., in six books, with notes. Philadelphia, 1805, 12mo.
Other works.
BRANN, KEY. HENRY A., D.D.— Born in Parkstown, Co. Meath. and went to
America in 1849. He graduated at St. Francis Xavier College, Xew
York, in 1857, and was the first priest ordained at the American College,
Rome, in 1862, and its first D.D. in same year. He is the author of
several books, including a " Life of Archbishop Hughes," and of various
poems, and is represented in Eliot Eyder's " Household Library of
Catholic Poets." He is pastor of St. Elizabeth's, Xew York, and is a
contributor to several of the Catholic journals of that city.
BRANNAN, WM. PENN (?).— The Habp of .\ Thousand Steinc.s; or.
L.UGHTER FOR A LIFETIME; Vagabies OF Vandyke Beown. Cincinnati,
I860.
Fsed the pseudonym of "Vandyke Brown." Was an admirable
portrait-painter, but elected to follow the literary profession. Born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 22, 1825 ; died there on August 9, 1866.
Included in Coggeshall's " Poets and Poetry of the AVest."
BREDIN, REY. ANTHONY. — Author of a work, now very scarce, entitled
" A Description of the Isle of Saints,'' to which he prefixed a lengthy
Latin poem, which is copied into Watty Cox's lii.<sh Manazlne for June,
1810. It is in praise of Ireland. The book above referred to was written and
printed in Eome, whither the author, who was a Clare man, had fled on
Cromwell's arrival in Ireland.
BREEN, HENRY H.— The Diamond Eock, and other poems. Loudon, 1849,
16mo.
Also a novel and one or two other works on '■ St. Lucia " and '■ Modern
English Literature." Born in Kerry in 180-5, and died in 1882. "Was
educated at Paris, and settled at St. Lucia, in the AVest Indies, in 1829.
In 1838 he received a high official appointment in that place.
BREEN, P. G. T.— HiTGH O'Xeill's "War, etc., poems. Chicago, 1882.
BRENAN, JOHN, M.D. — ^Poetic.\l Eeview op the Irish Bar. Dublin,
1825.
A notable satirist and poet. Born at Ballaghide, Co. Carlow, in or
about 1768, and died in Dublin in 1830. He was the John Brenaii and
"J. B." who wrote a lot of poems and translations in the Antholof/ia
miemica. 1793, etc., and in the Seniiinental and Masonic Magazine,
1794, Walker's Hibernian Magazine, Xovember, 1805, etc. Conducted a
caustic periodical, entitled the Milesian Magazine, to which he also contri-
buted poetry, chiefly satirical. On the cover of this magazine is the
notice — "Price to friends, 3s.; to enemies, 2s. 6d." His "Poetical
Eeview," above referred to, appeared in this magazine, which came out at
very erratic intervals. One of his poems is in Croker's "Popular Songs
of Ireland," and he is in the anonymous section of Ealph Yarian's
" Harp of Erin." There is a volume of his poems, chiefly uncollected in
the Gilbert Library, Dublin.
BRENAN, JOHN CHURCHILL.— The Child of the Fairies, and other
poems. London, 1864, 16mo.
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BRENAN, JOSEPH. — Distinguished contributor of poems to Sat ion and
Irishman during the '48 period,- over the signature of " J. B., Cork."
and " J. B — n." Was born in Corli on November 17, 1828 — (Appleton's
'■ Dictionary of American Biography " says 1829) — and not in the North
of Ireland, as- John Savage says in his '' '98 and '48." He entered the
journalistic profession about 1847, and edited the Irishman in 1849. In
October, 1849, he went to America, after an attack on the Cappoquin
police barracks, in which he was supposed to have been implicated. He
married a sister of John Savage, by i\hom he had four children. In
1853 he became partially blind through an attack of yellow fever, and
during the last year of his life almost wholly blind. He was first on the
staff of iN'cic Orleans Delia, but became editor of the Tety Orleans Times
soon after he settled in that city, and died there on May 28, 1857
(according to Ckisby's " Annual Obituary '' for 1857). He wrote a little
for Dolman's Magazine (see vol. iii., page .584. for example). There is' a
hitherto unpublished poem of his in Shamnicl;, vol. 5, p. 412. In the
yatioii. of July 18 and August 8, 1857, there are poems by him, reprinted
from the yew Orleans Sundajj Times.
BRENNAN, JULIA SULLIYAN.— Author of a volume of poems, probably
published in Chicago, where she resides. Some of her poems are in
"Rhymes with Reason, Irish and American Poems, a garland of Irish
Shamrocks," Chicago, 1911.
BRENNAN, EDWARD JOHN.— Bianoa, poems and ballads, London, 1867,
4to ; A Lamentation on Republican France, Rome and London, 1870,
8vo; Ambrosia Amoris, etc., Dublin and London, 1870, 8vo; The Witch
OF Nemi, and other poems, Guildford, 1873, 8vo; new edition, London,
1881; The Footprints op Albe (attributed to him), 1874, 8vo; Thb
Tribune Reflects, and other poems, London and Dublin, 1881, 8vo ; Two
Gallian Laments, and some verses, London and Dublin, 1884, 8vo.
Is the son of Kev. William Brennan, a former rector of Lusk, Co.
Dublin. Born in Dublin, February 21, 1845, and educated at T.C.D.,
where he does not appear to Jiave graduated. Writer for the English
society journals, and editor of Piccadilly for a time. Is a Fellow of the
Society of Arts and of the Royal Geograiphical Society. Known as
" E. St. John Brenon.^' Contributed to Kottahos, the poetical magazine
carried on by members of T.C.D. He was concerned in a remarkable
law-suit tried in Dublin in June, 1909.
BRETT, SISTER M.— Several of the hymns in the volume entitled " Hymns
and Devotions " in honour of the " Virgin Mother of Good Counsel,"
edited by Rev. James A. Nowlan, Dublin, 1885, are by this nun, who
belongs to the Poor Clares Convent, Harold's Cross, Dublin.
BRETT, PETER. — Brett's MiscELUiNY, being a collection of divine, moral,
historical, and entertaining sayings, etc. Dublin, 1748, 12mo.
Prose and verse, mostly by himself. Was parish clerk of Clondalkin,
and schoolmaster at Castleknock.
BREW, MISS M. W. — Wrote verse for Irish Monthly during recent years,
and was the author of two Irish novels, "The Burtons of Dunroe,"
London, 1880, and " Chronicles of Castle Qoyne," London, 1885. Died
a few years ago.
BRINDLEY, LOUIS H. — A writer of much clever verse in The Jarvey, a comic
paper published in Dublin a few years ago, and also a contributor to
several other Dublin journals. In conjunction with W. P. French (q.v.)
he wrote " Strongbow, or the Bride of the Battlefield," a piece set to
music by W. H. Collisson, and performed at Queen's Theatre, Dublin, ^in 1892.
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BRISTOW, A.— The Ma.niac, a tale; or, A View of BBiHLBHBii Hospital;
also The Mekits of Woman, a poem from the French, with poetical pieces
on various subjects. London, ISilOj 8vo.
Was an Ulsterman, as is evident from references in tlie book.
BRODERICK, JOHN F.— The Vageant Lover's Leap, etc., a poem. Boston
(Mass.), 1892, 16mo.
BRODERICK, REV. ALAN.— Songs of the People, London, 1866, Svo;
Forest Poems, London, 1869, Svo.
Vicar of Bramsham, Wiltshire. A couple of poems by him in Vuhlin
University Magazine for 1860 — one of them Irish. A member of Lord
Midleton's family.
BROGGIN, MARY. — The Pettycoat, a poem . . ., written by , late
of Westminster School, a King's Scholar, and now published by a lady
(M. B.). Dublin, 1738, 4to.
BRONTE, ANNE, CHARLOTTE, AND EMILY.— Each of these celebrated
sisters wrote verse, some of it of ai high order of merit, but Ireland has
only a partial claim on them. Therefore I merely set down their names
here.
BRONTE, REV. PATRICK.— Cottage Poems, Halifax, 1811 ; Svo ; The Rural
Minstrel, descriptive poems, Halifax, 1813, 12mo ; The Phenomenon,
Bradford, 1824 ; Collected Works, edited by J. Horsfall Turner,
Bingley, 1898, Svo.
Father of the celebrated Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.
His real name was Prunty (O'Prointy originally), and he was the son
of Hugh Prunty, a peasant farmer of Aliaderg, Co. Down, and was born
there on March 17, 1777. Married an English lady in 1812, and obtained
a living in England. Had seven children, and survived them all, dying
on June 7, 1861, at Haworth, Yorkshire, of which place he was vicar.
BRONTE, PATRICK BRANWELL.— Son of the above, was also a writer of
verse, some examples of which are quoted in books about the Brontes,
and also in " Memorials of the House of Blackwood " by Mrs. Oliphant.
He led a wretched and dissipated life, and died on Sept. 26, 1848,
aged 37.
BROOKE, MISS.— See E. Fairfax Byrrne.
BROOKE, CHARLOTTE.— Reliqbes of Irish Poetry, translated by Miss
C. B., Dublin, 1789, 4to.
To the edition of 1816 are prefixed " Memoirs of Charlotte Brooke,"
by Aaron Crossley Hobart Seymour. " An Irish Tale" is added to first
edition of her "Keliques." She also wrote a tragedy called " BelisariuSj"
which was not printed, it seems, and edited her father's collected works.
Was one of twenty-two children, all of whom she survived ; born about
1750, died at Longford, March 29, 1803. In 1795 she published in Belfast
No. 1 of a Gaelic magazine entitled Bolg Tsolair. No further numbers
appear to have been issued.
BROOKE, FRANCES.— Virginia, tragedy, also Odes, Pastorals, and
Translations, London, 1756, Svo; Siege of Sinope, tragedy, 1781, Svo;
RosiNA, comic opera, 1783, Svo; Marion, musical piece, 1788, 8vo.'
Sister of Edward Moore the poet, and possibly of Irish origin. Born
in 1724, married Rev. John Brooke in or about 1756, and died on
January 23 (or 26), 1789, at Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
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BROOKE, HENRY.— Umveusal Beauty, a jxiem, 1735, folio; Jerusaleai
Deuveeed, parts 1 and 2, from Tasso, 1738, 8vo; Fables fob the Female
Sex, by H. B. and Edward Moore, 1744, 8vo; The Songs in Jack the
Giant Quellek, an antique history, second edition, Dublin, 1749, 8vo ;
The Canterbuhy Tales Modehmsed (by H. B., G. Ogle, etc.), 1741, 8vo;
The Temple of Hymen, a fable, Dublin, 1769, 12mo ; A Collection of
THE Pieces fohmeely published by H. B., ... to which are added
several plays and poems now first printed, London, 4 vols., 1778, 8vo ;
The Poetical Works of H. B., revised by the original manuscript, etc.,
edited by Miss C. Brooke, third edition, 4 vols., Dublin, 1792, '8vo. His
plays are as follows : Gustavus Vasa, tragedy, 1739, 8vo ; The Eakl of
Westmobeland, tragedy, 1741 ; Jack the Giant Quellbe, opera, 1748,
Svo; The Eael op Essex, tragedy, 1761, 8vo (this was translated into
French by Charles Des Poliers) ; Antony and Cleopatea, tragedy ; The
Imposteb, tragedy; Cymbeline, tragedy; Montezuma, tragedy; The
Vestal Virgin, tragedy ; The Contending Brothers, comedy ; The
Charitable Association, oomedy; The Female Officer, comedy; The
Mabbiage Contract, comedy ; Ruth, oratorio (all these are in his collected
works) ; Eedemption, a poem (apparently posthumously printed), Dublin,
1800, 12mo.
Born at 'Rantavan, Co. Cavan, about 1703. His mother's name was
Digby. (For information about the Brooke family, see C H. Wilson's
" Brookiana," and also Rev. R. S. Brooke's " Recollections of the Irish
Church ") (second series.) Educated at T.C.D., and entered the Temple,
London. His famous novel, "The Fool of Quality," appeared in 1766-
1767, in 5 vols., and has been often reprinted. He had twenty-two
children, and died in Dublin on October 10, 1783. In his " Jack the
Giant Queller," the songs are mostly set to Irish airs. He was one of
the first to use them in an opera.
BROOKE, REY. JAMES MARK SAURIN.— Hymns fob Special Occsasions.
London, 1894.
Born at Warrenpoint, Co. Down, on April 23, 1842, being the son of
Rev. Canon Brooke and Lucy, daughter of Right Rev. Dr. Saurin, Bishop
of Dromore. Was educated at Leicester and at T.C.D., whence he
graduated. Served for a time in the Army, but entered the Church in
1867. Is now rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, London, E'.C. Has published ^
several works.
BROOKE, REY. RICHARD SINCLAIR, D.D.— Poems, illustrative of Grace,
Creation, Suffering, Dublin, 1852, 8vo ; Hymns, for the use of the Episcopal
Mariners' Church at Kingstown, selected by R. S. B., 1841, 12mo; My
Fossils, prose and verse, vol. i. (all published), Dublin, 1880, 12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1827 ; M.A., 1858; B.D. and D.D., 1860. Descended from
above Henry Brooke, and lather of the following well-known writer.
Three of his religious pieces in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra." Wrote one or
two other works, such as "The Story of Parson Annaly," 1870, and
" Recollections of the Irish Church," 1877, etc., which contains a great
deal of literary information, and is well worth reading. He died on
August 6, 1882, aged 80.
BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS.— Riquet of the Tuft, a love
drama in prose and verse, and in three acts (anonymously), 1880, 8vo.
Christian Hymns, for the use of his own congregation, edited by him,
1881; Poems,, London, 1888, Svo.
Author of many works, comprising critical essays, etc.,vand sermons. Is
the son of Rev. R. S. Brooke, and was born at Glendoen Manse, near
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, on November 14, 1832. B.A., T.C.D., 1856;
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M.A., 1862. Gave up his living in the Church of England from
conscientious motives, and is no«' a Unitarian. Mr. Brooke's primer of
" Knglish Literature," his "History of Early English Literature," and
some of his critical studies entitle him to a foremost place among
living English literary historians and critics. He has done not a little
for Irish literature also, and was for a time President of the Irish Literary
Society of London. He is co-editor with his son-in-law, Mr. T. W.
Eolleston, of "A Treasury of Irish Poetry," 1900, perhaps the best collec-
tion of English verse by Irish poets that has yet been made.
BROOKE, THOMAS DIGBY.— The Exemplary Life of the Piors Lady
GuiON, translated from her own account in the original French, to which
is added a new translation of her short and easy method of prayer.
Dublin, 1775. 8vo.
Contains twelve of Lady Guion's poems in English verse. Brooke was,
it appears from a reference in the article on Governor Robert Brooke, in
" Dictionary of National Biography," nephew of the latter, and therefore
of Henry Brooke, the poet and dramatist ; consequently cousin of Char-
lotte Brooke, and a relative of William Henry Brooke, the artist. Was,
it is said. Colonial Secretary of St. Helena, of which his uncle Robert was
governor, and compiled a " History of St. Helena," 1821.
BROOKES, SHERIDAN (?),— Calypso, Queen of Ogtgia, a burlesque in
verse (Lacy's collection of plays, 1850, etc.), 12mo.
BROOKS, HENRY F. — The Yictohies of the Sutlej, a prize poem, together
with the Sailor's Chhistjcas Eve, and other pieces. Dublin, 1848.
B.A., T.C.D., 1850.
BROUGHAM, JOHN.— A Basket of Chips, 2 vols.. New York, 1855, 12mo;
The Bunsby Papers : Life, Stories, and Poems, by J. B., edited hv
AV. Winter, Boston, 1881, 8vo.
The full list of his seventy -five dramatic pieces would take up too much
space here. AVrote libretti for three operas, " Blanche de Nevers."
" The Demon Lovers," and " Bride of Venice," and numerous songs, etc.
He was born in Dublin, on May 19, 1814 ; became an actor of note, and
manager of theatres ; settled in New York, where he died June 7, 1880.
Said to have been the original of Lever's " Harry Lorrequer."
BROWN, FRANCES.— The Star of Atteghei, and other poems, London,
1844, 8vo; Lyrics and Miscellaneous Poems, Edinburgh, 1848, 16mo;
Pictures and Songs of Home, London, 1856 ,12mo ; besides many stories.
Born at Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, on January IB, 1816. Blind from
infancy, and known in after years as " The blind poetess." Wrote some
tuneful pieces, including " Songs of our Land," for Irish Penny Journal,
1840-41, over her initials. In the Athencaum, 1841, and onwards, there
are many poems by her, and its then editor was her friend and benefactor.
She died on August 25, 1879. Rev. Charles Roger, in his " Lyra Britan-
nica," sa,ys she was born on June 18, 1818. She obtained a small pension
on the Civil List. She wrote several novels, and a most successful child's
book, "Granny's Wonderful Chair," recently reprinted.
BROWN, JOHN.— One of Thomas Moore's earliest college companions and
friends. Translated poems from the Irish for Bunting's collection of Irish
music. Moore says his life was " amiable, honourable and exemplary "
He died in September, 1808, in the island of Marie Galante whither he
was taken by the French, who had captured him on his way from Antigua
to another island. He was born in Belfast, and had been encaged in
mercantile affairs in Dublin. (See Moore's " Diary," vol vii p° 342 )
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BROWN, JOHN. — A poet of Ramelton, Co. Donegal, born in that neighbour-
iiood in 1835. Wrote largely for Belfast and Derry papers over signature
of " jShaun." He was for a time connected with Derrij Journal. Ho was
locally popular as a poet. He wrote occasionally for The Lwriip, a Ijondon
Catholic journal, and died at the age of 24, on February 22, 1859.
BROWN, JOHN HENRY.— Poems, Lybical ajvd Dbamatic. Ottawa, 1892.
Born of Irish parents in Ottawa, April 29, 18-59. Entered Canadian
civil service in 1882, and is a clerk in Canadian postal service. Wrote
largely for Ottawa Week.
BROWN, JOHN PATRICK.— Irish-American poet, represented in Connolly's
" Household Library of Ireland's Poets." Also published an Irish
historical work, " The Maclaughlins of Clan Owen," Boston (Mass.), 1879,
12mo. Born of Irish parents at Philadelphia, in 1839, and is at present,
I think, a lawyer practising in Boston.
BROWN, REV. MICHAEL B.— Born near Plattsburg, Nebraska, of Irish
parentage, on September 20, 18'40, and now probably dead. He was
ordained in 1867, and was for some years professor of philosophy at the
University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He wrote largely in verse and prose
for the Catholic press, and is represented in Eliot Kyder's "Household
Library of Catholic Poets."
BROWN, REY. NICHOLAS.— The North Country Wedding and The Fire,
two poems (anonymously), Dublin, 1722, 4to.
Called Browne in Todd's List of Dublin Graduates. Is represented
in Concanen's collection of " Poems by Several Hands," 1724, by the two
long (poems above mentioned. Sch. T.C.D., 1680; B.A., 1682; M.A.,
168S. He was rector of the parishes of Dromore and Bossossory in
Fermanagh, and is mentioned in Rev. R. S. Brooke's "Recollections of
the Irish Church" as an Irish speaker and a very popular pastor. His
poems are interesting.
BROWN, REY. W. WALLACE. — Christ the Life ojt Lives, with other poems,
Belfast, 1887, 8vo.
Preface is addressed from BrookhOl, near Lisburn.
BROWNE, ARTHUR, LL.D., M.R.I.A.— Miscellaneous Sketches, 2 vols.,
prose and verse (printed, not published). London, 1798, 8vo.
Author of various poems, a few of which are included in above volume.
He was son of the Rev. Marmaduke Browne, rector of Newport, Rhode
Island, U.S.A., and was nrobably born there. He came to Irelan4 in 1771
or 1772, and entered T.C.D., where he graduated. He eventually (1791)
became M.P. for the University, and died in 1805. His learning was very
extensive, and he wrote several valuable works on civil and ecclesiastical
law, and on " Greek Accents." He it was who discovered the site of
Tempe. Another work of his was " Hussen O'D. ; or, Beauty and the
Heart," an allegory translated from the Persian (Dublin, 1801, 4to). He
was re-elected to the Irish Parliament by his University in 1797, and at
first voted against the Union, but finally suppiprted it. He became a
Fellow of T.C.D. in 1777, King's Counsel ip. 1795, and Privy Councillor
and Attorney-General later. In politics h6 was very moderate. He is
said to have written a work on the Treaty tof Limerick, "but I have not
been able to discover it. Moore, in his " Diary," refers to him as an
admirable scholar, but says he published a collection of bad Latin poems.
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BROWNE, CHARLES THOMAS.— Irene, a poem (over pseudonym of
"Alexander de Comyn "), London, 1844, 8vo; The PKOPriET s Vision,
and other poems, London, 18.52, 8vo ; and one or two other works.
Born, probably in England, in 182.5, died in 1868. Graduated at
T.C.D.,' it is said, but is not in Todd's List. Contributed verse to Black-
wood's Magazine.
BROWNE, EMMA ALICE. — A rather good Amorican poetess, included in
Coggeshall's " Poets and Poetry of the West." Was a. blood relation of
Mrs. Hemans, one of her parents being Irish.
BROWNE, FRANCIS. — Leisure Hours, in verse, Nottingham, 1847, 12mo;
Lyra Rudis, London and Nottingham, 1847, 16mo; University Prize
Poems, Dublin, 1849, 16mo.
BROWNE, J. JEMMETT.— Songs of Many Seasons, London, 1879 (1878),
8vo. ; and a novel in 1886.
Eldest son of Rev. John Browne, of Riverstown, Co. Cork. Born
December 6, 1832. Matriculated at Worcester College, Oxford, on March
17, 1&32; and B.A. of Corpus Christi College, 18.j-5. Entered Lincoln's
Inn, April 18, 1859, and called to the bar, April 30, 1867.
BROWNE, MAURICE.— A national school teacher in Co. Tipperary, but
probably born in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. He has written a good deal
for papers of the South, as well as for the defunct Irishman and the
Weekly News, over signature of " Maggie."
BROWNE, STEPHEN HOWSE.— The E.xile, a poem. Dublin, 1874, 12mo.
A doctor, of Gorey, Co. Wexford.
BROWNE, THOMAS. — The leading spirit of the famous Comet newspaper,
brought out in 1830, principally to oppose the Established Church of
Ireland. He was originally a miller in Queen's County, but drifted into
journalism, and was editor of the above-named journal, John Sheehan
(q.v.) being sub-editor. Both were prosecuted by the Government, and
sentenced to fines and imprisonment tor their boldness. Browne, accord-
ing to J. C. O'Callaghan's " Green Book," wrote the first part of " The
Parson's Horn Book," 1831, which was ii reprint of pieces from the paper;
but that can hardly be the case. He was, however, probably " J. G.," who
executed most of it. His usual nom de guerre was "Jonathan Buck-
thorn," and he may also have been " Foudriaiigle." Some of his contribu-
tions were in verse. For the second part of " The Parson's Horn Book,"
and " The Valentine Postbag " he also wrote. He is said to have parted
with Sheehan, and to have brought out a paper of his own, Buckthorn' s
Comet; but the statement seems doubtful. He emigrated to the United
States, and before leaving Ireland was presented with a testimonial which
enabled him to start a business y.-\t\\ success. He became a miller with
a large trade, and died in good circumstances at Cincinnati. He had also
tried journalism there, but did not succeed. He was born, I believe, in
1787.
BROWNE, THOMAS J. — Controversial Letters in Rhyme, between [Thomas
J. Browne and Patrick iLowth] two country schoolmasters in the county
of Heath. Trim, 1839, JSvo.
This pamphlet was p*jblished by Lowth, a Protestant of Skryne, and
contains his controversy ^^•ith Browne, a Catholic of Johnstown, upon
Catholicism and the Bible. Browne was a native of Co. Wicklow, and
died on October 8, 1870, at Crumlin, Co. Dublin.
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BROWNRIGG, ANNIE E.— Tbanslations. Dublin, 1862, 8vo.
Chiefly from the German poets, and a few from Moore, Longfellow, and
Hood into German.
BROWNRIGG, WILLIAM BOOKEY.— Chronicles op Beiiish Peogress,
interspersed with good British Alternatives (verse). Dublin, 1887, 8vo.
Also published some pamphlets on political and social subjects. Was a
pronounced loyalist, and very eccentric in some of 'his idea.s about Ireland,
which he calls " West Britain " invariably. A landowner in Co. Kildare.
Sch. T.C.D., 1856; B.A., 1859. Had a distinguished University career.
Died at end of September, 1906, aged about 79.
BRYANT, MICHAEL. — Albion's Queen; or. The Sufferings op Innocence,
a poem on Queen Caroline, London, 1820, 8vo ; The Harmonist's Pee-
OBPTOE (songs), London, 1825, 12mo ; Original Comic and Irish Songs,
London, 1827, 12mo ; The Blackbird (a selection of some of his songs),
London, 1840, 12mo.
Is included in Carpenter's " New Irish Song Book." Was " of the
Coburg," now the Victoria Tlieatre. Author of " Katty Mooney," etc.,
and doubtless Irish.
BRYANTON, ROBERT CROWE.— The ^sopiad, a poem on the merits and
demerits of certain performers at the Theatre Royal, Smock Alley.
Dublin, 1784, 4to ; another edition, Dublin, 1785, 12mo.
The above work is believed to be by this writer, who graduated LL.B.
at T.C.D in 1789. It has also been attributed to a surgeon named Smyth.
BRYCE, JAMES. — Poetical Scraps and Sketches. Belfast, 1842.
Under pseudonym of " Dominick Dunwoodie." Bryee wrote also " The
Battle of Ballynahinch."
BRYSON, JOHN.— Moments of Musing. London, 1875.
Of Ulster parentage, and lived at Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham, for
some years. Died at an early age.
BRYSON, WILLIAM A. — An University Prize Poem, on His Majesty's
entrance upon the 50th year of his reign, Dublin, 1809, 8vo ; Poems,
Dublin, 1812, 8vo.
Son of the Rev. William Bryson of Antrim, where he was born. B.A.,
T.C.D. , 1812. He was unsuccessful in his efforts to get a fellowship at
T.C.D. , and in 1814 committed suicide by drowning himself in Six Mile
Water, Antrim, opppsite Massareene Castle. He was buried beside the
old meeting-house in Antrim.
BUCKLEY, REY. MICHAEL BERNARD.— Remains, with Memoir edited by
Rev. Charles Davis, 1874, 8vo.
A poet and lecturer, and biographer of the Rev. Arthur O'Leary. Born
in Cork, March 9. 1831. Specimens of his English and Latin verse may
be seen in his " Remains." Was ordained in 18.55, and died on May 17,
1872. He wrote poems for Nation and Duffy's Fireside Magazine over
signatures of " L. D. Y." (final letters of his name) and^' Y., Cork."
BUCKLEY, PATRICK J.— Pbncillings by the Way, — ; Rome, verse, —
Born of Irish parentage at Halifax, Nova Sootia, about 1844, and is now
dead. He studied for the priesthood in Montreal, but eventually became
a lawyer. I cannot give the dates or place of publication of his two
yerse-pamphlets mentioned above,
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BUCKLEY, KEY. ROBERT WILLIAM, D.D.— Metkical Translations and
Lyrics, London, 1869, 8vo.
Son of the late Benjamin Buckley, of Rathgar, Dublin, and probably
born there about 1840. B.A., T.C.D., 1860; M.A., 1867 ; B.D. and D.D.,
1877. Was a contributor to Kottabos. He held the curacy of St.
Thomas's, Stockport, for some years, and afterwards, I think, became a
vicar in the West End of London, where he died on December 31, 1897.
BUGGY, KEYIN T.— Author of various poems, one of them a very popular
one, named " The Saxon Shilling," which appeared on January 16, 1843,
in the Belfast Vimlifator, and was reprinted in the j\'ation of January 28.
Wrote other verse for Vindicator, and perhaps for Nation. He was the
second son of Michael Buggy, of Kilkenny, where he was born March 6,
1817. He was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in November, 1841. He
had edited a paiper called the Kilkenny Journal, and succeeded C. G.
Duffy as editor of the Belfast Vindicator. For the Citizen he wrote a tale
entitled " The Cousins," which ran through a few numbers, and Mr.
Martin McDermott thinks he penned most of those songs at the end of
each number of the magazine not set to music. Is described by Mr.
McDermott as " a rough, unkempt, slovenly, hearty kind of man_, and of
great ability." In "Here and There through Ireland," by Miss Mary
Banim, he is referred to at some length. He wrote a little for Tait's
Magazine, and died in Belfast on August 18, 1843, aged 27. An elaborate
monument was placed' over his gl-ave in Friar's Bush Cemetery, Belfast,
by means of a public subscription.
BUICK, REY. GEORGE, LL.D. — Author of many poems in Cassell's publica-
tions and in various Irish papers. Some of them are very creditable.
Graduated B.A., 1861; M.A., 1862, Queen's College, Belfast. Was
appointed minister of CuUybackey, Co. Antrim, in 1868, and died in 1904.
Is represented in Paul's " Modern Irish Poets."
BURDY, REY. SAMUEL.— Aedglass ; or. The Ruined Castles ; also The
Transformation, with other poems. Dublin, 1802, 8vo.
Author of a "Life of Rev. Philip Skelton " (1792), " A Tour of u few
Days to Londonderry and the Giant's Causeway " (Dublin, 1807), and a
" History of Ireland " (1817). Born at Dromore, Co. Down, probably in
1754; of 'Huguenot descent. ,Sch. T.C.D., 1780; B.A., 1781. Died March 7,
1820, and is buried at Kilclief, Co. Down. Was never married.
BURGH, WALTER.— Hymns, Axthe.ms and Songs, edited by W. B. Dublin,
1826.
BURGH, WALTER HUSSEY.— Distinguished Irish statesman, born in Co.
Kildare, August 23, 1742 ; died on September 29, 1783. Wrote a good
deal of verse. See Hercules Ellis's " Songs of Ireland," where several
pieces of his appeared for the first time. A piece of Ellis's, entitled
" The Wounded Bird," is given as his in C. A. Read's " Cabinet of Irish
Literature."
BURK, EDWARD.— The Hurricane, a poem. Bath, 1844.
BURK, JOHN DALY.— Bunker Hill, a play, New York, 1807; and the
following other dramatic pieces : Joan op Arc ; DkiIth op Montgomery ;
Fortunes op Nigel; Innkeeper op Adbbville; Betiilbhem Gabor, histori-
cal drama. Petersburgh, Va., 1807; Female Patriotism; AVincii do yoc
like best?
Was probably the John Burke wlio published " History of the late War
in Ireland," Philadelphia, 1799, 8vo. Is generally said to have written
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only two plays. Born in Ireland, and entered T.C.D., where he graduated.
While at T.C.D. he wrote occasionally for Bubliii Evening Post. He went
to U.S.A. in 1796 or 1797, and settled in Virginia, of which he wrote a
history in 1804. He was the author of some once popular songs. His
name is generally spelt Burk. Died in Virginia on April 11, 1808, from
a wound received in a duel, leaving a son, John Junius Burke, who
became an eminent judge. Charles Campbell wrote and published a
biography of the two Burkes in Albany, New York, 1868.
BURKE, MISS. — The Wakd op the Castle, a comic opera, 1793, is attributed
to a lady thus described. (See Elizabeth Blake.)
BURKE, CHARLES.— Rip Van "Winkle, a legend of the Catskills. A drama
in two a«ts (prose and verse), adapted from Washington Irving's " Sketch
Book." New York, 1868 (?), 12mo.
BURKE, EDMUND.— Recitations and other Verses. Dublin, 1902.
Is a graduate of T.C.D., and a well-known teacher of elocution in
Dublin.
BURKE, EDMUND. — Musings in the Village Haunts; or. Early Poems,
including Sketches erom Irish Peasant Life. Ennis, 1856, 12mo.
Of Kinvara, Co. Galway.
BURKE, RT. HON. EDMUND.— This great orator and statesman wrote poems
which are enumerated in Sir James Prior's biography of him. Prior
quotes a couple of pieces, by one of which Bui-ke is represented in Joshua
Edkins's " Collection of Poems," Dublin, 1789-90, 2 vols., 8vo. Born on
Arran Quay, Dublin, January 1, 1730, being the son of an attorney.
Educated chiefly by Richard Shackleton, of Ballinore, Co. Kildare, but
afterwards entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he did not distinguish
himself greatly. Graduated B.A. in 1748 and in 1750 settled in London.
Entered Parliament in 1766 as M.P. for Wendover. His subsequent career
needs no detailed record here. Suffice it to say that he died at his country
seat, Beaoonsfield, on July 9, 1797, and is buried there.
BURKE, GEORGE. — Prize Ode on the Landing of King George in Ireland.
Dublin, 1821, 8vo.
Obtained gold medal for this poem from Dublin Corporation.
BURKE, JAMES. — A notable Christian Brother, born in Limerick in January,
1834, and died in Cork, March 33, 1904. Was a distinguished educa-
tionalist, and was given a public funeral in Cork, where he was greatly
esteemed. See Irish Bosary for May, 1904, for portrait, biography, and
many quotations from his poems.
BURKE, GENERAL JAMES HENRY. — Addiscombe, a tale of our times, a
poem, 1834. Days in the Bast, a poem. London, 1842, 8vo.
Born February 27, 1816; died June 27, 1882.
BURKE, JOHN. — The Fables of Ph(edrus, translated into English verse.
Dublin, 1881.
BURKE, JOHN. — The Burden of the South ; or. Poems on Slavery, by " S.
Rubek," New York, 1864; Chivalry, Slavery, and Young America, verse.
New York, 1866.
BURKE, SIR JOHN BERNARD.— See under B., J. B.
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BURKE, MARY CATHERINE.— St. Martin's Bat, and Other Poems New
York, 1884.
Born in Dublin in 1834, and taken to America when about six years old.
Married a Dr. Burke of New York in 1854, at the age of 20. A frequent
contributor to American papers of verse and prose. Sister of Isabel
Irwin (q.v.)'
BURKE, RICKARD O'S.— A native of Coachford, Co. Cork, who was impli-
cated in the Fenian movement. He wrote various poems for Irish and
American papers, and is included in " Rliyme with Reason, a Garland
of Irish Shamrocks," Chicago, 1911. He is employed in the city
engineering depot of that place.
BURKE, THOMAS.— Verses, London, 1911.
Author of some poem.s, two of which are included in " An Artist's Day-
Book," London, recently edited by him.
BURKE, VERY REY. THOMAS NICHOLAS.— The famous Dominican
preacher and historical writer wrote a few poems, one of them on his Order
being considered his best. Born in Galwnv, September 10. 1830. Died
at Tallaght, near Dublin, July 2, 1883. See W. J. ' Fitzpatrick's
biography of him.
BURKE, THOMAS TRAYERS, M.D.— Temoha, an epic poem, from Macpher-
son's "Ossian," in eight cantos, London, 1818, 8vo ; Darthula, a poem
from the same work. Tiondin (^^ T820: '^^^F, Rov*'' Ttsit. .a poem on the
arrival of his Most Gracious Majesty George IV., Dublin, 1821; 8vo;
Arismedi; or. The Revolution of Marguerita, a historical and military
play in five acts, and in verse, I»ondon 1841, 8vo : Fingal. nn epic poem,
verified from the genuine remains of Ossian, with notes, London, 1844,
12mo.
Also published a work on midwifery in London, in 1840. But on the
title-page of " Darthula " he is described as " T. T. Burke. H.P., 11th
Light Dragoons." In 1821 he was meditating a collection of his poetry.
Is referred to in Dublin and Lnndon Magazine for 1827, page 99.
BURKE, ■ffllLLIAM.— The Armed Briton, a play.
A prologue and an epilogue to "Hamlet," written by him, are repro-
duced in Walker's Bibernian Magazine, 1779, pp. 535-5^
BURNELL, HENRY. — Landgartha, a tragi,comedy in verse. Dublin^ 1641,
8vo.
Was probably related to the H. H. Burnell who translated "Plutus,"
a mocedy from Aristophanes, 1659. He was an Irishman and Recorder of
Dublin. In 1576 he was sent as one of the delegates to Queen Elizabeth
to protest against injustice to the Pale, and was put in the Fleet Prison
with them. In 1585 he was M.P. for Dublin, and in his will, dated 1614,
he expressed a wish to be buried at Castleknock, Co. Dublin (where he
lived) with his father, mother and wife.
BURNS, WILLIAM.— ANTHEsrs and Hymns. Belfast, 1892.
BURRELL, LADY SOPHIA.— Comala, a dramatic poem from " Ossian,"
1792, 8vo; Poems, 2 vols., 1793; 8vo; Telemachus, 1794, 8vo; The Thym-
briad, 1794, 8vo ; Maximian, a tragedy from Corneille, 1800, 8vo ; Theo-
dora, a tragedy, 1800, 8vo.
Is included in the list of Irish poets given by Sir John Carr in his
" Stranger in Ireland," 1803, which Gaskin transferred to his " Irish
Varieties " without acknowledgment. Lady Burrell was born about 1760,
and died on June 20, 1802,
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BURROUGHS, FRANCIS.— A Poetical Epistle to James Barbt, Esq.,
containing strictures upon some of the works of that celebrated artist,
with an appendix. London, 1805, 8vo.
Is included in Joshua Edkins' " Collection of Poems hy Different
Hands," 2 vols., Dublin, 1789-90. May also have been the Mr. Burroughs
who contributed to " Essays in Prose and Verse, by Jeffrey Wagstaffe "
(pseudonym), 1773, to which Robert Jephson and John Courteuay also
contributed. But this was more likely the following writer. The Poetical
Epistle to Barry runs to forty-eight pages without the notes.
BURROUGHS, REV. LEWIS, D.D.— An Ode to be pereobmed at the Castle
OF Dublin on the Bikthday oe George II., music by Dubourg. Dublin,
1743. 4to.
Is said to have written also a poetical dialogue entitled " The Times."
J. C. Pilkington, in his " Memoirs," mentions him as possessor of " a fine
poetical genius, and has published some specimens of it." He goes on to
say that Dalicourt (Delacour, g,.v.), having written an elegy on Pope,
which represents Death in a charnel-house feeding ravenously on de-
parted merit. Burroughs replied with this epigram :
" When Dalicourt shall yield to fate,
And Death the hapless poet eat ;
If merit be his chief regale.
Poor death will have a sorry meal."
Brockhill Newburgh (q.v.) also refers to Burroughs as a poet in his
Essays, etc., and quotes (on p. 56) a poem of his. Burroughs graduated
B.A., T.C.D., 1736; M.A., 173—; B.D. and D.D., 1765. Was for a time
curate of St. Thomas's Church, Dublin, and afterwards obtained a small
living in Derry. Eventually he became Archdeacon of Derry (1785), and
died in the year 1786. He wrote for the Freeman' s Journal and for the
Mercury, Dublin, and was almost certainly a contributor to the work by
" Jeffrey Wagstaffe " mentioned in preceding notice. He is referred to
in the notes to Jephson's " Epistle to G. E. Howard,'* and also the
" Epistle from G. E. Howard."
BURROUGHS, REY. NEWBURGH.— Carton, a poem most humbly inscribed
to his Grace the Duke of Leinster, Dublin, 1779, 4to.
On the Kildare seat of the Duke of Leinster.
BURROWES, REY. ROBERT, D.D.^Is generally believed to have been the
author of the famous slang song, " De Nite before Larry was stretched,"
but he is understood to have denied it. That he did write some popular
songs seems clear (vide Dr. Stubbs's "History of Dublin University," and
Moore's " Diary," vol. i.). Born in or about 1756. Sch. T.C.D., 1775 ;
B.A., 1777; Fellow, 1782; M.A., 1873; B.D. and D.D., 1790. He became
Dean of Cork, and died on September 13, 1841, aged 85. He was a
man of considerable wit, and fond of convivial circles. Was possibly the
" R. B." mentioned earlier in this work.
BURTON, HENRY BINDON.— Eulu, and Other Poems. London and Dub-
lin,, 1871, 8vo.
BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS.— Stone Talk, being some of the miscel-
laneous sayings of a petral portion of Fleet Street, London, to one Dr.
Polyglott, P.L.D., verse (over pseudonym of " Prank Baker "), London,
1865, 8vo; Os Lusiades, Enslished by R. F. B., 1880, 8vo; Camoens'
Lyrics, translated into English verse, London, 1884, 8vo. Also trans-
lated Catullus.
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The son of an Irishman, and generally considered one himself, though
born in Hertfordshire, March, 1821. . Notable as a, traveller and linguist,
and gifted with astonishing versatility. Became a Catholic just before
his death, vi'hich occurred at Trieste, where he was English Consul, on
October 20, 1890. In 1891 his remains were interred at Mortlake, near
London. His widow wrote a voluminous biography of him, some of the
statements in which were traversed by his niece in a later and smaller
biography.
BURY, JOHN BAGNELL, LL.D.— The Nemean Odes op Pindar, with transla-
tions, notes and commentary, London, 1890, 8vo ; The Isthmian Odes of
PiNDAB, etc., London, 1891, 8vo.
Distinguished professor at Cambridge, and contributor of verse trans-
lations into Greek, etc., to Kottahos. He is the author of some valuable
works on Greek and Roman history, and has edited in an admirable
manner Gibbon's " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." He was
Regius Professor of Greek in T.C.D. He is the son of the late Canon
Bury, and was born on October 16, 1861, probably in Dublin. He wrote
verse, I think, for Froth (to which he certainly contributed), a little
Dublin paper with which W. P. French {q.v.) was connected.
BUSHE, AMYAS. — Socrates, a dramatic poem. London, 1758, 4to.
Member of the eminent Kilkenny family of Bushe. Among his sub-
scribers were Hercules Langrishe (q.v.), and a Thomas Bibby, " clothier,"
belonging to the mercantile family which produced Thomas Bibby (q.v.).
Died in 1773.
BUSHE, RIGHT HON. CHARLES KENDAL (Chief Justice of Ireland).—
Wrote, it is said, some good poems. At any rate, he wrote verse, and
good verse, if some biographers are to be believed. ' Tide Read's " Cabinet
of Irish Literature." Born at Kilmurry, Co. Kilkenny, in 1767; died
on July 10, 1843. One of the leading Irish orators and lawyers of his
time
BUSHE, GERVAISE PARKER. — Two prologues by him will be found in
" The Private Theatre of Kilkenny," published at Kilkenny in 1825, 4to.
Was educated partly at Oxford, where he matriculated on October 12,
1763, aged 19, and at Dublin University, where he graduated B.A. , 1763;
LL.B. and LL.D., 1769. Was the only son of Amyas Bushe, of Dublin,
the poet mentioned above, and Elizabeth Gervase Parker. Became M.P.
for Granard, 1769-76; Kilkenny, 1778-83; Fore, 1783-90; and Lanes-
borough, 1790, until a short time before his death, which occurred on
August 30, 1793. He became High Sheriff of Kilkenny in 1768, and lived
at Kilfane in that county, where he had extensive property. He married
Grattan's sister Mary. (See " Life of Grattan " by the latter's son").
BUSHE, HENRY AMYAS. — Several prologues and epilogues of his are in the
work mentioned in preceding note. B.A., T.C.D., 1794. A son of G. P.
■ Bushe (q.v.). Died about 1837.
BUTLER, REY. , D.D.— Ohristmastide — College Verses (by "A
Student"). Dublin, 1881.
Written by a student of Blackrock French College.
BUTLER, LAMBERT.— Poems. Dublin, 1879 (?), 8vo.
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BUTLER, RKY. PIERCE.— Axel and Valborg, and other poems, translated
from the Danish of CEhlenschlager, etc. Edited by Prof. Palmer. London,
1874, 12mo.
Born in Ireland, being the son of Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. E. Butler, a
member of the Ormonde family. Married in 1861, and accepted the
family living of Ulcombe, in Kent, where he died, February 8, 1868, aged
41. B.A., Cambridge, 1849; M.A., 1852.
BUTLER, REY. PIERS EDMUND.— Hymns and Other Poems, Dublin, 1828,
12mo ; Raymond, a Hale of the Nineteenth Century, and other poems,
Dublin, 1830, 8vo ; The Martyr of the Wilderness, and other poems,
Dublin, 1830, 8vo; Songs of the Sanctuary, and other poems, London,
1837, 16mo. Other works.
One of the chaplains of the Molvneux Asylum, Dublin. Was possibly
the Pierce Edmund Butler who graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1822.
BUTLER, REY. THOMAS AMBROSE.— The Irish on the Prairies, and
other poems (anonymously). St. Louis, — .
Born in Dublin in 1837, and was educated by the Christian Brothers at
North Richmond Street, Dublin ; went to America about 1870, and settled
for a time in Kansas, and while there wrote for the New Yorh Emerald,
Boston Pilot, Western Watchman (St. Louis, Mo.), the Celt, etc. Previous
to leaving Ireland, he held a curacy in Co. Wicklow, and in 1868 and
onwards wrote numerous poems for Nation. Dublin Morning News, and
ItOmp (London), generally over signature of " Eblana." The statement
in one of the volumes of "Irish Penny Readings " that "Eblana " was
a Rev. " J." Butler has led to some confusion. Father Butler finally
became pastor of St. Crouan's Church, St. Louis, Mo., and died in that
city on September 6, 1897. He is represented as a poet in both Con-
nolly's and Boyle O'Reilly's collections of Irish poetry.
BUTLER, REY. WILLIAM ARCHER.— Author of admirable philosophical
writings, and a frequent contributor of poems to various Irish magazines,
and to Blackwood's (1836). The Dublin University Magazine published a
lot of his verse, anonymous and signed, and the National Magazine,
Dublin, 1830-31, also contains poems by him, signed " W. A. B." Born
at Annerville, near Clonmel, Tipperary, in or about 1814. Sch. T.C.D.,
1832; B.A., 1835; M.A., 1840. He died on July 5, 1848, and was buried
in the churchyard of Ilaymoghy, of which place he was rector. His
poems are very thoughtful and felicitous, as might be expected from s.o
distinguished a writer, and it is to be regretted that they have never
been collected. The late Rev. R. P. Graves had the intention of editing
at least a selection of them, but his death prevented the realisation of
his wishes.
BYRNE, HANNAH. — A poetess referred to by Moore in his " Diary." She
was " Zelia " of the Anthologia Hibernica, 1793-94, and wrote much verse
for Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1803, etc., over her initials of H. B.
and H. B — y — e, some of it said to be from a romance called " Alina."
One or two of her pieces are included in the poems of Samuel Whyte
(g.D.).
BYRNE, JOHN. — ^Poems on Moral and Religious Subjects, Dublin, 1846,
12mo; The Holy Ministry, a poem, Belfast, 1843, 8vo.
A native of Armagh.
BYRNE, JOHN FRANCIS.- The Fables op ^sop, etc., in verse, 1835,
12mo; The Epistles of Ovid, translated into verse by J. F. B., 1858,
8vo.
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BYRNE, MARY.— The Blind Poem. Dublin, 1789, 8vo.
It is marked " Price 3s. 3d., or such greater price as the affluent choose
to bestow on poverty." The poem is " dedicated to the world " ! The
authoress was blind from birth, and was 18 years old when above was
published. It runs to twenty-four pages. She lived at Ballyguile HiU,
Co. Wickow.
BYRNE, P. E. — OsMiN and Leila, a Turkish tale, with other poems. Dublin,
1830, 8vo.
BYRNE, PATRICE. — An Evening on the Green Hills ; or. The Complaint
OF THE Dogs, on Taxation. Dublin, 1869, 16mo.
BYRNE, WILLIAM.— Poems. London, Edinburgh and Cheltenham, 1855,
8vo.
BYRNE, WILLIAM A. — A Light on the Beoom, verses (over the signature
of "William Dara "). Dublin, 1901, 12mo ; new edition, 1907 (?).
Is represented in " The Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909. Is the author
of much clever verse, including " An Ode in Honour of the Centenary
of Maynooth College," which attracted some attention at the time of its
publication. See Most Rev. Dr. Healy's " Centenary Record of May-
nooth." He resides at Rathangan, Co. Kildare. His volume was very
successful.
BYRNES, REY. M. J., S.J.— Contributor of clever poems to the Irish
Monthly for several years, one of them, "An Ode," written for the
Moore Centenary in an American city. Is a Jesuit, living in U.S.A.
BYRNES, MICHAEL. — The Boat-Race, a reminiscence (verse). London,
1877, 8vo.
" BYRRNE, E. FAIRFAX."- Millicent, a poem. London, 1881, 8vo.
Said to be the work of Miss Brooke, daughter of Rev. Stopford Brooke.
She has also published a couple of novels over same signature. -
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C, A. — ^A Day in Dublin, a poem. Dublin, 1807, 12mo. (See Oarmiohael, A.)
C, H. M. — ^EiEGT ON THE Dbath OF THE MosT Bev. J. T. Trot, D.D., R. C.
Archbishop of Dubiin. Dublin, 1823, 8vo.
C, J. K. — See Rev. James Casey.
C, O.'B.— See Owen Blayney Uole.
CADDELL, CECILIA MARY.— Flower and Fruit; or, The Use op Tears,
verse (?). Dublin, 1856, 16mo.
An Irish story-writer who wrote hymns, several of which are to be
found in Orby Shipley's " Lyra Messianioa," 1864, and other anthologies
of sacred verse by the same author. There are nine of her hymns in H.
Formby's " Catholic Hymns," 1853, signed " C. M. C." Wrote for Irish
Monthly, Lamp, Month, and Catholic World. Her works were chiefly
religious stories. Born at Harbourstown, Co. Meath, in 1814; died at
Kingstown on September 11, 1877, aged 64.
CAFPREY, WILLIAM ROBERT.— Poems. Dublin, 1832 (?).
A Drogheda poet, who wrote much verse for local papers, and is largely
represented in the collection of local poetry published as a supplement to
Drogheda Argus about 1855. He was dead by this time, as one of the
pieces is addressed to his memory.
CAHILL, REY. WILLIAM. — ^Was probably the autlior of poems signed
" Alpha," which appeared in the early Nation. Some of these have been
often reprinted, especially one which will be found in " Irish Penny
Readings," issued from Nation office about 1879. On piage 127 of the
first edition of this " Dictionary," the Right Rev. Wm. Lanigan, Bishop
of Goulburn, Australia, is given as " Alpha," on the strength of a state-
ment in an Australian paper. This, however, is erroneous. (See, for
reference to Father Cahill, Gavan Duffy's " League of North and South.")
CAIRNS, CHRISTINA VICTORIA (?) .—Fugitive Poems. London, 1860,
8vo.
CALCOTT, MISS BERKELEY.— Stanzas. Dublin, 1834, 8vo; another
edition, Dublin, 1837, 8vo.
Was only eleven years of age in 1834.
" CALCRAFT, JOHN WILLIAM."— Iphigenia in Auljs, a tragedy from the
Greek of Euripides, adapted to the modern stage, with original music
composed by Richard M. Levey. Dublin, 1847, 12mo.
The real name of this writer was John William Cole, and he was sup-
posed to be connected in some way with the Earl of E'nniskillen's family.
He was born in or about 1793, probably in Ireland. Served for a time
in the Army, but eventually became an actor and stage-manager. For
a good many years he was the lessee of the Theatre Royal, Dublin. While
in Dublin he wrote largely for the Dublin University Magazine, his articles
on the Irish stage and on Irish dramatists being among the most valuable
yet published. He was also the author of a "Life of Charles Kean," of
various plays, and other works. He died at Winchfield, Hants, on
February 12, 1870, aged 77.
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CALDWELL, SIR JAMES (Bart.)- — •*- political writer of the last century
often quoted in Lecky's " History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century."
He was also a verse-writer of some vigour, and is clearly the poet alluded
to as " C 1," and " Sir J— s C 1 " in Jephson's " Epistle to G. E,
Howard," and in " The Bachelor," in both of which he is severely
handled. Caldwell was one of the first, if not the first, to take down
Parliamentary debates, and we owe to him a, valuable collection of the
speeches in the Irish Parliament. He was a Co. Fermanagh man, born
about 1720, and was brother of several distinguished soldiers, Hume Cald-
well of Castlecaldwell being the most notable of them. He was in the
Austrian Ai-my himself, and was created a Count of the Holy Itomau
Empire by Maria Theresa of Austria. He retired from her army in
1750, and returned to Ireland. He wrote some very valuable and interest-
ing pamphlets on Irish affairs, and died in 1784.
CALLANAN, HELENA. — Gathehed Leaelets, Cork, 1885 ; Verses, Old and
Nbw, Cork, 1899.
A blind poetess, frequent contributor of verse to Irish and Catholic
periodicals, notably to the Irish Monthly. Bom in Cork about 1864.
CALLANAN, JEREMIAH JOSEPH.— Recluse of Inchidony, and Other
Poems, London, 1830, 8vo (MS. letters to Maginn and Crofton Croker in
copy at Brit. Mus.); Poems oe J. J. Callanan, Cork, 1847; Dublin, 1861,
8vo ; and again in Gems from the Cork Poets, Cork, 1883, 8vo. (Several
other reprints of the work, generally with a prefatory memoir by M. F.
McCa,rthy.)
This admirable poet, the first of the really Irish writers of English
verse, was born in Cork in 1795, and educated partly in that city and at
Trinity College, Dublin, where he won one or two prizes for poetry.
Became a tutor, and was for a while an assistant at Dr. Maginn 's school
in Cork. Then he taught for private families, and in that capacity went
out to Lisbon in 1827. Had written for the Cork papers and magazines,
especially the Mercantile Chronicle and Bolster's Quarterly Magazine.
He died at Lisbon on September 29, 1829, just as he was about to return
to Ireland. Though there has been much discussion about his Christian
names, it may be taken for certain that one of them was Jeremiah, as
" Jerry " was the name he was usually called by. He contributed a few
of his translations to an early number of Blackwood's Magazine and his
" Virgin Mary's Bank " to the Literary Magnet, of which Alaric A. Watts
was editor. " The poem appeared in .lanuary, 1827, and was reprinted in
Watt's Poetical Album for, 1828. His " Avondhu " was published in the
Literary Magnet for 1827 (p. 206, part 2), over signature of " Hidalla."
In Patrick 0'|Kelly's volume of poems—" The Aonian Kaleidoscope," 1824
— are some lines by Callanan eulogistic of O'Kelly. He sent his famous
" Gougane Barra " to the New Monthly Magazine in 1826, then edited
by the poet Campbell, but though backed by Maginn's influence, it was
refused. A slightly different version to that universally known is in MS.
in the British Museum. Callanan's "Lay of Mizen Head " was first given
to the world, it would seem, through the Harp, 1859, edited by M. J.
McCann, who obtained it from John Windele, the Cork antiquary. The
poems " Cusheen Loo" and "The Lamentation of Felix McCarthy,"
quoted as Callanan's in various collections, were not his, according to his
declaration in one of the MS. letters above referred to, which were quoted
in full by the present writer in Dublin Eveninn Telearavh January
13 and 16, 1890. J f > J
CALYERT, REY. AUGUSTUS.-Is referred to as a poet in Rev. John Ball's
' Ode written at Tara, 1771," but I have not been able to discover any
piece of his. Was a graduate of T.C.D. ; B.A., 1765 ; M A 1768 • LL B
and LL.D., 1773. • ■ >
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CAMERON, ANTHONY.— Evening Meditations, poems. Belfast, 1854.
CAMERON, SIR CHARLES ALEXANDER, M.D.^Shoet Poems transi,atei>
FROM THE German. Dublin, 1876, 8vo.
Is the chief sanitary officer to the Dublin Corporation, and was born in
Dublin on July 16, 1830. He was educated in Dublin, Guernsey, and
Germany, and is the author of several medical works, and also of a
" History of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland," 1886.
CAMPBELL, DUNCAN.— A New Gaelic Song-Book. Cork, 1798, 12mo.
Was a Scotchman, and at the time of the publication of above work was,
I think, a private soldier, stationed at Cork.
CAMPBELL, F. W. GROYES.— A Score of Sonnets, Dublin, 1902 (?); San
Francisco and Other Poems, London, 1904, 8vo.
A solicitor by professions.
CAMPBELL, JAMES.— Posthumous Works of J. C, poems. Belfast, 1820;
another edition, Ballymena or Ballyclare, about 1870.^
Was a weavei, born near Larne, Co. Antrim, in 1758, and died in 1818.
CAMPBELL, JOSEPH M.— See MacCathmaoil, Seosamh.
CAMPBELL, YERY REY. THEOPHILUS.— Born m Dublin in or about 1810,
and educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1838; D.D., 1875.,
Ordained in 1838, and eventually became Dean of Dromore. He wrote a
number of hymns, some of which are in the Dromore Diocesan Hymn-
book, and various poems for religious magazines. He died in Lurgan on
28rd of April, 1894.
CAMPBELL, THOMAS.— Lays prom Lisnagarvey. Belfast, 1884.
Was a miUworker, born at Lisnagarvey (Lisburn). Wrote to local
Press over signature of " Pat M'Blashmole."
CAMPBELL, REY. THOMAS, LL.D.— Author of a " Philosophical Survey of
the South of Ireland" (1778); of "Strictures on the Ecclesiastical and
Literary History of Ireland " (1789) ; " A Letter to the Duke of Portland "
(1777), etc. He was born at Glack, Co. Tyrone, May 4, 1733, and was
educated at T.C.D., whence he graduated B.A., 1756; M.A., 1761, taking
orders in the latter year. He became rector of Gallstown and Chancellor
of Clogher in his native county. During several visits to England (1775-
1792) he kept a diary, in which he recorded his meetings with Johnson,,
Boswell, Goldsmith, etc. This MS. diary was only discovered in Sydney,
New South Wales, in 1854, being found behind an old press in the Sydney
Law Courts. A nephew of Campbell's had taken it to Australia early in
the century. It is extremely interesting and valuable, and largely
corroborates Boswell's accounts of Johnson and other celebrated men.
Dr. Campbell was enthusiastically Irish, and fond of alluding to the
achievements of Irishmen. (See his " Philosophical Survey," etc.) He
died in London while on a visit, June 20, 1795. Walker's Hibernian
Magazine (May, 1795), says he left an unfinished history of Ireland
behind him, and refers to him as a skilful verse-writer. Verse by him
will be found in " Brookiana," vol. ii., p. 59. While a student at T.C.D.,
he wrote an " ingenious " essay on the fine arts, and several other
" elegant " writings,
CAMPBELL, REY. THOMAS A. — Wrecked and Rescued, a poem, Newry,
1881 ; St. Mart Magdalen, a poem, Newry, 1889.
A Catholic priest in the North of Ireland.
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CAMPION, JOHN THOMAS, M.D.— Author of a large amount of more or less
admirable verse in Nation, United Irishman, Irish Felon, Kilkenny
Journal, Irishman, Irish People, Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, The Celt,
Duffy's Fireside Magazine, etc., over signatures of " Carolan," "The
Kilkenny Man," "J. T. C," " Spes," and "Urbs Marmoris." Was born
in Kilkenny in 1814, and was until lately living in Dublin. Most, if not
all, accounts say he was born about 1830 ; but the statement is absurd,
for he was " Carolan," of the Nation's first number, 1842. He wrote
several historical tales for Irishman and Shamrock, one or two of which
have been published in book form. The well-known poem in Hayes'
" Ballads of Ireland " (signed " S. F. C"), on Emmet's trial, beginning,
" He dies to-day, said the heartless judge," was written by Campion,
but his signature having been misprinted in Nation, where the poem first
appeared (on September 14, 1844), the mistake has been perpetuated ever
since. A week after its publication Campion corrected the mistake in
the Nation.
CANE, REY. ROBERT. — Belvedebe, a poem, with other miscellaneous pieces.
Dublin, 1795, 8vo. (anonymous).
Perhaps the Robert Cane who graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1790.
CANNING, CHARLOTTE (?). — Wood Notes, a collection of original poems,
together with the Siege op Cibta, an opera. London, 1850, 12mo.
CANNING, GEORGE (the Elder). — Horace's First Satire Modernised, etc.,
London, 1762, 4to; Poems, London, 1767, 4to; A Translation of Anti-
LtrcRETitrs, from the French of Cardinal de Polignac, 1766, 4to.
Born probably at Garvagh, Derry, and went to London in 17o7, where
he became a barrister. He died (of a broken heart, it is said) on April 11,
1771, and was buried in Marylebone new burial-ground. Was father of
the great statesman.
CANNING, GEORGE (the Younger) .—Ulm and Trafalgar, a poem
(anonymous), London, 1806, 4to; Poetical Works of G. C, with
biographical Memoir, London, 1823, 12mo; Memoir of G. C, with his
Odes, Songs, Satires, etc., Brussels, 1827, 8vo.
This famoiis statesman, the son of the preceding writer, was born on
April 11, 1770, in London, but always declared himself an Irishman.
A poem by him, till then unpublished, will be found in the volume by
E. C. Boyle (Countess of Cork) mentioned above. After a very brief
political career, comparatively, he became Prime Minister in 1827, and
died about three months after — on August 8 — in the room at Chiswick
in which Charles James Fox had breathed his last.
CANNING, STRATFORD (Yisoount De Redollffe) .—Shadows of the Past, in
verse, London, 1866, 8vo; A Poem on Bonaparte, 1813; The Exile of
Calabria; Alfred the Great, etc., historical play in verse, 1876.
Cousin of preceding. Born in London on November 4^ 1786. Was an
eminent diplomatist and statesman, and died in 1880.
CANNING, THOMAS. — The Wedding and Bedding ; or, John Bull and his
Bride Fast Asleep, a satirical poem, containing a history of the happy
pair from their infancy to the present period, with reasons for, and means
used, to accomplish their union. Also The Match-makers Matched, with
their rueful lamentation for the loss of the bride-cake, London, 1800, 8vo.
Only Part I. — " The Wedding " — seems to have been published. This
author was one of the cleverest and most patriotic of Irish satirists. The
poem, of course, relates to the union, and Pitt is one of the chief charac-
ters, under the name of Brass. Canning lived at 10 Essex Street Strand,
in 1800
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CANNINGS, THOMAS.— Detached Pieces in Verse. Cork, 1800 (?), 8vo.
A private in the 61st Regiment, and wrote for the Sibernian Magazine,
1790, an elegy entitled " The Unfortunate Lovers," which is reprinted in
his volume.
CANNON, CHARLES JAMES. — Facts, Peelings, and Fancies; prose and
verse. New York, 1835, 12mo ; Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneous, New
York, 1851, 12mo; The Poet's Quest, etc., etc.
Was presumably the C. J. 04nnon who wrote for Duffy's Fireside
Magazine, Dublin, 1851-54. Was born in New York, of Irish parentage,
on November 4, 1800, and died on November 9, 1860, in the same city.
Wrote, besides the poems referred to, a large number of tales, poems,
dramas, etc. (See Appleton's " Cyclopaedia of American Biography" for
further details, including list of his dramatic pieces.)
CANNON, REY. FRANCIS, — Apostrophe to the Spiritual Sons and
Daughters op St. Patrick, at Home in Hibernia, and Scattered over
this World of Ours, verse. Dublin (no date, but about 1870).
A native of Killybegs, Co. Donegal, and was born early in the nineteenth
century. He went ix) America, where he became a Franciscan monk.
The above-named work was published over the signature of " An Americo-
Hibernian Priest." He returned to Ireland in his latter years, and died
in his native town about 1880.
CAREY, . — ^An Armagh stone-mason, referred to as a poet in Newry
Magaziri'S, 1815 (vol. i., p. 138). He was the author of several effusions,
including the following epitaph on a clergyman inordinately fond of
oysters : —
" Behold the spot where A[verell] lies,
Amid these lonely cloisters !
0 Michael! if he will not rise
At the last trump, cry ' Oysters!' "
CAREY, ELIZABETH SHERIDAN.— Ivy Leaves; or, Oepeeings in Verse.
London, 1837, 16mo, privately printed.
Was the daughter of W. P. Carey, mentioned lower down, and was a
frequent contributor to the periodicals of her time, such as Bentley's
Miscellany, etc., and to the annuals. She became a Catholic, so it is
stated, which implies that her father was not one.
CAREY, MATHEW.— The Plagi-Scurriliad, a Hudibrastic poem, Phila-
delphia (U.S.A.), 1786, 12mo; Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed,
a tragic pantomimical entertainment in two acts, 1787, 8vo (but no date
on it) ; The Columbian Muse, a selection of American poetry from
various authors of established reputation, Philadelphia, 1794, 12mo ; The
Porcupiniad, a Hudibrastic poem, addressed to Wm. Cobbett, Phila-
delphia, 1799, 12mo.
A notable Irish-American journalist, and author of numerous works,
including " Miscellaneous Essays " (on Irish and other subjects),
"Vindicise Hiberniffi " (1819; 2nd edit., 1823), etc. Was the son of a
baker on Summer Hill, Dublin, where he was born on January 28, 1760.
He became a printer against his father's wishes. Wrote " A Letter to
the Irish Catholics," which led to his compulsory retirement to Paris for
a year. He became editor of the Freeman's Journal, of Dublin,
after his return, and in 1783 started the Volunteer Becord, which also
got him into trouble, and he fled to America, landing in Philadelphia on
November 1, 1784. In the following year he began as a printer in Phila-
delphia, and besides publishing and editing several books, ran a magazine
called the American Musetim (1787 and onwards), for which he wrote a
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good deal of verse. In 1789 lie married, and on September 16, 1839, died,
after a long and distinguished career in American public life. His son,
Henry C. Carey, was one of the foremost economists of his day.
CAREY, PETER.— A Eide ox my Doxkey ; or, A "Winter Evexixg at Home,
a drama in three acts —
CAREY, WILLIAM PAULET.— The Nettle, an Irish Bouquet, to tickle
THE Nose or an English Viceroy, being a. collection of political songs
and parodies dedicated to the Marquis Grimbaldo (Buckingham), Governor
of Barataria, now handing about in the first circles of fashion, and sung
to .some of the most favourite airs; to which are added The Prophecy,
an irregular ode, addressed to his Excellency shortly after his arrival;
and The Triumph of Freedom, addressed to the Right Hon. Henry
Grattan, by the same author (Scriblerus Murtough O'Pindar), Dublin,
1789, 8vo ; The Political Mirror, being parodies of the " Songs of the
Poor Soldier," Dublin, 1789, 8vo ; The Miraculous Conversion; or, The
Triumph op Virtue, addressed to the Rev. AV r e rw — n (Rev.
Walter Blake Kirwan), Dublin, 1790; Both Sides op the Gutter; or,
The Humours of the Regency, by " Scriblerus Murtough O'Pindar,"
Dublin, 1796 (?), 8vo ; The Beggar's Opera, — ; A Pill for the
Alarmists ; or. The Rival Apothecaries, a poem on the French Invasion
(by W. P. C), Dublin, 1796, 8vo.
Wrote other skits of the same character, generally anonymously. He
was the brother of Matthew Carey (q.v.), and was born in Dublin in 1759,
and died in Birmingham, May 21, 1839. He was a very remarkable man,
and began life as an engraver, a good many of his plates appearing in
the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, 1792-95, and other
periodicals and books of that time. He also wrote a good deal of verse
for the magazines, such as that mentioned, and also Walter's Sihernian
Magazine, 1786, etc., usually over the initials " W. P. C." or " W. P.
C — J," but sometimes over his full name. The poems in " The Nettle,"
and his skits generally, were signed " Scriblerus Murtough O'Pindar,"
and appeared in his own paper, the H^ational Evening Star. He edited
another paper called the Miscellanist in 1789, and wrote for his brother's
American Museum, 1788-92. He was in America for a little while, having
to leave Dublin on account of his national proclivities. He was a
member of the Society of United Irishmen but got into trouble with them.
Having been trained in art at the Drawing School of the Royal Dublin
Society, he practised as an artist at first, but eventually became a print-'
seller and dealer in art in London. He had a shop in Marylebone, and
became notable as an art critic and connoisseur. He was the first to
recognise the genius of John Hogan and Francis Chantrey, the sculptors,
and befriended them and other artists to the best of his ability. He
published quite a number of books on art subjects, and especially on
British art, in which he was a profound believer. He married (May,
1792") a Miss Lennon, of Grafton Street, Dublin.
CARLETON, GERALD. — An Irish-American poet, represented in John Boyle
O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song of Ireland." Born in Galway in 1844.
Wrote for English papers before going to U.S.A., whither he proceeded
in 1866. Is on the Press in New York.
CARLETON, WILLIAM. — This great novelist wrote various poems, his
"Churchyard Bride" and "Sigh for Knockmany " being often quoted.
Some of hjs verse appeared in the Nation (for example, " Taedat me vitse,"
in number for December 80, 1854. signed " W. C") In a sketch of his,
entitled, " Landlord and Tenant," in National Magazine, Dublin, 1831,
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is a song which seems to have been the first draft of his " Sigh for
Knockmany." He wrote a comedy, very patriotic in tone, called " The
Irish Manufacturer, or Bob McGawley's Project," which was acted in
Dublin, March, 25, 1841, but was never printed. (See Dublin University.
Magazine, March, 1856.) He was born at Prillisk, Co. Tyrone, 1794,
being the son of a peasant. Was brought up as a Catholic, but
became a Protestant after falling in with the Rev. Csesar Otway,
an Irish author of note, and it was to the Christian Examiner,
a magazine edited by Otway, that Carleton sent his first contribution
to fiction. Before this he had acted as a tutor. For the magazine
just mentioned he wrote many other sketches, and these were republished
in " Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry," first series, 1830. This
book made him famous, and thenceforward scarcely a year passed without
a new work from his pen. Was granted a Civil List pension of £200 by
Lord John Russell, and died on January 30, 1869, near Dublin. At one
time he thought of emigrating to Canada. (See Athenceum for 1855,
pp. 20 and 83.) Some of his poems are preserved in the " Life " (2 vols.,
1896), written by the present writer. His wonderful autobiography forms
the first 'volume of that work.
CARLETON, WILLIAM (jun.). — The Warden of Gal way, a poem in six
cantos, and other poems. Melbourne, 1868, 8vo.
Son of preceding, and born in Dublin, 1829. Went to Australia in
1864. Wrote a little for the Irish papers before he left Dublin, and was
probably the " W. C, jun.," who wrote " A Regret " to Nation, October
25, 1856. He had a strange and chequered career, part of which is
sketched in the " Life of William Carleton " (his father), by D. J.
O'Donoghue. He died in Melbourne in December, 1897. He had lived
most of his life in Australia, and is 'considered one of the leading Austra-
lian poets. He is represented in Sladen's, and other collections of
Australian verse. In 1873 he wrote for the Shamrock " Sketches of the
Irish in Australia." He wrote much for the Australian Punch, married
a Miss White, of Tipperary extraction, and left two daughters and a son.
CARLETON, WILLIAM C. — An Irish-American dramatist and poet, who
claimed to be a nephew of the Irish novelist. Has been often confused
with Will Carleton, the American writer. He was born in Dublin in
1827, and went to America in yovith. He became well known as a
journalist, song-writer and playwright. Many of J. K. Emmett's most
popular songs were written by him. He was addicted to intemperance,
and committed suicide in New York on August 19, 1885. The "Era
Almanac " says he was an actor, and aged 50 at the time of his death.
He was, however, nearly sixty.
CARMICHAEL, ANDREW BLAIR.— The Metkopolis, a satire, Dublin, 1805,
12mo (2nd edit., 1805); The Second Pakt of the Metropolis, Dublin,
1806, 12mo. (2nd edit., Dublin, 1806; 3rd edition, Dublin, 1806); The
Seven Thieves, a satire, by the author of "The Metropolis," Dublin,
1807, 12mo (2nd edit., Dublin, 1897) ; The Law ScRtriiNY ; or. The Attor-
nibs' Guide, a satire, Dublin, 1807, 12mo (all the above were anonymous).
In the Dublin University Magazine (vol. Iviii., p. 725) the above satires
were stated to be by William Norcott (q.v.), an Irish barrister, then dead.
This was, however, immediately contradicted, and it is now known that
Carmichael wrote at least " The Metropolis," and probably was the author
of all three. W. J. Fitzpatrick wrongly attributed the third of them to
the Rev. R. Prizelle (q.v.). They have been also attributed to John Wilson
Croker. Carmichael was also probably the author of " A Day in
Dublin," by " A. C." (q.v.). In any case, he was certainly well known
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among his friends as a poetical satirist. He was the brother of Richard
Carmichael, the famous surgeon, and was born in Dublin ahout 1780. He
was an enthusiastic phrenologist, and wrote one or two pamphlets on the
doctrines and life of Spurzheim. He was also the author of several works
of a religious character. "The Patentee [F. E. Jones]; or, Secrets
Worth Knowing," a satire published about 1807, was dedicated to the
author of "The Metropolis." He was noted for his particularly long
nose. In 1814 he became a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and
remained one till his death in or about 1854.
" CAROLAN," . — The Countess of Q^rrick, a love tale in verse.
London, 1819, 12mo.
CAROLAN, PATRICK.— Author of poems in English, French, and Latin,
and translator of Virgil's " Eclogues." Born at Bailieborough, Co.
Cavan, in 1766. He was a teacher or schoolmaster at Blackrock, Co.
Dublin, in 1816, and wrote " An Essay on the Present State of Schools
in Ireland," Dublin, 1806, and other educational and religious works.
He frequently contributed Latin verse, and English versions from the
Latin, to Watty Cox's Irish Magazine (1807-15), and had also been a
contributor to Walker's Hibernian Magazine about 1795.
CARPENTER, REY. HENRY BERNARD.— The Old Beacon, a poem,
Boston (?), 1884; The Oatmeal Geusadebs; Liber Amoeis, a metrical
romaunt of the Middle Ages, Boston and Cambridge (Mass.), 1887, 8vo;
Trio fob Twelfth Night; A Poet's Last Songs, posthumous poems by
H. B. C, edited by James Jeffrey Roche, with biographical and critical
introduction, Boston, 1891, 8vo.
Born of two old Kilkenny and Derry families in Dublin, 1840, and
educated at Oxford. Became master and chaplain of Portora School,
and chaplain to Earl of Belmore. He was for four years a clergyman in
Liverpool. Went to America in or about 1878, and became pastor of
HoUis Street Unitarian Church, Boston, resigning the post in 1887.
Was well known as a prominent Nationalist in Boston. Died at Sorrento,
Maine, on July 17, 1890. Was twice married, and his second wife
survives him. His two brothers are Dr. Wm. Boyd Carpenter, until
lately Bishop of Ripon, and the Rev. Archibald Boyd Carpenter, Rector
of St. George's, Bloomsbury, London.
CARPENTER, JOS. EDWARDS.— Lays and Legends of Fairyland, with
poems and songs, London and Leamington, 1849, il6mo ; Songs and
Ballads, new edition, London, 1844, 16mo; new edition, with additions,
London, 1854, 12mo; Poems and Lyrics, new edition, London, 1845,
16mo ; My Jubilee Volume (in verse), London, 1883, 8vo ; The Romance
OF THE Dreamer, and other poems, London, 1841, 8vo; Minstrel
Musings, London, 1838, 12mo.
Edited a great many popular songsters and collections of poems,
including "The New Irish Song Book," "The Shamrock Songster,"
" The Mavourneen Songster," etc. Also wrote a large number of
separate songs. He was born in London on November 2, 1813, and died
there on May 6, 1885.
CARPENTER, PATRICK.— A native of Skibbereen, Co. Cork, and went to
America many years ago. He wrote various poems for Boston Pilot,
Irish World (New York), in the seventies. He is represented bv a song
called " Old Skibbereen " in " The Irish Singer's Own Book," published
at Boston, Mass.
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CABR, ROBERT. — Eugenia, a tragedy, in conjunction with Samuel Hayes-
London, 1766, 8vo.
Was educated at Westminster School.
CARR, WILLIAM. — ^Rostrevor, a moral and descriptive poem, with other
miscellaneous pieces, Newry, 1810, 12mo; Amtjrath and Zaha, an
Ottoman tale in verse, with other poems, Newry (Telegraph office), 1813,
12mo; Zanga and Mona, a poem, ■ — .
A Newry man. Among his subscribers were two John O'Hagans, of
Newry. He also published in Newry, in 1814, a " Journal of a Tour
from Edinburgh to the Highlands."
"CARRIGHAN, TERENTIUS."— The Chancery Student's Guide, in the
form of a didactic poem. London, 1850, 8vo.
Also published one or two law books.
CARROLL, JOHN. — ^An Irish comic and sentimental song-writer, who often
used the signature of " Dr. Brannigan." I believe he lived chiefly in
England, and some of his songs, such as " The Sons of Granuaile," were
popular.
CARROLL, JOHN. — The Circular of the Poet Shoemaker, being a few
poems promiscuously selected from the volume preparing for publican
tion, Dublin, 1860.
The author was a working shoemaker.
CARSON, JOSEPH.— Poems, Odes, Songs, and Satires. Newry, 1831, 8vo-
Of Kilpike, near Banbridge, Co. Down.
CARTAN, JOSEPH. — ^An Essay on Patriotism, together with legends and
stories of Louth, and a variety of songs to the most celebrated Irish airs.
Drogheda, 1839, 12mo,
The legends and stories are in prose; the rest of the book is in verse;
He was born in TuUyallen, Co. Louth, in 1811, and became a journalist,
joining the staff of the Drogheda Argus in the thirties. He wrotd
largely for it for some yea,rs, but abandoned journalism temporarily,
starting a public car service between Newry and Dundalk. In 1849 he
established the Dundalk Democrat, and carried it on till 1870, when he
sold it. He died on December 4, 1891.
CARTER, THOMAS SARSFIELD.— Hours op Idleness, a collection of
poems, London and Aylesbury, 1870, 8vo; An Amateur's Challenge to
Professionals; Nourmahal; or. The Power of Song, an Oriental
operetta in one act (anH in verse), London 1873, 12mo.
In the first volume, the preface of which is addressed from Ken-
nington, the author declares his nationality, and mentions that his
longest poem, " Laura," in eight cantos, was written in a private
hospital in London (where he was an invalid for seven years), and when
he was only 17 years of age.
CARTHY, REY. CHARLES. — A Translation of the Second Book of Horace's
Epistles (by C, C), 1731, 4to; A Prologue spoken by Mb. Elrington
ON THE 22nd of April, being the Birthday of Lord Carteret. . . .
Epilogue spoken by Mr. Griffith, by C. C. [Carthy], Dublin, 1725,
folio sheet; An Ode on the Present War with Spain, Armagh, 1740,
4to ; The Third Ode of the Third Book of Horace Imitated, Armagh,
1740, 4to.
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A clergyman, of wliose translation of Horace, the Latin and English
being on opposite pages, Swift wrote :
" This I may boast, which few e'er could,
Half of my book at least is good."
Oarthy also translated Longinus, etc. Is mentioned among other Irish
poets in Delacour's "Epistle to the Earl of Shannon." Sch. T.C.D.,
1726; B.A., 1727; M.A., 1731.
CARTY, J. S.— A Sebies op Humorous Songs, 1860 (?), 8vo.
CARTWRIGHT, CONWAY E. — Lena, a legend of Niagara, and other poems.
Dublin, 1860, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1869.
CARY, REY. HENRY FRANCIS.— Sonnets and Odes, London, 1788, 4to;
Ode to General Kosciusko, London, 1797, 4to; The Vision, from Dante,
translated by H. F. C, 1814, 16mo; The Birds of Abistophanes, trans-
lated, 1824, 8vo; The Infebno of Dante Alighiebi, cantos 1 to 16,
translated, 1805, 8vo ; Pindar in English Verse, London, 1833, i2mo ;
The Early French Poets, a series of notices and translations, London,
1846, 8vo ; and various other works, editions of English ppets, etc.
Born at Gibraltar, of an Irish family, December 6, 1772. Educated at
Oxford, and ordained about 1796. In that year he was married to the
daughter of James Ormsby, of Sandymount, Dublin. Died on August
11, 1844, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. A " Memoir " of
him was published in 1847, by his son, H. Gary.
{CASEY, CHARLES. — A writer of numerous poems in or about the fifties and
sixties. Six of them are in J. J. Nesbitt's " Unique Reciter." He
issued some of his poems as leaflets, and frequently signed them " C. C."
He was an intimate friend of William Carleton, the novelist, and wrote
several works, one of which, " Two Years on Uncle Sam's Farm,"
appeared about 1866. He lived generally at or near Grraigue, Qa.
Carlow.
€ASEY, DANIEL. — Cork Lyrics ; or, Scraps from the Beautiful City.
Cork, 1857, 8vo.
The above poems are also included in " Gems from the Cork Poets,''
Cork, 1888, 8vo. Casey was a, noted Cork wit, and a contributor to the
Freeholder and other papers of that city. Was the uncle of Sir John
Pope Hennessy.
CASEY, ELIZABETH OWENS BLACKBURNE.— Con O'Donnell. and
OTHER Legends and Poems for Recitation. London, 18P0, 8vo.
Better known as E. Owens Blackburne, author of many very clever
Irish novels, of two volumes on " Illustrious Irish Women," and of
poetry in the Nation and other Irish papers. (See " Emerald Gems,"
published by T. D. Sullivan, 1885.) Was the daughter of Andrew Casey,
her mother being a Miss Mills, and was born on May 10, 1845 (some
accounts say 1848), at Slane, Co. Meath. Lost her sight when about
eleven years old, but regained it after some years under the skilful
treatment of Sir Wm. R. Wilde. Went to London in 1874, and entered
on what was for some time a very successful literary career. In her
latter days, however, she became very poor, and was indeed almost
destitute. She received assistance from the Royal County Fund, and
eventually returned to Dublin, where she was accidentally burned to
death in April, 1894.
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CASEY, KEY. JAMES (CANON).— An Essay on Education, Cathouc and
Mixed, a poem (over the signature of "A Catholic Priest"), Dublin,
1868, 12ino; Tyndall and Materialism — Gladstone and the Vatican
Deckebs, two epistles in verse, Dublin, 1875, 8vo (over signature of
"J. K. C."); Home Rule Rhymes, or The Alpha and Omega of
Home Rule and Obstbuction (over signatuie of " Caius Sedulius "),
Dublin, 1880, 8vo ; Intempehiance, an ethical poem, in three parts (over
signature of "J. K. 0."), Dublin, 1877, 12mo; Oup, Thikst for Drink;
Its Cause and Cure, a poem, Dublin, 1879, 8vo; Paddy Blake's Sojourn
among the Soupers, and other poems, Dublin, 1883, 8vo ; 1884, 8vo?
Verses on Doctrinal and Devotional Subjects, first series, Dublin,
1882,. 8vo; second series, Dublin, 1886, 8vo; third series, Dublin, 1892,
8vo; Temperance PoiEms, Dublin, 1888, 8vo; Tbmpehakoe Songs and
Lyrics, Dublin, 1889, 8vo; The Spouse of Christ, a poem, Dublin. — .
There have been numerous editions of most of these volumes. Canon
Casey was one of the» most popular of temperance poets, and has
no small share of humour, as the reader of his lighter effu6ii)ns will
readily admit. Of the first series of his religious verses, about fifteen
editions have been published. He was born at Riverstown, Co. Sligo,
on September 26, 1824, and entered Maynooth in 1851 ; was ordained in
or about 1857, and died February 20, 1909. His first mission was at
Ballygar, Co. Galway, and he was afterwards a curate in Sligo. In
June, 1860, he was appointed Principal of St. John's Seminary there,
which position, with others, he filled for many years. He was eventually
(1873) appointed parish priest of Athleague, Co. Roscommon. In Canon
Ulick Bourke's " College Irish Grammar " there is a version in Irish by
him of Campbell's "Exile of Erin." Many of his temperance lyrics ap-
peared in the Irish Banner of Temperance.
CASEY, JOHN KEEGAN.— A Wreath of Shamrookb, 1866, 12mo ; The
Rising of the Moon, etc., 1869, 12mo (reprinted, Glasgow) ; Reliques
OF J. K. Casey, collected and edited by "Owen Roe" (Eugene Davis),
and published by Richard Pigott, Dublin, 1878, 8vo.
This well-known writer for the Nation, Irishman, Irish People, etc.,
over pseudonyms of " Leo," " Kilkeevan," etc., was the son of a
peasant farmer, and was born at Mount Dalton, near Mullingar, Co.
Westmeath, on August 22, 1846. His first poem appeared in the Nation
when he was only sixteen years old. Was at first a mercantile clerk,
but abandoned trade for iournalism, and was imprisoned in 1867 for
complicity in the Fenian rising. This incarceration doubtless hastened
his death, which occurred on March 17, 1870, in his twenty-fourth year.
It is said that 60,000 people attended his funeral, so popular had he
become by his genius and patriotism. He is buried in Glasnevin, where
an excellent Tnonument is erected to him. In J. P. Farrell's "Historical
Notes on Longford" is a full account of his life. In Shamrock, vol. 3,
there is a long story by him.
CASEY, MAURICE WILLIAM.— An Irish-Canadian poet, born at Ballyboy,
near Clogheen, Co. Tipperary, on April 10, 1859. Went to Canada with
his parents in 1868, his father joining the Canadian Civil Service in
1878, and settling in Ottawa. M. W. Casey was educated by private
tutors in Ireland, and at colleges in Canada, and finally at Ottawa
University, where he spent four years. He joined the Federal Civil
Service in 1882, and in 1892 married. He has an appointment in the
Patent Office, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. He has written a
large number of admirable verses for the Canadian Press, notably for
the Irish-Canadian of Toronto, the Harp of Montreal, Cathollt Weehly
Beview, Donahoe's Magazine, and Pilot of Boston (Mass.), etc. He
projected some years ago a volume of his poems under the title of
" Lays of Two Lands."
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CASHMAN, D. B. — One of the political prisoners of 1867 who was sent with
John Boyle O'Reilly on the Hougowmont to Western Australia. He
edited a small paper called the Wild Goose, which the authorities allowed
the convicts to publish, and wrote verse for it. He is now a journalist
in Boston, and has written verse for Boston Pilot, Donahoe's Magazine,
etc. Also a small biography of Michael Davitt.
CASSIDY, PATRICK.— An Irish-American poet, born about 1790 in Co.
Fermanagh, and resident for many years in Georgetown (D.C.), U.S.A.
• He died about 1890 at a great age. He wrote verse frequently for the
Boston Pilot and other Irish-American organs. The poems of Peter
Magennis (q.v.) are dedicated to him.
CASSIDY, PATRICK SARSPIELD.— The Boebowed Bkidb, a fairy love
legend of Bonegal. New York, 1893, 8vo.
Author of "Glenveigh; or, The Victims of Vengeance," an Irish tale.
Boston, 1870. Has contributed a lot of verse to Irish-American papers.
Born in Co. Donegal on October 31, 1852, and went to U.S.A. when
about seventeen years of age. Has been city editor of New York
Mercury, and was part owner and editor of the Celtic Magazine, New
York. Wrote many poems over the signature of " Diarmuid."
CASTILLO, JOHN. — Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other poems, with
a glossary of the Yorkshire dialect, Whitby, 1843, 8vo; The Bakd of the
Dales, or poems and miscellaneous pieces, partly in the Yorkshire
dialect, London, 1850, 12mo; Poems in the Nobth Yoekshiee Dialbci,
edited, with a memoir and glossary, by G. M. Tweeddell, Stokely,
Middlesborough, 1878, 8vo.
Born in 1792 at Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, and was taken to England
when only two or three years old by his parents, who were Catholics.
He eventually became a Wesleyan preacher in Yorkshire, and was noted
as " The Bard of the Dales." He died at Pickering on April 16, 1845.
"CATHOLIC PRIEST, A." — The Vision or Heeesies, and other poems.
London, 1834, 8vo.
The volume is dedicated to Daniel O'Connell, of whom its author was
a kinsman.
CAULFEILD, EDWARD HOUSTON.— The Histoey of Paddy Blake and
Kathleen O'Moee, a tale. Dungannon, 1847, 8vo.
A prose sketch, with various songs and poems interspersed, chiefly to
well-known Irish airs, and written " for the instruction and amusement
of the farmers of Tyrone by a country gentleman." The author was
connected with the Charlemont family, and Jived at Drumcairn, Stewarts-
town, Co. Tyrone.
CAULFEILD, J. (Cornet). — The Makxehs of Paphos; or. The Teitjmph of
Love, in three cantos. Dublin, 1777, 8vo: another edition, London,
1777, 4to.
CAULFEILD, JAMES (Earl of Charlemont). — Speech of Adelaide in the
Convent of La Teappb, verse, n.d. [c. 1795], privately printed; Select
Sonnets of Pbteaech, with translations and illustrative notes.
Dublin (?), 1822, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on August 18, 1728, and died August 4j 1799. Was the
fourth Viscount and first Earl Charlemont, and is best remembered for
his connection with the Volunteers of 1782. In the " Life of Henry
Grattan," by the latter's son (vol. ii., pp. 110-116), will be found a.
poem by Lord Charlemont.
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CAULFEILD, JOHN. — Canterbuky Hall Comic Songs, Nos. 1 and 3,
London, 1855, 8vo.
A song-writer. No other parts published, apparently.
CAULFEILD, SOPHIA F. A. — ^Avenel, and otheb Poems, etc., London,
1871, Svo; Desmond, and othbk Poems, London, 1870, 8vo; other works.
Daughter of an author of various pamphlets on religious and political
subjects. She lived at Bath, and died rather recently.
CAVANAGH, MICHAEL. — ^An Irish-American poet and journalist. Born
at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, in or about 1827 ; went to U.S.A. in 1849,
and worked there as a cooper — his trade — for a time, but in 1866 he
began to write for the press, and contributed to the Emerald, N"ew York.
Many of his pieces appeared in the Celtic Monthly Magazine, New York,
and the Boston Pilot. Ho fought in the Oivil War, and after its cessa-
tion received an appointment in the Treasury at Washington. He was
intimately associated with the notable Fenians in America, especially
John O'Mahony, whose secretary he was. He wrote largely for the
American press, chiefly on Irish matters, and published a large and
interesting " Life of General T. F. Meagher," the brilliant soldier and
orator. He was an enthusiastic Gaelic scholar, and many of his poetical
versions from the old tongue are well known. In private life few men
have been more highly esteemed or respected. He was an Irishman of
the best type, and his death at his home in Washington (D.C.) on
June 21, 1900, was deeply regretted in both Ireland and America. He
left a widow and eight children.
" CECIL." — The Homestead, and other Poems. London, 1862, Svo.
By an Irishman.
CHADWICK, RIGHT REV. GEORGE ALEXANDER, D.D. (Bishop, of
Derry), — ^As One that Sehveth, sacred poems, London, 1880, Svo; Poems,
chiefly sacred, London, 1900, Svo ; other works, chiefly sermons.
Born in 1840, being the son of the late Hutchinson Chadwick, chief
accountant of the Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland.
B.A., T.C.D., 1862; B.D., 1876; M.A. and D.D., 1877. Ordained in
1863. Dean of Armagh, 1886, and Bishop of Derry, 1900. He has written
a good deal for the Leisure Sour, Quiver, Bookman, etc. In 1869 he
introduced the poems of his friend and college companion, E. J. Arm-
strong (g.v.) He is represented in ," The Dublin Book of Irish Verse."
CHAMBERLAINE, REY. WALTER. — The Censoeiad, a poem originally
written by Martin Gulliver, illustrated by sundry curious annotations of
divers learned commentators . . . with the " Life of Martin GuUiver,'''
in Latin, and translated, together with a modest defence of Mr. G. [Rev.
Hugh Graffan, Fellow, T.O.D.], being an answer to "The Oensoriad,"
etc., Dublin, 1730; The Three Travbllbbs, a tale (in verse, anonymously^,
Dublin, 1733, 12mo.
This clever parson, to whom several witty poems were ascribed, was the
brother of Mrs. Frances Sheridan, the authoress, and therefore uncle of
the celebrated R. B. Sheridan, the orator and dramatist. He wrote
various poems, one of which, published anonymously, and attributed to
several people, is given in Miss Le Fanu's " Life of Mrs. Sheridan,"
pp. 43-46. He was born about 1708, son of Rev. Philip Chamberlaine,
rector of St. Nicholas Without, Dublin. He was a scholar of T.C.D. in
1725, and graduated B.A., 1727; M.A., 1731. He died unmarried at a
somewhat early age.
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" CHANTER, CRAMBO." — ^The Modern Independent Whig, a poem in four
cantos. Dublin, 1792, 8vo.
CHARLEMONT, EARL OF.— See under Caulfield.
CHARLEVILLE, COUNTESS OF.— La Pttcelle; or, The Maid of Orleans,
from the French of Voltaire, in twenty-one cantos. Dublin, 3 yols., 8vo
1796-97. (Only five copies of the large paper edition were published, and
fifty copies of the ordinary edition.)
May possibly have been the author of the following translation from
Voltaire also, " The BQenriade," an epic poem, translated into English
rhyme by a lady, 1797, 4to. Was ^he wife of the Earl of Charleville,
patron of Rev. Henry Boyd, who was his chaplain. The latter, on
hearing of the translation of " La Pucelle," threatened to leave the house
if the shameful work were published, so only a few copies were privately
distributed, the rest having been burned at Lord Charleville's seat.
CHARTRES (or CHARTERS), REY. MARK.— Vinegar Him,, a poem, Dublin,
1802, 8vo; Sonnets and Elegiac Poems, — .
In 1819 was prebendary of Clane. Apparently a Wexford man. In
Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, 1792-93, there are a good
many poems by this writer, generally named " Mr. Charters." Scholar,
T.C.D., 1784; B.A., 1785. Among the subscribers to Amyas Bushe's
volume, 1759, was a " Rev. Mr. Chartres," who was presumably a relative
of the writer here recorded.
CHENEYIX, RICHARD.— Drammio Poems, two plays, London,, 1802, 8vo;
Mantuan Revels, a comedy, and Henry VIII., a tragedy, London, 1812,
8vo.
Eminent chemist and mineralogist and F.R.S. Born in Ireland in
1774, and died on April 6, 1830. Author of some valuable scientific
papers, etc.
CHERRY, ANDREW.— Harlequin in the Stocks, pantomime, 1793; The
Outcasts, opera, not printed, 1796; The Soldier's Daughter, comedy,
1804, 8vo ; All for Fame, comic sketch, not printed, 1805 ; The Village,
comedy, 1805, not printed ; The Travellers, musical drama, 1806, 8vo ;
Thalia's Tears, a poem, 1806, not printed; Spanish Dollars, musical
entertainment, 1806, 8vo ; Peter the Great, operatic drama, 1807, 8vc ;
A Day in London, comedy, not printed, 1807.
Son of a Limerick printer and bookseller. Born in that city on January
11, 1762. Went on the stage while only a boy, and, after hard struggles,
made a moderate fortune and some reputation by his acting. As a song-
writer he is best known, " The Bay of Biscay," " He was Famed for
Deeds of Arms," " The Dear Little Shamrock," and " Tom Moody," still
retaining a good deal of their original popularity. He married the
daughter of Richard Knight, a theatrical manager, and became a man-
ager himself, and died while on a tour with his company at Monmouth, in
Wales, February 12, 1812. There are six songs by him in Hercules EUis's
"Songs of Ireland," second series, 1849. In Walker's Sihernian Maga-
zine for April, 1804, there is a portrait and biography of him. In the
same periodical for February, 1806, is a song from his operatic drama,
"The Travellers; or. Music's Fascination."
CHESTER, REY. GREYILLE JOHN (?).— Poems, London, 1856, 8vo; A
Church Hymn Book, with metrical psalms and the canticles, printed for
chanting, edited by G. J. C, London, 1859, 16mo; Ella Cuthullin and
other Poems, old and new, Belfast, 1883, 8vo.
Many other works, chiefly sermons. An Oxford graduate, possibly of
Irish extraction.
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CHESTER, HARRIET MARY,— Bom in Ireland about 1830, her
maiden name being Goff. She married in 1856, and was left a widow in
1868. In the " Hymnary " (1872), wiU be found various translations of
German and Latin hymns by her over her initials of " H. M. C."
CHESTER, REY. RICHARD.— Poems, Histobioal and Miscellaneous, 1849
(in conjunction with following writer, his brother) ; and other works.
A Cork man, who died February, 1883. B.A., T.C.D., 1832.
CHESTER, RIGHT REY. WILLIAM BENNETT, D.D. (Bishop of Killaloe
and Clonfert). — Brother of preceding, and son of Rev. John Chester,
Vicar of Ballyclough, Co. Cork. Born at Mallow, in that county, on
August 6, 1820. B.A., T.C.D., 1846; M.A., 1856; D.D., 1883. Ordained
in 1846, and made bishop in 1884. Wrote various works, besides con-
tributing to the one mentioned above, including a poem on the Queen's
Jubilee, 1887. He died on August 27, 1893.
CHETWOOD, WILLIAM RUFUS (?) .—Kilkenny ; or. The Old Man's Wish,
a poem, Dublin, 1748; The Genbbous Freemason, a ballad opera, 1731,
8vo ; The Lover's Opera, a musical piece, 1729, Svo ; The Stock Jobbers ;
or. The Humours oe Change Alley, comedy, 1720, Svo ; South Sea ; or,
The Biter Bit, a farce, 1720, 8vo.
A prompter at Drury Lane Theatre for thirty years, and author of
miscellaneous works, including " General History of the Stage," London,
1749, 12mo. Died in Dublin,, March 3, 1766. H|is real name was Chetwode.
In 1746 he published " A Tour Through Ireland."
CHEYERS, YERY REY. CHRISTOPHER.— Mentioned in Dean Cogan's
" Diocese of Meath," vols. ii. and iii., as author of many poems in Irish,
English, French, and Latin. Was parish ptriest of Kilbeg, Co. Meath, and
vicar-general of the diocese. Born near Kilbeg towards the end of
seventeenth century ; died at a very advanced age on December 28, 1785.
CHICHESTER, FREDERICK RICHARD (Earl of Belfast) .—Author of
" Lectures on the Poets and Poetry of the Century," and of other works.
Also contributed occasional verse to the Northern Maqazine, Belfast (1852-
53), over signature of " Campana." Was born November 25, 1827; died
at Naples, February 15, 1863, aged 26. He composed several pieces of
music, and seems to have been an amiable and accomplished nobleman.
He set several well-known poems to music.
CHILDS, THOMAS. — Poems by an Obscure Author. Glasgow, no date
(1870.''), anonymously.
Born Sn Dublin in or about 182S. The above volume was one of six
which he had intended to publish, and left directions in his will that they
were to be issued. He lived alone, and was found murdered at his house
near Glasnevin Cemetery on September 2, 1899, and his brother Samuel,
an old man like himself, was charged with the murder, but acquitted.
The murderer was never discovered.
CHILLING WORTH, J. J. — The Western Shore, a poem on Ireland. Dublin,
1881, Svo.
" CHRISTABEL."— See Mary Downing.
CHRISTIAN, OWEN (?).— Poems. London, 1885, Svo.
CLANCY, MICHAEL, M.D.— Tamae, Prince of Nubia, tragedy, 1739 (?},
not printed; Hermon,. Prince of CnoBiEA, tragedy, 1746, Svo; 'The
Sharper, a comedy, 1760, Svo. Also Latin poems, such as Tbmplum
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Venehis sivb, Amohum Rhapsodic, London, 1745, 4to; another edition,
1774, 12mo.
A Clare man, and son of a soldier. Born about the beginning of the
eighteenth century, and died about 1780 ( ?) in Kilkenny. Was educated
at Kilkenny and Paris. Became blind in 1737, and then took to the drama.
Was granted a pension by George II. He is mentioned among other Irish
poets in Delaoour's " Epistle to the Earl of Shannon." There is a poem by
him in Walker's Eiberniam, Magazine for 1777, p. 211. A couple of others,
will be found in " Brookiana " (by C. H. Wilson). .O'Keeffe, in his
"Recollections," mentions having met him in Kilkenny. Clancy pub-
lished his " Memoirs," which are very uninteresting.
" CLARIBEL."— See Mrs. C. Barnard.
CLARKE, REY. BENJAMIN STRETTELL.— The Song op Songs eendereo
INTO English Blank Veese, 1881.
Born in Dublin in 1823. B.A., T.C.D., 1846; M.A.. 1856; B.D. and
D.D., 1865. Died, Liverpool, November 18, 1895.
CLARKE, BERNARD. — A Collection or Poems on several Occasions, in
three parts, Dublin, 1751, 12mo ; The Cubey Comb, in several numbers,
Dublin, 1755, 8vo.
Seems to have been a schoolmaster in Navan, Co. Meath, at one time,
and was afterwards in the same position at St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin.
When Henry Brooke (q.v.) founded the Freeman's Journal in 1763, Clarke
was his literary assistant, and one of the paper's earliest writers. He had
an academy in Lucas's Coffee-house, Cork Hill, from about 1765 till 1767.
There is a poem by him prefixed to Mrs. Pilkington's "Memoirs," vol.
ii., dated July 16, 1748, and addressed from Clargill. He was author
of some of the pamphlets written for the patriot party against the
administration of the Duke of Dorset, 1753-54, and John 'T. Gilbert says
his party treated him badly.
CLARKE, GEORGE ROCHFORT. — The Distressed Queen; or, Teii-mphs
OF Ghiee, verse. London, 1862, 8vo.
Also some legal works.
CLARKE, REV. HENRY, D.D.— Is referred to in " Epistle to G. E. Howard
from G. Faulkner " (by R. Jephson, q.v.) as a poet, and * piece, pro-
fessedly his, is given. He is, however, ridiculed in the notes. He gradu-
ated B.A., T.C.D., 1720; M.A., 1723; Fellow, 1724; B.D., 1730; D.D.,
1735, and became vice-provost in 1742. I cannot find that he published
any separate book.
CLARKE, HUGH. — Holes or Contentment, a poem, London, 1821, 8vo;
The Grave op O'Neill, and other poems, Dublin, 1823, 8vo.
A poetical contributor to Dublin and London Magazine (London, 1825-
27), Bxihlin Penny Journal (1832), and was probably the H. Oarke of
Dublin 2Iaijazine, 1820.
CLARKE, JOHN BERTRIDGE.— The Teaes and Smiles oe Ieeland, a poem
on the death of J. P. Curran, Dublin, 1817, 8vo ; Napoleon at Waterloo,
a poem in four cantos, with other juvenile poems, 1816, 8vo; The Lamen-
tation OF the Empiee,, a poem on the death of H.R.H. the Princess
Charlotte, Dublin, 1818, 8vo ; Coeonation, a lyrical poem, with The Royal
Visit, Dublin, 1821, 12mo; Ramiro, a tragedy (in MS. in 1820); The
City of Ravenna, a tragedy in five acts, 1824, 8vo; another edition, 1829,
8vo. Also wrote a metrical tale, entitled The Mooeish Maid, which was
in MS. in 1820.
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B.A., T.O.D., 1805. A native of Roscommon, and was on the stage
for a, time under the names of Sackville and Bertridge. He died in
poverty in 1824. Contributed largely to Dublin Magazine, 1820, chiefly
in verse, but now and again prosei; probably edited the periodical,
which only ran to twelve numbers. There are extracts from his unpub-
lished writings in it. There is a poem by him in Hayes' " Ballads of
Ireland," probably from magazine above mentioned, and in M. J.
Whitty's paper, " Captain Rock in London," October 1, 1825, will be found
a love-song of his. His " Ramiro " was produced in 1822, in Dublin, and
failed; portions of it were printed in The Drama, a daily theatrical
journal of short life, which he and a friend named W. H. Stack pub-
lished. The latter wrote the epilogue of the play.
CLARKE, JOSEPH I. C. — Robert Emmet, a tragedy of Irish History, New
York ; Malmobda, an Irish metrical romance. New York and London,
1893; The Fighting Race and other poems, New York, 1911.
Irish-American poet and journalist. Born in Kingstown, Dublin, July
31, 1846. At the age of twelve he went to London with his parents, and
in 1863 entered the Board of Trade Dept. as a clerk, and stayed there till
1868. From patriotic motives he resigned his position in the Civil Service,
and went to Paris, and from thence to America. Joined the staff of
Michael Scanlan's Irish Sepuhlic, and afterwards that of the New York
Herald, of which he eventually became managing editor. Took the same
position on the New York MIorning Journal, but resigned some time ago,
when he became editor of the Criterion. Has written much verse. His
first poem in print aippeared in John O'Leary's Irish People. He is in-
cluded in several of the Irish-American anthologies, and one of his poems,
an admirable one, called " The Fighting Race," with the refrain of
" Kelly, and Burke, and Shea," is well known. He has of late written
and produced several plays.
CLARKE, MARCUS. — The Marcus Clarke Memorial Volume, containing
selections from his writings, Melbourne, 1884, 8vo.
Australian novelist and poet, included in Douglas Sladen's " Australian
Poets." Born at 11 Leonard Place, Kensington, London, in 1847, of Irish
parentage, his father being William Hislop Clarke, a barrister. He be-
came famous in Australia as author of " For the Term of His Natural
Life," a powerful novel of convict life. Died August 2, 1881, after a
rather reckless Bohemian life. He was nephew of General Sir Andrew
Clarke, K.C.M.G., and of Tyrone family.
CLARKE, MARION. — Figaro, a collection of prose and verse. London (?),
186—.
Sister of Margaret Doak (g.u.), and was born at Dromara, Co.
Down. Married Charles Clarke, a popular novelist in his day, and wrote
a good deal for various periodicals over signature of " Miriam Drake."
She was the " Almantha " of Barney Maglone. (See R. A. Wilson.)
CLARKE, MICHAEL. — Man's Final End, an historical poem written in Irish
in the sixteenth century by the Right Rev. Dr. O'Connell, Bishop of
Kerry, translated by M. C. (Irish and English), Dublin, 1827, 8vo, 218 pp.
Another edition, 1851, 24 pp. (See James Martin.)
CLARKE, LADY OLIVIA. — The Irishwoman, a comedy in five acts, London,
1819, 8vo. Parodies on Popular Songs, with a paradoxical preface, dedi-
cated to the Countess of Charleville. Music arranged and composed by
Sir J. A. Stevenson, London and Dublin, 1836.
Some of the airs are Irish, others by Stevenson and one by her father,
Owenson. Wrote many poems to different magazines and annuals, includ-
ing Metropolitan Magazine for 1831-1834, Comic Offering for 1832, etc.,
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Athence-um for 1835. Her comedy was successfully produced on the stage.
She wrote separate songs as well as those in periodicals. Was a younger
sister of Lady Morgan, and the daughter of Robert Owenson. Born about
1785. Married a Dublin physician, Sir Arthur Clarke, in 1808, and died
on April 24, 1845, aged 60. She was buried in the same grave as her
father, at Irishtown, near Dublin. Her husband died in 1857.
CLEARY, KATHLEEN T. M'PHELIM.— An Irish-American poetess,
born in New Brunswick on August 20, 1863, and is of wholly Irish
parentage. She has written verse from an early age, and many of her
poems appeared in the American papers over her maiden name of
M'Phelim. She married in 1884. She is represented in Eliot Ryder's
"Household Library of Catholic Poets." See " Magazine of Poetry,"
Buffalo, April, 1893, for portrait and poems by her.
CLEARY, THOMAS STANISLAUS. — Twitterings at Twilight (poems),
Dublin, 1883, 8vo; Songs of the Irish Land War, Dublin, 1888; Shin-
Fain; or. Ourselves Alone, a drama of the Exhibition, over pseudonym
of " Tom Telephone," Dublin, 1882.
Also a pamphlet at Ennis, Co. Clare, in 1877. Born in Dublin, 1851.
A constant poetical contributor for years to the various Irish and American
papers, particularly United Ireland, Boston Pilot, Nation, etc. He edited
the Clare Independent. I believe, for a time. After returning to Dublin he
wrote largely for Weekly Irish Times, Irish Society, Duilin Figaro, etc.,
and died suddenly on June 30, 1898, at Killaloe. He is buried in Glas-
nevin. He wrote articles generally over the signatures of " Denis
O'Dunn " and " Free Lance."
CLELAND, WILLIAM. — A Collection op Original and Miscellaneous
Poetry. Belfast, 1838.
" CLERGYMAN, A."— The Wrecker, a poem. Belfast, 1816, 8vo.
CLERKE, ELLEN MARY. — The Flying Dutchman, and other poems. London,
1881, 8vo.
Sister of the well-known scientific writer. Miss Agnes M. Gierke, and a
contributor of verse to the Catholic press. Was the daughter of John
Wm. Gierke, and born at Skibbereen on September 26, 1840. She was
a niece of the late Irish judge. Baron Deasy. Many of her poems are in
Orby Shipley's " Garmina Mariana," and other Catholic anthologies.
Died in London on March 2, 1906. Published "Fable and Song in
Italy," 1899. Her Italian translations, some of which are in Dr. R.
Garnett's "History of Italian Literature," are i-emarkably good.
CLIBBORN, EDWARD, M.R.I.A.— Pharaoh's Daughter, a drama, published
anonymously, London, 1874, 12mo.
Was the curator of the Royal Irish Academy's antiquities, and published
several pamphlets on archaeological subjects.
CLIFFORD, SAMUEL. — A Poetical Description of River Shannon,
dedicated to Richard St. George, Esq. Third edition, Dublin, 1786, 8vo.
Of Mount Campbell, on the Shannon.
CLINCH, JAMES BERNARD. — Poems and Inscriptions, Gaelic, Latin and
English. Dublin, 1829.
Was the son of Joseph Clinch, of Ratoath, Co. Meath, by Mary,
daughter of Luke Higgins, of Knockmane, near Athleague, Co. Ros-
common, who were married in 1757. J. B. Clinch was born in James's
Street, Dublin, on July 16, 1770, and was called to the Irish Bar. He
was the author of Greek and Latin verses in AnthologiaHibemica, Dublin,
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1792-93. In his " Irish Minstrelsy," Hardiman refers to Clinch as having
translated " The Ooulin " in 1792, and it is the one, without doubt, which
is to be found over Clinch's name in Sentimental and Masonic Magazine,
Dublin, for November, 1792. He was Professor of Belles Lettres at
Maynooth College, and published some antiquarian works, " Lectures on
Rhetoric," delivered at Maynooth (Dublin, 1835), and a number of poli-
tical and Catholic pamphlets. In the Gilbert Library, now in possession of
the Dublin Corporation, is a volume of printed and MS. poems by Clinch
and Dr. John Brenan (q.v.), his brother-in-law. He died on October 25,
1834.
CLINCHE, HUGH. — ^Thb Stkttggles of Gbebce, Bhtjrtpoee, and Welleslet,
a pageant, Dublin, 1827, Svo; The Leap or the Shamhock, with other
poetry, Dublin, 1838, 12ino.
He was a son of the preceding writer, but affected the final e to his name.
He was a law student, and died in June, 1847. He was the " H. C." of
Dublin Penny Journal, where his "Wedding of Darby McShawn," a
humorous Irish poem, appeared. He was buried at Glasnevin on June 19,
1847.
CLOSE, JOHN GEORGE.— Echoes op the Valley, poems. Belfast, 1879, 8vo.
There was a " J. G. O." who published " Alley McOabe; or, The Boat-
man's Sorrows," an Irish story, Dublin, 1883.
CLYNE, NORVAL. — Ballads and Lays from Scottish History, Edinburgh,
1844, 16mo; Ballads from Scottish History, Edinburgh, 1863, 8vo.
Was the son of Captain John Clyne, and born at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim,
February 21, 1817. Graduated at Aberdeen University, and became a
lawyer in that city, where he died, December 31, 1888.
COBBE, FRANCES POWER.— This distinguished writer was born in
Co. Dublin on December 4, 1822. She was the author of many works of
considerable thought, and also wrote some hymns and poems. Two
of the latter are in her " Italics " (1864), and she wrote a birthday poem
in honour of the late Lord Shaftesbury. Her well-known hymn, " Rest in
the Lord," is in Herder's "Congregational Hymns," 1884, etc. She
died in 1904. As an anti-vivisectionist and a crusader in many humane
movements. Miss Cobbe was well known.
COCHRANE, JOHN HENRY.— The Unconquerable Colony, episodes of
Ulster in the seventeenth century, prose and verse, I^ondon, 1902, Svo.
CODE, HENRY BRERETON.— The Patriot; or, Hermit op Saxellen, a
musical drama with songs, second edition, Dublin, 1811, 8vo ; Spanish
Patriots, an historical drama in prose and verse, London, 1812, Svo;
The Russian Saoeipice; or, Burning op Moscow, a drama, with songs,
Dublin, 1813, Svo ; An Ode, to be performed at the Castle of Dublin on
Monday, 23rd of April, 1821 . . the birthday of . . . George IV. ; the
music by Sir J. A. Stevenson, Dublin, 1821, 4to.
I venture to ascribe to him also a pamphlet signed "H. B. C," and
entitled "The Insurrection of the 23rd of July, 1803," Dublin, 1803. He
was certainly "Gregory Greendrake " of the following work: "The
Angling Excursions of Gregory Greendrake and Geoffrey Greydrake in
the Counties of Wicklow, etc.," Dublin, 1824, which ran through several
editions, and of which Thomas Ettingsall (q-v.) was part author. Great
confusion has arisen about Code, and it is rather difficult to get exact
data about him. Some things are beyond doubt, however, such as that
he was the author of "The Sprig of Shillelagh," and not Lysaght; that
it is in his " Russian Sacrifice," and was written by him some years before
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the production of that piece on the stage; that he was editor of the
Warder, a prominent Tory journal in Dublin, between 1820-30, and was
sometimes referred to in its columns as author of the song mentioned;
that he wrote agricultural matter for his paper, as well as songs; that
he never wrote " Donnybrook Fair," as some writers have surmised (see
Charles O'Flaherty) ; and that he died about 1830. He was a subscrijjer
to volumes of verse published by James Templeton (1809), Edward Fitz-
simons ^1815), and Thomas Michael Rafter (1826), and lived in Bccles
Street, Dublin. He was a Government spy during the '98 period, and
several payments of money were made to him for information in 1802-3. He
afterwards, it is said, got a place in the Revenue. Watty Cox attacked
him in his Irish Magazine (1813, page 131), and Thomas Furlong in-
troduced him into his poem, " The Plagues of Ireland." He reported
Robert Emmet's famous speech, and, according to the United Irishmen,
mutilated it for base purposes. Sir John A. Stevenson set the songs in his
dramas to music, and also one or two separate songs which he wrote, as
" The Fisherman's Glee," Dublin, 1825 (?). The words of the very popular
glee by Stevenson, " See our oars with feathered spray," belong to one of
Code's dramas. Code's real name was Cody. See, for references, Dublin
and London Magazine (London, 1826, pp. 93 and 527, and 1827, pp. 95
and 272), and for poems in Warder, February 25 and March 11, 1826,
amongst other and later dates. A poem of Code s is quoted in Fitzpatrick's
"Lady Morgan," p. 14.
COEN, JOHN. — ^A poet of the early numbers of the Nation, generally signing
himself "Author of 'Deserted College,'" but sometimes " Patricius,"
and on one occasion " Bridget." He is represented in the first edition
of " The Spirit of the Nation." He was a young Protestant student of
T.C.D. at that time, and graduated B.A. in 1840. His " Awake, and
lie dreaming no more," a popular lyric, appeared in the Nation on
October 22, 1842, and was included in " The Spirit of the Nation." His
" Deserted College " was a prose sketch, printed for the author at Omagh,
Co. Tyrone (1842, 8vo).
COFFEY, CHARLES.— SouTHWARK Fair; or. The Sheep-Shearing, an
operetta, 1729, 8vo ; The Beggar's Wedding, burlesque opera, 1729, 8vo;
Phoebe ; or, The Beggar, operetta, 1729, 8vo ; The Female Parson ; or,
The Beau in the Suds, operetta, 1730, 8vo ; The Devil to Pay ; or. The
Wives Metamorphosed, operetta, 1731, 8vo; A Wife, and no Wipe, 1732,
8vo; The Boarding School; or. The Sham Captain, operetta, 1733, 8vo;
The Merry Cobbler; or, the second part of The Devil to Pay, operetta,
1735, 8vo ; and The Devil upon two Sticks ; or. The Country Beau,
burlesque, 1745, 8vo.
Was a native of Ireland, and died in London on May 13, 1745, and was
buried at St. Clement Danes, in the Sffand. His " Devil to Pay " still
holds the stage, though it is rarely played. He was deformed, and made
his misfortune the butt of many a joke. As one of the first, if not the very
first, to use Irish airs in his plays, vide " The Beggar's Wedding," he
deserves credit.
COGHLAN, HEBER.— The Woe op Lough Derg, verse, Cork, 1898, 8vo (with
portrait of the author) ; The Maid of Coolin, Cork, 1903.
COLE, JOHN WILLIAM.— See under " Calcraft, J. W."
COLE, M. AND ADELINE. — Days Gone By, in verse, written on the anniver-
sary of a beloved brother, with a memoir, Dublin, 1829 (?), 12mo.
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COLE, OWEN BLAYNEY.— The Legend of Naworth, a poem, illustrated,
Diiblin, 1846, 8vc , over initials of " O. B. 0."; Continental Sketches,
with notes, verse, Dublin, 1846; Gawilghur, verse, n.d., ; The Bride of
Naworth, and other poems, Portishead, 1876, 8vo.
Of Co. Monaghan. Contributed various poems to Dublin Uv'n-ersity
Magazine over his initials. Was born in 1808, and died in 1886.
COLEMAN, PATRICK JAMES.— Born at Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, on
September 2, 1867, and was educated at the national school of that
place and at Stonyhurst College, where he stayed from 1882 to 1888. In
the latter year he matriculated at London University, and shortly after-
wards went to U.S.A. He taught classics at La Salle College, Phila-
delphia, for a couple of years, and in 1892 was granted its degree of
M.A. For a time he was editorially connected with the Messenger of
the Sacred 3eart, and subsequently with the Puhlic Ledger of the same
city. He is one of the best of the younger Irish poets of America, and
has contributed many pieces to Nation (Dublin), Century Magazine,
Boston Pilot, Catholic World (New York), etc. While at Stonyhurst he
wrote verse for the college magazine over the signature of '^' Nemo." (For
specimens of his verse, which is racy and graceful, see the present writer's
" Humour of Ireland " and " A Treasury of Irish Poetry," edited by
Stopford Brooke and T. W. Rolleston.) Published a, volume of poems
in 1903, but I have not seen it.
COLES, B. — Select Tales and Fables, with maxims and other lessons on
morality, and sixty illustrations, Dublin, 1756, 12mo.
COLGAN, WILLIAM JAMES.— Poems, New York, 1844.
COLHOUN, DAYID.— Poems, Strabane, 2 vols., 1812.
Was a native of Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, or its neighbourhood.
His poems were piublished by subscription. (See W. Shaw Mason's
" Parochial Survey of Ireland," vol. i., pp. 118 and 131, where a specimen
of Colhoun's verse is given, and he is described as " an antiquary and a
poet, and, what is of more consequence to him, clerk of the parish."
COLLENDER, RICHARD W.— Born at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, in 1841,
and educated at Mount Melleray, where he had John Walsh, the poet,
as a schoolfellow. He contributed to the Irishman, and in 1869 he went
to U.S.A., and became a writer of verse in the New York papers, etc.,
the Celtic Monthly Magazine publishing a lot of his poems. In 1883 he
returned to Iceland, and contributed poems to United Ireland, etc. He
died in his native place in March, 1905. Is included in JoHn Boyle
O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song of Ireland," re-edited 1889.
COLLIER, CHARLES.— Poems, Dublin, 1909.
COLLIER, WILLIAM. — The Rival Sergeants, a musical burletta in one act ;
Kate Kearney, a petite opera in two acts; The Blacksmith, a musical
farce in one act; and also a couple of comedies — all between 1830-40, aiad
included in Lacy's collection of acting plays.
Was a contributor of Irish sketches to Bentley's Miscellany, in one of
which he declares his nationality; and of poems, etc., to Louisa H.
Sheridan's " Comic Offering," vol. ii. (1832).
COLLINS, CHARLES (?).— Comaxa, versified from Ossian, 1819 (?), 16mo;
Death on the Pale Horse, a poem, 1819 (?), 16mo; Juvenile Blossoms,
London, 1823, 12mo; Green Leaves; or, Lays of Boyhood, London,
1844, 16mo.
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COLLINS, DAVID.— Lays of Pbogeess, Tralee, 1862.
Author of " A Ballad of Life," " Rhymes of the Heart," etc.
COLLINS, REY. DENIS B. — An Irish-American poet, born on Xoyember
7, 1861, on the shores of Lough Ina, Co. Cork, of which Fitzjames O'Brien
(q.v.) has so sweetly sung. He was descended from two strongly Irish
families, the M'Oarthys and the Collinses, and was educated in Carbery,
afterwards studying classics at Skibbereen, Limerick, and Cork. Went to
U.S.A. in 1882, after completing his education, and became a priest in New
York State (1888). He wrote a good deal of verse for Irish Monthly
(Dublin), Boston Pilot, Donahoe's Magazine, etc., and died on October
16, 1894, at "West Winfield, New York.
COLLINS, JOHN. — The Fall of Man, a poem in two parts, Cantos 4 and 5,
London and Dublin, 1856, 8vo.
Was a Wicklow gentleman.
COLLINS, WILLIAM.— Published a poem on the Slave Trade, but I have
not been able to obtain its title or date of publication. Father of Wm.
Collins, R.A., and grandfather of Wm. Wilkie Collins, the novelist. Was
born in Wicklow about 1740. Had artistic tastes, and dabbled in art.
Wrote a life of the painter, George Morland, and other matters, and died
January 8, 1812.
COLLINS, WILLIAM.— Ballads, Songs akd Poems, New York, 1876, 16mo.
Born in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, in 1838. Emigrated to Canada when
only 13 or 14. Lived in Upper Ottawa for some years, and crossed to
the United States when the Civil War broke out, and served in one of the
Western regiments. In 1866 he accompanied General O'Neill to Canada,
in connection with the expected Fenian invasion of the Dominion. For a
time he worked as a labourer in the quarries of Cleveland, Ohio, and even
then wrote poems for Boston Pilot. Joined the staff of the Irish World
soon after it was started. He afterwards started, with J. C. Ourtin (q.v).
the Globe, New York ; but it did riot live long. He wrote several Irish
historical novels. Settled in New York, and died in Brooklyn on February
4, 1890. Before his death he was on the staff of the New York Tablet,
but wrote for many other papers. His " Tyrone Among the Bushes " and
"Summer in Ireland" are admirable poems. The last is reprinted in
Shamrock for September 8, 1883.
COLLOPY, WILLIAM. — A frequent contributor of poems to Munster News,
Limerick, and other papers about 1850-60. He sometimes wrote over the
signature of " Desmond." Among his contributions to the paper above
mentioned was a series of sonnets called " Shrine Lamps of the Temple,"
on MBale, Newman, Cullen, and Capel. I think he eventually went to
U.S.A.
COLLUM, REY. CHRISTOPHER.— The Psalms in Veese (in conjunction
with T. Vance), Dublin, 1765.
COLM, PADRAIC MoCORMAC— Wild Eaeth, Dublin, 1907.
Born in Longford in or about 1881, and came to Dublin at an early age.
He first attracted attention by the remarkably fine poems he contributed
to United Irishman, Irish Homestead Christmas numbers, and other
papers. The wider publicity given to these in " New Songs," selected by
George W. Russell, 1904, and published by the present writer, brought
the author much recognition. He has written several excellent plays
and prose sketches, and is one of the youngest Irish writers from whom
much is expected. His poems and sketches have appeared in many
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leading Irish and English journals. His plays, "The Land," "The
Fiddler's House," and " Thomas Muskerry," have been performed with
success and published.
COLOMB, COLONEL GEORGE HATTON.— The Last King oi? Grenada, a
historical extravaganza, in verse, 12mo; Donnington Castle, a Royalist
story, in 14 staves, London, 1871, 8vo ; The Caedinal Archbishop, a
Spanish legend, etc., in verse, London, 1880, 8vo.
Other works, including novels, and one or two dramatic pieces in prose.
COLTHURST, MISS E.— Emmanuel, a poem by a lady, Cork, 1833, 12mo (with
an Introduction bv Rev. H. H. Beamish) ; Life, a poem, Cork, 1835, 12mo ;
Home, a poem, Cork, 1836, 13mo ; Futueity, a poem, Cork, 1887, 8vo ;
FuTUEiTY continued, Cork, 1838, 8vo ; Loyalty, a poem, Cork, 1838, 8vo ;
Lays or Eein, 1839; The Stoem, and other poems, Liverpool, 1840, 8vo;
Life, a poem, Dublin and Achill, 1845 ; Love and Loyalty, London, 1851 ;
Memoeies of the West, a poem, London, etc. (anonymously), 1854, 12mo.
A Cork lady oi marked poetical ability. She wrote also some prose
works, such as " Irrelagh; or, The Last of the Irish Chiefs," a tale, 1849,
8vo; " The Irish Scripture Reader," " The Little Ones of Innisfail," etc.
Most of her works were published anonymously. She was associated with
the Rev. E. Nangle's mission to Achill, and lived at Danesfort, Killarney.
COMERFORD, FELIX. — ^About the year 1715 was schoolmaster at Kilmore,
Co. Oavan, and under him Henry Brooke {g,.v.) was placed. He wrote
various poems, several of which are to be found in C. H. Wilson's
" Brookiana." (See Dublin University Magazine for November, 1852.)
COMERFORD, RICHARD ESMOND.— The Rhapsodist ; or, Mes Sottvenies,
an epistle in verse, London, 1817, 8vo.
MS. note by Rev. N. J. Halpin in British Museum copy, where he is
described as an artist. Died in 1817, being drowned in the canal near
aonliffe Road, Dublin.
COMMINS, ANDREW, LL.D.— A frequent contributor of poetry to the
Nation and United Irishman (of Liverpool), over signatures of "A. C,"
"John Dawe, jun.," " Phelim O'Toole," and "The Gael." His early
pieces appeared in the Carlow College Magazine. Born in Ballybeg, Ca.
Carlow, in 1832. Was educated at Carlow CoUege, Queen's College, Cork,
and London University, at the last place winning the Lord Chancellor's
prize for best poem on " The Progress of Natural Science in the Nine-
teenth Century." A lawyer, and formerly M.P. for South Roscommon.
Lives in Liverpool.
CONCANEN, MATTHEW.— Wexford Wells, a comedy, with songs, 1721,
8vo; The Jovial Crew, a comic opera, altered from Brome by M. C. and
others, 1731, 8vo ; A Match at Football, a mock-heroic poem, 1721, 8vo ;
Poems upon Seveeal Occasions, Dublin, 1722, 8vo ; Miscellaneous
Poems, Original, and translated by Several Hands, London (?), 1724,
8vo (edited by him).
He also edited several papers, and did good work for the Government,
who rewarded him by an important post. He wrote some pamphlets, and
also, it seems, edited " A Collection of all Verses, Essays, Occasioned by
Mr. Pope and Swift's Miscellanies." Was born in Ireland in 1701. Became
Attorney-General for Jamaica in January, 1732, and died in London on
January 22, 1749. The " Miscellaneous Poems " edited by him contains
about twenty poems of his own, and is remarkable in that it appears to
have been the first collection of poems by Irish authors alone. In " The
Flower Piece," a collection edited by him, and published in London, 1731,
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there are also several of his poems. " A Match at Football " is Irish in
subject, and is included among his pieces in " Miscellaneous Poems, etc."
He was a vigorous journalist, and was given a place by Pope in " The
Dunciad." In the " Musical Miscellany " for 1729 are some songs by
him.
CONCANEN, MATTHEW, jun.— Lines on the Death of R. B. Sheridan,
with additional lines addressed to Friendship, London (?), 1816, folio;
The Monaech, The Ministeb, and the Maleeactoe (verse ?), Fairburn,
1817.
Said to have been a son of the preceding. Part author of a "History
of Southwark," 1795, and author of other works.
CONDON, LIZZIE G. — Killeeny op Lough Cobbib, and miscellaneous poems,
Dublin, 1872, 8vo.
Was the daughter of Thomas Wm. Condon, a Waterford man (q.v.),
and was born in Waterford, 1857, and wrote some of the poems
in her volume before she was fifteen. She wrote over the signatures of
" L. G. C," " Lizzie," " Alice," to Clonmel Chronicle, Waterford
News, etc.
CONDON, THOMAS. — Gilla-Hugh ; or, The Patbiot Monk, with other poems,
Cork, 1864, 12mo ; reprinted in "Gems from the Cork Poets," Cork,
1883, Svo.
Born at Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick, in October, 1834 (or 1836). His
family went to Cork in 1843, where he was chiefly educated. He was
intended for a priest, but became an engineer, being an admirable
draughtsman. In 1862 he went to London to follow his profession, but
had to return to Cork owing to delicate health. He died at Sunday's
Well there on April 9, 1864, and was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery,
Cork. He had begun a translation of Dante before his death. He wrote
over the signature of " Maelmuire " in Universal News, London, 1862.
Some of his poems are clever, and he undoubtedly showed high promise.
Tlie review of his volume in Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, 1864, was by
Father Tom Burke O.P.
CONDON, THOMAS WILLIAM.— Father of the poetess above mentioned.
Over his initials he wrote various poems in Waterford papers and in
Nation and Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science and Literatvire.
Many of his pieces were reprinted in a series of extracts from Waterford
poets by Rev. M. P. Hickey, which appeared in one of the local papers
some years ago.
CONMEE, JAMES. — ^A farmer and classical scholar, who taught many young
men preparing for the priesthood. He was known throughout Fermanagh
as a poet. He lived near Derrygonnelly, but in Co. Oavan. He was born
about 1800, and died at an advanced age about 1890. He is referred to
as a poet by Peter Magennis in his " Poems," 1887.
CONMEE, ROBERT. — Brother of preceding, and a more admired poet. He
was a National School teacher, and retired about 1860. He had a volume
of Ossianic translations in preparation when he left Ireland for America,
where presumably he has since died. He lived in Co. Cavan, on the
borders of Fermanagh. Also referred to by Magennis as a poet in
" Poems," 1887. Both brothers had intended to collect their poems in u
volume.
CONNELL, CHARLES DENYS.— Born at Penfield, New York, of Irish
parentage, on September 19, 1867, and educated at home and at the High
School, Salamanca, New York. Is a writer of verse, and is about to publish
» volume of poems.
CONNELL, P. NORREYS.— See Conal H. O'O. O'Riordan.
CONNELL, PHILIP.— The Medal and GiiASS, a poem, Kells, 1841, 12mo.
CONNOLLY, CHARLES CASHEL.— Songs of the Celt, Baltimore, U.S.A.,
1888, 8to.
Not an anthology, but his own poems. Was apparently fi-om Bundoran,
Co. Donegal.
CONNOLLY, DANIEL. — Author of many poems in Irish-American and
Catholic journals, and editor of '' The Household Library of Ireland's
Poets," a massive collection in which he himself is one of the 260 writers
represented. It was published by himself in New York, 1887, 4to. Born
at Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, in 1836, and died unmarried in New York on
August 25, 1890, aged 64.
CONNOLLY, REY. JAMES.— Hymns, London, 1879, 16mo. Fourth edition.
London, 1882, 16mo.
Wrote other religious works, and was a good musician, setting some of
his own hymns to music. He was born in Armagh in 1829, and was.
educated in a seminary there and at Maynooth. He was ordained in 1853,
and was chieily attached to a mission in London, where he died in the
summer of 1892.
CONNOR, JOHN. — Life and Adventures of J. C, with a poem on " The
Pleasure of a Single Life," second edition, Dublin, 1821, 8vo.
CONNOR, TERENCE.^An Irishman who, with Usher Gahagan (q.v.), was-
hanged for filing coins at Newgate (on February 20, 1748-9). A poem of
his will be found in " The Newgate Calendar."
CONNOR, THOMAS. — ^A Descbiptive Poem on the Bandon Riveh, Cork,.
1823, 8vo.
CONOLLY, JAMES.— Poems, Cork, 1774, 12mo.
Known as " The Bard of Macroom," where he seems to have been born.
He died on June 4, 1791, aged 64, and w.as buried in the churchyard of St.
Colman's, Macroom. There is an elegy on him in D. B. O'Connor's.
" Works," vol. i., 1803 (q.v.), and a poem by him included in Rev. James
Delacour's " Poems," 1807 (q.v.), written many years earlier.
CONOLLY, REY. LUKE AYLMER.— The Feiabs' Tale; or, Memoies of
the Chevalier Obsini, etc., 2 vols., London, 1805 (prose tales with
occasional verse); Legendary Tales in Verse (see anonymous pieces),
Belfast, 1813, 8vo; The Tournament, a legendary tale, Belfast, 1827,
8vo; the same (anonymously), Belfast. 1832, 12mo.
Also a sermon at Montrose in 1812. He was evidently well known as a
poet at the close of last century, for Sir John Carr, in the list of Irish
writers in his " Stranger in Ireland," 1803— a list referred to several times,
in this work— includes him among the poets. He wrote the beautiful
ballad "By Rathlin's Isle I chanced to sail," and was author of an
"Account of Hamoan, Co. Antrim," "Parochial Survey of Ireland,^^
1861 vol. ii. " By Rathlin's Isle " is in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland,
and other collections of Irish poetry, and is always given without the-
author's name. Lived at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, and graduated B.A.,
T C D 1806 He had a volume of poems in the press at the time of his
death-^which occurred about 1833 at Ballycastle— but it never appeared..
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CONROy, MARY. — Love's Quest, and other Poems, edited with memorial
by Katharine E. Conway, Boston, Mass., 1896, 8vo.
An Irish- American poetess, born in Roxbury, Mass., being the eldest
daughter of Henry and Nancy Conroy. She contributed many poems to
Boston Transcript, Bonahoe's Magazine, Rosary, Boston Pilot, Brooklyn
Times, etc., and wrote verse for many illustrated booklets. She died
October 26, 1895.
CONSTABLE, MICHAEL. — NATioNAii Lyrics for the Army and Navy,
Dublin (?), sec. ed., 1848, 12mo ; Othello in Hell, and the Infaj^t with a
Branch of Olives, by "One in the Ranks," Dublin, 1848; Othello
Doomed, etc., by " One in the Ranks," Dublin, 1849; Songs and Poems,
Dublin, 1849, 16mo.
All the above works were published over his initials, " M. C," " One in
the Ranks," and " A British Soldier." Was an Irishman, and a tailor
by trade, but enlisted in 1841. He was subsequently (1856) appointed
a messenger at the Admiralty in London.
CONWAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM. — ^Elegy inscribed to the Memory of
Thomas Braughall, Esq., Dublin, 1803, 8vo (over signature of
" Yawnoc ").
It is quite possible this piece was the work of the afterwards famous
journalist of the O'Oonnell period. I have ventured to attribute it to him.
CONWAY, KATHERINE ELEANOR. — On the Sunrise Slope, poems. New
York, 1887, 8vo; A Dream of Lilies, religious verse, Boston, Mass., 1893.
Born at Rochester, New York, September 6, 1853, of West of Ireland
parentage. She was educated by the Catholic nuns of her native city and
at St. Mary's Academy, Buffalo, New York, and became a contributor to
the press before she reached her majority, writing stories, poems, etc., for
many papers. In 1883 she joined the Boston Pilot staff, and has since that
time written largely for it. She is the author of several clever and inter-
esting works of a Catholic tendency, and has written for most of the
Catholic periodicals of the States. She is recognised as one of the fore-
most of American Catholic poetesses, and is included in numerous
anthologies. (See Magazine of Poetry for July, 1892, for notice of her
and selections.) An extended article on her work appeared in the Weelcly
Bouquet (Boston), some time ago, by Henry Coyle (q.v.).
CONYNGHAM, ELIZABETH EMMET LENOX.— The Drk4m, and other
poems, London, 1883, 8vo; Hella, and other poems, London, 1836,
8vo; HoR.a! PoETica;, lyrical and other poems, London, 1859, 8vo; Eiler
and Helvig, a Danish legend (in verse), London, 1863, 8vo.
Was the only daughter of Robert Holmes, the famous orator and lawyer,
and Mary Anne Emmet, sister of the famous Robert and Tliomas Addis
Emmet, and was born in 1800. She married George Lenox Conyngham of
the War Office. Her father died in her house in his 95th year.
COOK, REY. FLAVEL SMITH, D.D.— Avbna, musings in rhyme, London,
1886, 8vo.
Probably an Englishman. Was born in England in 1827 or 1828. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1853; M.A., B.D., and D.D., in 1880. He was chaplain to the
Paddington Lock Hospital, London, and published several religious works.
Died June 22, 1900.
COOK, KENINGALE ROBERT.— Purpose and Passion, being Pygmalion
AND OTHER POEMS, London, 1870, 8vo; The Guitar Player, and other
poems, London, 1881, 16mo; The King of Kent, a drama in 4 acts and
in verse, London, 1882, 16mo; Love in a Mist, a rom:mtic drama in 3 acts
and in verse, London, 1882, 16mo.
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Was at one time proprietor and editor of the Vuhlin University
Magazine, and married a daughter of Mortimer Collins, the poet and
novelist. Born near Rochdale, September 36, 1845, and died June 24,
1886. B.A., T.O.D., 1866; M.A., LL.B., and LCD., 1875. He was a
clever poet and a good scholar. One of his translations from Theocritus,
published in the Dublin University Beview (not Magazine), in December,
1885, was so free that it is said to have killed the periodical.
COOKE, WILLIAM. — The Oapkioiotjs Lady, a comedy, altered from Beaumont
and Fletcher, 1733, 8vo; Conversation, a didactic poem, London, 1796,
4to; other editions, 1807, 1815 (with additions), 1822, 8vo; The Aet of
Living in London, a poem.
Born in Cork about 1740, was educated there, and went to London in
1766, with introductions to Goldsmith and Burke, whose friendship he
retained while they lived. He was a barrister-at-law, and wrote some legal
works, and also " Memoirs of Charles Macklin," and " Memoirs of Samuel
Foote." Died in Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, on April 3, 1824.
COONEY, MARY. — ^A poetess who wrote a great deal of verse in the Irish
and American papers of some years back, but particularly in Shamrock,
Flag of Ireland, and Irishman, of Dublin. Was born in Clonmel, and went
to the United States in 1879. In 1881 she was married to the late John
Looke, the poet (g.v.), and now lives in New York.
COOTE, WILLIAM. — Poems on Sevebal Subjects, embellished with plates.
Dublin, 1824, 12mo.
Of Rushfield.
COFFIN, JOHN. — A Derry poet, a contributor of verse to the local press.
He was the son of Captain Wm. Coppin of Derry, who, according to the
Illustrated London News of some years ago, was the first to apply screw
propulsion by steam to vessels. Although Coppin was locally well known
as a poet, I have been unable to see any of his works.
COFFIN, J. WYLKYNS. — ^An Ode on the Marriage of H.R.H. the Prince of
Wales, being the poem to which the first special prize was awarded by
the University of Dublin, June, 1863. Dublin, 1863, 8vo.
Apparently did not graduate at T.C.D.
COFPINGER, J. J., M.D.— Rhymes and Reveries, Queenstown, 1877, 8vo,
second series. Cork, 1880.
Probably the first book ever printed at Queenstown, Co. Cork, where
Coppinger was born, August 6, 1813. The volume is in prose and verse,
the greater part being reprinted from the Citizen of Dublin, 1840-41, and
other Dublin and Cork magazines from 1835 to 1874. Dr. Coppinger
resided for a long time at Banteer, Co. Cork, and died at Kanturk on
December 10, 1890. (See memoir, with portrait, in Cork Journal of
Archaeology, &c., vol. i., pp. 261-276.)
CORBET, REV. JOHN DRYDEN (?).— The coHected poems of Rev. J. D. C,
2 vols. London, 1877, 8vo.
CORBET, WILLIAM JOHN. — Songs of my Summer-time, under pseudonym of
"Harry Wildair," Dublin, 1864, 8vo; The Battle of Fontenoy, a poem,
revised edition, Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
Born in Queen's County in 1824. He was a member of the Royal Irish
Academy. Wrote a poem on the Moore Centenary and one on the visit
of the Empress of Austria to Ireland. Was formerly M.P. for East
Wicklow, and died December 1, 1909, aged 86. A memorial to him has
been recently placed in Delgany Church, Co. Wicklow,
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CORBETT, REY. FREDERICK ST. JOHN.— Echoes of the Sanctuaey,
verse, London, 1892 ; Six Christmas Carols, with music by E. Lancaster,
189 — ; Led by a Little Child, a poem, London, 1892.
Born in Dublin in 1862, and is the son of Dr. John Corbett, Principal
of Marlborough Street Training College in that city. Educated at T.C.D.,
where he graduated B.A., 1884, and M.A., 1887. He has written one or
two other works, and is at present curate of St. Michael's, Chester
Square, London, S.W.
" CORCORAN, PETER."— The Fancy, a selection from the poetical works of
the late P. C. London, 1820, 8vo.
This work was written by John Hamilton Reynolds, the well-known
English poet, as a- skit, Corcoran being a, pugilist, and probably illiterate.
CORKRAN, JOHN FRAZER. — Zakapfa, the Slave King, a tragedy in verse,
Dublin, 1839; The Painter op Italy, a play (?), 1840; The Fderos or
Arragon (a piece never acted) ; An Houb Ago ; or. Time in Dreamland,
a mystery, in verse, London, 1858, 8vo.
Author of various historical and miscellaneous works. Born in Dublin,
and became a distinguished journalist. Was Paris correspondent of
Morning Herald for eighteen years, and then acted in the same capacity
for Evening Standard. Died February 3, 1884, in London. His two
daughters, Alice and Henriette, are well known, the first as a story-
writer, the second as an artist.
CORR, REY. THOMAS JOHN. — The Dream of Melzar, and other allegories,
London, 1878, 8vo; Fa villa, tales, essays, and poems, edited by C. J.
Ward, London, 1887, 8vo.
Born at Creggan, Co. Donegal, on May 21, 1859; and died at Cross-
maglen on December 3, 1885. He was at the time of his death assistant-
chaplain of Holy Trinity Church, Florence, Italy; and previous to that
Jtield the curacy of Magdalen Church, Belfast. He was buried at Creggan.
Sch. T.C.D., 1873; B.A., 1875; M.A., 1878.
CORRY, CAPTAIN ARTHUR.— The Reconquest, a love story, in 2 cantos.
London, 1865.
CORRY, HELEN M.— Dual Songs. Belfast, 1887.
Wife of Thomas H. Corry, the botanist, noticed below. About thirty of
her poems are in the above volume.
CORRY, JOHN. — Odes and Elegies, Descriptive and Sentimental, with " The
Patriot," a poem. Newry, 1797, 8vo.
Was a native of the North of Ireland, and a self-taught man. Settled
in London about 1792. A miscellaneous writer ; author of many works,
including a "History of Liverpool," "History of Macclesfield," "His-
tory of Lancashire," and many other works, including biographies and
stories. Among the subscribers to his Newry volume were Lord Edward
Fitzgerald, Dr. Drennan (q.v.), Oliver Bond, John Hughes, Thomas Story
iq.v.), Rev. Wm. S. Dickson, Henry Joy M'Cracken, Rev. James Porter
(q.v.), Thomas Stott (q.v.), C. H. Teeling and Bartholomew Teeling, and
other United Irishmen ; so it is possible that Corry was connected with this
organisation.
CORRY, THOMAS CHARLES STEWART, M.D.— The Battle op Antrim, a
reminiscence of 1798, verse, Belfast, 1875, 8vo; Irish Lyrics, Songs, and
Poems, second edition, Belfast, 1882, 8vo.
Eldest son of the late T. C. S. Corry, M.P., of Rock Corry Castle, Co.
Monaghan (who married, in 1804, Anne, daughter of Sir John Dillon),
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but was born at Brandon, Suffolk, about 1825. Educated for the medical
profession, and graduated at Aberdeen University in 1856. He published
several medical treatises, and wrote verse for Dublin University Magazine,
London Figaro, etc. He practised as a physician in Belfast for many
years. He wrote " Ireland : Its Scenery, Music, and Antiquities " (third
edition, Dublin and Belfast, 1866). Died May 20, 1896, at an advanced
age. (See present writer's " Life of William Carletou " for references
to him.)
CORRY, THOMAS H, — Songs in the Sunlight, the last poems of T. H. C,
Belfast, 1883; Dual Songs (in conjunction with his wife), with a short
memoir of his literary life, Belfast, 1887 (with portrait).
A promising young Irish botanist, who was accidentally drowned in
Lough Gill, Sligo, in or about 1887. He published privately " A Garland
of Song" " A Wreath of Wildflowers," " EUy's Dream," etc.
COSBY, MAJOR . — Kevin's Bed, a descriptive poem of various scenery
in the county of Wicklow, etc. Dublin, 1835, 8vo.
COSGROYE, JAMES M.— An Irish-American poet of Providence, Rhode
Island, who died at an early age on February 1, 188 — . He was a lawyer,
and a graduate of St. John's (Catholic) College, Fordham, New York. His
poems appeared in several Providence papers and in Boston Pilot, etc.
COSTELLO, JOHN.— Born in Tuam, Co. Galway, and, from 1861 onwards,
editor of the Drogheda Argus. A clever journalist, a wit of more than
local fame, and a writer of popular songs and ballads, he wiU be remem-
bered as the author of the excellent and well-known bg.Uad, " The Glories
of Bellewstown Hill," which first appeared in the Argus, and was exten-
sively copied at the time of publication. It wiU be found in "The
Humour of Ireland," edited by the present writer. A. M. Sullivan
once described his as " the greatest wit in Ireland."
COSTELLO, REY. JOHN.— Swallow Flights of Song. Buffalo, New York,
1895, 16mo.
For private circulation, limited to 100 copies. Consists of translations
from French, German, Spanish, and Italian poets. The reverend author
is a contributor to various magazines in U.S.A., and is parish priest of
Athens, Pa.
COSTELLO, LOUISA STUART. — The Maid op the Cypress Isle, and other
poems, London, 1815, 8vo ; Redwaldh, a Tale of Mona, and other poems,
IJrentford, 1819, 12mo; Songs of a Strangbb, London, 1825, 8vo;
Specimens of the Eaelt Poetrt of Fbance (translated), London 1835,
8vo; The Lay of the Stork, a poem, London, 1866, 4to.
Was a most voluminous author, and wrote many books of biography,
history, and travels, chiefly concerning the Continent. Some of these
works contain poems, and she contributed verse to the Annuals about
1830. (See Forget-me-not for 1829, etc.) She was born in 1799, her
father being a Mayo man named Capt. J. F. Costello. Before she was
sixteen, she was known as an excellent artist, and at first followed t! at
profession, but eventually became a writer. She died at Boulogne of
cancer of the mouth, April 24, 1870. Her brother Dudley was also a well-
known author and artist.
COSTELLOE, JAMES C. — The Dajmish Conquest; or, The Royal Marriage,
a poem on the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Dublin,
1863, Svo ; The Azure-robed Knight and the Ladt of the Isles, a poem
on the installation of the Prince of Wales as a Knight of St. Patrick,
Dublin, 1874, Svo.
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COSTKLLOE, MARK. — No Treason ! Cushlagh MachreEj a new song,
showing how one Mark Cushlagh (i.e., M. C.) traversed the North faster
than he intended. . . . Oushely hunted from Dungannon. Extract from
a letter, etc., Belfast (?), 1831, folio.
COSTLEY, THOMAS. — Sketches of Southpoht, and other Poems, 1899.
A Co. Down man resident at Southport.
COTTER, REV. GEORGE SACKVILLE.— A Prospect op Happiness, by a
Gentleman of Cambridge, Cork, 1778, 4to (probably by him) ; Poems, con-
sisting of odes, songs, pastorals, satires, etc., 2 vols., Cork, 1788, 8vo.
B.A. Cambridge, 1775; M.A., 1779. Was the fourth son of Sir George
Cotter, of a well-known Cork family. In 1826 published a translation of
Terence's " Comedies," and in 1827 a translation of Plautus. Was born
in or about 1754, and was aged 72 in 1826. He died in 1831, leaving a
widow and large family. His wife was the daughter of R. Rogers, a Cork
banker. fie was educated at Westminster School, and for the most part
of his life lived at Youghal.
COTTER, JAMES. — Poetry akd Epitaphs. Cork, 1834.
COTTER, REV. JAMES LAURENCE. — Sacred and Inbtrtjctivb Poetry,
Cork, 1834, 12mo; Ellen and Francisco, a Brazilian tale, in 5 cantos,
Cork, 1850, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1809; Lli.B. and LL.D., 1820. Was the son of George
Sackville Cotter of Castlemartyr, and was born in 1782. Matriculated at
Oxford in June, 1802, and thence proceeded to T.C.D. He died in
September, 1850. Was vicar of Buttevant, and chaplain to the Earl of
Huntingdon.
COTTER, REY. JOSEPH ROGERSON.— New and Partially New Words to
Popular Songs, etc., Cork, Part I., 1852, 12mo; The Second Advent op
Christ, a sacred poem, London, 1862, 8vo.
Wrote other religious works, and was B.A., T.C.D. , 1845. Rector
of St. Mary Magdalen's, Colchester.
COTTER, R., M.D. — The Fables op jEsop, in Latin hexameter verse, trans-
lated from the original Greek. Dublin, 1833, 8vo.
COUGHLIN, WILLIAM J.— Songs in an Idle Hour. Boston, Mass., 1883.
" COUNTRY PARSON, A." — Concerning Earthly Love, etc., poems. Dublin
and London, 1869.
May have been by Canon Hayman (g.u.).
COURTENAY, JOHN. — The Rape op Pomona, an elegiac epistle, 1773, 4to;
A Poetical Review op the Literary and Moral Chabacter op the late
Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Dublin, 1786, 8vo; The Present State op the
Manners, Arts, and Politics op France and Italy, a series of epistles in
verse, London, 1794, 8vo ; Poetical and Philosophical Essay on the
French Revolution, addressed to Mr. Burke, 1793, 8vo; Verses
ADDRESSED TO H.R.H. THE Prinoe Regent, 1811, Svo ; Elegiac Verse to
THE Memory op Lady E. Loptus, 1811, 8vo.
Born in Carlingford, Co. Louth, in 1738. Entered political life, and
became M.P. for Tamworth, etc., in the English Parliament; and died
March 21, 1815. He edited his son's poems, as mentioned below. Con-
tributed to " Select Essays from the Batchelor ; or. Speculations of Jeffrey
Wagstaffe, Esq.," Dublin, 1772, 12mo.
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COURTENAY, JOHN (jun.)— Juvenile Poems, by the late J. C. jun., edited
with an elegy on his death, by J. C. the elder. London, 1795 8vo.
A cadet in the Engineers. Died at Calcutta, December 14 ' 1794 aged
18. Translated some of the odes of TyrtKus. '
COUSINS, JAMES H.— Ben Madighan and other Poems, with an introduc-
tion and illustrations by John Vinycomb, M.R.I.A., Belfast, 1894 8vo •
The Legend of the Blemished King, etc., Dublin, 1897, 8vo; The Voice
op One, and other poems, London, 1900, 8vo ; The Quest, poems, Dublin
1907, 12mo; The Bell Branch, poems, Dublin, 1908, 12mo: The
Awakening, and other sonnets, Dublin, 1908.
An Ulster poet of some note, now resident in Dublin. Has contributed
verse to many Irish periodicals, and several plays by him have been
produced.
COUTTS, MRS. R. B.— Born in Dundas, Canada, of Irish parentage, her
maiden name being Ballantine. Over her maiden name and her married
name she has contributed much verse to Boston Pilot, Toronto Week,
Catholic Review of Toronto, etc.
COYENEY, SISTER MARY.— See " Moi-Meme."
COWAN, SAMUEL KENNEDY.— Poems, London, 1872, 8vo; The Murmur
OE the Shells, etc. (short poems), Belfast, 1879, 8vo ; A Broken Silence
AND SOME Stray Songs, Belfast and London, 1883, 8vo; Plat, a picture-
book, verses by S. K. C, London, 1884, 4to; Laurel Leaves, Belfast, 1885 ;
Jemima Jenkins and other Jingles, Newry, 1892; Roses and Rue,
Newry, 1894 ; Victoria the Oood, Newry, 1897.
Born at Lisburn, Co. Antrim, August 13, 1850. B.A., T.C.D., 1871;
M.A., 1874. Is represented by two pieces in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra," at
the time of whose publication he was living at Glenghana, Bangor, Cb.
Down. Contributed to Kottabos, and is included in 7. M. Lowry's " Book
of Jousts."
COWAN, REY. WILLIAM.— Poems, chiefly sacred. London and Aylesbury,
1879, 8vo.
Incumbent of St. Augustine's, Derry, and once a frequent contributor t<
Quiver, Leisure Hour, etc. .
COWDELL, THOMAS DANIEL.— A Poetical Journal op a Tour from
British North America to England, etc., Dublin, 1809, 12mo; The
Nova Scotia Minstrel, etc., London, 1811, 12mo; third edition, Dublin,
1817, 12mo.
COWELL, WILLIAM.— Born in Ireland in 1820, being the son of a Colonel
Cowell, C.B., of the 42nd Regiment of Foot. Young Cowell was well
educated, and sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, but abandoned it for
law, and after a brief experience of the latter profession, emigrated to
America about 1848. He became an actor and dramatist — first in Boston,
and afterwards in Philadelphia, and was a successful theatrical agent.
Some of his burlesques were considered good, and he also acted as a
dramatic critic. He married a Miss Anne Cruise, who was an actress at
the Arch Street and Walnut Street Theatres, Philadelphia. He died
March 2, 1868, in Philadelphia. His son was a promising artist at that
time.
COWPER, JOSEPH. — Technethyrambeia ; or, A Poem on Paddy Murphey,
under-porter of T.C.D., translated from the original Latin, Dublin, 1730,
12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1728. The above is a translation of u. poem by William
Dunkin (g.r.)
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COX, ELEANOR R. — ^A Hosting op Heroes, and other poems, Dublin, 1911.
A frequent contributor, I believe, to the American magazines and
papers.
COX, HENRY HAMILTON.— The Pennsylvania Gbokgics.
I cannot discover when or where the above poems were printed. The
real name of this writer was Henry Hamilton, and he was born in Ireland
about 1750, and died there in 1822. Went to America, where he became
prominently known as Henry Cox. Was, it would seem, a poet of S"jne
popularity in Pennsylvania.
COX, REY. SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (BART.)— Poems, legendary and his-
torical, London, 1850, 8vo (in conjunction with Prof. E. A. Freeman).
Author of many works, showing great scholarship. Was Irish by descent,
and was born on January 10, 1827. B.A. and M.A., Oxford, 1859. Died
1902. The claim to a baronetcy has been recently disallowed to his son.
The first baronet of the name was. Sir Richard Cox, Lord-Chancellor of
Ireland.
COX, ROGER. — The parish clerk of Laracor in Swift's time, and a character
well known to readers of Swift's life and correspondence. He seems to
have been something of a poet, judging by the allusions in " Brookiana,"
vol. ii., and the four poems by him quoted there.
COX, WALTER. — A remarkable character in the '98 movement. Was the
sou of a blacksmith, and was born about 1760, probably in Co. Meath. He
was taught the trade of a gunsmith, but did not confine his whole attention
to it, even after starting m business himself ; for he wrote for the papers
of the United Irishmen, and in 1797 founded the Union Star. After a few
years he went to America, but returned in a year, and founded in Dublin
in 1807 his Irish Magazine and Monthly Asylum of Neglected Biography.
This ran to the year 1815, when the Government pensioned him on the
understanding that he was to cease attacking them. He went tO'
America again in 1816, and started the Exile, which did not succeed. He
wrote a bitter satire against the United States entitled " The Snuff-box,"'
in 1820, and returned to Ireland. In 1836 his pension was stopped, and)
on January 17, 1837, he died at 12 Clarence Street, Dublin, and was
buried in Glasnevin. E. OB. Madden gives his age as 67, Webb as 66,
and the cemetery register as 84 ! He may be safely consioered the author
of much of the verse in the I'n.sh Magazine. 1807-1815, and published " The
Widow Dempsey's Funeral," a small comedy, or rather homely dialogue in
prose, Dublin, 1822. In his Irish Magazine for 1814 will be tound acknow-
ledged verse by him, and he was doubtless the author of the poem in four
cantos entitled " The Parting Cup ; or. The Humours of Ueoch an Dur-
rish," which ran through the magazine in that year. Among his prose
productions are " The Snuff-box ; or, Second Part of Killing Considered,"
with a, review of American wisdom, bibles, and piety, including several
profane observations. New York, 1820, 8vo ; "A Humorous, Theological and
Classical Review of the Rapparee Expedients made use of by certain Irish
Nobility to persecute their Bishop," New York. 1820, 8vo ; "Bella,
Horrida Bella, the Dublin Evening Mail versus the Duhlin Morning Post,"
by "Vice Versa," Dublin (?), 1823 (?), 8vo; "The Cuckoo Calendar,
anecdotes of the Liberator, containing some humorous sketches of the
religious and political cleverness of the Great Mendicant," Dublin, 1833,
8vo. Cox edited the Exile in New York, 1817-1818. By many contem-
poraries he was considered a spy, and undoubtedly he received money
from the Government at various times; but leading United Irishmen
thought him honest. (For other references, see Fitzpatrick's " Secret
Service under Pitt," and Madden's " United Irishmen.")
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COYLE, ANTONY (Bishop of Raphoe) .—Collectanea Sacka, or, Pious
Miscellany in Peosb and Verse, Strabane, 1788-9, 8vo; Poem on the
Passion of Our Saviour, Dublin (?), 1799, 8vo; A Divine Poem on the
Church or Rome, Dublin, 1825 (?), 16mo; Collectanea Sacra; or A Pious
Miscellany, etc., 2 vols., Dublin, 1831, 8vo.
These were the poems which used to be recited by " Zozimus " (Michael
Moran, q.v.), and which led to the well-known burlesque poem of "The
Finding of Moses."
COYLE, EDWARD.— The Empire, verse, Belfast and London, 1906.
A doctor. Wrote a " Glasgow Exhibition Ode," 1888.
COYLE, HENRY. — The Promise op Morn, poems, Boston, Mass., 1899.
Born at Boston, Mass., June 7, 1867. His father was a Connaught man,
and his mother from Limerick. He is self-educated, and has written fre-
quently for American journals, including verse for Harper's Bazaar,
tietroit Free Press, Boston Transcript, Catholic Union and Times (Buffalo),
and Boston Pilot. Is now assistant-editor of Orphan's Bouquet, Boston,
of which James Riley {q.v.) is editor.
COYLE, MATTHEW.— Born in Arva, Killeshandra, County Cavan, on
May 1, 1862, and was taken to Scotland while an. infant, and educated at
Port Glasgow. Removed in 1880 to Govan, where he now lives, and carries
on business as a blacksmith. He began to write verse for the papers, and
at first wrote over his own name, afterwards adopting the signature of
" The Smiddy Muse." His contributions have appeared in Glasgow
Weekly Mail, Belfast Irish Weekly, Glasgow Observer, Ulster Examiner,
and many other papers. He is included in the 14th series of Edwards'
" Modern Scottish Poets."
COYLE, WILLIAM. — A Derry poet, who translated Horace's odes, and
wrote some admired local pieces. He was a classical teacher in London-
derry, and died a few years ago at an advanced age. I do not know
whether his translations from Horace appeared in book form or not.
COYNE, REV. JOSEPH.— Born at Tyrrell's Pass, County Westmeath, in
1839, and was educated in Tullamore, Navan, and Maynooth. Was
ordained in 1864, and for some years held a professorship in St. Mary's,
MuUingar. He became eventually P.P. of Delvin, County Westmeath,
and died there on November 16, 1891. He was an accomplished writer,
and contributed various articles to Irish Ecclesiastical Beeord, and the
Nation, and poems over the signature of " C. J. M." {i.e., Coyne, Joseph,
Meath).
COYNE, JOSEPH STERLING.— All fob Love; or. The Lost Pleiad,
a romantic drama, prose and verse, 12mo; Buckstone at Home; or. The
Manager and his Friends, a sketch in prose and verse, 12mo ; The
Pets of the Parterre ; or. Love in a Garden, a comedietta, prose and
verse, 12mo ; A Scene in the Life of an Unprotected Female, a farce in
verse, 12mo; This House to be Sold, musical extravaganza, 12mo; Willi-
. kind and Dinah, an original pathetic and heart-rending tragedy in three
sad scenes, verse, 12mo ; and Leo the Terrible, a burlesque by J. S. C.
and F. Talfourd, 12mo — all in Webster's or Lacy's acting editions of plays.
Born in 1803, at Birr, King's County, being the son of an officer of the
Irish Commissariat, and was educated at Dungannon and Dublin. Was
intended for the Bar, but he preferred dramatic authorship and jour-
nalism, and wrote in early life for the Comet and other Dublin news-
papers, as well as for the stage. In 1837 he went to London with a
letter of introduction from William Carleton to Crofton Croker, and
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through the latter's influence obtained an opening in English periodicals,
contributing Irish sketches to Bentley's Miscellany and other magazines.
He was one of the projectors of Punch, and one of its earliest contributors.
But most — nearly all, in fact — of his work was done for theatres, particu-
larly the Adelphi and Haymarket. He was appointed secretary to tne
Dramatic Authors' Society in 1856, and died of paralysis at Westbourne
Park, London, July 18, 1868, deeply regretted by the theatrical world.
Altogether, it is said, he wrote nearly one hundred dramatic pieces, some
of which were translated into French and German.
CRAIG, REY. JOHN DUNCAN. — Bkuno, with othek Ballads of the iRisp
Reion of Tereob, Dublin, 1888, 8vo ; Fbanconnettb, from the Provencal of
Jasmin, translated into Englfsh verse, 1866, 8vo; Soldiers op the
Heavsnly Camp, hymns and poems, Dublin, 1901.
Author of one or two valuable works on Provence and its language, and
of several relating to Ireland, including a volume of Recollections. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1851; M.A., 1857. He was incumbent of Holy Trinity Church,
Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin. Died at San Remo, March 30th, 1909,
aged 78.
CRAIG, WILLIAM ALEXANDER.— Poems a>d Ballads, London and
Dublin, 1899, 8vo.
This volume has passed through more than one edition. The author was
the manager of the Hibernian Bank, Dublin, and has written many poems
for the Irish Times and other papers. A remarkably good poem of his is
in " The Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909.
CRAWFORD, MRS. A. (?).— Stanzas, 1830 (?), 12mo.
Author of " Lismore," " A Story of a Nun," " Early Struggles," " The
Double Marriage," " The Lady of the Bedchamber," and other works of
fiction.
CRAWFORD, REY. FRANCIS J., LL.D. — ^Hor^ Hebraic^, verse, London
and Leipzig, 1868, 8vo.
Born about 1815, and graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1884. Was ordained in
1843. He was the author of several philological works, and rector of
Milton Bryant, in Bedfordshire. Died some years ago.
CRAWFORD, CAPT. JOHN WALLACE.— The Poet Scout, a book of song
and story, New York, 1886, 12mo ; Camp Fire Sparks, — ; Tatia, a drama.
This well-known " poet scout," " Capt. Jack Crawford," is said to have
been of Scotch origin, but born at Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, on March 4,
1838 (?). Went to Ajnerica in 1857, and worked as a miner in Pennsyl-
vania for a time. He served in the Civil War (in which his father was
killed), and became a famous scout. I have seen his date of birth given as
' 1847. Killed while mining at the end of October or beginning of November,
1896. One account says he was born in Tyrone.
CRAWFORD, LOUISA MATILDA JANE.— Irish Songs, set to music by
Frederick Nicholls Crouch, 1840.
Authoress of " Kathleen Mavourneen," " Dermot Astore," and other
very famous songs ; altogether, she wrote over a hundred. There is con-
siderable confusion about her identity, some writers calling her "Julia"
Crawford, while others (such as E. C. Stedman's " Victorian Antho-
logy," in which she is included), give her name as " Louise Macartney "
Crawford. She has been described as a, native of Co. Cavan, born in or
about 1790, but the following facts seem to be undoubted. Although
clearly Irish in some way, she was the younger daughter of Col. Montague,
a distinguished naturalist, of Luckham Hall, AViltshire, and Knowle
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House, near Kingsbridge. She married Matthew Crawford, a barrister
of the Middle Temple, and died on December 29, 1858, aged 68. She
wrote a good deal of verse, including her " Kathleen Mavourneen," for
the Metropolitan Magazine, 1830-40; and also some autobiographical re-
collections, which state that her early life was spent in Wiltshire. Her
account, however, gives no other single definite fact about herself. She
was a musician of some merit, it wojild appear, as Moore in his " Diary "
(vol. vi., p. 328) mentions having written words for some " Russian Airs,"
composed by her.
CRAWFORD, WILLIAM.— The Bonapaetiad, a poem, London, 1818, 8vo.
Was a barrister of the Middle Temple.
CREAGH, SIR MICHAEL. — ^A Poem to His Excellency the Lobd Cariebbt,
Lt.-Gen., Goveenob Genebal of His Majesty's Kingdom op Ieeland,
UPON HIS safe arrival IN SAID KiNGDOM, Dublin, 1725 (?).
Was M.P. for Dublin in Jacobite Parliament, Lord Mayor in 1689, and
Paymaster-General under James II. His property was confiscated by the
Williamites.
CREAMER, EDWARD SHERWOOD.— ADiBONDACi Readings, poems,
Buffalo, New York, 1893.
Born at Oldcastle, Co. Meath, about 1843, and went with his parents to
America when seven years of age. He settled in New York and Brooklyn,
and fought in the cavalry in the Civil War. Has written much verse for
the New York papers, especially for the Sun.
CREANY, WILLIAM.— A New Ybab's Offering, poems, Belfast, 1832.
CREERY, WILLIAM ARTHUR.— Gondola Hills, Fairy Bay, Valley or
Rills and Tlowbrs, etc., poems, Dublin, two parts, 1869, 4to.
CREIGHTON, REV. JAMES. — Elegiac Stanzas occasioned by the Death
OP THE Rev Charles Wesley, 1788 ; Poetic Miscellanies, London, 1791,
8vo (published over his initials).
B.A., T.C.D., 1764. Born in the North of Ireland, and describes Lough
Erne and surrounding country in his poems.
CRILLY, DANIEL. — Well-known contributor to the Nation, Indepen-
dent, and other Irish papeis. Has written a good many poems over the
pseudonyms of " Owen Curry," "Leinad," and "Ross E. Trevor." Many
stories in Young Ireland, etc., are also among the productions of his pen.
Of Co. Down family, and was born on December 14, 1857 ; educated in
Ireland, and at Sedgley Park School, Staffordshire. Became a journalist and
ultimately an M.P., and for some time represented North Mayo in Parlia^
ment. An article on his life and writings was written by Rev. Matthew
Russell, and will be found in the Irish Monthly for November, 1888.
CRIPS, ROBERT. — At< Escape from Town, and other poems. Dublin, 1840,
12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1807 (?). The poems are patriotic in tone.
CROFTON, FRANCIS BLAKE.— Author of some successful novels and other
works, and born at Crossboyne, Co. Mayo, in 1842. Graduated B.A.,
T.C.D., in 1862, and soon afterwards went to Nova Scotia, where he became
Librarian of the Legislative Assembly. He has written a number of
poems for American and Canadian periodicals, and is considered one of
the leading writers of Nova Scotia. His chief works are " The Hair-
breadth Escapes of Major Mendax ' ' (1889), " The Major's Big Talk
Stories," "The Bewildered Querists and other Nonsense" (1875), and
"Baliburton, the Man and the Writer." He died at Southsea on
October 23, 1911. See Morgan's "Canadian Men and Women of the
Time " for further particulars.
CROKE, J. O'BYRNE. — Stjn and Sunbeams, one of the Fairy Tales of
Science, verse, Dublin, 1877. . .
Was formerly a professor or examiner at the Royal University, and
wrote and edited several educational works.
CROKEB, JOHN WILSON.— Familiar Epistles to F, E. Jones, Esq.,
in verse, anonymous, Dublin, 1804, 12mo; various editions; HiSTEiONic
Epistles, London, 1807, 12mo; Songs of Trafalgar, — ; Battle of Tala-
VERA, Dublin, 1809 (anonymously), 1810, 8vo; 1812, 4to; 1816, 8vo, and
other editions.
Also wrote, there is little doubt, the skit on Dublin ladies called
" Cutchaoutohoo, or the Jostling Innocents," Dublin, 1805, 12mo; second
edition, ditto, ditto. Most of his satires called forth numerous replies.
Was a somewhat voluminous author, and for years was a Quarterly
Reviewer. He was born in the town of Galway in 1780; educated at
Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated B.A., 1800; LL.B. and
LL.D., 1809; and became a member of the Irish Bar. He
deserted law for journalism and politics, becoming member for Down-
patrick in 1807. Became Secretary to the Admiralty, and a most pro-
minent parliamentarian. Retired from active political life in iS32, and
died near Hampton on August 10, 1857.
CROKER, MARGARET SARAH (?). — Monody on the Death op Princess
Charlotte, 1817, 4to; NtTG.a: CANORiB, poems, London, 1818, 8vo; second
edition, 1819; Tribute to the Memory op Sir Samuel Romilly, 1818,
8vo; Monodt on the Death op the Duke op Kent, 1820, 8vo.
CROKER, REV. TEMPLE HENRY. — Orlando Furioso, in English, London
1755, 4to; The Satires op Ludovico Aeiosto, translated into English
verse, London, 1759, 8vo.
Wrote several other works, including a "Dictionary of Arts and
Sciences," some sermons, and a book on mechanism. He was the son of
Henry Croker, of Sarsfield Court, Co. Cork, and was born in 1729.
Educated at Westminster School, and matriculated at Christ Church
College, Oxford, November 25, 1746; graduated B.A., 1750; M.A., 1760.
He died about 1790.
CROKER, THOMAS CROFTON.— The Thorniad, a familiar epistle, Cork,
1816 (anonymously, a piece directed at R. J. Thorn, q.v) ; Daniel
O'Rourke; or. Rhymes op a Pantomime, London, second edition, 1828,
8vo; The Keen op the South op Ireland, etc., London, 1844, 8vo (contains
various poems by him and others) ; Recollections op Old Christmas, a
masque, privately printed, 1850, 4to (with prologue by Barry Cornwall),
There are various poems in his " Legends of Killarney " and " Fairy
Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland," and I venture to ascribe
to him the poem signed " T. C. C." in " Harmonica," a collection of poems
published by Bolster at Cork in 1818. He wrote verses for several English
papers and magazines, including Blackwood's and the Morning Post, and
in 1828-29 edited an annual entitled " The Christmas Box," which was
illustrated by W. H. Brooke, who had done the etchings for his book on
Killarney; it contains pieces by Croker signed by his initials. He contri-
buted verse to other annuals also. In 1839 he edited " Popular Songs of
Ireland," a very curious collection, with learned notes. He was born in
Cork on January 15, 1798, his father being a major in the 38th regiment
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of foot. He first became known as an artist, but gave up tbat pursuit for
literature. Through the influence of John Wilson Croker (who was not
related to him) he obtained a good appointment in the Admiralty, and in
that post he remained for nearly thirty years, retiring in 1850 on a large
pension. His works are very numerous, learned and interesting,
and he was one of the founders of the Oamden and Percy Societies.
The stories in " Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland "
were written chiefly by William Maginn, Chief Baron Pigot, S. 0. Hall,
Charles R. Dod, Thomas Keightley, and Joseph Humphreys. He died at
his house in Old Brompton on August 8, 1854, and was buried in
Brompton Cemetery. Only one copy of his " History of Kilmallock " was
printed, and this was given to Thomas Moore. See letters by Moore in
Dublin University Magazine, 1849, vol. ii., p. 213.
CROKER, THOMAS FRANCIS DILLON.— Son of T. C. Croker, and known
chiefly as an antiquarian writer. He wrote some poems for Mirth, a
magazine edited by the late H. J. Byron ; Sharpe's London Magazine (1864,
etc.), and other periodicals, and I think wrote several plays, or at least
collaborated in them. Born "1831, and died February 6, 1912.
CROLY, KEY. GEORGE, LL.D.— Paris in 1815, a poem (anonymous), 1817,
8vo; Lines on the Death of Heb Royal Highness Peincess Ohaelotte,
London, 1818, 8vo ; second part, with other poems, London, 1821, 8vo ;
The Angel of the World, etc., with other poems, London, 1820, 8vo;
Oataline, a tragedy, with other poems, London, 1822, 8vo ; The Poetical
Works of O. C, 2 vols., London, 1830, 8vo; Scenes from Scripture, with
other poems, Loudon, 1851, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1780, Sch. T.C.D., 1798; B.A., 1800; M.A., 1804.
Was ordained in the latter year. Wrote verse constantly for many English
journals, particularly the Literary Gazette. To the annuals, such as the
Amulet for 1829, and Forget-me-not for 1826-27, he also contributed much
verse. He also wrote a few novels and some theological and historical
works, and became Rector of St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook, London, in
1835. He died suddenly in Holborn on November 24, 1860. There is
a window to his memory in St. Stephen's, and also a bust and tablet.
His reputation as a poet and preacher was very great. (See Jordan's
"Autobiography," vol. iii., pp. 269, etc., for uncollected poems of his.)
His two sisters and his daughter were, poetesses, and wrote verse for the
Literary Gazette. (See Jordan's " Autobiography," vol. ii., p. 81. and
vol. iii., p. 277, for references to them.) The British Museum Catalogue
attributes to him a poem, " May Fair," London, 1827, much in the style
of Luttrell (g..v.), but Mr. Julian W. Cioly {g..v.), his son, tells me that he
never heard of it. A biography of Croly has been published.
CROLY, JULIAN W. — Old Jewels Reset, fables in verse. London, 1873,
8vo.
Son of Rev. George Croly (q.v.)
" CROMLEICH." — ^RoMAN Vagaries, in a familiar epistle in verse, and
Seeing is Believing, and The Legend of a Wreck, in verse, London and
Dublin, 1852, 8vo.
CRONIN, DANIEL.— Poems (over his initials). London, 1880, 8vo.
CRONIN, EDWARD. — ^Born in Tubbermurray, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, m
1840, and died in Dublin, December 15, 1908. He spent most of his life
in the U.S.A., and wrote many poems for Catholic Union and Times of
Buffalo, edited by the following (his brother), and other American papers.
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CRONIN, REY. PATRICK. — ^An Irish-American poet-priest, represented in
Daniel Connolly's collection of Irish poetry. Born in Adare, Co. Limerick,
in 1836. Went to United States of America, and for many years edited
the Catholic Union and Times of Buflfalo. Wrote poetry for that and
various other Irish and Catholic papers of America, and died in December,
1905. He is represented in several Irish-American anthologies, and in
T. D. Sullivan's "Irish National Poemsby Irish Priests," 1911.
CROSBIE, BLIGH TALBOT. — A Western Wakening, poems, Dublin, 1912.
Connected with the well-known Kerry family of the name.
CROSSLEY, THOMAS HASTINGS HENRY.— A frequent contributor of
poems to Kottabos, both translated and original, and composer of some
hymn tunes. He published a translation of " The Fourth Book of the
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius," 1882, 8vo; Sch. T.C.D., 1865; B.A.,
1869; M.A., 1871. Son of Major-Gen. F. H. Crossley, and born at Glen-
burn, near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, on August 1, 1846. Educated at Royal
School of Dungannon. Has been senior classical master at Trinity College
(Glenalmond), and Professor of Greek at Belfast. Sixteen of his pieces
are in "Dublin Translations," 1890. As a musician, he seems to be
somewhat distinguished. He was a pupil of Berthold Tours.
CROWE, EYRE EYANS. — The Plbasukes of Melancholy, and A Saxon
Tale (in verse), London, 1819, 8vo.
A distinguished journalist and writer in his day, author of various
novels, travels, biographies, and histories. Born in Hampshire in March,
1799, but was of Irish origin. Was educated at T.C.D., and wrote prose
and verse for the Dublin Magazine, 1820, and also many poems and
articles for the London Examiner, of which he afterwards became one of
the principal writers. He wrote leaders for the Morning Chronicle,
edited the Baihj Neivs for a time, and also wrote for Fraser's Magazine.
He died in London, February 25, 1868, and was buried in Kensal Green.
He was the father of Eyre Crowe, A.R.A., and Sir Joseph Archer Crowe,
C.M.G.
CROWE, JOHN O'BEIRNE.— Author of various poems, some of which
appeared in Duffy's Fireside Magazine, 1851-4, over signature of
"J. O. B. C." He was a graduate of Queen's College, Belfast, and
having a good knowledge of Irish, became professor of the language in
Queen's College, Galway. He did several translations for the Ossianic
Society and Royal Irish Academy. When the three professorships of
Irish at the Queen's Colleges were instituted, O'Donovan, Owen ConneUan
and Crowe were appointed. He was born near Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo,
about 1825, and died in poverty in Johnson's Court, Great Britain Street,
Dublin, about 1878. Besides translating and editing Irish texts such as
" Scela na Esergi," and Dalian Forgail's " Arara Choluim Chille," 1871,
he published, but rigidly suppressed after prablication, a pamphlet entitled
" The Catholic University and the Irish Language " (a copy of which is
in Dublin University College Library).
CROWLEY, REY. DENIS O.— Born at Castletownbere, Co. Cork, on July 4,
1852, and was educated at its National School. Before he was twenty-one
lie went to America, and settled first in Boston (Mass.), where he was
employed in a. publishing house. He there studied under several pro-
fessors, and in 1875 went to San Francisco, where he is now settled. He
was ordained a priest in December, 1883. Whilst in Boston he had
written a good deal for its Leader and for the American Gael, and also
occasionally for the Irish World and Irish American. For the San Fran-
cisco Monitor he has written a good many pieces, and also for Donahoe's
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Magazine, Celtic Monthly, etc., over signature of " Dunboy." He is
founder and editor of the St. Joseph's Union, a very successful paper
connected with a mission with which Father Crowley is greatly identified.
He built the fine refuge for homeless boys in San Francisco. He was
connected with Charles A. Doyle {q.v.) in the editing of "A Chaplet of
Verse by Californian Writers," and has published a large illustrated work
on " Irish Poets and Novelists," which has run through three editions.
His poems have been included in several collections, notably in " Poets
of America" (Chicago), in which there is a memoir and portrait of him.
CROWLEY, MARY CATHERINE.— Born in Boston, Mass., and comes of a
well-known Catholic family of that city. Was educated at home, and in
the Academy of Notre Dame, Eoxbury, Mass., finishing her course St
the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, New York. Her
poems have been received with praise, but it is as a writer of
children's stories that she is best known. She has published two volumes
of these, namely, "Merry Hearts and True" and " Happy-go-Lucky."
She has written for the Catholic World, New York, Boston Pilot, Ladies'
Home Journal, Philadelphia, New York Freeman's Journal, St. Nicholas,
Ave Maria, and Irish Monthly, Dublin. Some of her short stories were
published by the M'Clure Syndicate.
CRUICE, JAMES.— Psyche, and other poems, 1857, 8vo.
" CRUCK-A-LEAGHAN."— (i.e., David Hepburn and Dugald M'Fadyen,
q.v.)
CRYAN, ROBERT W. W.— Son of Dr. Robert Cryan of Dublin, and born in
or about 1866, and was educated at Belvedere College in his native city,
and at T.C.D., where he distinguished himself. After leaving college he
travelled extensively in Europe, spending a good many years in Italy. He
published a volume of travel impressions called " Scenes in Many Lands,"
and wrote many articles which he intended to collect in book form. He
died in Bordighera on April 4, 1907, and was buried at Glasnevin. He
wrote a good deal of verse in his younger days for Irish journals.
CUDMORE, PATRICK. — Pbesident Gbant and Political Rings, a satire, and
other verse. New York, 1880, 8vo; The Lb Siteue Litany, for Doran, etc.,
verse. New York, 1882, 8vo ; Poems, Songs, Satires, and Political Rings,
fourth edition, New York, 1885, 8vo ; The Battle op Clontabp, and other
poems, New York, 1895, 8vo ; Cudmore's Prophecy op the Twentieth
Century, a poem, New York, 1899.
Also "The Irish Republic," an historical memoir, St. Paul's Minne-
sota, 1871, 8vo. Was born at Moorestown, parish of Kilfinane, Co.
Limerick, 1831. Went to Unitied States, America, in 1846; served in
the Civil War, and is now a, lawyer in Faribault, Minnesota. He is
included in several collections of American local verse, but his work is
of no value.
CUFFE, WILLIAM O'CONNOR (4th Earl of Desart) .— Born July 10, 1845,
and educated at Eton and in Germany. He was the author of several
successful novels, and in 1879 a volume of poems by him was announced
as about to appear, but I believe it was never nublished. Died September
15, 1898.
CULHANE, KATE. — A writer of some merit whose poems appeared in
the Irish papers early in the eighties over the signature of " Louisa
Bride." Most of them, I think, appeared in Nation, Weekly Neios, and
Young Ireland. She is included in " Emerald Gems." Dublin, 1885.
CULLEN, E.— Poems. London, 1892.
CULLEN, J. HOWARD. — Leisube Hour Musings, poems (with portrait).
Dublin and Belfast, 1861.
CULLEN, REY. JOHN.— Poems and Idylls. London, 1882, 8vo.
Born in Ireland on October 15, 1837, and educated at Trinity College,
Dublin, and St. Aidau's, Cheshire. Well known as a preacher and poet.
Vicar of Redcliffe-on-Trent since 1874. Wrote for periodicals over signa-
ture of " Llucen."
CULLEN, REV. JOHN. — Hokjb PoEiica;, new edition, revised. London,
1869, 8vo.
Does not appear to be the writer previously noted.
CULLEN, REY. P. J. — Born at Mullahoran, Co. Cavan, on January 9, 1856.
Both his parents were named Oullen. He was educated at St. Bernard's,
Granard, and at All Hallows, Dublin. Ordained in 1879, and went to St.
Louis, Missouri, where he did missionary work for some years. His poems
have appeared in Donahoe's Magazine, Catholic Tribune (St. Joseph, Mo.),
etc., generally over the initials, " P. C."
CULLINAN, MAXWELL CORMAC— A distinguished classical scholar of
T.C.D. Sch., 1862,: B.A., 1864. Wrote a good deal of classical verse for
Kottahos, and also a book on University education in Ireland. Entered
Cambridge University after leaving Dublin, and graduated B.A., 1868;
M.A., 1871, gaining a fellowship. Was part author, with Professor R. ¥.
Tyrrell and T. J. B. Brady, of " Hesperidum Susurri," a collection ef
renderings of English poems into Greek and Latin, and contributed to
" Dublin Translations," 1890. Died at Rome in May or June, 1884, aged
about 45.
CUMING, REY. HUGH SMITH.— Wrote various poems, one of which, " The
Battle of Waterloo," gained a prize at T.C.D. , where he graduated B.A.,
1819. Born in Ballymena, June 18, 1796; died in Co. Down, December
30, 1859.
CUMMINGS, REV. JEREMIAH WILLIAM.— Born of Irish parentage in
Washington, U.S.A., in 1822, and was educated at the College of the Propa-
ganda in liome. He was the founder of St. Stephen's Church, New
York, and was its pastor for many years. He wrote some verse, a specimen
of which will be found in Eliot Ryder's " Household Library of Catholic
Poets." He died on January 5, 1866.
CUMMINS, EDWARD.— Miscellaneous Poetical Works. Dublin, 1808,
12mo (with portrait).
Was only fifteen when his volume was published, and was known as
" The Young Hibernian." A magnificent list of noble and most noble
subscribers is prefixed to his volume, which is dedicated to the Duke of
Bedford, ex-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. For some inexplicable reason,
his volume was a gi-eat success.
CUMMINS, JOHN JAMES. — Seals op the Covenant opened in the Sacra-
ments, hymns and poems, 1839; Lyra Evangelica, poetical meditations
and hymns (anon.), 1839, republished with additions as Hymns, Medita-
tions, and Poems, 1849.
Was the son of a merchant of Cork, and was born there on May 5, 1795.
In 1834 he went to London, and for many years was a director of the
Union Bank of Australia. He died on November 23, 1867, in Surrey. •
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CUNNINGHAM, REV. F. A.— Songs of the Catholic Ybae. Boston, 1891,
4to.
CUNNINGHAM, HUGH (?) .—Mesmerism ; or, The New School of Arts,
WITH Cases in Point (partly in verse). London, 1845.
CUNNINGHAM, MRS. JANE.— Mystagogue, a poem. Dublin, 1851, 8vo.
CUNNINGHAM, JOHN.— Day, and other Pastorals, Edinburgh, 1761, 4to;
Ajsf Elegy on a Pile of tRtriNS, London, 1761, 4to; Love in a Mist, a
farce, 1747, 12mo; The Poetical Works of J. C, with life, London,
1795 (?), 12mo.
Several complete editions of his poems have been published. Was the
son of a wine merchant, and was born in Dublin in 1729. Wrote poetry
for Dublin papers before he was twelve years old. He became an actor,
and settled at Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he died on September 18, 1773,
aged 43, and was buried there. His " Love in a Mist " was written when
he was only 17. He is considered one of the best of the English pastoral
poets.
CUNNINGHAM, WILLIAM.— Poems. Dromore, Co. Down, 1808.
A young Ulster poet, born at Magherabeg, near Dromore, on March 19,
1781. Died December 27, 1804. Is praised by James M'Heury in his
" Bard of Erin," etc., and was befriended by Bishop Percy of Dromore.
Was a friend of Thomas Stott and T. R. Robinson (q.v.), and in the
latter's volume of poems there is a piece on him, as well as one by him,
entitled " The Queen of the May." Was for a while a teacher in Belfast
Academy. Wrote at times over signature of " Colin."
CURRAN, HENRY GRATTAN.— A well-known translator from the Irish, and
author of some original pieces. In Hardiman's collection of Irish poetry
there are many of his translations, as also in H. E. Montgomery's collec-
tion of " native " poetry. To the Citizen, Dublin, 1842, vol. i., he contri-
buted a poem given in DufEy's " Ballad Poetry." It was signed " C,"
and is entitled " The Eate of the Eorties." His " Wearing of the Green "
is perhaps his best lyric. He was a natural son of J. P. Curran, and was
born in 1800. He was a barrister (admitted to Gray's Inn, May, 1824),
and ultimately became a resident magistrate (of Parsonstown, I think),
and died while holding that appointment, February 12, 1876. Was buried!
with his brother. W. H. Curran (who died August 24, 1858, aged 69), in<
Mount Jerome, Dublin.
CURRAN, JOHN PHILPOT.— Memoirs of the Life of J. P. C, comprising,
anecdotes of his wit . . . and a selection of his poetry, by William
O'Regan, 1817, 8vo.
Wrote various poems and songs, to be found in 0 'Regan's volume, and
also in Charles Phillips' " Curran and his Contemporaries." His longest
poem, " The Plate-warmer," appeared in the Dublin Examiner, 1816, but
the best version is in Carrick's Morning Post, Dublin, August 13, 1816.
Born at Kewmarket, Co. Cork, on July 24, 1750 ; died October 14, 1817, at
Brompton, and buried in Paddington Churchyard ; but his body was after-
wards removed to Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. As an advocate, wit, and
orator, Curran is too well known to call for further details hei-e. Some
of his lyrics are admirable, apd especially "The Deserter's Meditation,"
which is one of the most admirable pieces in Anglo-Irish literature.
CURTIN, JOHN C. — An Irish-American writer who is represented in Eliot
Ryder's " Household Library of Catholic Poets." Eor some time he was
editor of the Neio York Tablet. The enlarged second edition of O'Reilly's.
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" Poetry and Song of Ireland " was compiled by him. He has written a
good deal of verse for the Irish-American Press. Was born in Lindsay,
Ontario, of Irish parentage, and was educated in Toronto, etc.
CURTIS, EDMUND.— About the beginning of June, 1896, several paragraphs
appeared in the London Press, especially in Daily News and Westminster
Gazette, concerning a boy poet of above name, aged 15, and a native of
Co. Donegal, who was employed at a rubber factory in Silvertown, East
London. His father was a graduate of T.C.D. who had fallen into very
reduced circumstances. The boy's verses, some of which were printed at
the time, were very promising, and as a result of the agitation in his
behalf, a wealthy gentleman offered to pay for his education for three
3'ears. I have not been able to trace his later career.
CURTIS, WILLIAM.— Poems, 2 vols. London, 1820, 12mo.
Of Annaghmore, King's Co. There is a tragedy entitled "Montorio;
or. The Castle of IJdolpho," in his second volume. It is founded on Mrs.
Radcliffe's " Mysteries of Udolpho." Most of his poems are pastorals.
CURTIS, WILLIAM O'LEARY.— Born in Dublin in 1868, and author of much
verse, of which only very little has been published. What he has printed
is graceful and melodious, and one or two of his songs have been set to
music. His verse has appeared in Weehly Independent, United Ireland,
Shamrock, United Irishman, Irish Homestead, etc., and he has written
innumerable articles for the first-named paper and its daily issue, having
been a member of its staff for some years. He has also published a good
many stories and articles in other Dublin papers.
CUSACK, MARY PRANCES.— Cloister Songs, by " Sister Mary Frances
Clare," 1881, Svo.
Known as " The Nun of Kenmare." Was originally a Protestant, but
became a Catholic, and, reverting again to her earlier beliefs, wrote
various attacks on Catholicism. Wrote many works, chiefly Irish and
historical, and was the author of some poems, two of which are in " Lyra
Hibernica Sacra." She is also included in Connolly's " Household Library
of Ireland's Poets." Hymns by her will be found in Mrs. Brock's " Chil-
dren's Hymn-book," 1881, and W. G. Herder's "Hymn Lover," 1889.
She died in Leamington, in June, 1899, aged 70.
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D., E. L.— See Doyle, E. L.
D., P. W. . — Ossian'b Tiest Drbam of Cath-Loda, versified. Dublin,
1825, 8vo.
D., G. W. — Songs op the Greeks, and other poems. Dublin, 1885.
DABORN, REV. ROBERT.— The Christian turked Turk ; or, The Tragical
Lives and Deaths op the two Tamous Pyrates, Ward and Danvioebk, a
tragedy in one act, and in prose and verse, London, 1612, 4to ; The Pooh
Man's Comport, a tragi-comedy, in five acts, and in prose and in verse,
1655, London (?), 4to. Also four or five unpublished plays.
An Irish clergyman, mentioned in John Power's Irish Literary Inquirer.
He lived in the reign of James I., and was Chancellor of Waterford, 1619,
Prebendary of Lismore in 1620, and Dean of Lismore in 1621. Died
March 23, 1628.
DACRE, LADY.— See Mrs. B. Wilmot.
DALEY, C. F. (?). — The Skating Party, and other Poems and Stories,
New York, 1891, 4to; When Three are Company, and other Poems and
Stories, New York, 1891, 4to.
DALEY, JOSEPH.— Wild Flowers, poems. Boston (Mass.), 1883.
Was then living at Brentford, Connecticut.
DALEY, YICTOR J.— At Dawn and Dusk, Sydney, N.S.W., 1898; Wine and
Roses, poems, with portrait and memoir, Sydney, 1911.
One of the best of the Australian poets. Born Navan, Co. Armagh,
September 5, 1858, and died Sydney, September 29, 1905. At fifteen he
was taken to Plymouth, and got a clerkship in Great Western Railway
Ofiices. Went to Australia in or about 1878, first to Adelaide, and then
to Melbourne, and afterwards to Sydney. He had taken to journalism
before this, and joined the staff of the Sydney Punch, finally writing for
Bulletin. For a time he returned to Melbourne, but eventually settled in
Sydney. His fame as a poet spread all over Victoria and New South
Wales, and his writings were greatly admired. He is buried in the
Catholic part of Waverley Cemetery. A sketch of his life was published
by A. G. Stephens, in Sydney, 1905.
DALTON, REY. EDWARD. — The Sea, The Railway Journey, and other
poems, second edition. London and Dublin, 1866, 8vo.
Various other works also, chiefly religious. A poem by him will be
found in Rev. C. Roger's " Golden Sheaf of Poems " (by living authors),
1868. Was rector of Tramore, Co. Waterford.
DALTON, EDWARD TUITE. — ^He wrote a goodly number of songs, which
were set to music by Stevenson and other composers. Among other
things, he wrote the words for two series of psalms, which were set to
music by Sir John Stevenson (Mus. Doc), and were published in 1822.
Married Olivia, the daughter of Stevenson, who afterwards became Mar-
chioness of Headfort. Moore frequently mentions him in his " Diary,"
and under date October 27, 1828, records having just learned of his death
(from consumption), although he had been dead some years. He was one
of the proprietors of Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, for a year or two
before his death, which occurred in 1822. See " Life of Sir John Steven-
son," by Bumpus, pp. 11 and 36.
D'ALTON, JOHN. — Dermid ; or, Erin in the Days of Boku, a poem in 12
cantos. London, 1814, 4to.
Born at Bessville, Co. Westmeath, in 1792. B.A., T.C.D., 1829. Was
a barrister-at-law, and made various translations from the Gaelic poets,
editing also some important Irish books. Wrote a " History of Dundalk,"
in conjunction with J. R. O'Flanagan; also a "History of Drogheda,"
" Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin," " History of Co. Dublin," etc.
Some of his translations from the Irish are in Hardiman's " Minstrelsy,"
1831. Contributed to various magazines, as the Irish Penny Magazine,
1833, etc. He died in Dublin on January 20, 1867. His " Dermid "
was highly praised by Sir Walter Scott.
DALTON, JOHN PAUL. — Poems, Original and Translated, Cork, 1894, 8vo;
Sarbfield at Limerick, and other Poems, Cork, 1898, 8vo.
A frequent contributor to Corh Examiner and other papers, and born at
Cork in 1869. Educai^d there at the public primary school and at Queen's
College. Is represented in W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets."
DALY, BRIAN. — rANCT Free, poems. London, 1892, 8vo.
Is a writer of music-hall songs and other effusions, and author of a
biography of Albert Chevalier, etc.
DALY, EUGENE P.^Wrote for Weehly News, Young Ireland, etc., over
signatures of "Owen Bawn," "Ebghan Ban," " Eoghan Mor," and
" Old Carroll the Bard." Was born in 1860, and was a miller at Athlone.
DALY, NICHOLAS.— Upbraid not Eve, a poem. Cork (."), 1893.
A Cork man. Perhaps the above poem was printed there.
DALY, PATRICK McHALE. — Versicles and Tales ; or, Leisure Hours of a
Youth, London, 1874, 8vo; Sweet Meadow, a Book of Song from
Ttrawlet, Dublin, 1881, 8vo.
A Galway poet, born about 1858, and died about thirty years ago at an
early age. Was a nephew of Archbishop McHale, of Tuam, and a dis-
tinguished student of St. Jarlath's College, Tuam. He passed his prelimi-
nary examination for solicitor in 1874, and was admitted a solicitor in or
about 1879.
DANCER, JOHN. — Aminta, a pastoral, translated into English verse, from
Tasso, 1660, 8vo; Nicomede, a tragi-comedy, translated from the French,
1671, 4to; Agrippa, King of Alba, a tragedy, 1675, 41k).
Was born in Ireland somewhere about 1630-40, and was a servant in
the Duke of Ormonde's family. He went to England about 1670. His
name is sometimes spelt Dauncey. According to " The Irish Celts : a
Cyclopsedia of Race History," by James O'Brien (a member of the
Michigan Bar), Dancer was born in Waterford. Wrote " A History of the
Times " and "A Chronicle of the Kingdom of Portugal," and died about
1700.
DANIEL, REY. RICHARD. — A Dream ; or, An Elegiaok Poem, occasioned by
the death of William III., King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland,
Dublin (printed by John Brocas), 1702, 4to; God the Creator and the
Preserver, a poem, London, 1714, fol. ; Great Britain's Triumph, a
poem on His Majesty's Return, London, 1710, fol.
Dean of Armagh. B.A., T.C.D., 1701 ; M.A., 1704.
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DANVERS, ARTHUR. — The FuNBH-iL, a poem in memory of the late Duke of
Marlborough. Dublin, 1725, folio.
DANVERS, GEORGE JOHN BUTLER (Earl of Lanesborough) .— Busy Petek,
a comic interlude, acted in Dublin, 1826 ; The Bohemian ; or, America in
1776, in five acts, acted in Dublin, 1833.
Also a tale. " A Wife in Abeyance," London, 1852. In the Comic Offer-
ing for 1833-4 are poems of his, and there is also one in Comic Magazine,
London, 1832, vol. ii. Wrote other verse for the annual. Born December,
6, 1794 ; died July 7, 1866
" DARA," WILLIAM.— See Byrne, William A.
DARBY, ELEANOR ( ?) . — The Sweet South ; or, A Month at Algiers, with
a few short lyrics, London, 1854, 12mo ; Lays of Love and Heroism,
legends, lyrics, and other poems, London, 1855, 8vo ; Ruggiebo Vivaldi,
and other lays of Italy, with Ninpea, a fairy legend, and a few lyrics,
London, 1865, 8vo; Legends op Many Lands, sonnets, songs, and other
poems, London, 1870, 8vo.
DARBY, REY. JOHN NELSON.— Was the youngest son of John Darby, of
Leap, King's County, and was born in London on November 18, 1800.
Was educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A. , 1819. He was first
called to the Bar, but afterwards entered the Church. After his ordination
he joined the Plymouth Brethren, of whom he soon became the leader.
His works, nearly all anonymous, are very numerous. He was a first-rate
scholar, and translated the Bible into English, French, and German. He
died at Bournemouth, August 29, 1882. He wrote various hymns, for
which see "Hymns for the Poor of the Flock," 1837, " A Few Hymns,"
1856, etc.
" D'ARCY, HAL."— The O'Donoghue, and other poems. Dublin, 1907, 8vo.
Is a lady, and is represented in ^' Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909.
D'ARCY, REY. G. J. A. — Saint Patrick, Apostle op Ireland, a sacred drama
in three acts. Birmingham and Leicester, 1902.
DARCY, JAMES. — Love and Ambition, a tragedy in verse, London, 1732, 8vo ;
The Orphan of Venice, a tragedy, 1749.
Was a Galway man.
DARGAN, CLARA Y. (?). — Wrote largely in prose and verse for periodicals
of South Carolina, U.S.A., over signatures of "Claudia" and "Esther
Chesney." Born in South Carolina (of Irish parentage presumably), attfl
was a teacher in Yorkville, S.C., in 1871.
DARLEY, CHARLES.— The Plighted Troth, a tragedy, 1842.
Produced without success by Macready at Drury Lane in 1842. Charles
Darley was a brother of the two following writers, was born in Dublin,
became professor of English literature at Queen's College, Cork, and died
in 1861.
DARLEY, GEORGE. — ^The Erbours of Ecstasie, a dramatic poem, with
other pieces, London, 1822, 8vo ; Labours of Idleness, a seven nights'
entertainment, London, 1826 (under pseudonym of "Guy Penseval ") ;
Sylvia ; or, The May Queen, a lyrical drama, London, 1827, 12mo ; another
edition edited by J. H. Ingram, 1892; The New Sketch Book, by
" Geoffrey Crayon," jun., 2 vols., London, 1829, 8vo; Nepenthe, a poem,
1839; Thomas a Beoket, a dramatic chronicle, in five acts and in verse,
London, 1840, 8vo; Ethelstan, a dramatic chronicle in verse, London,
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1841, 8vo ; Olympian Revels ; The Lammergeibr; an edition of Beaumont
and Fletcher's plays, 1841 ; Poems op the late G. D., a memorial volume
printed for private circulation, Liverpool and London, 1890, 8vo;
Selected Poems, edited by R. A. Sheatfield, London, 1904; Complete
Poems, edited by Ramsay Oolles, London, 1908.
Was the eldest son of Alderman Darley, of Dublin, his mother being a
Darley of Co. Down, and was born in Dublin in 1795. Educated privately
and at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A. in 1820. Went to London and
became acquainted with Lamb, Southey, Lady Morgan, Lord Houghton,
Tennyson, Barry Cornwall, and Allan Cunningham. Wrote largely for
London Magazine over signature of " John Lacy," and to Athenceum over
his initials, " G. D." Between 1835-40 the latter paper published a
number of his poems. Darley is said to have written the prefaces signed
" G. D." to "Cumberland's British Theatre," but George Daniel is also
mentioned as the author. He died on November 23, 1846. Carlyle,
Tennyson, Houghton, Mrs. Browning, Christopher North (Prof. John
Wilson), Sir F. H. Doyle, Miss Mitford, and Sir Henry Taylor all agreed
in considering him one of the finest poets of his day. He was an expert
mathematician also, curiously enough, and published some scientific works.
Of George and William Darley (q.vi) there are some interesting particulars
in C. W. Cope's and Sir J. A. Crowe's volumes of "Recollections." Their
relatives still reside in Dublin.
DARLEY, WILLIAM. — Brother of preceding. Was art critic to the
Athenceum for some time before his death in Paris in 1857. There are
various poems signed " W. D." in that paper about 1840, chiefly transla-
tions from the French, which were almost certainly written by him. He
was a clever artist, and exhibited occasionally.
DAYEY, SAMUEL. — The Tbeacheeous Husband, a tragedy, Dublin, 1737,
8vo ; Whittington and his Cat, opera, 1739.
Both of these pieces were produced on the Dublin stage on the same
night — December 13, 1739. Davey was born in Ireland, and published
in Dublin, 1749, a criticism of Dr. Charles Lucas.
DAVIDSON, MARGARET.— The Extkaordinaby Life and Christian
Experiences op M. D., as dictated by herself, who was a poor blind
woman among the people called Methodists, but rich towards God, and
illuminated with the light of life ; to which are added some of her letters
and hymns. Edited by the Rev. E. Smyth, Dublin, 1782, 12mo.
DAYIES, JOHN FLETCHER.— The Eumenides op Eschylus, a critical
edition, with metrical English translation. Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
There are over two dozen pieces by him in " Dublin Translations," 1890.
Edited several classical books, and wrote a good deal of verse in English,
Latin, and Greek for Kottabos. Sch. T.C.D., 1858; B.A., 1859; M.A.,
1869. Became Professor of Latin in Queen's College, Galwav, and died
January 4, 1889.
DAYIN, NICHOLAS FLOOD.— Album Verses, and other poems, Ottawa,
1882, 8vo; Eos, a Prairie Dream, and other poems, Ottawa, 1884, 8vo;
Bos, AN Epic op the Dawn, and other poems, Regina, North-west Terri-
tory, 1889, 8vo (with portrait of the author).
He says ttat the last-mentioned work, mainly a reprint, " is the first
purely literary work printed and published in the North-west Territories."
Was born in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, January 13, 1843. Became first a
parliamentary reporter in the House of Commons, and a contributor to
Pall Mall Gazette. During the Franco-German War he acted as special
correspondent for the Irish Times and the "Zondon Standard. He went to
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Canada many years ago, where he became a prominent journalist and
politician, and notable as an orator. He became a Canadian M.P. for a
long period. He published various speeches, and a massive work on " The
Irishman in Canada." On Friday, October 18, 1901, he shot himself.
DAVIS, ANNIE OSBORNE.— A niece of Thomas Davis, one of whose brothers
went to Canada about 1835. Miss Davis was born at LaooUe, in that
country, in 1842, and took an active part in Irish movements in Canada.
She was the first President of the Ladies' Land League of Montreal. She
married a Mr. C. B. A. Patterson, and died on January I, 1882. She
wrote a good many poems for the Montreal papers, and some of them
were thought highly of by her friends.
DAVIS, EUGENE.— A Vision of Ibbland, and other poems. Dublin, 1889,
8vo.
Also wrote a work entitled " Souvenirs of Irish Footprints on the Con-
tinent," Dublin, 1890, which first ran in serial form through the Dublin
Evening Telegraph. Born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork, on March 23, 1857.
Educated at Louvain, in Belgium, and at Paris. Was connected with the
Fenian movement, and had to leave Ireland. Lived in Paris for some years,
but was expelled in 1885, with James Stephens, the Fenian organiser,
by the Jules Ferry Government, and wandered over the Continent,
writing about his experiences in San Francisco Chronicle over the signa-
ture of " Viator," till able to return to Paris, whence he afterwards
proceeded (1887) to Dublin. He had been a constant contributor to
Irishman, United Ireland, and other papers over signatures of " Owen
Roe," '-Cairn Tuathal," " E. D.," " Carberiensis," " Fontenoy," and
probably " Sivad," and now wrote largely for Nation, Young Ireland,
Cork Examiner, Boston Pilot, etc., over his full name. In the early part
of 1890 he went to America, and settled in Chicago, where his contribu-
tions to Chicago Citizen and other Irish-American papers made his name
very well known. He edited in 1878 (Dublin), " The Reliques of J. K.
Casey," with memoir, the publisher being Richard Pigott, the notorious
forger, whom Davis afterwards helped to expose. He died in Brooklyn,
New York, in October, 1897. W. D. Kelly, in the Boston Weekly Bouquet,
shortly after Davis's death, published a biographical account in which it
is stated that he was born at Baltimore, Co. Cork, on March 24, 1857, and
that it was in 1884 that he had 1>o leave France. But these are probably
mistakes. Eugene Davis left a widow and two children behind him.
DAVIS, JAMES. — Under the name of " Owen Hall " this writer was author of
many popular musical plays. He was of Jewish origin, and the son of Hyman
Davis, and born in Dublin in or about 1854. He was a graduate of London
University, and became a solicitor, but took up journalism, and finally
dramatic authorship. He wrote "A Gaiety Girl," " Florodora," "The
Greek Slave," "The Geisha," "An Artist's Model," "The Girl from
Kay's," and many other pieces mostly successful. He stood for Dundalk
as a Conservative candidate in 1880, but did not go to the poll in view of
the candidatures of Charles Russell and Philip Callan. He died at
Harrogate in April, 1907.
DAVIS, FRANCIS. — Lispings op the Lagau, Belfast, 1844, 12mo ; Poems and
Songs, Belfast, 1847, 8vo; Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Belfast
1852, 12mo; Belfast the City and the Man, a poem, Belfast, 1855, 4to
The Tablet of Shadows, a fantasy, and other poems, Loudon, 1861
Leaves from oub Cypress and otjf Oak, poems, London (anonymously),
1863, 4to ; Eabliek and Latee Leaves ; or, An Autumn Gathering, with an
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introductory essay by the Rev. Columbian O 'Grady, O.P., Belfast, 1878,
8vo. With portrait. (This is the collected edition of Davis's poems.)
Born in BallinooUig, Co. Cork, on March 17, 1810; died October 7, 1885.
Known as " The Belfast Man," under which signature he wrote a great
amount of poetry in the Nation,, and other papers. Settled in the north
of Ireland, where he practised his trade as a weaver. In 1850 he edited
a small magazine in Belfast, entitled the Belfast Man's Journal, which
was not very long-lived. He obtained a small pension from the Civil List.
DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE.— The Poems op Thomas Davis, collected and
edited by Thomas Wallis. Dublin, 1846, 12mo. (Often reprinted.)
Poems, edited, with introduction, by John Mitchel, New York, 1868, 8vo.
Born in Mallow. Co. Cork, on October 14, 1814, and died on September
16, 1845. B.A., T.O.D., 1836. Became a barrister, but did not practise.
In 1837 he issued in Dublin a pamphlet, " The Reform of the Lords, by a
Graduate of Dublin University," which fell flat. In the Citizen (1842,
etc.) he wrote many prose articles, especially on Indian subjects, and in
October of 1842 joined with Charles Gavan Duffy and John Blake Dillon in
founding the celebrated Nation newspaper, the first number of which
appeared on the 15th of that mouth. It appears that he had not
previously written any verse, but in the third number (October 29)
jtppeared his first poem, " My Grave," signed " A True Celt." Following
it in this order came " The Men of Tipperary," " The Vow of Tipperary "
(given in " Answers to Correspondents," as anonymous from Cloumel, and
slightly differing from the version now known), '' Lament for the Death
of Owen Roe O'Neill," " She is a rich and rare land " (given in
"Answers to Correspondents," and signed " R. L.," and referred to by
editor as "only middling"), and many other famous pieces by him
signed "T. D.," "A True Celt," "The Celt," and " Adragool." On
one occasion he used the signature " Vacuus," which Mangan had also
used; on another occasion (December SO, 1843), he signed his poem
(" Christmas Carol ") with the name "A Young Squire." He came to be
recognised as thsj national poet par excellence and as a virtual leader of
the party, and his untimely death caused consternation as well as the
deepest sorrow. Elegies and commemorative poems on him appeared from
the pens of Samuel Ferguson, J. F. Murray, R. D. Williams, J. D.
Frazer, Maurice O'Connell, Francis Davis, Martin M'Dermott,
Bartholomew Dowling, D. P. M'Carthy, W. P. Mulchinock and others,
including, according to John Savage. C. G. Duffy. (" '98 and '48,"
p. 359.) Davis was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, and a statue by
John Hogan, the sculptor, was erected over his grave. It now stands in
another part of the cemetery. " The Prose Writings of Thomas Davis,"'
edited bv T. W. RoUeston (q.v.), have been included in the " Camelot
Classics." His sister. Miss Charlotte Davis, died in London in January,
1893, at an advanced age.
DAYITT, MICHAEL. — A good many poems by this notable Irishman figure in
Universal News, London (which was sometime edited by J. F. O'Donnell,
q.v.), signed " M. D., Heslingden." He also contributed verse to Richard
Pigott's paper, the Irishman. Born at Straid, Co. Mayo, in July, 1846,
he was implicated in the '67 movement, and was tried and sentenced to
fourteen years' imprisonment, of which he underwent nine years. Founder
of the Land League, and son of humble peasants, who were evicted in his
early childhood. His subsequent career is well known. He published
various pamphlets, his famous speech at the Parnell Commission a book
on Australia, another on the Boer War, 1899-1902, and his admirable
"Fall of Feudalism in Ireland." He died, much lamented, in 1906. His
life has been written bv D. B. Cashman and F. Sheehy-Skeffington.
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DAYYS, EDWARD (Yisoount Mountoashel) .— To His Excellency, Lord
Carteret, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; the Humble Petition of . . .
Viscount Mountoashel, and the Rest of his School-fellows, in verse,
Dublin, 172.5, folio sheet.
DAYYS, MARY. — The Northern Heiress ; or. Humours of York, a comedy,
1716, 12mo ; 1725, 8vo ; Self-Rival, a comedy, 1725, 8vo ; The Works of
Mrs. Davys, including novels, plays, poems, and letters, 2 volumes,
London, 1725, 8vo.
Was the wife of a clergyman, and was born in Ireland. Corresponded
with Dean Swift. Died in Cambridge, England, where she kept a, coffee-
house after her husband's decease.
DAWSON, MRS. ALFRED.— The Sparrow's Oratorio, religious verse.
Dublin, 1906.
DAW30N, ARTHUR.— Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer, and notable
as a hon vivant, and as author of the immortal "Bumpers, Squire Jones,"
one of the best Bacchanalian ditties in the English language. He was
the son of a principal secretary to one of Queen Anne's Viceroys, and was
born about 1695, graduating B.A., T.C.D., in 1715. He was connected by
marriage with the O'Neills of Shane Castle. He was called to the Bar in
1723, and became Baron of the Exchequer in 1741-2, resigning in 1768.
In 1761 he was Commissioner of Accounts for Ireland. He died at his
house in Molesworth Street, Dublin, May 2, 1776. His country seat was
at Dawson's Bridge, Co. Derry. In person he was handsome, and his wit
was much appreciated. His famous song above referred to was written
for Thomas Morris Jones, Squire of Moneyglass. It is alluded to by
Smollett in " Peregrine Pickle" (1751). He wrote the following epigram
on the Dublin printer. La Boissiere, who had innocently printed a list of
the Irish peers without permission, and had been sent to prison :
" The Lords have to prison sent La Boissiere,
For printing the rank and the name of each peer ;
And there lie must stay till he's not worth a sous,
For to tell xoho the peers are reflects on the House!"
In his "Memoirs," vol. i., p. 139, J. C. Pilkington (q.v.) says: "He
said more good things in half an hour and forgot them the next than half
the comic writers of the world have .introduced into their plays."
Dawson's sister married the Hon. Henry Hamilton, son of Gustavus,
first Viscount Boyne.
DAWSON, CHARLES. — ^Finola ; or, The Marriage of Tara, a dramatic piece
interspersed with songs. Dublin, 1879, 8vo.
Born in Limerick in 1842, and was for some years a prominent Dublin
merchant, a member of the Corporation of that city, and eventually its
Lord Mayor. He is now the chief of the Rates Department in the Cor-
poration. He has written and published various pamphlets and lectures
on economical and statistical subjects. The work mentioned above was
intended to revive interest in some of Moore's "Irish Melodies."
DAWSON, CHRISTOPHER. — Avonmore, and other Poems. London, 1891,
8vo.
DAWSON, DANIEL LEWIS.— The Fragment of a Norse Epic, etc., Phila-
delphia (U.S.A.), 1892; The Seeker of the Marshes, and other Poems,
1893 (posthumous).
Born at Lewistown. Pa., in 1855, and died at Philadelphia in or about
December, 1893. He was an ironfounder by trade, and was at one time a
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pugilist. He was a well-educated man, and his first volume had a great
success, giving him a, high place among the younger American poets.
Some notices say he was born in Ireland, but this seems to be a mistake.
He is included in Stedman's and in Sladen's collections of American verse.
DAWSON, MISS M. L.— Zephyrs, poems. London, 1901, 8vo.
DAY, REY. J. FITZGERALD.— KitLAKNEY Sketches , in verse. Dublin, 1862,
8vo (over signature of " Fitz-Erin ").
DAY, JOHN. — A native of Drogheda, Co. Louth, and a schoolmaster, who
is said to have written some street ballads, and'published them in small
collections about the beginning of the century. He is credited with the
authorship of "The Star of Slane," " Bellewstown Hill," and "The
Repeal Meeting at Tara," but the two first he does not seem to have
written (see John Costello and Richard Shell). He was born about 1800,
and died about 1860.
DE A , E. I. — Farewell, being a poem commemorative of the administra-
tion of the Most Noble the Marquis of. Normandy in Ireland. By a
Lady. Dublin, 1839, 8vo.
DEADY, JOHN CHRISTMAS.—" The Poet of Duhallow," as he used to be
called, wrote a large amount of verse for Nation, Irishman, Shamrock, Cork
Herald, Cork Examiner. Irish World, of New York, Boston Pilot, etc.
Born on December 25, 1849, in Kanturk, Co. Cork. Educated at Mount
Melleray, and intended for a priest. Died at Banteer, Co. Cork, on
August 19, 1884. His poems were in the possession of Mr. James Pitz-
patrick, of Mountrath, Queen's Co., who proposed to publish them at an
early date. Eugene Davis (q.v.) was to have edited them at one time.
Deady, before his death, had collected materials for a life of Edward
Walsh (q.v.), the poet, liut was not able to publish the work.
DEAN, FRANCIS M. — Miscellaneous Poems. Dublin, 1876, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1872; M.A., 1876.
DEANE, INIGO PATRICK.— Born in Dublin in 1860, and died at Yonkers-on-
the-Hudson, U.S.A., 1894. Laus Regin^, in twelve triolets, by him, is
included in the Rev. Orby Shipley's " Carmina Mariana."
DEASE, J. R. — The Geoegics, translated into English blank verse. London,
1808.
DE BURGH, EMMA MARIA.— The Voice of Many Waters, a selection from
the compositions, in prose and verse, of the late E. M. de B.' Edited by
her sister (C. Hunt), London, 1858, 8vo.
She died in Dublin on September 21, 1851. Her maiden name was Hunt.
DE BURGH, HUBERT JOHN.— A frequent contributor to Kottabos and to
Yorick. a comic Dublin paper edited by Richard Dowling, and published a
volume of translations from Beranger, which I have not seen. Was the
son of preceding writer and Major De Burgh, of the 98rd Regiment, and
was born at Newbridge, Co. Kildare, on August 1, 1845. B.A., T.C.D.,
1867. Died in 1877.
DE COURCY, REY. RICHARD.— Some EtEoiAc Lines on the Death or Rev.
George Whitfield, etc., London, 1772, 8vo; Seduction; or, The Cause
OP Injured Innocence Pleaded, a poem, 1872 ; and (edited) A Collection
OF Psalms and Htmns, etc., Shrewsbury, 1775, 8vo.
Other religious vi'orks, in prose. Born in the south of Ireland in 1743.
Graduated at T.C.D., it is said, but is not in Todd's List. Became vicar
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of St. Alkmond's, Shrewsbury, in 1774, and published his writings over
his initials, " R. D.," and also oyer the nom de guerre of "The Good
Vicar." Died November 4, 1803. Is represented in " Lyra Ilibernica
Sacra," 1869.
DEEYERS, W. J. — Composer and also author of many poj)ular songs. " Our
Jack's come Home To-day " is the best known of these. Was an Ulster
man, and was for a time employed at Sirocco Engineering Works in Bel-
fast. Is now, I believe, in London.
DELACOUB, REY. JAMES. — Abblaed to Eloisa, in answer to Mr. Pope's
"Eloisa to Abelard" (by J D— , T.O.D.), Dublin, 1730, 12mo;
A Prospect of Poetby, to which is added a poem addressed to James
Thomson, author of "The Seasons," Dublin, 1743, 8vo (his name on
title-page is given as " Delacourt "); another edition (the fifth), Cork,
1770; another edition, Cork, 1807; another edition, with other poems,
Cork, 1807, 8yo; Poems, Cork, 1776, 8yo; Cork, 1778, 8vo; Cork, 1807,
8vo.
Was the second son of Robert De la Cour of Killowen, near Blarney,
Cork, and was born there in March, 1709. Educated at T.C.D., where he
graduated B.A., 1731; M.A., 1735. O'Keeffe describes him in his
■ Recollections " as a dapper little man, and says he lived at Dynan's,
George Street, Dublin, Dynan being the carpenter of one of the Dublin
theatres. He died in Cork, March or April, 1785. In the 1770 volume
of his poems there are various poems addressed to him by R. Lloyd,
J. White, James ConoUy (q-v.), W. Walsh, Edmond Murphy, and James
Thomson, author of " The Seasons."
DELAMAYNE, THOMAS HALLIE. — Love and Honour, a dramatic poem,
taken from Virgil (in seven cantos, and founded on " The .<3Eneid "),
London, 1742, 12mo; An Essay on Man, in his State op Policy, in a
series of twelve epistles (only three published), London, 1779, 4to ; and
the following anonymously : The Oliviad, a poem on the late war with
France, 1762; An Ode to Mr. Bindon, the artist, on his portrait of Arch-
bishop Boulter, 1767 (announced as far back as 1742, in the Gentleman's
Magazine) ; The Banished Patriot, in praise of John Wilkes, 1768 ;
The Senators, 1772, 4to (an abusive poem on the members of the House
of Commons, which ran through several editions in a year) ; A Review
OP the Poem entitled " The Senators," 1772; The Patricians,, a candid
examination of the principal speakers in the House of Lords, 1773 ; A
Review op the Poem entitled " The Patricians," 1773; also probably
The Chaplain, a poem, London, 1764, 4to.
Was sometimes called Delemaine and De la Mayne. An Irishman,
iirst a barrister, then a dealer in Soho, who became bankrupt. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1739. Has been confused with Capt. Henry Delemain, a Dublin
pottery manufacturer.
DELANY, REY. PATRICK, D.D. — ^A Poem addressed to his Excellency,
Lord Carteret. Dublin, 1730, 12mo.
The friend of Dean Swift. Wrote a number of poems, for which see
Scott's edition of Swift's works, and also the collection of verse edited by
Matthew Concanen (q.v.) in 1724. In " The Flower Piece," alsoedited by
the latter, there is one piece signed Dr. D ny, presumably by him. Born
in Ireland in or about 1685, Sch. T.C.D., 1704; B.A., 1706; Fellow, 1709;
M.A., 1709; B.D., and D.D., 1722. Died at Bath on May 6, 1768, aged
82. The poem named above, printed separately in 1730, called forth
several answers from other poets. They are all in the Gilbert Library,
now in possession of the Dublin Corporation.
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DELANY, RALPH. — Poems and Songs. Brisbane (Queensland), 1869.
DELANY, WILLIAM J.— Born in Tullamore, King's Co., in October, 1844,
and educated in his native town. He wrote in early years for the ISation.
and contributed poems also to Weekly News (over signature of
" Zingaro"), and prose and verse alike to Young Ireland, Shamrock and
Zoz, all Dublin periodicals. In 1879 he went to America, and became
connected with the Celtic Magazine, for which he wrote many poems and
some serial tales. To the New York Daily News he has contributed many
short stories and numerous poems.
DENHAM, SIR JOHN.— Cooper's Hill, a poem, 1642, 4to; other editions;
Thb Sophy, a. tragedy, 1642, folio; Cato Majoe, a poem, translated or
rather imitated by Sir J. D. from Cicero, 1669, Svo; The Destruction of
Trot, an essay upon the second book of Virgil's Eneis (i.e., a translation
into English verse), 1656, 4to ; Poems and Translations, with The Sophy
(a tragedy in five acts and in verse), 3 parts, London, 1668-69, Svo;
various other editions ; The Famous Battle of the Catts in the Province
OF Ulster (a satire in verse, by Sir J. D.), 1668, 4to; A True Presby-
terian WITHOUT Disguise, etc., a, satire in verse, London, 1680, folio
sheet ; other editions, and other works.
Born in Dublin in 1615. Educated in London and at Oxford, and was
recognised as one of the chief poets of his time. His lines on the Thames
are classical. He also did some excellent work as an architect, as, for
instance, portions of Burlington House and Greenwich Hospital. Died in
March, 1669, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DENIEHY, DANIEL HENRY. — A clever Irish-Australian critic, who wrote
verse for various magazines. He was born of Irish parents in Sydney,
on August 18, 1828. About 1848 he went to Ireland to visit some
relatives, and became acquainted with some of the Young Irelanders,
whom he always greatly admired. On his return to Australia he became
a journalist and finally an M.P. Went to Melbourne in 1862, and for
about a couple of years edited a Catholic weekly, entitled The Victorian.
He died on October 22, 1865, at Bathurst, after making a great reputa-
tion as a speaker, critic and reviewer. For specimens of his prose, see
George Burnett Barton's " Poets and Prose- Writers of New South Wales,"
and for his verse see Douglas Sladen's "Australian Poets." Bulwer
Lytton called him "The Australian Macaulay." His " Speeches" have
been collected and published, with a memoir, by E. A. Martin, Melbourne,
1884.
DENNIS, WILLIAM. — Redemption, an ode inscribed to His Grace Michael
(Cox), Lord Archbishop of Cashel. Dublin, 1758, Svo.
DENNY, SIR EDWARD, BART.— Hymns and Poems, London and Bath,
1848, 16mo; another edition, London, 1848, 12mo; Salome, extracted
from Sir E. D.'s " Hymns and Poems," London, 1849, 16mo.
Other editions of his poems in 1S50 (?) and 1870, and several other
works by him. Lived at Tralee Castle, Co. Kerry. Born October 2,
1796; died in London on June 13, 1889. Educated at Oxford. Is repre-
sented in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra" and Rev. C. Roger's "Harp of the
Christian Home."
DENROCHE, REY. EDWARD.— The Curate's Book, poems, London, 1832,
Svo.
B.A., LCD., 1825; M.A., 1828. Was assistant-curate of the parish of
Kells.
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DE QUINCEY, F. H. — An Irishman who published a volume of poems about
1905 in London. I have not been able to note the title.
DE QUINCEY, J. — A Limei-iok poet of this name (or pseudonym) wrote much
amusing Irish verse in Irish Fireside, Weekly Freeman, and other papers
in the eighties of last century. He was, I believe, a solicitor's clerk. A
specimen of his verse will be found in the present writer's "Humour of
Ireland."
DE RENZY, GEORGE WEBB (?) .—Enchiridion ; or, A Hand for tje One-
handed (verse?), London, 1822, 8vo; Poetical Illustrations of the
Achievements or the Duke of Wellington and his Companions in Arms,
Edinburgh and Dundee, 1852, 8vo. Edited (?) by G. W. D.
DERENZY, MARGARET GRAVES.— Parnassian Geography, Wellington,
1824, 12mo ; Whisper to a Newly-married Pair, several editions, Wel-
lington and Philadelphia (?), 1824, 12mo; 1825, 8vo; 1828, 8vo; 1833 (fifth
edition), 12mo ; and 1886, 8vo.
DERMODY, THOMAS.— Poems, Dublin, 1789, 8vo; another edition, London,
1800, 8vo; Poems, consisting of essays, lyric, elegiac, etc., Dublin, 1792,
8vo; The Life of Thomas Dermody, etc., 2 vols., London, 1806, 8vo (by
J. G. Raymond) ; The Harp op Erin, containing the poetical works of
the late T. D., edited by J. G. Raymond, 2 vols., London, 1807, 12mo;
More Wonders, an heroic epistle addressed to Mr. G. Lewis, — - — ; The
Battle of the Bards, in two cantos, ■; Ode to Peace, addressed to
Mr. Addington, London, 1801 ; Ode on the Death of General Aberceomby,
; The Histrionade, or 'Theatrical Tribunal, a poem in two parts
(over pseudonym of " Marmaduke Myrtle "), 1802.
Born at Ennis, Co. Clare, in January, 1775. His father was a school-
master, and educated his son, who afterwards taught in liis father's school.
Was classical assistant, it is said, at the age of nine years. His father
gave way to drink, and his example was followed by Dermody, junior. He
had written verse from an early age, and his genius was recognised by
various patrons of literature. But he alienated all friends by his reck-
lessness^ and after a stormy career, during which he was a private soldier,
and afterwards an officer, he died in destitution at Sydenham, near
London, July 15, 1802. Was buried in Lewisham Churchyard. There is
a good portrait of him, engraved by Martyn, and a biography, in Walher's
Sibernian Magazine for September, 1802, and an elegy by " S. O."
(Sydney Owenson, afterwards Lady Morgan) in the same magazine in
December of the same year.
DERMOTT, LAURENCE.— Ahiman Rezon, etc. (third edition), London,
1778, 8vo (contains a number of Masonic songs, apparently written by
him) ; other editions, Dublin, Belfast, 1782, 1795, 1809, etc.
The above work is on Ereemasonry, and includes, besides the songs, an
oratorio, entitled " Solomon's Temple." Born in Ireland in 1720. Went
to London about 1760, where he died in 1791. Was a noted Freemason,
and a Deputy Grand-Master.
DERRICK, SAMUEL. — A Collection of Original Poems, by S. D., London,
,1755, 8vo (British Museum copy has MS. notes) ; Sylla, a dramatic piece
translated from the French of Frederick the Great, 1753, 8vo; 1763, 8vo;
The Battle op Lora, a poem from Ossian, 1762, 4to.
Born in Dublin in 1724, of a family long settled near Carlow. Was
apprenticed to a linen draper, but went on the stage, where he did not
succeed. Went to London, and became acquainted with Goldsmith,
Johnson, etc. In 1761 he was appointed Master of the Ceremonies at
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Bath, succeeding Beau Nash, and afterwards held the same post at
Tunbridge Wells. Died on March 28, 1769. "Derrick's Jests; or, The
Wit's Chronicle," a collection of his bon-mots, appeared soon after his
death. For some particulars, see Forster's "life of Goldsmith," etc.
Forster possessed his unpublished correspondence. He wrote and trans-
lated several prose works.
" DE RUPE." — Poems, in conjunction with "Rose." London and Dublin,
1856.
The catalogue of Stainforth's Library, sold by Sotheby in 1867, says
Belfast, 1856. The poems by " R/Ose " are fervently Irish. " De Rupe "
was a Miss F. M. Roche, sister of Edmund Burke [Roche, M.P.,
afterwards Lord Fermoy. For "Rose," see under Kirwan, Rose.
DESART, LORD.— See under Cuffe, W. O'C.
DE TABLEY, LORD.— See Warren, John Byrne Leicester.
DE YERE, SIR AUBREY. — Julian the Apostate, a dramatic poem (over
name of Sir A. de Vere Hunt), London, 1822, 8vo ; The Duke of Meecia,
an historical drama in iive acts and in verse ; and The Lamentations of
Ireland, and other poems, London, 1823, 8vo ; A Song of Faith, Devout
Exercises and Sonnets, London, 1842, 8vo (dedicated to Wordsworth);
Mary Tudor, etc., an historical drama, etc., Loudon, 1847, 16mo (a post-
humous work ; Sonnets, edited by his son, Aubrey de Vere, London, 187S,
8vo).
Born at Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, on August 28, 1788, and
educated at Harrow School. Married Mary Spring-Rice, a sister
of the future Lord Monteagle. De Vere's real name was Hunt,
he being the son of Sir Vere Hunt, a Limerick landowner, and
he did not adopt the name of De Vere until 1832. He became
acquainted with Wordsworth, and often visited him at Rydal Mount. In
" Harmonica," Cork, 1818, there is a poem by Sir Aubrey de Vere begin-
ning, "The wine-cup sparkles to the brim," and in the annuals, a few
years later, there are many pieces of his. In 1830 he wrote verse for the
National Magazine, or Dublin Literary Gazette; in the Gem for 1830
there are two of his poems ; in that for 1831 there are two more ; and in
the same for 1832 three others, one being a translation from Horace,
whom Sir S. de Vere has so successfully rendered into English verse.
In the Keepsake for 1834 is his "Battle of Busaco," and in the same for
1835 another poem. The Dublin Literary Journal for 1843-5 contains
various poems of his also. In 1842 he published in Dublin an " Inaugural
Address, delivered . . to the Limerick Philosophical and Literary
Society." He lived on his estate chiefly, and died there on July 28,
1846.
DE YERE, AUBREY THOMAS.— The Waldenses; or, The Fall of Rora,
a lyrical tale, with other poems, Oxford, 1842, 8vo ; The Search after
Proserpine, Recollections of GtRebcb, and other poems, Oxford, 1843,
8vo ; Poems, Loudon, 1855, 8vo; May Carols, 1857, 8vo; third edition,
1881, 8vo; The Sisters, Innisfail, and other poems, London, 1861, 8vo;
Innisfail, a lyrical chronicle of Ireland, Dublin, 1862, 16mo; The
Infant Bridal, and other poems, London and Oxford, 1864, 8vo ; new
and enlarged edition, London, 1876, 8vo ; Hymns and Sacred Poems,
London, 1864, 12mo ; St. Thomas of Canterbury, a dramatic poem,
London, 1867, 8vo ; The Legends of St. Patrick, London, 1872, 8vo;
another edition, 1889, 12mo ; Alexander the Great, a dramatic poem,
London, 1874, 8vo ; The Pall op Rora, and other poems; The Search
after Proserpine, etc., London, 1877, 8vo; Antar and Zara, an Eastern
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romance ; Innisfail, and other poems, London, 1877, 8vo ; Pkoteus ani>
Amadeus, a correspondence (edited by A. de V.), 1878;. Legends of the
Saxon Saints, London, 1879, 8vo; The Foray of Queen M^eve, and
other legends of Ireland's heroic age, London, 1882, i8vc^; Poetical
Works of A. dk V. (in six volumes), 1884, etc. , 8vo ; Legends and
Becokds of the Chubch and the Empire, poems, London, 1887, 8vo;
St. Peter's Chains; or, Rome and the Italian Revolution, a series of
sonnets, London, 1888, 8vo ; A Selection of the Poems of Aubrey db
Verb, edited by John Dennis, London, 1890, 8vo ; Selected Poems of
Aubrey de Vere, edited by Professor 6. E. Woodberry, New York, 1894;
MEDI.SVAL Records and Sonnets, London, 1893, 8vo.
Son of preceding. Edited several works, and wrote some others in prose,
such as "English Misrule and Irish Misdeeds," 1848; "Picturesque
Sketches of Greece and Turkey," 2 vols., 1850; "Recollections," 1897.
Was born at Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, January 10, 1814. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1837. Wrote a few pieces in 1830 for National Magazine, or
Dublin Literary Gazette, as I presume he is the " A. T. de V." of that
periodical. Was a great friend of Lord Tennyson's, and was well e
acquainted with Wordsworth, Landor, etc. A good number of his poems
will be found in the volumes of the Irish Monthly. Died at Curragh Chase,
January 21, 1902, aged 88.
DE YERE, MARY.— Sister of foregoing, I believe, and daughter of Sir
Aubrey. Several poems by her, signed " M. de V.," are in National
Magazine, or Dublin Literary Gazette for 1830. She died in that year,
and there is a poem to her memory in the magazine by "J. S. M."
(MonseU?), of Merrion Square, Dublin.
DE YERE, MARY AINGE.— Love Songs and other Poems. New York,
1870, 16mo.
She is the daughter of Thomas Ainge Devyr, a, Donegal man, who
became a well-known journalist in America, and had been apparently a
Chartist and a Fenian, to judge by a curious book of his, " The Odd Book
of the Nineteenth Century ; or, ' Chivalry ' in Modern Days : A personal
record of reform — chiefly Land Reform — for the last fifty years," Green-
poin. New York, 1882. He was proprietor and editor of the Morning
Post of Williamsburgh, Bix)oklyn, New York. Miss De Vere was born
in Brooklyn, and has written for many journals, frequently over the
pseudonym of " Madeline S. Bridges."
DE YERE, SIR STEPHEN EDWARD. — Odes of Horace, ten in number,
translated, 1885, 4to ; another edition, containing thirty translations,
1886 ; and a third, including fifty-seven versions and a few original
poems, London, 1888.
Son of Sir Aubrey de Vere, and born July 26, 1812. B.A., T.C.D.,
1833. Succeeded to the title and property on the death of his elder
brother. Sir Vere de Vere, in 1880. Three of Sir A. de Vere's sons
became Catholics. Some of his translations from Horace appeared in
the Irish Monthly and the Spectator. He wrote several songs, one being
the popular " Snowy-breasted Pearl." The 1886 edition of his transla-
tions from Horace belongs to the series of " Canterbury Poets," edited
by William Sharp for Walter Scott, the publisher. He is represented
in " Dublin Verses " by H. A. Hinkson and other anthologies, and died
on November 10, 1904. Like his more famous brother, he never married.
DEYEREUX, MARION.— Geography in Rhyme. London and Guildford,
1866, 8vo.
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DEVINE, JAMES. — Published a volume of poems in America (I believe), on
the title-page of which he is termed " the Bard of Tyrone." He was a
native of Donagheady. He died in July, 1890, in his native county, and
was buried at Strabane. He was prSbably the writer of the name who
contributed to the Irish almanacs" of a generation or two ago.
DEYLIN, JOSEPH.— Born at Magherafelt, Co. Derry, on June 15, 1869,
and is the son of a farmer. Was educated at the National School of his
native town, at Moneymore, and at St. Malachy's, Belfast. He has
contributed largely to Belfast Weekly Examiner, Young Ireland, Sham-
rock, Irish Emerald, generally over signatures of "Northern Gael" or
" Jennie O'Brien." I believe he went to America or Australia some
years ago.
DEWART, KEY. EDWARD HARTLEY.— Songs of Life, Edinburgh (?J,
1867 ; John Milton ; Niagaii.4 Falls ; Voices of the Past ; (edited)
Selections from Canadian Poets, with occasional critical and
biographical notes, and introductory essay on Canadian poetrv, Mon-
treal, 1864, 8vo.
Was born in Co. Cavan, Ireland, in 1828, and was taken to Canada by
his parents when only six years old. Was educated at Normal School,
Toronto, and was a teacher for some years. He finally became a Wesleyan
Methodist minister. For a great number of years he edited Toronto
Christian Guardian, and published most of his writings in that
paper and the Daily Glohe of Toronto. Four of his poems are in his
Canadian anthology.
DICKEY, JOHN.— Poems. Belfast, 1818, 8vo.
DICKINSON, ELEANOR ( ?) . — The Pleasures of Piety, with other poems,
London, 1824, 12mo; The Mamlue, a poem, London, 1830, 8vo.
A Quakeress. A couple of her poems in Duhlin Penny Journal, 1832-6.
DIGBY, KENELM HENRY.— Short J'cteMS, London,, J865, 8vo; second
edition, 1866, 8vo ; A Dat on the Muse's Hill, 1867, 8vo ; Hours with
the Fast-falling Leaves, 1868, 8vo; Little Low Bushes, poems, 1869,
8vo; Halcyon Hours, 1870, 8vo; Ouhangaia, a poem in twenty cantos,
etc., 1871, 8vo; Ourangaia; or, Heaven on Earth, 1872, 2 vols., 8vo;
Last Year's Leaves, 1873, 8vo; The Temple op Memory, a poem, 1874,
8vo ; second edition, 1875, 8vo ; The Epilogue to previous Works in
Prose and Verse, in six cantos, 1876, 8vo.
Author of " Mpres Catholici ; or. Ages of Faith," 3 vols., 1848; "The
Broad Stone of Honour " (1822, reprinted in 4 vols., 1828-9, another
edition in 5 vols., 1877, published by Quaritch), and many other Catholic
works. Born at Geashill, King's County, Ireland, in 1800, and died on
March 22, 1880.
DILLON, ARTHUR.— River Songs, and other poems, London, 1882, 4to;
Gods and Men, verse, London, 1887, 8vo; The Tragedy- of St. ELizjkBETH
OP Hungary (founded on Kingsley's " Saint's Tragedy "), Buxton,
1898 ; The Greek Kalends, a masque, Buxton, 1900, 8vo ; King William
I., THE Conqueror, a poem, London, 1905, sq. 12mo.
DILLON, BRIAN. — One of the political prisoners in the Fenian movement.
He was born in Cork, where his mother kept a, public-house, and where
he followed the occupation of solicitor's clerk. In 1866 he was sentenced
to ten years' imprisonment for Feilianism. He was released in 1871, and
died in August, 1872. He was buried with great pomp at Rathcooney,
Co. Cork, where u, monument to his memory was erected by public
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subscription. He contributed some excellent verse to the Irish papers,
and one touching piece of his will be found in Varian's " Harp of Erin,"
a collection published in 1869. He was a hunchback, and was noted for
his fine tenor voice.
DILLON, EDMOND. — To the King's most excellent Majesty, the humble
petitionary poem of E. D., Esq. London, 1664, 4to.
DILLON, HENRY AUGUSTUS (Yisoount Dillon) .—Eocelino da Romano,
THE Tyrant or Padua, a poem in twelve books. London, 1828, 8vo.
Other works.
Was thirteenth viscount. Born in 1777 ; died July 24, 1832.
DILLON, REV. EDWARD.— Lays oe Leisure Hours. Dublin, 1842, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1826; M.A., 1832 (?). Appears to have also published
"Lays of a Loiterer." Was an Anglican. T. D. M'Gee (q.v.) wrote
about him in Boston Pilot, 1843.
DILLON, JOHN. — Retribution; or, The Chieftain's Daughter, a tragedy
in five acts, and in verse, second edition. London, 1818, 8vo.
Produced at Covent Garden Theatre, January, 1818. The author was at
this time librarian to a Mr. Simmonds, of Paddineton, owner of an exten-
sive collection of books. He afterwards went into business, and was one of
the founders of Morrison, Dillon & Co., an immensely wealthy firm.
His play was performed seven times with Macready in one of the chief
characters. Frank Dillon, the well-known painter, was a son of this
John Dillon.
DILLON, JOHN BROWN. — An Irish-American poet, born in Brooke
County, Virginia, about 1806. While an infant his father removed to
Belmont County, Ohio, leaving him an orphan when he was nine years
old. When he grew up, Dillon wrote verse for various papers in Cincin-
nati, where he resided for some years. He became a lawyer in Indiana,
and State Librarian of same. Published a " History of Indiana " in
1859, and "Historical Notes relating to Indiana" in 1842, but never
collected his poems. Is represented in Coggeshall's " Poets and Poetry
of the West." He was living in 1860.
DILLON, REY. PATRICK.— Born near the Curragh of Kildare about 1848.
Died in Chicago on February 25, 1909. Educated at All Hallows and
Clonliffe Colleges, and officiated in Longford and in Dublin. Went to
America about 1889 as a missionary priest, and became a notable
preacher and orator. Wrote very good verse, it is said, for various Irish
and American papers. Some of his lectures have been publbished by the
Catholic Truth Society.
DILLON, THOMAS. — A writer of verse in the Nation of 1842 and onwards
over the signature of " CuchuUin, Tara's Cave." Was a Meath man, and
went to America, where he wrote poems for the papers, one from the
American Celt being reprinted in Nation of April 10, 1852. In "A
Selection of Irish National Poetry," published in Dublin, 1846 (?), there
is a poem of his entitled " Gathering Ohaunt of the Ulster Septs." In an
MS. note in British Museum copy, it is said that the poem most likely
appeared in Drogheda Argus, and was from the pen of " J." Dillon, of
Brackenstown, who signed it " Cuchullin." This poem is in an early
number of the Nation, and was also, I fancy, reprinted in the issue for
October 11, 1845. His earliest poem in the paper appeared on November
19, 1842. He was "Cuchullin," "Logan," and " Mary O'Donnell " of
Drogheda Argus, about 1849, which paper published a supplement some
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years ago with selections from Dillon's and others' poems. He used the
same names in the Wexfurd Independent before writing for the Argus.
He was a miller, millwright, and wheat buyer for Manders of Brackens-
town, Co. Dublin, where he lived. He eventually went to the United
States, and died there in 1852.
DILLON, W. E.— Amatory Legends. Dublin, 1812, 8vo.
DILLON, WENTWORTH (Earl of Roscommon).— Horace's Art of
Poetry, made English by the E(arl) of Roscommon, 1680, 4to; reprinted
1684, 4to; 1709, 8vo; An Essay ossi Translated Vbbsb (verse), London,
1684, 4to ; second edition, enlarged, 1685, 4to, etc. ; A Collection of
Poems, by the E(arl) of Roscommon, 1701, 8vo ; A Collection of divers
Hymns and Poems, by the E(arl) of Roscommon, etc., 1709, 8vo; The
Muses' Mercury . . consisting of poems ... by the E(arl) of
Roscommon, 1767, etc., 4to; A Prospect of Death, a Pindarique Essay,
London, 1704, fol.
His complete poems have been collected, published, and reprinted a
great many times. Born in Dublin in 1633, and educated in England
and France. Died January 17, 1684, and was buried in Westminster
Abbey. Is considered by literary historians to have added strength
and grace to English verse.
DILLON, WILLIAM, LL.D. — Some Scenes from the Iliad (blank verse).
Chicago, 1898.
Brother of John Dillon, M.P., and a native of Co. Mayo. Is
a prominent iourualist in Chicago, where he owns and edits one of the
principal papers. He is the author of a " Life of John Mitchel," and a
book on political economy called " Tlie Dismal Science."
DINNEEN, JOSEPH. — Parnell, a tragedy in verse, a leaflet, Cork, 1895,
8vo; The Gold, a poem, Cork, 1895, 8vo ; Miscellaneous Poems, Cork,
1895, 8vo; Complete Poetical and Dramatic Works, Cork, 1896.
Of R.athmore, Co. Kerry.
DINSMOOR, ROBERT. — Incidental Poems, with sketch of his life. Haver-
hill, Massachusetts, 1828, 12mo.
Known as " The Rustic Bard," and born of Ulster parents, at Wynd-
ham, New Hampshire, U.S.A., October 7, 1757. Died there March 16,
1836.
DIXON, WILLIAM MaoNEILE.— Professor of English Literature in Glasgow
University, and author of various poems, some of which are included in
H. A. Hinkson's " Dublin Verses," " Dublin Book of Irish Verse,."
Kottabos, etc. He is the author of a handbook of English literature,
and editor of several other works. Is of Dublin family, but born
in India in 18t'6. Is a distinguished graduate of T.C.D., and was professor
of English Literature at Birmingham University from 1894 to 1904.
DOAK, MARGARET.— Figaro, prose and verse. Belfast, 186—.
Sister of Mrs. Marion Clarke, already noticed, and born in Co. Down.
Some of her poems are in above volume, and she has also contributed to
various Ulster papers.
DOBBIN, ELIZABETH.— Lays of the Feelings, a collection of original
Poetry. Belfast, 1839, 12mo.
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DOBBIN, REY. ORLANDO THOMAS, LL.D.— Author of various theological
works and of verse, but does not seem to have published a volume of it.
In "Lyra Hibernica Sacra" there are three pieces by him, and in
" Humorous Poems by English and American Authors, etc.," published
a few years ago by Ward, Lock & Co., there are two poems of his. He
was born in Co. Armagh in 1807. B.A., T.C.D., 1837; LL.B., 1841;
LL.D., 1844; M.A. and B.D., 1857. Became M.R.I.A. in 1851, and died
in 1891.
DOBBS, FRANCIS. — Modern Matrimony, a poem, to which is added The
Disappointment, an elegy, by the author of "The Irish Chief; or, The
Patriot King," Dublin, 1773, 8vo; The Patriot King; or. The Irish
Chief, a tragedy in verse, London, 1774, 8vo ; Poems, Dublin, 1788, 8vo.
Various other works on Irish history and politics.
He was the younger son of the Rev. Richard Dobbs, and was born in
Ireland, probably at Lisburnj Co. Antrim, on April 27, 1750; died April
11, 1811. Was first an officer in the army, and finally a member of the
Irish Parliament. There is a portrait and biography of him in Walker's
Hibernian Magazine for June, 1900.
DODD, JAMES SOLAS, M.D. — Essays and Poems, satirical, moral, political
and entertaining. Cork, 1770, 12mo. (Thn British Museum copy has
MS. note by J. O. Halliwell-Phillips.)
Also a comedy in prose, entitled " Gallic Gratitude," acted at Covent
Garden on April 90, 1779, and afterwards in Dublin, with the title of
" The Funeral Pile." Other works, including " A Satyrical Lecture on
Hearts, to which is added a critical dissertation en Noses," second
edition, London 1767 ; and " An Essay towards a Natural History of the
Herring." Was a witty person, and is mentioned in John O'Keefie's
"Recollections," vol. i., chap. viii. Was a member of the Corporation
of Surgeons, London, and Surgeon of His Majesty's Navy, and possibly an
Englishman. There is interesting information about the Shakespeare-
Garrick Jubilee at Stratford-on-Avon, 1769, among his essays. Died in
Mecklenburgh Street, Dublin, in or about April, 1805, aged 104 years.
His " Essays and Poems " were printed by Eugene Swiney, father of J. M.
Swiney (q.v.).
DOHENY, MICHAEL. — One of the Nation poets in Young Ireland days.
He was the third son of Michael Doheny, of Brookhill, and was born on
May 22, 1805, at Btookhill, near Fethard, Co. Tipperary, and married a
Miss O'Dwyer of that county. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in
November, 1834. Became connected with the National movement in the
forties, and wrote prose and verse to Nation over his initials, and signa^
ture of " Eiranach." He may also have been "A Tipperary Man," who
wrote poems in the same paper between 1842 and 1848. Contributed
letters to the Irish Tribune, 1848. Thomas Mooney states in his " History
of Ireland " that Doheny was a Parliamentary reporter in Loudon in
his early days. In 1849 he managed to escape to New York, after being
hunted by the police for some time. He settled in the States, and
became a lawyer and a soldier. On April 1, 1863, he died. very suddenly,
and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, New York. Is best known as
author of a small work, " The Felon's Track," New York, 1867, and of
two beautiful poems, " Acushla gal Machree " and "The Outlaw's
Wife."
DOHERTY, AUSTIN. — Nathan Barlow, sketches in the retired life of a
Lancashire butcher (in verse). Manchester, 1884, 8vo.
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DOHERTY, FRANCIS MALCOLM.— Legends and Poems, London, 1877,
4to ; second series, London, 1888.
Also published in 1878 a book entitled " Saunters in Social High-
ways." Is a son of the Chief Justice, John Doherty, mentioned below,
and was educated at T.C.D. Intended for the Church, but adopted no
calling. He was offered Government appointments^ but refused them.
Mr. Gladstone favourably reviewed his first volume of poems.
DOHERTY, REY. JOHN. — Author of many poems in the Nation during the
sixties and seventies, which T. D. Sullivan (q.v.) describes as " capital."
They were signed " Policeman X." or " Z.," and were certainly amusing.
He also wrote many articles for the paper, and for the " Dublin Review."
He was a priest in London.
DOHERTY, RIGHT HON. JOHN. — An eminent Irish lawyer and politician,
who is said to have possessed a genuine poetical faculty. He was born
about 1786, and was the son of an attorney named Hugh Doherty. He
entered T.C.D. , and graduated B.A. in 1806; LL.D., 1814; and was
called to the Irish Bar. In 1826 he became M.P. for Kilkenny; in 1827
Solicitor-General, and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in 1830. He
died in North Wales on Septemlber 8, 1850. Wills, in his " Irish
Nation,'' vol. iv., p. 7, makes a eulogistic reference to his verses, and
regrets that they were unpublished.
DOLLARD, REY. JAMES BENJAMIN.— Irish Mist and Sunshine, poems
and ballads. Toronto, 1902.
Brother of succeeding writer, and born on August 31, 1872, in Co.
Kilkenny. Was educated at the National School at Moonooin, and at
College School, Kilmacow. In September, 1890, he left Ireland and
went to Montreal, Canada, where he studied for the priesthood. He
has written largely and well in prose and verse for many Irish and Irish-
American journals and magazines, including the Gael (New York),
Boston Pilot, Irish Catholic (Dublin), Waterford Star, Sunbeam (Mon-
treal), often over the signature of " Slievenamon."
DOLLARD, REY. WILLIAM. — ^Elder brother of preceding, and born in
May, 1861, at Ballytarsney, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny, and educated
there, at Carrick-on-Suir, and St. John's College, Waterford. Went to
St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada, in 1882, .and in 1884 was ordained
there. He was pastor of St. Stephen's, St. John's, N.B. In Ireland
he wrote many poems for the Munster Express and Waterford Citizen,
and other poems have appeared in Boston Pilot, etc., over signature of
" Exul." I think he died a few years ago.
DONAHOE, DANIEL J. — Idyls of Israel, and other poems, New York,
1888, 8vo; A Tent by the LaejG, and other poems, New York, 1889, 8vo;
In Sheltered Wats, poems, Buffalo, New York, 1894, 16mo.
Has also written " The Holy Maid of Trance," a sequence of eight
idyls, a poetical narrative of the life of Joan of Arc, in the Springfield
Sunday Bepublican, and is a contributor to many Irish-American
periodicals, such as the Boston Pilot, Donahoe's Magazine (to whose
proprietor he is not related), etc. He was born of Irish parents at
Brimfield, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1858. He is well known as
a lawyer in Connecticut, and has been a judge at Middletown, Connecticut,
since 1883. He was admitted to the Bar in 1871.
DONAHOE, THOMAS J.— Born in Middletown, Connecticut, July 4, 1862.
Contributed poems from an early age to the papers, including Boston
Pilot, Sartford Times, and the Connecticut Catholic. Is employed in a
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hardware factory in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He proposes to publish
his verses in book form before long.
DONEGAN, MICHAEL.— The Setting of the Sun; or, The Songs of Holy
Ireland. Maryborough (Queen's County), 1872, 12mo.
Was a farmer, of Clonmacnoise. Wrote also some political poems.
DONLEYY, J. T.— Miscellaneous Poems. London, 1823, 12mo.
Was a schoolmaster or tutor, and published some of his poems in the
Irish Farmers' Journal.
DONNELLY, A. — ^Religion Examined, a poem, second edition, Belfast, 1807,
8vo; Dublin, 1813, 8vo ; 1815, 8vo ; Glasgow, 1818, 8vo.
DONNELLY, ELEANOR C— Out of Sweet Solitude, poems, Philadelphia, •
1873; The Legend of the Lost Beloved, and other poems, New York,
1880 ; Hymns of the Sacred Heart, Philadelphia, 1882 ; The Conversion
or St. Augustine, and other sacred poems, 1887; The Children of the
Golden Sheaf, and other poems, ; Little Compliments of the
Season, tiny rhymes for tiny readers, ; Our Birthday Bouquet,
verses, ; Poems, edited, with an introduction by the Rev. D. J.
M'Derniott, Philadelphia, 1892, 12mo; The Lost Christmas Tree, and
other poems, Philadelphia, 1896, 16mo ; Amy's Music Box, and other
stories and verses for children, Philadelphia, 1896, 16mo; A Tuscan
Magdalen, and other legends and poems, Philadelphia, 1896, Svo ;
Christian Carols of Love and Life, Philadelphia, 1898; The Rhyme
OP Fhair Stephen, a legend, Philadelphia, 1898; A Garland of Festival
Songs, — ; Domus Dei, verse, — .
One of the foremost of the Catholic writers of America, and a most
voluminous author. The above is probably an imperfect list of her
poetical writings. She is of Irish parentage (the daughter of Dr. Philip
Carroll Donnelly and Catherine Gavin), and was born in Philadelphia in
1818, and is a sister of the succeeding writer, Ignatius Donnelly. She
has written a great deal for the American journals, and has a considerable
rank as a poetess.
DONNELLY, IGNATIUS.— This well-known author of the Cryptogram theory
of the Baconian authorship of Shakespeare's plays was born of Irish
parents in Philadelphia on November 3, 1831. He was called to the
Bar, and practised as a lawyer with success. Besides several works on
the Baconian theory, he wrote various other books, and at the age of
nineteen published a volume of poems, particulars of which I have not
been able to obtain. He died January 2, 1901.
DONNELLY, JAMES.— Born in Co. Fermanagh in 1824, and went to the
United States of America when nineteen years old, settling in Boston,
where he entered commercial life, and prospered well. He had consider-
able poetical ability, and over the signatures of " Roger O'Hare,"
"Darby M'Keown,'' " Lanty the Flint" (and, it is said, "Barney
Maglone"), wrote a good deal of verse for the Boston, Pilot, especially
in the sixties. He also wrote over his own name, and his poems were
widely quoted. His death occurred in Boston on October 20, 1868. He
was appreciated for his powers of repartee.
DONNELLY, P. — Love of Britain, with a pastoral view of her beauties, a
poem in two cantos, with some lines on the revival of the Irish language.
Dublin, 1824, Svo.
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DONNELLY, ROBERT.— Poems, Armagh, 1867; Poems, Belfast, 1872 (?),
Svo; The Poetical Works of R. D. op Pohtadown, second edition, care-
fully revised, embracing all his late productions, Portadown, 1882, 8vo.
A native of Portadown, and, I believe, was a weaver.
DONNELLY, WILLIAM M.— Born in Dublin about 1856, and died in New
York City on February 23, 1885. He was a nephew of D. F. M'Carthy,
and for a time held a clerkship in the Four Courts in his native city.
Before leaving Ireland, in 1881, he had contributed a little to the Irish
press ; and on settling in New York he obtained a place on the Sun,
afterwards writing for the Telegram, and acting as New York correspon-
dent of Texas Siftings. He wrote frequently in prose and verse over the
signature of " Adsum." One of his poems, "An Incident of '98," is in
several books of recitations.
" DONOGHOE, J."— J. D.'s Visit to the Great Dublin Exhibition, 1853,
described in verse in a, letter to his brother Dan. Edited by Blank
Scribbler, second edition. Dublin, 1854, 12mo.
DONOHO, THOMAS SETON.— Moena, and other poems. Washington,
U.S.A., 1847, 12mo.
Was known as " The Poet of Ivy Wall," and is referred ix) in Michael
Cavanagh's " Memoirs of General T. F. Meagher," p. 385.
DONOUGHUE, A. — An Essay on the Passions, and other poems. Shrews-
bury, 1799, 8vo.
The above, with " Juvenile Essays in Poetry," 1797, 8vo, has been
attributed to a "J. Donoghue," by one authority.
DONOYAN, DENIS.— See under O'Donovan, Denis.
DONOYAN, HENRY.— Abel Kamar, an Eastern tale, verse. London 1821
8vo. ' '
DORAN, CHARLES GUILFOYLE.— A Wicklow man, resident in Queens-
town, Co. Cork. Has written a large number of poems for various
periodicals in Ireland and America, over the signature of " The Galley
Head Poet," and others. The Irishman, United Irishman, Cork Eerald,
Cork Examiner, West Cork Eagle, are among the Irish papers in which
his poems appeared. "A Jubilee Ode" by him, written in 1887, was
printed in America, no Irish journal being extreme enough to take it.
He was a man of splendid physique and noble appearance. He died on
March 19, 1909, aged 74, leaving a widow and thirteen children.
DORAN, JOHN, LL.D. — A distinguished historical and miscellaneous writer,
born in London of Irish parentage on March 11, 1807. His father was
a native of Drogheda, Co. Louth. The son was educated in London,
and first became a private tutor, afterwards contributing to different
papers, especially the Athenmum. About 1830 he sent a lot of poetical
translations from French, German, Latin, and Italian authors to the
Bath Journal. When only seventeen years old he had written a melo-
drama, entitled " Justice; or. The Venetian Jew," which was produced
on April 8, 1824, at the Surrey Theatre, South London. Having made
literature his profession, he produced many useful works, such as " Their
Majesties' Servants," " In and about Drury Lane," " Monarchs retired
from Business," and " Memories of our Great Towns." He became
editor of the Athenceum, and afterwards of Notes and Queries, and
edited in 1858 " The Bentley Ballads," a collection of pieces which
appeared in Bentley's Miscellany, among which are several of his own.
The book passed through various editions. Dr. Doran died at Netting
Hill on January 25, 1878, and was buried at Kensal Green.
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DORGAN, JOHN AYLMER (?).— Studies, poems, Philadelphia, 1862;
second edition, 1864; third edition, 1866, 12mo.
Referred to in Stedman's " Poets of America." Born in Philadelphia,
of presumahly Irish family, on January 12, 1836 ; died there on January
1, 1867. Contributed to the Atlantic Monthly.
DORNAN, ROBERT.— Emancipation, a poem, addressed to the Earl of
Fingal. Dublin (?), 1814, Svo.
DORMER, . — The Decay oe Boss, a poem, .
An early alumnus of Kilkenny College of this name wrote a poem with
above title, but particulars are wanting.
DORRIAN, PATRICK. — A County Down poet, and a contributor to various
Northern papers, especially 'Belfast Weekly Examiner, to which he con-
tributed over signature of "Delta." Died in February (?), 1891.
Belonged to the Ards, Co. Down.
DOUGLAS, BESSIE.— ExcELsioB, an ethical poetasm. Dublin, 1857, 16mo.
DOUGLAS, JAMES. — Ode for the Coronation of King Edward the
Seventh. London, 1902.
A London journalist and critic, born in Belfast in 1869. He is the son
of Robert Douglas, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, and was for a time private
secretary to the late Sir Edward Harland, M.P. He has written a good
deal for Bookman, AthencBum, Star, and other journals, and is the
author of several clever volumes.
D'OULL, JAMES.— Lyrics and Sonnets. Dublin, 1875, Svo.
Was a professor at the Marlborough Street Training College for
Teachers in Dublin, and edited several school books.
DOWD, J. LUELLA.— Wayside Leaves, New York, 1879, 16mo; Wind
Flowers, Chicago, 1887, 16mo.
Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married a Dr. H. H. Smith
in 1875. Dowd appears to have been her maiden name. She has contri-
buted largely to American papers and magazines.
DOWDALL, REV. LAUNCELOT.— To the Memory op Hits Royal Highness
The Prince Consort, a poem. London, 1862, Svo ; Ode on the Marriage
of the Prince of Wales, 1863.
B.A., T.C.D., 1S26; M.A., 1832. Born probably in Co. Tyrone early
in the century, and first educated at Dungannon Royal School, of which
his father was head master. Was rector of Bathfarnham, Co. Dublin,
during his last years, and died early in October, 1886.
DOWDALL, REY. LAUNCELOT JOHN GEORGE DOWNING.— A frequent
contributor to Kottabos, and " Dublin Translations," 1890. Son of
preceding, and a distinguished graduate of T.C.D. He edited some
classical books, and officiates at Brighton. His hymns have appeared
in Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette.
DOWDEN, EDWARD, LL.D.— Poems. London, 1876, Svo.
Born in Cork on May 3, 1843. Educated at T.C.D., where he graduated
B.A., 1863; M.A., 1867; LL.D., 1872. Wrote verse for Kottabos. Is
very well known as critic and biographer, and Professor of English
Literature at Dublin University. He has written a goodly number of
books about English and French literature, chief among which are his
" Life of P. B. Shelley," and " Shakespeare : His Mind and Art." These
are recognised as standard works, and Dr. Dowden holds a very high
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rank among contemporary writers. He has edited in a very scholarly
manner many of the classical English writers. He married as his second
wife Miss E. Dickenson West (q.v.)
DOWE, WILLIAM.— A clever poet, horn in Cork about 1815, and died in
the United States in 1891. He contributed from Glandore, Cork, various
translations from Beranger and other poems to the Dublin University
Magazine in the forties, and also wrote for the Nation, over signature of
" Delta, Cork," Cork Examiner, Irish.Americait, etc. In the University
Magazine for 1843 there are about thirty translations by him from
Beranger, Horace, Dante, Hugo, Anacreon, Lamartine, Bion, Tasso,
etc. ; and in the same periodical for 1844 there are a couple of articles
on Beranger, comprising about a score of translations from that poet.
He was preparing a volume of translations about this time, but does
not appear to have published them in book form. About 1848 he went
to America, and became a prominent journalist there. To Meagher's
Irish News (1856-59) he wrote over signature of " Con Cregan." He was
best known, however, as " Major Muskerry " of Mitchel's paper, the
Irish Citizen (which died in 1872). The articles, signed by this
name, were extremely clever, and were generally ascribed to John
Mitchel himself. " In 1859," wrote the late Michael Cavanagh
(g.D.) to the present writer, " he was just turned fifty, a quiet-looking,
fair-compjexioned man, with light-brown hair, slighthly tinged with
grey." Dowe married a sister of Dr. Shelton Mackenzie {q.v.). In 18.57
he published in New York and London a pamphlet entitled " Junius
Lord Chatham," an attempt to prove that Chatham wrote the famous
" Letters of Junius." In his last years he was looked after by his surviv-
ing brother-in-law, Mr. Sloan, and Captain James Mitchel.
DOWLING, BARTHOLOMEW.— Born in Listowel, Co. Kerry, about 1823.
Was taken to Canada by his parents while a boy, and received part of
his education there. On the death of his father, his family retiu-ned to
Ireland and settled in Limerick, which explains, doubtless, the general
idea that the poet was a native of Limerick. His poems in the Nation
were generally signed " The Southern," but his well-known " Brigade
at Fontenoy " appeared in that journal with no signature attached, on
May 17, 1845; his earliest poem, I believe, appearing a few months before
— ^January 4, 1845. He went to Boulogne in 1848, it is said ; thence to
Cork and Liverpool, and finally to America in 1851, but another account
says that he emigrated direct to California in 1848, and became a miner.
He next became a farmer at Crucita Valley, Contra Costo Co., where
he entertained Mitchel, MoManus, and J. J. Shields when they visited
that State. In 1858 he was appointed editor of jS'a?i Francisco Monitor,
then recently founded. He was well acquainted with several languages,
and always carried about with him a copy of Beranger, presented to him
by Mitchel, and executed many translations from that poet for the
Monitor. For this paper he wrote many sketches, poems, and stories.
Previous to joining the paper, he had written, while a miner, a good
deal of matter for the California Pioneer, over pseudonyms of "Hard
Knocks," "The Southern," and especially "Masque." In Hayes'
Ballads of Ireland," 1855, there are three poems by him, although only
one of them, " The Brigade of Fontenoy, is known. His death was
occasioned by a fall from a buggy, which broke his leg, and being in
weak health at the time, he succumbed to his injuries on November 20,
1863, in the fortieth year of his age, at St. Mary's Hospital, San Fran-
cisco. The Superioress of this institution, who nursed him till his death,
was the Rev. Mother Russell, sister of the late Lord Russell of Killowen,
the eminent lawyer, and Father Mathew Russell, the poet and critic. In
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the St. Joseph's Union, San Francisco, where the article from which most
of these facts are taken appeared in March, 1890, there was also a poem
of his at the same time, stated to have never before been printed, and
entitled "A Memory of Seville"; but in Young Ireland of August 11,
1877, is almost an exact copy of it, under the title of " A Half-Forgotten
Memory," and bearing the signature of "Henry C. Watson."
DOWLING, EDWARD.— National Lyrics, words by E. D., melodies
arranged by Charles Egan, Professor of the Harp. Dublin, 1826.
DOWLING, REY. EDWARD.— Ode on the Coronation op His Most
Gracious Majesty, King William the Fourth. London, 1831, 8vo.
Presumably the E. Bowling who published in 1829 at Enfield, near
London, a selection of poems by various authors, entitled " Fragments
of the Lyre."
DOWLING, FRANCIS. — A northern Irish poet, who is referred to in Adam
Kidd's (q.v.) "Huron Chiefs and other Poems," Montreal, 1830, 12mo.
Seems to have come from the same county (Derry) as Kidd, and was known
as " Wrangleawee. " His name is stated to have been really Devlin.
DOWLING, JEREMIAH J., M.D.— A native of Tipperary, born about
1830, who wrote anonymous verse in Nation and Irish People. His well-
known poem, " The Claddagh Boatman," appeared in Nation of March 4,
1854. He died on December 3, 1906, aged 76. The Freeman's Journal
of December 5, two days after his death, says he wrote the piece in
Hayes' "Ballads of Ireland" which are signed " D. F. B." This is, I
think, a mistake. See under John Cashel Hoey.
DOWLING, MAURICE MATHEW GEORGE.— Othello Travestib, an
operatic burlesque burletta in two acts (and" in verse), 12mo; Romeo and
Juliet, an operatic burlesque burletta in one act (and in verse), 12mo ;
and also Fair Rosamond, another dramatic piece.
His " Othello Travestie " was produced in 1834 at Liverpool. He was
the eldest son of William Dowling of Fulham, London, and was born in
or about 1793. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in January, 1838, being
then 45 years of age, and a resident of Liverpool.
DOWLING, PENELOPE (?). — ^Wild Flowers gathered by a Wandering
Pilgrim, etc. London, 1862, 8vo.
DOWLING, RICHARD. — This well-known novelist was born in Clonmel, Co.
Tipperary, on June 3, 1846, and was educated at schools in Clonmel,
Waterford, and Limerick. He was intended for the legal profession,
but drifted into journalism, joining the staff of the Nation, and editing
for a time Dublin comic papers called Zozimus^ Yorick, and Ireland's
Eye. In these journals he wrote a good deal of verse and prose. Pro-
ceeding to London in 1874, he contributed poems and stories to Belgravia,
London Society, and Tinsley's Magazine (1876-79). In the Waterford
Citizen for 1864 he wrote poems over anagrams of his Christian and
surname, as " H. C. Diarr," " .R. G. Wildon." For the Nation he wrote
poems over signature of " Ained." He wrote one good novel, "The Mystery
of Killard," and a great many other less excellent stories, and several
volumes of amusing essays, one of them under the pseudonym of
"Emmanuel Kink." He died in London on July 28, 1898.
DOWLING, YINCENT.— A brilliant Irish journalist and wit, who in 1798
kept the "Apollo" circulating library at No. 5 College Green, Dublin.
He was a reporter, as then understood, and reported many of the
speakers in the Irish Parliament from memory. He also wrote various
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political squibs in verse, especially against the Union. Among his
published works are " Proceedings and Debates of the Parliament of
Pimlico " (a satire on the Irish Parliament), and "The Olio, or Any-
thingarian Miscellany" (in the second number of which appeared
" Mary Le More " — see George Nugent Reynolds and Edward Rushton).
After the Union he went to London, and became connected with the
Times. He was a native of Queen's County, was born in or about
1760, and died in London, March 29, 1825, aged G9. One of his sons was
Sir James Cowling, an eminent colonial judge; another was Vincent
George Dowling, author of "Fistiana " and founder of Bell's Life, the
famous sporting paper.
DOWLING, WILLIAM.— Brother of Bartholomew Dowling (q.v.). Born in
Kingston, Upper Canada, and taken to Limerick by his mother after
his father's death. After her decease he went to America, settling in
San Francisco, where he is believed to have died some years ago. His
poems are numerous, and were contributed to Californian papers and
magazines.
DOWNES, CAPT. . — All Vows Kept, a comedy in five acts, prose and
verse. Dublin, 1733, 8vo.
DOWNES, REY. GEORGE.— Dublin University Prize PoemSj with Spanish
and German ballads. Dublin, 1824, 8vo.
Author of various other works, including a translation of the tragedies
of Sophocles, Dublin, 1822. Born in Dublin about 1790, and originally
a. draper's assistant till Shackleton of Ballitore invited him to enter his
school, whence he proceeded to a better one, and ultimately to T.C.D. in
1812, graduating B.A. in 1814, and M.A. in 1823. Became M.R.I.A.,
and assisted Dr. Petrie in his work on "The Round Towers of Ireland."
Died at Dalkey, Co. Dublin, August 23, 1846, and was buried at Ballitore,
Co. Kildare. Poems of his will be found in Amulet for 1826 and 1828,
and in Forr/et-me-Not for 1829-31.
DOWNES, JOSEPH. — The Proud Shepherd's Tragedy, a scenic poem; to
which are added Fragments op a Correspondence, and Poems (" edited"
by J. D.), Edinburgh, 1823, 8vo. Also " The Mountain Decameron,"
3 vols., London, 1836, 12mo.
Was a barrister, and published a reply to a speech by the Irish states-
man, Rt. Hon. John Foster, first Baron Oriel, in London, 1799.
DOWNES, WILLIAM MACNAMARA.— Original Poems and Songs, with
notes, printed for the author, Limerick, 1833; Poems, Epistles, etc.,
Dublin, 1839, 8vo; Poetic Sketches, Dublin, 1842; Temperance
Melodies for the Teetotallers op Ireland, 3rd edition, Cork, 1843, 8vo
(the first edition was anonymous) ; The Exile, a poem in one canto, with
notes, Kilrush, 1850.
Edited and wrote for The Kilrush Magazine, and was a con-
tributor of prose and verse to the Nation, his well-known ode on a
painting of Father Mathew, beginning " Seize thy pencil, child
of art," appearing anonymously in its columns on February 25, 1843,
and being reprinted in various collections of Irish verse without a signa-
ture. This has, however, been attributed to M. M'Donald Doyle (q.v.).
Was a Clare man ; but I can discover no particulars about him except
that he was a school-fellow of John Jackson (" Terry Driscoll ") at
Kilrush, where he was probably born. See his "Poems," where there
are pieces addressed to John O'Shea and John O'Donoghue, two brother
poets (q.v.). There is a poem of his on a legendary theme in a selection
of " Irish National Poetry, from the landing of the Milesians to the
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present time," published in Dublin and London in 1846. On March 18,
1843, another poem ot his on Father Mathew was given in the Nation,
in which paper, on May 18, 1844, the editor refers to " his delicate
position," adding, " His secret is safe with us."
DOWNEY, AUGUSTINE FRANCIS.— Born in Cork about 1865, and author
of many poems in United Ireland, Shamrock, Young Ireland, and Tuam
News, over noms de guerre of " Nobody " and " Diarmid O'Duibhne." Is
represented in " Lays and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtic Society," Dublin, 1889.
He is now a physician practising in England, and has published two or
three medical and other books.
DOWNEY, EDMUND.— Well known to present-day readers as " F. M.
Allen," author of "Through Green Glasses," and several other amusing
Irish books. Published several of his earlier as well as his latest works
under his own name. Is the son of a shipowner and broker, and was
born at Waterford in 1856. Educated in his native city, and went to
London in 1878 (whither his cousin, Richard Dowling (q.v.), had preceded
him), entering the ofiice of Tinsley, the publisher, and afterwards
starting business on his own account. He is the author of some admir-
able sea stories, novels of Irish life, etc., and contributed verse to Tinsley' s
Magazine, Young Ireland, Pat, Time, Life, etc., and there are some rhymes
in his " Brayhard " and " From the Green Bag."
DOWNEY, JOSEPH.— A native of Co. Kildare who wrote a good deal of
verse for the Shamrock and other Irish journals, generally over his
initials, though sometimes over signature of " Shamrock." He was a
grocer's assistant, and died on June 11, 1870, aged 24. A memorial was
erected in Glasnevin over his grave, and has a quotation from one of his
poems on it.
DOWNEY, RICHARD.— Brother of Edmund Downey. Born in "Waterford
in 1859. Was for a time a journalist in Sydney, New South Wales. A
good many years ago he wrote much verse for Young Ireland, over signa-
ture of " Muscadel," and to Time, Tinsley's Magazine, Judy, Belgravia,
Funny Folks, All the Year Bound, and possibly Household Words, over
his proper name. Contributed verse to other periodicals also. He died
in Sydney in June, 1898.
DOWNEY, THOMAS, R.N.— Naval Poems. London (?), 1813, 4to.
DOWNING, DENIS J. — Irish Sport and Play, being a friend's memorial.
Selections from the humorous writings of the late Denis J. Downing (" Dr.
Dick ' '), Dublin, 1911, 12mo.
A well-known sporting journalist of Dublin, who wrote for Sport and
Evening Herald, etc., over signature of " Dr. Dick." He wrote many
songs for pantomimes and for the Dublin Press, and several are included
in above volume. He was a native of Co. Cork, and died in Dublin on
June 17, 1909, aged 38.
DOWNING, ELLEN MARY PATRICK,— Voices oe the Heart, edited by
Most Rev. J. P. Leahy, Bishop of Dromore, Dublin, 1868; new and
enlarged edition, revised by Dr. Leahy, Dublin, 1880, 12mo; Novenas
AND Meditations, edited by the same, Dublin, 1879; Poems for Children,
Dublin, 1881, 32mo.
Born in Cork, March 19, 1828 ; died on January 27, 1869. One of the
most notable of the Nation poetesses, who first wrote over her initials,
" E. M. P. D.," and afterwards as "Mary." Disappointed in love,
it is said, by one of the Young Irelanders, Joseph Brenan, she finally
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entered a convent, and became Sister Mary Alplionsus. She contributed
poems to United Irixhinan (1848), to the Cork Macjazine, and to the Irish
People (1863-5). A poem signed " Mary " is in Duffy's Hibernian
Magazine (1864), and may be hers.
DOWNING, GEORGE (?).— The Parthian Exile, a tragedy in five acts
and in verse. Coventry, 1774, 12mo.
Also a couple of comedies in prose, entitled "Newmarket; or, The
Humours of the Turf," second edition, Coventry, 1774, 12mo, and " The
Volunteers," 1780, 8vo.
DOWNING, MARY. — Sckaps fkom the Mountains, and other poems,
London, 1840, 8vo.
Published above volume over signature of " Christahel." Was the
eldest daughter of Daniel McCarthy, Esq., of Kilfadimore, near Ken-
mare, Co. Kerry, and was probably born there about 1815. Wrote a
large amount of verse for Cork Southern Reporter just previous to 1840
over noms de guerre of "Christahel " and " Myrrha," and also for the
Freeholder of Cork. Also wrote a poem or two in Dublin Citizen, vol. i.,
over signatures of " M. F. D." and " C '• * * 1." Dr. Karl Elze, who
translated " The Grave of McCaura," her best known poem, into German,
confused her with Harriet Downing. She married Mr. Washington
Downing, brother of Mr. McCarthy Downing, some time M.P. for Cork,
and died four years after him, in 1881. Her husband was a Parliamen-
tary reporter for Daily News, and afterwards Roman correspondent of
same. In 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Downing were living in Hilldrop Orescent,
Camden Town, London, having removed there from Cumming Street,
Pentonville. She assisted James Stephens to escape on one occasion,
and also Michael Doheny. In Stephens' "Reminiscences" she is called
" daribel " by mistake.
DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN.— Songs of Action, London, 1898; Songs
OF THE Road, London, 1911.
This well-known writer, though iborn in Edinburgh (May 22, 1859), is of
Irish blood, being the son (pf Charles A, Doyle, the artist, and hence
nephew of Richard (" Dicky ") Doyle of Punch, and of Henry Doyle,
R.H.A., and consequently the grandson of the famous cartoonist, John
Doyle (" H. B."). He is, of course, known chiefly as the creator of
"Sherlock Holmes," but his poems have occasional vigour. Some of
them first appeared in the Daily Chronicle. His first volume of verse
has gone through half-a-dozen editions.
DOYLE, CHARLES ANTHONY.— An Irish-American journalist and poet,
born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1867. Was taken to San Francisco while a
child, and eventually became (1S88) editor of the Monit(jr of that city.
He afterwards joined the staff of the Chronicle, and wrote largely for it
and other papers of the Pacific coast. In 1891 he was appointed secre-
tary of the San Francisco Post Ofiice, but resigned it to devote himself
to literature. He has written for Donahoe's Magazine, and in 1888
edited, in conjunction with the Rev. Denis 0. Crowley (q.v.), " A Chaplet
of Verse by Calif ornian Catholic Writers," in which he is himself
included. In 1894 he was about to publish a volume of verse.
DOYLE, E. D'ALTON. — The Bhide of Roodesii; or, Persia's Peerless
Roses, an Eastern poem. Carlow, 1879, 8vo.
A blind man.
DOYLE, £. L. — A constant contributor of verse to the yation over his initials
during the fifties of last century.
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DOYLE, EDWARD.— Moody Moments, poems, New York, 1889; second
edition, 1891.
DOYLE, SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS, BART.— Miscellaneous Vehses,
London, 1834, Svo; The Two Destinies, a poem, London, 1844, 8vo;
Edipus, translated from Sophocles into English verse, London (?), 1849,
16mo; The Duke's Funeral, a poem, London, 1852, Svo; The Return of
THE Guards, and other poems, London, 1866, 8vo. Other works.
Born in England on August 22, 1810, and was the son of Major-General
Sir Francis Doyle, an Irish military officer. Educated at Eton and
Oxford, and became Commissioner of Customs, and also Professor of
Poetry at Oxford, succeeding Matthew Arnold in the post, and holding
it from 1867 to 1877. He died in London on June 8, 1888.
DOYLE, JAMES WARREN (Bishop of Kildare and Lelghlln).— A notable
controversialist of O'Connell's time. Born near J^ew Ross, Co. Wexford,
in autumn of 1786. Posthumous son of a jjoor farmer. After his eleva-
tion to the Episcopacy, he wrote admirable letters on Catholic emancipa-
tion over the signature of " J. K. L." (James of Kildare and Leighlin).
Died near Carlow on June 16, 1834. Poems by him will be found in
W. J. Fitzpatrick's " Life of Bishop Doyle," 1861,
DOYLE, M. M'DONALD.- Moorland Music, poems. Wexford, 1833.
He was evidently the M. M. Doyle referred to by W. M. Downes (q.v) in
his " Poems." When the above volume was published Doyle was very
young, and it caused some stir, resulting in his being appointed to a post
in the G.P.O., Dublin. He also published a poem on the coronation of
Queen Victoria, 1837. He was a Wexford man, and in an article by
T. D. McGee, in the Boston Pilot, 1844, is referred to as " the young
bard of Bannow." In that year he was still employed in the G.P.O.
He was the young poet who is mentioned as welcoming Thomas Moore
to Bannow in 1835. According to some local tradition, he was the real
author of " Seize thy pencil, child of art," generally attributed to W. M.
Downes (q.v.), which, it is said, first appeared in an Isle of Man paper
called the Voice of the People.
DOYLE, MARTIN.— The O'Mulliganiad ; or, The Views, Objects, and
Motives of O'Sullivan, McGhee, and Todd detected and exposed, in
three cantos. Wexford, 1836, Svo.
Of New Ross. The poem is directed against well-known Protestant
champions of its day.
DOYLE MATTHEW.— Visitors to M. D., poems, Waterford, 1871, Svo;
Second Series (with which is included " The Sunbeam," a review of
reviewers, prose and verse, 130 pp.), Waterford, 1872, 8vo.
DOYLE, MATTHEW.— Musings by the Barrow. Dublin, 1881, 12mo.
DOYLE, MICHAEL.— Cause, a poem. London, 1889, Svo.
DOYLE, REY. WILLIAM A. — The Litany op the Loretto, in a series of
sonnets from the Italian of Pellegrino Salandri. Dublin, 1867.
A Franciscan friar who had some reputation in Wexford as a poet
and preacher. Born in the town of Wexford about 1820, he was educated
at San Isidore, Rome, and lived there for some years. He wrote for
Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, and died in his native town in 1867.
DOYNE, PHILIP. — The Delivery of Jerusalem, translated from Tasso, in
English verse, 1761, Svo; The Triumph of Parnassus, a poem on the
birth of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Dublin, 1763, Svo;
Ike.ne, a "canto on the Peace in Spenserian stanza, Dublin, 1763, Svo.
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Educated under Dr. John Lawson at Carlow School. He was the son
and heir of Robert Doyne, M.P. for Co. Wexford, 174.5-60, and was born
on March 20, 1733. Married, August 29, 1757, Lady Johanna Gore,
elder daughter of the first Earl of Arraii. and died March 11, 1765.
B.A., T.C.D., 1752. He is referred to in Delaoour's " Prospect of
Poetry," and in Ball's " Ode to the River Slaney," written in 1771, and
in the same poet's "Tears of the British Muses." In the first poem by
Ball it is clearly implied that Doyne was born in the neighbourhood of
the River Slaney.
DREA, E. ¥. — ^A Waterford poet who wrote many poems between 1880-1895
in Shamrock and other Irish papers over the signature of " Ned of the
HiUs," and occasionally over his own name. He has recently published a
small guide to Waterford.
DRENNAN, JOHN SWANWICK, M.D.— Glendalloch, and other poems,
second edition, Dublin, 1859, 8vo ; Poems and Sonnets, posthumous,
London, 1895, 8vo.
The first-named volume contains his father's poems, his brother's, and
his own. Born probably in Dublin, in 1809, and was a son of the cele-
brated poet of the United Irishmen. B.A., T.C.D., 1831; M.B., 1833;
M.D., 1854. A few of his pieces appeared in the Nation over his initials,
including " The Pair Irish Face," which appeared on July 12, 1845. A
poem of his is in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra," 1879. Died on November 1,
1893.
DRENNAN, WILLIAM, M.D. — Fugitive Pieces , in verse and prose, Belfast,
1815, 16mo; The Eleotba, from the Greek of Sophocles, 1817, 8vo; Glen-
dalloch, and other poems, second edition, Dublin, 1859, 8vo.
In 1802 a poem entitled " Glendalloch " was published (Dublin?), which
may have been hils. "Was the son of the Rev. Thomas Drennan, a
Dissenting minister of Belfast, where he was born on May 23, 1754. He
graduated M.A. at Glasgow University in 1771, and M.D. at Edinburgh
in 1778. Settled first in Belfast and then in Dublin, and became con-
nected with the United Irishmen, and wrote prose and verse for their
journals. A good many of his poems will be found in Joshua Edkins'
" Collection of Poems," Dublin, 1801, some of them not bping in the
collected edition of his works, 1859. They were contributed to Edkins'
work, and were not mere reprints. Drennan was prosecuted for sedition,
but escaped punishment. He wrote several pamphlets and medical
works, and died on February 5, 1820. He was the first to address Ireland
as " 'The Emerald Isle," and was proud of the achievement. Was of
diminutive stature, as his son tells us, and as a poem entitled " Orange,
a political rhapsody " (by John Gilford (?), 1798) mentions. His "Wake
of William Orr " was first printed in the Press of January 14, 1798, and
dated " Ballymore, 1797." In the Poetical Begister for "1806 there are
poems by him, and there are hymns of his in Aspland's collection of
Unitarian hymns, 1810
DRENNAN, WILLIAM (Jun.). — Glendalloch, and other poems, second
edition. Dublin, 1859^ 8vo.
His poems are collected in above volume. Some of them were contri-
buted to the Nation, such as the famous ballad, " The Battle of Beal-an-
atha-Buidhe," which appeared anonymously on June 10, 1843. He has
often been confused with the preceding poet, his father, whose eldest
son he was. He was born in Dublin in 1802; graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1823;
admitted to' Gray's Inn iu May, 1824, and died in 1873. One of his' pieces
in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra," 1879.
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DREW, REY. THOMAS, D.D.— A hymn writer. Born in Limerick in 1800.
B.A., T.C.D., 1826; LL.D., 1841; M.A., B.D., and LL.D., 1842. Incum-
bent of Christ Church, Belfast, 1833 ; Rector of Loughinisland, diocese
of Down, 1857. Died in Dublin in 1870. His son, Sir Thomas Drew,
R.H.A., was one of the leading Irish architects of the day, and his
daughter. Miss Catherine Drew (who died in August, 1910), was a lady
journalist engaged on the London Press, and authoress of some novels.
He published some sermons, and is represented in " Lyra Hibernica
Sacra." D. Connolly (q-v.) has a Rev. Thomas Drew in his collection
of Irish poetry, and says he was born in Limerick iu 1800, and died in
America in 1857. Can he have meant the Thomas Drew who published
"The Campaign of 1856; Fremont Songs for the People," Boston
(U.S.A.), 1856, 16mo?
DRUITT, GEORGE.— Songs of Leisure Hours, Belfast, 18i36, 16mo ; The
Emebald, poems, Belfast, 1842.
David HerBison (q.v.) alludes to him in his first volume of poems.
DRUMMOND, HAMILTON. — Sik Pildebrand, and other poems, iDubl(in,
1882, 8vo ; Hebod, and other poems, London, 1893, 8vo.
Author of several novels. A merchant of Dublin.
DRUMMOND, REY. WILLIAM HAMILTON, D.D.— Juvenile Poems, by a
student of the University of Glasgow, Belfast? 1795; Hibernia, a poem.
Part I., Belfast, 1797, 8vo; The Man oe Age, a poem, 1798; The Battle
OF Tkaealgab, a heroic poem, Belfast, 1806, 8vo ; The First Book op
Lucretius, in verse, 1808, 8vo; 1809, 8vo; The Giant's Causeway, a
poem, Belfast, 1811, 8vo; 1812, 8vo; Who are the Happy? a poem on the
Christian Beatitudes, with other poems on sacred subjects, 1818; Clon-
TARF, a poem, Dublin, 1822, 12mo; Bruce's Invasion of Ireland, a
poem, Diublin, 1826, 12mo (the last three works anonymously) ; The
Pleasures of Benevolence, a poem, London and Dublin, 1835, 12mo ;
Elegiac Ballad on the Death op Princess Charlotte, 1817 (?), and
Ancient Irish Minstrelsy, Dublin, 1852, 12mo (translations in verse
from the old bards) ; The Preacher, a poem, published after his death,
with some sermons and a biography by Rev. J. S. Porter.
Born at Larne, Co. Antrim, August, 1778, and was the son of a
surgeon. Was educated at Belfast Academy and Glasgow University.
Was at first a tutor, but in 1800 became pastor of the Second Congrega^
tion in Belfast. Received the degree of D.D. in 1810 from Aberdeen
University, and in 1815 took up his residence in Dublin. He wrote
many sermons and essays of a controversial nature. Died in Dublin on
October 16, 1865. His two sons, Rev. R. B. Drummond and Rev. James
Drummond, are both distinguished divines. The poet's best known prose
works are his " Life of Michael Servetus " (1848) and " Autobiography
of A. H. Rowan," with additions (1840).
DRUMMOND, WILLIAM HENRY, M.D.— The Habitant, and other French-
Canadian poems, illustrated by F. S. Coburn, 1897 ; Johnny Corteau,
and other poems, illustrated by the same. New York and London, 1901.
A notable poet of French Canada, born on April 13, 1854, at Currawn
House, Co. Leitrim, and died April 6, 1909. He was educated at
O'Gorman's School, Newtownf orbes ; at Mohill Academy, Mohill, Oo.
Leitrim; the High School, Montreal; and McGill University. He resided
in Montreal, and was regarded as one of the chief Canadian poets, and
his early death was regarded as a national calamity.
DRURY, ANNA HARRIET ( ?) .— Annesley, and other poems, London, 1847,
16mo; The First of May, a new version of a celebrated modern ballad,
London, 1852, 8vo ; and various stories.
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DUBOIS, LADY DOROTHEA.— Poems on Sevebal Occasions, by a lady
of quality (i.e., Lady D. D.), 1764, 8vo ; The Magnet, a musical enter-
tainment, 1771, 8vo; The Divohce, a musical piece, 1772, 4to ; and The
Haunted Gkove, ditto, not printed. Other A^■orks.
She wa.s a natural daughter of the sixth Earl of Anglesey, and her
whole life was one long dispute as to her rights as an Annesley. She
was born in Ireland in 1728, and died in destitution in Grafton Street,
Dublin, early in 1774. She rails at her unnatural father in the preface
to her poems, and seems to have been very badly treated.
DUBOURDIEU, CAPT. FRANCIS.— Wild Flowebs from Gebmant. Belfast,
1850, 12mo.
Of the Royal Hanoverian Engineers. A native of the north of Ireland,
and possibly a son of the Rev. Mr. Dubourdieu of Lisburn, a, clergyman
of Huguenot descent.
DUCKETT, WILLIAM.— Poesies (by Louis I., the King of Bavaria),
traduites par W. D. Paris, 1829, 12mo.
Presumably the United Irishman of the same name, who was born in
Killarney in 1768, and died in Paris in 1841. Wolfe Tone thought him
a spy, but there is little doubt that he was wrong. He wrote odes
between 1816 and 1821 on the deatli of Princess Charlotte, on Greek and
South American independence, etc. His descendants have made reputa-
tions in France.
DUDLEY, M. E. (?.) — Juvenile Reseaechbs, etc., in prose . . . inter-
spersed with various pieces of poetry by a sister (M. E. D. — the prose by
her brother), London, 1836, 16mo; Emmet, the Irish Pliteiot, and
other poems, London, 1836, 12mo.
She lived in Millbank Street, Westminster, in 1836.
DUFF, HENRIETTA A.— Fbagmenis op Verse. Belfast and London, 1880,
8vo.
Wrote several stories, and died of heart disease at Brighton, November
14. 1879, aged 37. She was the daughter of a Captain N. Duif.
DUFFERIN, LADY HELEN SELINA.— Lispings from Low Latitudes, a
prose work, over pseudonym of '' Hon. Impulsia Gushington," London,
1863, oblong 8vo ; To my dear Son, on his 21st Bibthday, verses,
1861 (?), 4to, privately printed, ^vitli some verses by Tennyson on
"Helen's Tower," Clandeboye ; Songs, Poems, and Vebses, edited by
her son, the Marquis of Dufferin, London, 1894, 8vo ; A Selection of the
Songs of Lady D., set to music by herself and others, edited by her son,
London, 1895, 8vo.
Well known as author of some beautiful Irish songs, as " I'm sitting
on the Stile, Mary," "Terence's Farewell," "The Bay of Dublin," etc.
Born in 1807, the daughter of Thomas Sheridan, and granddaughter of
Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan. Died in London, June 13, 1867. Just
before his death, she married the Earl of Gifford, and became a countess.
DUFFERIN AND AVA (FREDERICK TEMPLE BLACKWOOD, MARQUIS
OF). — Born in Florence, June, 1826. The sou of preceding, and the
fourth Baron Dufferin. Educated at Eton and Oxford, but took
no degree. He succeeded to his father's title in 1841, being
then the Hon. Frederick Temple Blackwood. He had a very
distinguished career as a diplomatist and statesman, and held the Vice-
royalty of India and of Canada. Was a graceful orator and a very
able writer. His best work, " Letters from High Latitudes," London,
1857, 8vo, contains several poems of his. Created an earl in 1871, and
marquis a few years later. He died in 1903.
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DUPFETT, THOMAS.— The Amorous Old Woman (?), comedy, anonymous,
1674, 4to ; The Spanish Rogue, comedy in verse, 1674, 4to ; The Empress
OP Morocco, farce, 1674, 4to ; The Mock Tempest, burlesque, 1675, 4to;
Beauty's Triumph, a masque in verse, 1676, 4to; New Poems, Songs,
Pbologues, and Epilogues . . . set by tlie most eminent musicians in
town, London, '1676, 8vo; Psyche Debauched, comedy, 1678, 4to;
Amixtor's Lamentatiox for C'eua's I'xkindness, a broad sheet ballad,
no date.
Was a milliner in the New Exchange, London. Thought to have been
Irish, from the sound of his name and the fact that one of his songs is
set to an Irish air. Samuel Lover, in his " Poems of Ireland," claims
him as Irish. Nothing of note is known of his life.
DUFFY, SIR CHARLES GAYAN.— Born in the town of Monaghan in 1816,
and received a good education, although his family was not very
prosperous. He was the fourth son of John Duffy of Monaghan. He was
called to the Bar in 1842. While very young, he obtained the post of sub-
editor of a Dublin paper, the Morning Register. Then he became editor
and proprietor of the Belfast Vindicator, and in 1842 founded the Nation,
in conjunction with Thomas Davis and John Blake Dillon. There can be
no d<iubt now that Duffy was the most active spirit in this splendid ven-
ture, having liad great journalistic experience. He was practical editor
and manager of the paper from the start till 1855, when he emigrated
to Australia. He was prosecuted again and again for articles in the
yatiun, but always managed to escape the heaviest punishment. He
wrote innumerable fine articles and a goodly number of poems, which
rank high in Irish literg,ture. Most of them appeared over the signa-
tures of "Ben Heder," " D.," " C. G. D.," "The O'Donnell," "The
Black Northern," and some epigrams over those of " A Town Coun-
cillor" and "An Operative," while a few were published anonymously.
His generous encouragement of the Nniion poets has resulted in the endow-
ment of Irish literature with a mass of admirable poetry. He entered
Parliament in 1852, and greatly assisted the Tenant Right Movement. His
departure for Australia aroused deep and widespread regret among his
countrymen. In the colonies he made a speedy reputation, and in 1857
was appointed Minister of Public Works, and became Prime Minister
of Victoria in 1871, and twice afterwards, being knighted, after a pre-
vious refusal, in 1873. He retired from public life some years before his
death, which occurred in the South of France, February 9, 1903. He
was married three times (his first wife dying in September, 1845, aged
25), and had a numerous family. His worlds are few, but very valuable,
on account of the first-hand knowledge he has brought to bear upon
them, " Young Ireland" and " The Life of Thomas Davis" being the
most important. He edited " Irish Ballad Poetry" in 1843, and had a
hand in other volumes of Duffy's (the publisher's) National Library.
Specimens of his poetry are given in nearly all Irish anthologies.
DUFFY, JAMES OSCAR. — Lady Helen, a play — ; Hohenzollerin, a play
(in collaboration with C. T. Brady).
Born in Ireland, 1864, and now a lawyer in Philadelphia.
DUFFY, ROBERT.— The Modern Titan, a poem, London, 1885, 8vo.
DUGALL, GEORGE. — The Northern Cottage, Book I., and other poems,
written partly in the dialect of the North of Ireland, Londonderry, 1824,
8vo ; The Derriad, a poem, 18 — .
He was probably a native of Deny. Was a schoolmaster at Newton
Cunningham, Co. Donegal, for many years. He died about 1850. Robert
Young (q.v.) wrote an elegy on him. Wrote over the signature of " The
Schoolmaster at Home."
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DUGGAN, BERNARD.— One of the poets of '98, author of " Adieu to Erin's
Flowery Vale," which, with another, is given in Madden's " Literary
Remains of the United Irishmen," Dublin, 1888. Was an informer.
DUIGAN, JAMES.— Poetical Tales, Dublin, 1816, 8vo.
DUKE, ALEXANDER.— A Dublin Doctor's Doggerels, Dublin, 1890,
16mo.
Published over his initials only. A physician formerly practising in
Dublin, and now in London, and the inventor of several surgical appli-
ances.
DUNBAR, ROBERT NUGENT (?).— The Lament op Britannia, a poem
on the death of H.R.H. Princess Charlotte, London, 1817, 8vo; The
Obuisb; or, A Prospect of the West Indian Abchipblagoj (verse),
London, 1835, "8vo; The Caraguin, a tale of the Antilles (verse), London,
1837, 8vo ; Indian Hours; or. Passion and Pobtrt of the Tropics,
London, 1839, 8vo ; The Nuptials of Barcelona, etc., a tale in verse,
London, 1851, 12mo; Garibaldi at the Opera of Masaniello, new
patriotic song, London, 1864, 8vo ; Beauties of Tropical Scenery;
Lyrical Sketches and Love Songs, with notes, second edition, with
additions, London, 1864, 8vo; third edition, with additions, London,
1866, 8vo.
Lived in the "West Indies for many years, and died in Paris in the
summer of 1866.
DUNBAR, T. J.— A Garland of Verse, Dublin, 1906.
A Limerick man.
DUNKIN, REY. WILLIAM, D.D.— Techethryambbla ; or, A Poem on P.
Murphey, in Latin and English, Dublin, 1730, 8vo; The Lover's Web,
a poem, etc., Dublin, 1734, 4to ; Epistola ad Pranciscum Bindontjm,
etc., to which are added an ode to John, Earl of Orrery, and one to
Mr. Pope, Dublin, 1741-50, 8vo ; Bceotia, a poem (" The Story of
Daphne"), Dublin, 1747, 8vo ; The Bramin, an eclogue to E. Nugent,
London, 1751, 4to ; An Ode on the Death of H.R.H. Frederick, Prince
OF Wales, Dublin, 1752, 8vo ; An Epistle to the Right Hon. Philip,
Earl of Chesterfield, to which are added Lawson's Obsequies, an
eclogue, Dublin, 1759, 8vo; Select Poetical Works, Dublin, 1769-70,
8vo; The Poetical Works of W. D., to which are added his Episij".bs
TO THE Late Earl of Chesterfield, 2 vols., London, 1774, 4to.
Born in Dublin about 1709. B.A., T.O.D., 1729; M.A., 1731; B.D. p.rd
D.D., 1744. Was a, great friend of Dean Swift's, and was accounted by
hin the best Latin poet in Ireland. He was Latin teacher at St. Michasl
Ic Pole School, Dublin ; became master of Portora Royal School, Ennis-
killen ; and died November 24, 1765. Is mentioned by Delaoour {q.v.) as
an Irish poet in his "Epistle to the Earl of Shannon."
DUNLOP, GEOFFREY.— In Lonely Dreaming, poems, Dublin, 1904; second
edition, London, etc., 1906
DUNLOP, REY. WILLIAM.— Born in 1768, at The Manse, near Limavady,
Co. Derry, and educated there and at Glasgow University. Was ordained
pastor of Badoney, Co. Tyrone, in 1789, having been licensed to preach
the previous year. Was a fervent United Irishman, and wrote songs in
support of their principles, probably in Anti-Union or Press. Was also
a contributor to Dublin Evening Post. He was transferred to Strabane
in 1798, and in 1810 became Moderator of the General Synod of Ulster.
Died November 24, 1821. See Classon Porter's "Biographical Sketches
of Irish Presbyterians," and A. A. Campbell's " Literary Notes on
Strabane."
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DUNN, NATHANIEL. — Satan Chained, a poem, second edition, New York,
1876, 8vo.
Possibly the N. J. Dunn who published in the same city, in 1884,
" Vultures of Erin; a Tale of the Penal Laws."
DUNNE, JACOB THOMPSON.— Tbabs on Parnassus, poems.
Also published a prose work called " Horae Scientise." He was an
excellent classical scholar. Born in or about 1798, near Cullinagh,
Queen's County, where he taught school for many years. He wrote
largely for the Ladies' and Farmers' Almanac, Belfast Almanac,
Warren's Farmers' Almanac, Old Moore's, Nugent's, and Purdon's
Farmers' Almanac. Died on October 30, 1830 (?), and was buried in
Old Kilvane Churchyard. Patrick Carpenter, the Irish-American poet
(q.v.), wrote in Boston Pilot " A Garland to the Memory of the late
Jacob Thompson Dunne, mathematician, poet, and linguist, Mary-
borough, Queen's County."
DUNPHIE, CHARLES JAMES. — An admirable essayist and author of some
graceful verses, which will be found in his several volumes of essays, viz.,
"Wildfire, a Collection of Erratic Essays," London, 1876; "Sweet
Sleep," London, 1879; "The Chameleon," fugitive pieces, London, 1888.
He wrote verse for the Belfast Vindicator of 1840, where his name was
given as Dunphy, and contributed to the early Nation over the signa-
tures of " T. CD." and " C. J. D." He was probably educated at
Trinity College, Dublin. He was born in or about 1820, being the son of
Michael Dunphy, of Fleet Street, Dublin, and Rathdowney, Queen's
County. He had been connected with the London press for many years,
and was London correspondent of the Belfast News Letter for a long
period. He died in London, July 7, 1908, aged 88. His brother, Henry
M. Dunphy, who died in 1888, was on the staii of the Morning Post for
more than forty years, and he was himself connected with it for over half a
century.
DUNYILLE, SIR ROBERT GRIMSHAW.— The Voyage, etc., verse (for
private circulation), Belfast, 1891.
This writer is the well-known distiller of Belfast. He sensibly sup-
pressed the above poem some time after its publication. He died
August 17, 1910.
" DUNWOODIE, DOMINICK."— See James Bryce.
DURKAN, PATRICK FRANCIS.— National Poems, Tuam, 1862.
Printed at office of Patriot. The author belonged to Swinford, Co.
Mayo, and wrote verse for papers over signature of " Swinford Boy."
He was doubtless the P. F. Durkan who went to U.S.A. many years ago,
and was a professor at a college in Scranton, Pa., where he died early in
November, 1910. One of his pieces is in R. J. Kelly's selection of Irish
poetry, published by the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland. A Poor-Law
Guardian of the same name died at Swinford, December 29, 1893.
DUYAL, CHARLES H. — A well-known entertainer, son of Charles
Allen Duval, a clever Irish painter. Templepatrick, Co. Antrim,
has been given as his birth-place. He travelled over various parts of the
world with his entertainment called " Odds and Ends," and was drowned
during a voyage home, in the Red Sea, on February 23, 1889. He wrote
a good many songs, Irish and otherwise.
DUTAL, JOHN EDWARD. — The Pateiot's Love, and other poems, by the
author of " The Battle of Navarino," a poem, Dublin, 1828, 8vo.
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DWYER, ANTHONY.— The Clubists ; or, A Pictuee of the Times (anony-
mously), Dublin, 1793, 8vo.
Lived at 99 Grafton Street, Dublin. Mrs. Battier (q.v.) reveals his
identity in one of her poems. The above work was dedicated to Arthur
Wolfe, afterwards Lord Kilwarden, Sch. T.C.D., 17B2 ; B.A., 1764. He
may have been identical with the following writer, as the latter's works
are sometimes attributed to him.
DWYER, P. W. — The Shield op the United Kingdom of Ghbat Beitain
AND Ibeland, a poem, 1803, 4to ; The Soldieks of Fortbnb, a comedy,
1803, 8vo.
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E
^. — See George W. Russell.
E., A. — Rhymes, privately printed. Newry, 8vo, 1831.
Can this volume 'b"e by Anne Elliot (q.v.)?
EAGAR, REY. ALEXANDER RICHARD, D.D.— Peomhtheus and other
Poems. Dublin^ 1877, 8vo.
A contributor to Kottabos, and B.A., T.C.D., 1876; B.D., 1879. Was
Vicar of Manaccan, diocese of Truro, Cornwall. Son of Francis McGilli-
cuddy Eagar of Limerick. Died December 1, 1909, aged 53. Edited a
collection of patriotic English poems.
EARLS, REY. MICHAEL J.— Of Irish Catholic parentage, and born at
Southbridge, Mass., U.S.A., October 2, 1873. Was educated there, and
at St. Joseph's College, New Brunswick (N.S.), and at Holy Cross
College, Worcester, Mass. Edited the college paper, the Purple, while
at latter place. He has written much verse tor the Messenger of the
Sacred Heart (New York), the Bosary (New York), the Angelus (Cincin-
nati), Boston Pilot, Ave Maria (Indiana), and various other journals, hi.s
dialect verse being specially commended.
ECCLES, CHARLOTTE O'CONOR.— A prominent lady journalist in
London, and engaged on various important papers. She was a daughter
of the late Alexander O'Conor Eccles, J. P., I^allingard House, Co.
Roscommon, and contributed poems to IrisH Monthly and other
periodicals. She wrote many short stories and sketches of merit,
and, besides translating some Continental fiction, published in 1897 a
very clever and witty novel. " The Rejuvenation of Miss Semaphore,"
under the pseudonym of "Hal Godfrey." Her subsequent volume,
"Aliens of the West," gives one of the best and truest pictures of Irish
life ever written. Several poems by her are in Orby Shipley's " Carmina
Mariana." She died on June 15, 1911, deeply regretted by all who knew
her.
ECHLIN, DAYID (?). — Ova Paschalia D. Echlini (in verse, MS. notes in
British Museum copy), Parisiis, 1602, 4to; L' Adieu au Monde... Aveo unb
PRiEBE POUR LEURs sAOREES Majestes (verse), Londres, 1627, 4to; Echlin,
PAR le Grace de DiEtj, resuscitb, avec la paraphrase latine par
l'autheur mesmb, Londres, 1628, 4to ; Elegia...in funbrb chabissim.s;
CASUS sim;bqub conjugio Philibbrijs Lombat^, etc., London, 1629, 4to;
Somnium D. Echlini ad Carolum...Magnb Britanni^e Regem (verse),
London, 1629, 4to; Carolides, ad Patrem Carolum Magne Britanni.*;...
Regem, a panegyric in verse, Londini, 1630, 4to.
EDGEWORTH, FRANCIS BEAUFORT.— Saul, a poem, 1825, 8vo.
Son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, by his fourth wife, and father of
the present Professor F. Y. Edgeworth, the eminent mathematician and
economist. He is mentioned in Carlyle's " Life of John Sterling." Died
in Dublin on October 11, 1846, aged 37.
EDGEWORTH, MARIA. — Comic Dramas in Three Acts, London, .1817,
12mo ; second edition, London, 1817, 12mo ; Dramas and Dialogues
(anonymous), by M. E., etc., 1860, 8vo; and many stories.
This distinguished writer composed many pieces of verse, most of which
will be found in the above-mentioned works. She is included in Samuel
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Lover's " Poems of Ireland," Hercules Ellis's " Songs of Ireland," etc.
She was born in Oxfordshire on January 1, 1767, her father being an
ingenious inventor and educational writer named Richard Lovell Edge-
worth, of Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford. Her writings are very
numerous and excellent, and her "Popular Tales," "Castle Rackrent,"
etc., etc., have not yet lost their popularity. Her life was comparatively
uneventful, and she never married. Her death occurerd on May 22, 1849.
EDGEWORTH, MISS TEMPLE.— Metzucal Tales and Romances, in verse,
containing Alphonso and Clementina; Don John, etc., London, 1809,
12mo ; The Mystekioits Shriek ; or, Alexandek akd Lavinia, a metrical
tale. Also the ancient story of Plato and Peoserpine, and Cupid's
Delirium, from the Greek, London, 1809, 12mo.
EDKINS, JOSHUA. — A Collection of Poems, Mostly Original, by several
hands, edited by J. E., 2 vols., Dublin, 1789-90, 8vo ; A Collection op
Poems by Different Hands, Dublin, 1801, 8vo.
To the latter he may have contributed some of the anonymous pieces.
He was " Keeper of the Dublin Library of Curiosities " — according to a
note in " Orange, a Political Rhapsody," in three cantos, 1798, probably
written by John Giffard (q.v.). His 1801 volume is notable as being an
anthology of poems by Irish writers, including twenty-six pieces by Dr.
William Drennan, and others by William Preston, " Fighting " Fitz-
gerald, R. Shackleton, Daniel Steuart, T. Robertson, Charles Graydon,
William Ball, W. O'B. Lardner, etc.
EDWARDS, ANNA MARIA. — ^Poems on Various Subjects (The Enchantress,
a favourite musical entertainment), 2 parts, Dublin, 1787, 12mo.
May have bpen of Welsh origin, as there are many Welsh subscribers
to her volumes ; but was born in Ireland, as she says the Liffey was her
natal river, in one of her poems (page 8o). Wrote patriotic Irish verse.
Was author of a novel, and refers to it in her volume.
EDWARDS, LIEUT.-COL. JOHN.— The Patriot Soldier, a poem, Notting-
ham, 1784, 4to; Kathleen, a ballad from ancient Irish tradition,
London (?), 1808, 4to; and Abradates and Panthea, a tragedy, London,
1808, 8vo.
Also, " The Interests of Ireland," a prose work, London, 1815, etc.
Born in 1751, probably at Old Court, Co. Wicklow, and died there in 1822.
Became a lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Volunteers. Was he the author
of ' ' The Patriot Soldier ' ' included among anonymous pieces ?
EDWARDS, OSWALD.— An Elegiac Poem, being an attempt to delineate the
late Rev. John Wesley's chcaracter, with notes ... to which is annexed
an elegy inscribed to the memory of Mr. Samuel Pyke. Dublin, 1791,
8vo.
His book was sold at his own address (Dopping's Court, Golden Lane,
Dublin).
EG AN, EDWARD.— King's County Couplets. Parsonstown, 1892, 4to.
A thin book, in paper covers. He was born in King's County on
August 9, 1858, and lived in Australia for some years. He wrote various
poems for the Press of his native county, where he probably still lives.
EGAN, MAURICE FRANCIS.— Preludes, Philadelphia, 1880, 8vo; Songb
AND Sonnets by M. F. E., and Carmina by C. B. Pallen, London, 1885,
8vo; A Garden of Roses, 1886; Songs and Sonnets, and other poems,
Chicago, 1892, 16mo; Songo a\d Sonnets, London, 1895.
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Bom at Philadelphia, Pa., on May 24, 18o2. Educated at La Salle
College, Philadelphia, and at Greorgetown College, Washington, at which
last he graduated M.A., and in 1889 LL.D. AVas for some time Professor
of English Literature in LTniversity of Notre Dame, Indiana, and held
the same position in the Catholic University of Washington., D.C, until
his appointment to the American Consulship at Copenhagen. After
completing his education in La Salle College and Greorgetown College
(D.C), he studied law for a while, but was attracted to literature. He
has written for Catholic World (New York) for many years, and there
are few leading journals in the States to which he has not contributed,
or in which his writings have not been reprinted. His father was a
Tipperary man. He has published several works on literature, besides
his various volumes of verse and his stories, and is in all the American
anthologies. He has written some anonymous novels, suth as " That Girl
of Mine," etc. Has been successively editor of M'Gee's Illustrated
Weekly, Catholic Meview, and New York Freeman's Journal (1881 to
1888). " Stories of Duty " and "The Life around Us " are collections of
moral tales by him.
EGAN, PATRICK.— Born in Lowell (Mass.), on March 14, 1837, and educated
in the public schools of that town, and at Holy Cross College, Worcester
(Mass.). Called 1>o the Bar in 1865. He wrote various poems for the
Boston Pilot, and died on May 26, 1869.
EGAN, PIERCE. — Life in London, Tom and Jerry — Songs, parodies, etc.,
introduced in the new burletta, London, 1822, 8vo (this was Egan's own
version, others being unauthorised); The Show Folks, in verse, embel-
lished with nine designs on wood by T. Lane, etc., London, 1831, 12mo;
Mathbw's Comic Annual; or. The Snupf-Box and the Lbetel BikDj an
original humorous poem by P. E., London, 1831, 12mo.
There is a good deal of verse scattered throughout his works, such as
" Life in London; or, Tommy and Jerry," 1821. He was of Irish origin,
and was perhaps born in Ireland, 1772. He was married in 1813, after he
had secured a position as a sporting reporter. He wrote a very large
number of works, including " Boxiana," and was the founder of the paper
called Bell's Life, and died at his house in Pentonville, London, on August
3, 1849, aged 77. His eldest son, Pierce, was a clever novelist and artist,
and died on July 6, 1880, aged 66.
EGAN, THOMAS SELBY.— Don Carlos, Infant of Spain, translated from
the German of Schiller, 1867, 8vo ; Atta Troll and other Poems, trans-
lated from Heine, etc., 1867, 8vo ; Ltjdwig Borne, abridged and translated
from Heine, 1881, 8vo.
EIFFE, P. — The Battle of Clontarf, an historical poem, and other poems.
Dublin, 1830, 8vo.
Educated at Clongowes Wood College.
" EIRIONNACH."— See George Sigerson, M.D.
ELLIOT, ANNE. — The Heart'Is Ease, poems, Armagh, 1837, 16mo; another
edition, Exeter, 1841, 16mo ; Serious Thoughts in Prose and Poetry,
London, Exeter, 1841, 16mo.
See B., A.
ELLIOTT, ROBERT. — Poems by the late Matthew Johnson. Dublin, 1910.
Most of this volume appeared in Sinn Fein. The author's full name
was Robert Matthew Johnson Elliott, and the poems attracted some
attention at the time. He also wrote an interesting volume on " Art in
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Ireland," " Hi-you," and other things, and died March 24, 1910, aged 47.
He had spent much of his life at sea, and had studied art in his later
years.
ELLIOT, THOMAS.— Dome Lays and Attic Chimes. Ulasgow, 1836, 12mo.
Born at Bally-ho-bridge, Co. Fermanagh, on December 22, 1820, being
the son of a shoemaker. Was sent to school at the age of five, and at
fifteen was apprenticed to his father. In 1836 he and his family removed
to Belfast, and thence he went to Glasgow, where he settled. He wrote
for the Ulster Magazine, of Belfast, in the sixties. He began to write
verse in 1842, and is included in several Scottish anthologies. I have not
been able to trace his death.
ELLIS, HERCULES.— The Rhyme Book, London, 18ol, 8vo; and edited
Romances and Ballads op Ireland, Dublin, 1850, 12mo ; and Songs op
Ireland, second series (edited by him), Dublin, 1849, 12mo.
Both the latter collections contain a large number of his own poems, all
given anonymously. " The Khyme Book " is a collected edition of all his
own pieces, and he claims originality for them. One of them — " Songs "
— has been attributed to Dermody by various editors of Irish anthologies
by mistake, owing to the way it is placed in " Songs of Ireland," next to
a piece by Dermody. " The Rhyme Book " is a massive work of 800 pages,
and every page has a designed border. Ellis sent it to the great Exhibi-
tion of 1851, and evidently expected his poetry to be commended ; but the
matter-of-fact jurors took note only of the " get-up " of the book, and
thereby offended the poet, who carried on a wordy correspondence with
them. Their letter to him was addressed, to his deep disgust, " To Mr.
Hercules Ellis, bookbinder." He was born in Dublin about 1810;
graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1828; M.A,, 1832; and died on August 29, 1879,
and was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, in the family grave.
In 1844 he piublished anonymously in Dublin a pamphlet entitled
" Memoranda of Irish Matters," in which he endeavoured to prove that
George Nugent Reynolds, and not Campbell, was the true author of " The
Exile of Erin." In the appendix to Barry's " Songs of Ireland " he also
puts forward this idea, but Barry afterwards regretted allowing him to
take up space for such a purpose. Ellis contributed a poem or two to
Kottabos in his later years. He was a barrister by profession.
ELRINGTON, CLEMENT C. (?).— Alfred the Great, a poem addressed to
the youth of Australia ; Carthage, etc. , Goulburn, 1853, 8vo.
ELRINGTON, STEPHEN NOLAN.— Original Poems and Lyrics, DuMin,
1853, 8vo; second edition, Dublin, 1856, 8vo; Armeniiis and other Poems-
and Lyrics, Dublin, 1876, 8vo.
His real name was Nolan, and he was originally a Catholic, but he
called himself Elrington after he became a Protestant. He was probably
the poet who signed himself " S. N." in the Celt, 1857-58. He was born
in Dublin in or about 1820, and became a barrister, and eventually
librarian of King's Inn Library, Dublin, which post he held
at the time of his death, April 21, 1890, at the age of 70.
He was connected with Saunder's News Letter, Dublin, in early life.
Wrote a number of songs, and contributed verse to Nation (probably),
and certainly to Duffy's Fireside Magazine (1851-54), Irish National
Magazine (1846), and Irish Metropolitan Magazine (1857-58). In Duffy's
Fireside Magazine and Irish National Magazine he signed himself
" S. N. E., jun." He contributed to English periodicals also.
EMERSON, RUTHYEN.— L.4YS of the Deep.
Lived at Rostvevor, but was perhaps a Tyrone man. I have never seen
his volume, and cannot giro the date of its publication.
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EMMET, CHRISTOPHER TEMPLE.— Was the elder brother of Robert and
Thomas Addis Emmet, and was born in Cork in 1761. He married in
1781 the eldest daughter of Robert Temple, and niece of Sir John
Temple, and died in February, 1788. He left one daughter, her mother
dying shortly after him. Sch., T.C.D., 1778; B.A., 1780. He was a
barrister of great ability, a most eloquent speaker, and wrote various
poems. He is represented in Edkins' collection of 1789-9D, and was the
author of "The t)ecree " (published about 1778), an allegory in thirty-
two stanzas, addressed to Lord Buckingham, Viceroy of Ireland. See
Moore's "Diary," vol. vi., pp. 133-4.
EMMET, J. K. — Born of Irish parents in St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A., on March
13, 1841, and was educated at a military school. He studied drawing
for a time, but gave it up and went on the stage, where he achieved
great success. He was well known all over the States as an admirable
actor. Besides some dramas, he wrote poems and songs, among the
latter being "The Mocking Bird," "Sweet Violets," "Love is a
Flower," etc. He died on June 15, 1891, at Cornwall, New York.
EMMET, ROBERT. — This famous patriot wrote some poems, specimens of
which will be found in Dr. Madden's " Literary Remains of the United
Irishmen " and " Lives of the United Irishmen." Dr. Madden suggests
that Emmet was " Trebor " (his Christian name written backwards) of
the Anti-Union and Press, 1798, over which various verses were
published. He was born in Dublin in 1778, and educated at several
private schools, and at T.C.D. Was executed on 20th of September,
1803, for attempting to create an Irish republic. See his "Life " by
present writer.
ENGLAND, MOST REV. JOHN, D.D. (Bishop of Carolina and Georgia,
U.S.A.). — There is a song by him in Nation, July 15, 1854, and he
wrote various other poems of merit. Born in Cork on September 23,
1786; and died at Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.. on April 11, 1842.
Was noted for his learning, and for his wonderful activity in his duties.
His works were published in five volumes at Baltimore, 1849.
ENGLISH, JAMES R.— A Visit to the Muse, verse. Belfast, 1830, 18mo.
ENSOR, GEORGE. — ^Russian Despotism, a tragedy in five acts and in verse.
Dublin, 1879, 12mo.
ESMOND, HENRY.— HiBBKNiA Pacata, a poem. London, 1886, folio sheet.
Lived at Hampstead, London.
BTTINGSALL, THOMAS.— A witty and clever writer, who contributed
various Irish sketches to the Irish Penny Journal, the Dublin Penny
Journal, and some poems to the Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science,
and Literature, 1842-3. His "Darby Doyle's Voyage to Quebec"
(given in the present writer's "Humour of Ireland") has often
been attributed to Samuel Lover. He collaborated with H. B.
Code (q.v.) in his " Angling Excursions," and was the " Geoffrey Grey-
drake " of that work. There is a lengthy poem of his in it on the
various flies, etc., used for angling. He kept a fishing-tackle establish-
ment on Wood Quay, Dublin, at that time (1824), but seems to have
removed it to Cork Hill afterwards. He was born towards the close
of last century, and died (in poverty, it is said) about 1850. His
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" Captain Dempscy, the Hermit of Dublin," appeared in the Dublin
Penny Journal.
EURY CATHERINE.— Authoress of various poems, one of them being
in Samuel Whyte's "Poems," 1795. She was a Miss Chamber-
lains, sister of Rev. Walter Chamberlaine (q-V.) and JSlrs. Frances
Sheridan, and married a linen merchant. She died in 1795.
EUSDEN, REV. LAURENCE.— This poet, born about September, 1688,
notable in his day, and Poet Laureate of England from 1718, was prob-
ably connected with Ireland in some way, and in " A New and General
Biographical Dictionary" (London, 12 vols., 1761), it is stated that he
was born in Ireland. But there is no verification of the assertion. He
died at Conesby, Lincolnshire, September 27, 1730. He published many
volumes of verse, but in view of the doubt as to his Irish origin, I do not
give them here. " The Dictionary of National Biography ' ' gives a good
notice of his career and writings.
EUSTACE, REY. JOHN CHETWODE. — Ax Elegy to the Memory of the
Right Hon. E. Burke, 1797, 4to.
Born in Ireland in or about 1762. Was educated partly at Sedgely
Park School, a Catholic seminary, in Staffordshire, and, it would appear,
became a monk. He was censured by Bishop Milner for some of his
unorthodox views. He afterwards repented, however. Died at Naples
on August 1, 1815, aged 52. Wrote one or two valuable works, such
as his "Classical Tour through Italy," 1813, and left a poem on "The
Culture of the Youthful Mind " unfinished at his death.
EYANS, MARGARET.— Poems. Paris (privately printed), 1834, 12mo.
She was the wife of George Evans, M.P. for Co. Dublin, and lived at
Portrane, near Dublin. The volume is dedicated to her daughter, Mrs.
Portland.
EYANS, REV. ROBERT MAUNSELL.— Maltravers, a fragment of an
historical tale, and other poems. Dublin, 1829, 8vo.
Was the son of Eyre Evans, of Ash Hill, Co. Limerick, to whom his
poems are dedicated, and presumably rdlated to Eyre Evans Crowe
(q.v.). Was presumably the Archdeacon of Cloyne of the name, for
whom see Cork Journal of Archmology, etc., vol. iii., p. 206.
EYANS, REY. THOMAS EDWARD.— The Pyramids of Egypt, a prose
poem, and other poetical pieces. London and Cork, 1837, 12mo.
Also a religious prose work in 1866. Born in Cork, and about 1837
was a clergyman at Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
EYANSON, RICHARD TONSON.— Nature and Art; or, Reminiscences of
the International Exhibition, opened in London on May 1, 1862; a
poem, with occasional verses and elegiac stanzas. London, 1868, 8vo.
Probably a Cork man. There was a Dr. Richard T. Evanson, a con-
temporary medical writer, who may have been the above writer.
EYATT, ANNE. — ^An Address from Ireland to Englakd, a poeni on the
lamented death of H.R.H. the Princess Charlotte. Dublin, 1818, 12mo.
Lived at No. 4 Grafton Street, Dublin.
EWENS, E. W. — ^An Orange poet, represented by some pieces in the
" Boyne Book of Poetry and Song." Downpatrick, 1859, edited by Wm.
Johnston.
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EWING, THOMAS JOHN. — A Collapsed Programme, and The Platform
Chief's Reflections on Past Errors, and Plans for a New Start, etc.,
in verse. London, 1878, 8vo.
This is a satire against W. E. Gladstone. The author also wrote and
published a couple of political works in prose. B.A., T.C.D., 1856;
M.A., 1868. He was the son of Rev. Wm. Ewing, Vicar of Donegal,
and died March 17, 1906, at Leamington, aged 83.
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P., L. N. — See Elleu Fitzsimon.
FAGAN, CHARLES GREGORY. — A clevei- contributor of verse to the
Oxford Magazine, etc. His imitation of Chaucer is in " Echoes fi-om the
Oxford Magazine," 1890. He was the fourth son of Rev. Henry Stuart
Fagan (a writer on Irish topics, and rector of Great Cressingham,
Norfolk, who died in 1890), and was educated chiefly at Oxford Univer-
sity, where he matriculated on February 22, 1878, aged 18; B.A., 1882,
Went to India in 1884, and died there on August 8, 1885.
FAGAN, JAMES BERNARD.— The Peayer or the Sword, a play in verse,
London, 1904.
Son of Sir John Fagan, Inspector of Irish Reformatories. Author jof
other plays, some of them very successful. Was born on May 18, 1873,
and was educated at Clongowes Wood College, and Trinity College, Oxford.
Was on the stage for a time.
FAGAN, THOMAS. — A translator of German songs into English, and an
excellent singer. Was Registrar of the Bankruptcy Court in Dublin,
and died in 1883. W. J. Fitzpatrick refers to his poems in his book on
, Glasnevin Cemetery, p. 109.
FAHY, FRANCIS ARTHUR.— Irish Songs and Poems, Dublin, 1887, 8vo.
Born at Kinvara, Co. Galway, on September 29, 1854, and entered
the Civil Service (Board of Trade Department) in 1873. He has
resided in London since that date, and has taken a large share in many
Irish movements, having been one of the leading members of the South-
wark Irish Literary Club and the Irish Literary Society. He was
President of the li)ndon Gaelic League for some years. His poetical
gifts were shown early, and in 1870 he wrote a play called " The Last
of the O'Learys," which was played in his native town. On December
24 of the same year, his first printed poem appeared in the Nation, and
to that paper and Weehly News, United Ireland, Shamrock, Younn
Ireland, Irish Fireside, and Weekly Freeman, all his subsequent poems
of importance have been contributed, usually over the well-remembered
signature of "DreoUin." He is justly considered one of the
raciest of Irish poets, and a humourist of the first water. Collaborated
with the present writer in a work on the Irish memories of London,
entitled " Ireland in London," and published in Dublin, 1889. He
also wrote a short history of Ireland in rhyme, and compiled an admir-
able song book in three parts for children. An article on his life and
writings appeared in the Nation of December 29, 1888. In recent years
many of his delightful lyrics have been set to music by Mrs. Needham,
Battison Haynes, etc., and are widely and deservedly popular. The
author of the delicious " Ould Plaid Shawl," "The Irish Lullaby," and
so many other admirable songs, has a remarkable lyrical gift. His
most famous poem, "The Ould Plaid Shawl," appeared in Shamrock for
April 2S, 1885. Other pieces appeared in the same periodical in that
year.
" FALCONER, EDMUND,"— See O'Rourke, Edmond.
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FALKINER, SIR FREDERICK R.— Literary Miscellanies, Dublin, 1909.
The above volume, edited by Miss May Palkinei-, contains various
poems. The author was a notable lawyer of Dublin, of which he was
for many years Recorder. He was born there on January 19, 1831, and
died on March 23, 1908. His son, Osesar Litton Falkiner, who was born
on September 26, 1863, and was killed on the Alps in 1908, was a, dis-
tinguished historical writer.
FALKINER, ROBERT HENRY.— Fancies and Facts, and other poems,
London, 1891, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1861; M.A., 1867 (?).
FALLON, MRS. G.— "Wild Flowers from the Glbks (verse.?), 1866, Svo.
Of New Ross, Co. Wexford.
FALLON, SUSAN ANN. — Thh May AVreaih, a Selection op Hymns to the
Virgin, London, 1865 (?), 16mo.
They seem to be of her own composition, and were published by Burns
and Lambert, Portman Square, London.
FALLOON, REY. WILLIAM MARCUS.— Hymns for Children and foe
Sunday Schools, London and Liverpool, 1855, 24mo.
Other religious works by him. Was Sch. T.C.D., 1834, and graduated
B.A., 1837; M.A., 1859. Became Rector of Ackworth and Canon of
Chester, and died on July 18, 1891. His life was written by his son, Hugh
FaUoon, and published in Liverpool in 1892.
FANNING, MICHAEL.— A Trip to the World's Great Fair — Chicago and
Back, Killiney, Co. Dublin, 1893, Svo.
Of Killiney, Co. Dublin. A good writer of enigmas, etc, in various
almanacs since 1861. Also contributed poems to Shamrock, Young
Ireland, etc. He has, T believe, published one or two other pamphlets
in verse similar to the above piece, descriptive of visits to America. He
is a gardener by trade.
"FAREWELL, J." — The Irish Hudibras ; or, Fingallian Prince, by J. F.,
taken from the sixth part of Virgil's jSIneids, and adapted to the present
day, 1689, 8vo.
See under Jones, Walter.
FARQUHAR, GEORGE. — Love and Business, in a collection of occasionary
verse and epistolary prose, etc., London, ;1702, Svo ; Barcellona, a
poem on the Spanish Expedition under the command of Charles, Earl
of Peterborough, p. 48, London, 1707, 4to ; The Works of G. F. , contain-
ing all his poems, letters, and comedies, 4th edition, 2 vols., London,
1718-36, 8vo.
This brilfiant dramatist was born in Londonderry in 1678. Said to
have been the son of a clergyman, probably a prebendary of Raphoe.
Was educated in his native town, and partly at T.C.D. He left the
college in 1695, and went on the stage, and was fairly successful. But
he gave up the calling of an actor because he nearly killed another
performer by accident, and began to vrite c-omedies, producing in quick
succession "Love and a Bottle," 1699; "The Constant Couple," 1700;
"Sir Harry Wildair," 1701; "The Inconstant," 1702; "The Twin
Rivals," 1702; "The Stage Coach," 1704; "The Recruiting Officer,"
1706; and " The Beaux' Stratagem," 1707. He died in April, 1707, and
was buried in the chui'chyard of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, London.
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FARRELL, HUGH.— Inisu National Poems, Dublin, 1876.
This author was of Edenderry, King's County, and wrote over the
signature of " Aedh," Probably his volume bears that signature.
FARRELL, JOHN.— How He Died, and other poems, Sydney, Now South
Wales, 1887, 8vo. '^A'ith portrait.
This distinguished Irish-Australian poet i\as born in Buenos Ayres, of
Irish parentage, on December 18, 18.51, and was taken by his parents to
Victoria in 1852. He was first a farmer and brewer, but ultimately
turned his attention to journalism, and became editor of the HychiPAj
Telegraph, to which he largely contributed. In 1876 he was married in'
Melbourne. He \^as a follower of Henry George's views. Most of his work
appeared in the Sydney liulletin. He died some years ago.
FARRELL, REY. JOSEPH — Author of a volume of delightful essays contri-
buted to the Irish Monthli/, and published collectively in London, 1877.
8vo, under the title of '' Lectures of a, Certain Professor," afterwards
reprinted in Dublin. In this book there are one or two poems, and he
also contributed verse to the Irish ^lonfhli/ and Irish Ecclesiastical
liecord. Born at Maryborough, Queen's County, .luly 31, 1841; died
on March 24, 1885, at Mona.sterevan. His poems in the Iiish Monthly
were signed "J. F." and " H. L."
FARRELL, M.— Lully.moee, a poem, Dublin, 1885.
FAUSSETT, ALESSIE BOND.— Thoughts ox Holy Wokds, for private circu-
lation, 1867; The Triumph of Faith, and other poems, Dublin, 1870;
The Caihxs op Iona, and other poems, Dublin, 1873, 12mo; Leaves
(verse reprinted from the Quiver, etc.), Dublin, 1873, IBmo; Ring In,
and other poems, Belfast, 1880; From Quiet "Ways, verse, Dublin, 1882,
Svo.
Published above poems over her maiden name of Alessie Bond. Is
the daughter of the Rev. W. Bond, rector of Bailee, Co. Down, and was
born at that place on January 8, 1841. Married Rev. Henry Faussett, of
Edenderry Pai-sonage, Omagh, Tyrone, in 187-"). Three of her poems are
in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
FAWCETT, W. J.— Fbbderick's Child and other Poems. Belfast, 1910.
FEEHAN, JAMES. — Author of various popular songs, and a frequent contri-
butor of verse between 1860-70 to the Coleraine Chronicle and Berry
Journal. Was a schoolmaster in Coleraine for a time, and then head-
master of Sligo Model School. Is probably living still. " Cole-
raiue Whiskey" and "Hands off till You're Better Acquainted" are
his most popular effusions.
FELTlrS, BENJAMIN BLOOMFIELD.— The Crisis, a satire, Dublin,
1842, Svo (over his initials).
A frequent contributor of poems to the Duhliii Uiiirnr.sity Magazine
over his initials from 1840 onwards. B.A. and M.A.. T.C.D., 1842. Was
the son of Adam Bloomiield Feltus, of Holybrook, Carlow, his mother being,
before marriage, a Miss Rebecca Ball, of Co. Wicklow. (See John Ryan's
" History of Carlow.") He wrote an " Ode on the Popular Superstitions
of Ireland " for the Iri.ih Monthly Magazine, December, 1832, and other
poems for the same magazine and Kottuhos later.
FENELON, REY. TIMOTHY BRENDAN.— Born at Bagnalstown, Co.
Carlow, and wrote many poems in Irish papers over the signatures of
"Harold Rochefort " and " Dalcassian." He was partly educated at
Carlow College. He contributed poems to Yovng Ireland, etc., over the
signature of '■ Lia Fail."
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FENNELL, PATRICK.— Born in Carlow in 1842, and educated at the
national school, emigrating to America with his parents in 1852, and
settling at Oswego, New York. He became a railroad man, and subse-
quently an engineer. He is a frequent contributor to the American
engineering and raihvaymen's papers over the signature of " Shandy
Maguire," and is knoivn as the "poet laureate" of the railroad. He
published a collection off verses in 1886, and a second edition of it in
the following year (Oswego, New York, 12mo).
FENNELL, SAMUEL. — Ohiginal Poems, corrected and revised by the
author, Clonmel, 1811, 12mo (with portrait).
Published at the Shakespeare's Head (T. Gorman). In an advertise-
ment to the volume, he declares himself a native of Tipperary, and says
he "never outstepped its borders for education," that the work was
printed and published, and the portrait (from which the engraving pre- ■
fixed is taken) painted in the same county. The British Museum
Catalogue brackets him (wrongly) with one of the same name who published
" An Elementary Treatise on Algebra, etc.," Cambridge, 1831.
FENTON, .— MiLiTAKY L.«s, Belfast, .
A soldier of the above name published a volume with the title given,
but I have no further particulars, except that he was a sergeant of a
Highland regiment, stationed in Belfast.
FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL, LL.D.— Inhbritoe and Economist, a poem,
Dublin, 1849, 8vo (anonymously) ; Dublin, a satire, Dublin, 1849, 8^o
(also anonymously); The Cromlech on Howth, u poem, London, 1864,
4to; Lays of the Western Gael, and other poems, London, 1865, 8vo;
second edition, Dublin, 1888, Svo; CongaLj a poem in five books etc.,
Dublin and London, 1872, 4to; Poems, Dublin, 1880, Svo; Dbirdre, a
one-act drama of old Irish story (for private circulation), Dublin, 1880,
Svo ; The Gorging op the Ancho'h (illustrated), London, 1SS3, 4to ;
Remains of St. Patrick, a blank verse translation of his " Confessio,"
etc., Dublin, 1S88, Svo.
One of the best of Irish .poets, and in the estimation of more than one
critic, the greatest of all. Was the son of John Ferguson, of Dunagore,
Co. Antrim, and was born in Belfast, March 10, 1810; B.A., T.C.D., 1826;
M.A., 1832; LL.D., 1864 {honoris causa). Called to the Bar in 1838, and
was made Q.C. in 1S59, retiring from the profession in 1867, on his appoinl^
ment to the post of Deputy-Keeper of the Records at Dublin Castle. In 1878
he was knighted, and on August 9, 1S86, he died at Howth, near Dublin.
He first began to contribute to Blackwood' s Magazine, sending them his
famous poem, " The Forging of the Anchor." After that, which made
him a reputation, he sent them various other poems, published generally
over his initials, and also a humorous masterpiece in prose, entitled
" Father Tom and the Pope," which appeared during the thirties, as
the professed work of " Mr. Michael Heffernan, Master of the National
School, Tallymactaggart, County of Leitrim." He also contributed a
goodly number of poems, stories, etc., to the Dublin, University Maga-
zine, and various articles and tales to Blackwood's during his later
years, nearly all anonymous. His " Hibernian Nights' Entertainments "
appeared in the former magazine, and were reprinted in a volume pub-
lished in America soon after. They were partly republished in three parts
by his widow in Dublin a few years later. Although he sympathised with
the Young Ireland party, and was a friend of many of the leaders, he
seems to have contributed only one poem to the Satiim. I can only find
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the initials " S. F." once in its columns, and tliey occur on November 24,
1855, appended to the following : " Sonnet— to the gentlemen of the
Nation newspaper, censured for their defect of sectarian zeal." Lady
Ferguson, an accomplished writer, was a memher of the Guinness
family. She wrote" a number of anonymous articles on Irish
history and antiquities to the Dublin University Magazine, and has
published an admirable and very popular work on " Ireland before the
Conquest." There are various papers by Sir Samuel Ferguson in the
Transactions of the Royal Irixh Academy, and one in the Quarterly
Review of some years ago on " The Wars of the Gael and the Gaul."
His "Father Tom a'nd the Pope" has been wrongly attributed to Dr.
Maginn and John Fisher Murray. His "Life," in two volumes, was
written by Lady Ferguson.
FERGUSON, THOMAS OWENS.— Ballads and Dreams, London, 1885, 8vo.
A relative of the previous writer.
FERRAR, JOHN. — Poems on Several Subjects, Limerick, 1765, 8vo.
Was a bookseller and printer of Limerick, and author of a " History "
of the city (published 1761), 12mo, and enlarged in 1787. Is mentioned
in John O'Keeffe's "Recollections" as author of topographical works on
Dublin and Wicklow.
FERRIS, REY. ROBERT. — Selections of Psalms and Hymns, including a
few originals, Clonmel, 1826.
FERRYER, THOMAS. — The Beautiful Queen of Judea; or, The First
Part of Herod the Great, a tragedy, Londonderry, 1823; Poems,
Londonderry, 1823, 8vo.
FFRENCH, ELEANOR. — Poems (printed for private circulation), Dublin,
1863, 8vo.
A native of Gahvay.
FIELD, JOSEPH M. — An American actor, journalist, and dramatist; born
in London, of Irish parents, in 1810, and died at Mobile, Alabama,
January 30, 1856. Besides writing and adapting various plays, he was
a theatrical manager, and wrote constantly to the papers, after his
emigration to America, over signatures of " Straws," " Old Straws,"
etc. To his brother's paper, the New Orleans Picayune, he contributed
a lot of verse and prose. In 1847 he published hisi popular collection of
humorous stories, " The Drama of Pokerville," Philadelphia, over nom
de guerre of " Everpoint."
FIELD, MATTHEW. — Younger brother of preceding. Born in London in
1812. Went to United States of America also, and became a prominent
journalist. Was one of the editors of the New Orleans Picayune, and
wrote largely in verse and prose for it. A good many poems were
written by him for Southern journals over nom de guerre of " Phazma."
Died at sea in 1844, aged 32. Finotti in his " Bibliographia CathoHca
Americana," says he was the father of the preceding writer, and went
to the United States of America in 1815.
FIGGIS, DARRELL. — A Vision of Life, poems, with introduction by G. K.
Chesterton, London, 1909; The Crucibles of Time and other" Poems,
London, 1911.
Born in Dublin, and was taken to India when a child. His education
was, however, finished in Ireland. Is a critic of some promise, and has
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written for New Ac/e, Star, Academy, and other English journals, and
has published u, book on Shakespeare. -
FINLAY, REV. JOHN W.— The Epistles of Horace, metrically translated
into English vef&e, Dublin (?), 1871, 8vo.
Of Corkagh House, Co. Dublin.
FINLEY. JOHN. — The Hoosier's Nest, and other poems, Cincinnati,
1865.
Born in Virginia, U.S.A., January 11, 1797; died in Indiana, Decem-
ber 23, 1866. Was doubtless of Irish origin. His best known poem, the
witty " Bachelor's Hall," is in excellent Irish dialect.
FINNAMORE, J. — Francesca Vagabi, a tragedy in five acts, and in verse,
Melbourne, 1865, 8vo; Carpio, a tragedy in verse, Melbourne, 1875, 8vo.
An Irish-Australian lawyer and author of treatises on Colonial law.
FISHER, FANNY E.— Lonely Hours, poems, etc., Dublin, 1864, 12mo ;
AiNS worth's Heir, and other poems, London, 1866, 8vo; Poems,
London, 1889, 8vo; Fern Leaves, poems; Poems and Notes, descriptive
OP Killarnby, London, 1890, 8vo ; Poems, collected edition, London,
1891, 8vo.
Born in the North of Ireland, and kinswoman to the authoress of
" Auld Robert Gray." Her maiden name was Lindsay, and she married
a Dr. Fisher, of Limerick. She was resident in London for some years,
and wrote some novels.
FISHER, LYDIA JANE. — Daughter of Mary Leadbeater {nee Shackle-
ton, q.v.). Read, in his " Cabinet of Irish liiterature," says she was
her niece. Born at Ballitore, Go. Kildare, in 1800 ; died at Stradbally,
Queen's County, on April 16, 1884. She wrote much vei-se, never
collected, and was a warm friend of Gerald Griffin. Is known as the
editor of "The Leadbeater Papers," author of a memoir of Dr. W. H.
Harvey, the Irish naturalist, and of an anonymous work entitled
"Letters from the Kingdom of Kerry, in the year 1845."
FITZACHARY, JOHN CHRISTOPHER.— The Bridal of Drimna, and other
poems, Dublin, 1882, 8vo ; second edition, Dublin, 1884, 8vo ; third edition,
with title of Legends, Lays and Lyrics, Dublin, 1886, 8vo.
A contributor to Duhlm Journal of 1858, and another of same name in
1887, Shamrock, Young Ireland, Nation, Irishman), United Ireland,
Weekly Irish Times, and Weekly Freeman. Lived in Rathgar, Dublin,
and described himself in the Dublin Directory as " Professor of Poetry."
Born at Duncannon, Co. Wexford, on June 24, 1840. Wrote over his
initials, and as " Geraldine," " Annie Sexton," and " Fitz A." He
was an auctioneer by profession, and died in 1902.
" PITZCOTTON, HENRY" (pseud.). — New and Accubate Translation op
THE First Book of Homer's Iliad, Dublin, 1749, Svo.
A satire on the Lord Lieutenant of the day.
" FITZ-ERIN."— See Rev. J. Fitzgerald Day.
FITZGERALD, , Esq.— The Chester Race Ball, u. heroic poem,
privately printed, London, 1825, Svo.
FITZGERALD, .—The Sceptre of Tara, a poem (anonymous), Dublin,
1854, 8vo.
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FITZGERALD, ANNA A.— A sister of Marcella Fitzgerald (g.i'.), and now
a nun in the Convent of Notre Dame, San Jose, California. She has
written various poems for American Catholic periodicals over the signa-
ture of " Sister Anna Raphael," and is included in the Rev. Denis
Crowley's " Chaplet of Verse by Calif ornian Catholic Writers," and in
Eliot Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic Poets." She was born
at Frampton, Canada, October 23, 1842, and entered the Order of the
Sisters of Notre Dame in 1865.
FITZGERALD, AUGUSTIN.— Essai Poetiqtje, Paris, 1847, 8vo; Stances au
Pbincb Albert, etc., Paris (?), 1862, 8vo; A la France, verse, Hyeres (?)
1872, 8vo; Aux Republioains Rouges, le 23 Mai, 1873, poeme, Paris,
1873, 8vo ; Victoria Rbgina, poeme epique, Londres, 1874, 8vo.
There is a poem in French by an Auguste Fitzgerald in the Nation for
March 16, 1844. It is addressed " A Daniel 0''Connen."
FITZGERALD, CAROLINE.— Venetia Victhix and other poems, London and
Edinburgh, 1889, 8vo.
Married Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice in November, 1889, but the
marriage was annulled in 1894. She was the daughter of W. J. Fitz-
gerald, Litchfield, Connecticut, U.S.A.
FITZGERALD, EDWARD.— The Regent's Fete, a poem, Loudon, 1811.
Born in Co. Limerick, and became a journalist in London, editing '
the Pilot newspaper for some years. He eventually became Chief Justice
of Sierre Leone, where he died on June 23, 1823.
FITZGERALD, EDWARD.— Six Dramas of Caldekon, frelely translated,
1893, 8vo; Euphranor, a dialogue on youth, etc., 1851, 8vo ; Agamemnon,
a tragedy, translated from ^Eschylus into English verse, 1876, 4to ; The
Mighty Magician, etc., translated from Calderon, 1877, 8vo ; Rub.wtat
OF Omar KnAYYAir, translated into English verse, 1859, 8vo ; 1868, 8vo;
1872, 8vo; 1878, 8vo ; 1879, 8vo ; 1883, 8vo ; 1884, 8vo ; 1894, 8vo, and
many other editions; Salaman and Absal, an allegory translated from
the Persian, 1856, 8vo.
Born in Suffolk on March' 13, 1809, and was the son of Irish parents,
John Purcell, of Kilkenny, and Mary Fitzgerald, his father changing his
name for that of his wife after marriage. He was educated at Bury St.
Edmunds, and afterwards entered Trinity College, Cambridge, whei-e he
graduated in 1830. He was well acquainted with many celebrated
writers, including Tennyson, Thackeraj', Carlylc. Crabbe (for whose
poetry he entertained the highest admiration), and others. He lived
the life of a country gentleman', at AVoodbridge, Suffolk, for many years,
and died on June 18, 1883. His "Letters" were collected by W. Aldis
Wright, and are among the most characteristic things he has written.
He wrote a few poems for the annuals of 1830-35, but must not be
confused with the following writer. His " Omar Khayyam," neglected at
first, is now admittedly one of the masterpieces of English literature.
FITZGERALD, EDWARD MARLBOROUGH.— Writer of various poems in
the Annuals from 1830 to 1837, particularly the Keepsnke and the Gsm.
He was a contemporary of the preceding writer and lived at Cambridge,
and was sometimes confused with him, much to the disgust of the author
of " Omar Khayyam." He seems to have been a discreditable person.
FITZGERALD, FRANCIS ALEXANDER (Baron).— An Irish Judge, born in
Co. Limerick in 1805, being the son of Dr. Maurice Fitzgerald. Gradu-
ated B.A., T.C.D.. in 1827, and M.A. in 1832, and was called to the Bar
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in 1834. Became Q.C. in 1849, and Baron of the Court of Exchequer in
1859. There are a good many pieces of his in " Dublin Acrostics " (second
edition, Dublin, 1869), signed " I. H." He was a brother of Bishop
William Fitzgerald (q.v.). Died on January 4, 1897, aged 89.
FITZGERALD, G.— Selim, a Turkish tale in verse, I/ondon and Clonmel,
1821, 8vo.
FITZGERALD, GEORGE ROBERT.— The Riddle, a satirical poem, by the
late unhappy " G. R. F.," with notes by W. Bingley, London, 1787, 4to.
A notorious duellist of the early days of Grattan's Parliament, and
known as " Fighting Fitzgerald." He was born in Co. Mayo in or
about 1748j and after an exciting and disreputable career was executed,
for murder, at Castlebar, on June 12, 1786. In Joshua Edkins'
"Collection of Poems," 2 vols., 1789-90, there is a poem by him, and he
was possibly the " Mr. Fitzgerald " of Edkins' 1801 collection.
FITZGERALD, REY. GERALD, D.D. — The Academic Spoktsman, or A
Winter's Day, a poem, Dublin and London, 1773, 4to; Poems, now first
collected in one volume, revised by the author, Dublin, 1797, 8vo,
Sch., T.C.D., 1761; B.A., 1763; Fellow, 1765; M.A., 1766; B.D., 1775;
D.D., 1778. Seems to have been rather ridiculed in his day. See under
"B. R."
FITZGERALD, J. D.— Glimpses of Irish Life, Dublin, 1860, 8vo.
This work contains two farces (with songs), entitled respectively, " The
Inspector's Visit, or Paddy Byrnes, the Irish Schoolmaster," and "The
Irish Election." The author addresses his preface from Limerick.
I have seen this writer identified as John David Fitzgerald, the Irish
Judge, who was born in 1816, became a Lord of Appeal, and died 1889.
But this seems unlikely.
FITZGERALD, JAMES.— Poetical Pastimes, London, 1811, 8vo.
The volume was dedicated to the Earl of Moira.
FITZGERALD, JOHN. — Legends, Ballads a>'d Songs op the Leb (included
in "Gems from the Cork Poets," Cork, 1883, 8vo); Echoes of '98, verse,
Cork, 1898.
A wood-carver in Cork, and a zealous local antiquary. Was clever as a
black and white artist. Died in May, 1910.
FITZGERALD, JOHN CHARLES.— Is mentioned in the Warder for 1826 as
author of " Miscellaneous Effusions," and was possibly the Irish journalist
who, after being editor of the London True Sun, became a contributor
to the yation (in whose prospectus he is specially named with other
contributors), and was afterwards editor of the 'Newry Examiner, for
which, I think, he wrote verse subsequently reprinted in Katlon.
FITZGERALD, REY. JOSEPH. — Pleasures op Piety, a poem ; Sacked
Melodies; Erin's Sacred Harp, twelve melodies, by AV. J. Heffernan,
Esq., the poetry by Rev. J. F., P.P., London, 1841 (?); (edited) The Old
Songs op Old Ireland, 1843.
Erin's Sacred Harp was dedicated to Thomas Moore, and the preface
is dated August 1, 1841. The author was born in Tullamore in 1793,
and was educated there in a school kept by his father. He was ordained
for the diocese of Meath in 1820, and died on February 18, 1856. Hie
wrote for Nation over the initials "J. F.," "Rev. J. — ■ — F. ^Id,"
and for Irish CathoUc Magazine.
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FITZGERALD, MARCELLA AGNES.— Poems, New York, 1887, 12mo.
Sister of Anna A. Fitzgerald (q.v.). Born in Frampton, Canada, on
February 23, 1845, of parents wlio came from Wexford. In 1851 she
was taken to California, where she probably still lives. Wrote a good
deal of verse for Irish-American and Canadian Press since 1865, and is
represented in Ci-owley and Doyle's " Chaplet of Verse by Californian
Catholic Writers," and John Boyle O'Reilly's "Poetry and Song of
Ireland."
FITZGERALD, MAURICE NOEL PURCELL.— The Crowned Hippolttus of
Euripides, together with a selection from the pastoral and lyric poets
of Greece, translated into English verse, London, 1867, 8vo.
Was the nepheiv of Edward Fitzgerald (q.v.) of Omar Khayyam fame.
Born on December 22, 1835, and died December 17, 1878.
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL.— Edwina, a tragedy, Dublin, 1792.
Of Harold's Cross, Dublin, and a barrister. Was a young man when
above play was produced at Crow Street Theatre in 1792. He is men-
tioned in "The Shamrock," a collection of poems edited by Samuel
Whyte (q.v.) where a, piece of his is given.
FITZGERALD, PRESTON.— The Spaniard and Siorlamh, a tragedy, 1810,
8vo; Spain Delivered, and other poems, London, 1813, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1798; LL.B., 1806.
FITZGERALD, SHAFTO JUSTIN ADAIR.— The Wonders op the Secret
Cavern, a fairy tale, prose and verse, illustrated, London, 1892; Ballads
OP a Bohemian, London, 1893, 8vo.
Born of, Irish parents at Clifton, Bristol, on November o, 1859. Has
been a prolific contributor to the Press for many years, having written
prose and verse for innumerable papers in London. Some of his songs
have been set to music. He has written also several plays, a volume of
" Sketches in Bohemia," " Songs of a Savage " (which appeared in the
Topical Times at intervals during four years), "Stories lof Famous
Songs," and a book on Dickens' connection with the stage, etc.
FITZGERALD, RE¥. THOMAS. — Poems on Several Occasions, London,
1733, 12mo; another edition, Oxford, 1781, 8vo.
Also edited the " Epigrams of Martial." Was son of Gerald Fitzgerald,
and born at AVestminster. Educated at Westminster School, and
graduated B.A., Cambridge, 1717; Fellow, 1720; M.A., 1721. _ Was
successively Rector of Wootton, Surrey, and Abinger, and died 1752.
EITZGERALD, WILLIAM. — Ode to the Memcrry op the late Captain
Cook, London, 1780, 4to.
A lawyer of Gray's Inn.
FITZGERALD, WILLIAM (Jun.). — The Siege of Carthage, an historical
tragedy in verse, London, 1819, 8vo.
FITZGERALD, RT. REY. WILLIAM (Bishop of Killaloe).— Son of Maurice
Fitzgerald, M.D., and born in Co. limerick in 1814. Sch. T.C.D., 1833;
B.A., 1836; M.A., 1848; B.D. and D.D., 1853. Was elected Bishop of
Cork in 1857, and of Killaloe in 1862, and died November 24th, 1883.
He wrote clever verse for Dublin Unit^ersity Magazine and for Kottasbos.
See, for a specimen, the " Life of J. C. Mangan " by the present writer.
FITZGERALD, WILLIAM THOMAS. — The Sturdy Reformer, a new song,
.by AV. T. F g d, Esq., 1792, 4to ; The Republican's Picture, etc.,
by W. T. F. G , 1792, fol. ; Britons Never Will be Slaves ! ! an
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Rddress in verse, London, 1803, folio sheet ; Beitons 1 To Aems ! verses
on the threatened invasion, London, 1803, folio sheet, 4th ed., 1803; Mis-
cellaneous Poems, London, 1801, Svo; The Tears of Hibbenia Dispelled
BT THE Union, a poem, London, 1802, 8vo; Nelson's Triumph, a poem,
1799, 4to; Nelson's Tomb, a poem, 1805, 4to; An Elegy on the Death op
THE Princess Charlotte, London, 1817, 4to, sheet; The Literary Fund,
anniversary poem, London, 1822, 16mo; The Battle op Waterloo, a
poem, second edition, with additions, London, 1825, Svo.
Born of Irish! parents on April 13, 1759, and died at Paddington,
July 9, 1829: Was educated partly at Greenwich and partly in Paris,
and in 1782 obtained through influence a Government post. He was
rather ridiculed for his poetical pretensions by his contemporaries, and
was indeed satirised severely by Byron and Horace and James Smith.
He was universally known as the " Loyal Poet." Was buried in St.
John's Wood Chapel, London. There is a portrait of him in European
Magazine for 1804, and a memoir of him in Annual Ohituary for 1830.
FITZGERALD, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT SEYMOUR YESEY.— The Burning
OF Moscow, a prize poem, Oxford, 1835, 8vo.
Eldest son of William Fitzgerald of Dublin, and born in 1818. Matri-
culated at Oxford on February 21, 1833. Was for some years a member
of Parliament, and eventually became Governor of Bombay. Died on
June 25th, 1885.
FITZGIBBON, GERALD (Baron) .—Born in 1837, being] the son of a well-
known lawyer of the same name who came from Limerick. He entered
T.C.D., of which he was a Scholar in 1858, and graduated B.A. in 1859.
Called to the Irish Bar in 1860 and to the English Bar in 1861. He was
appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1878, and, after a brilliant career,
died on October 14th, 1909. Contributed about a dozen pieces to Dublin
Acrostics (Dublin, 1866, 2nd ed., 1869). B am not sure that he wrote
other verse, but believe he did.
FITZMAURICE, JAMES. — Steat Fancies, or Miscellaneous Poems,
Epigrams, etc., London, 1820, 12mo.
FITZPATRICK, REY. . — Foue Hbeoiok Epistles of Ovid, translated int-p
English verse, 1803, 12mo.
FITZPATRICK, REY. JOHN.— The Wheat of the Elect, Buoharistio verses,
1905; Virgo Praedicanda, verses in praise of our Lady, 2nd ed., London,
1906.
Wrote also " God's Birds," a book on the birds of Scripture. Was born
near Birkenhead in 1859 of Irish parents, and has written a good deal
of meritorious verse for Irish Monthly, Nation, M^rry England and other
periodicals over signatures of "A Priestman " and "Sinaragdus."
FITZPATRICK, L.— Lays of Our Land, etc. Belfast, 1845, 8vo.
FITZPATRICK, PATRICK YINCENT.— Demosthenes Contemplating the
Ruins of Athens ; theme proposed for the annual prize poem in the
University of Dublin, 1812 (verse), Duiblin, 1818, Svo; Thaumatuequs
(over signature of " Padraic Giolla Padraig," the Irish form of his name),
London, 1828, Svo.
A clever poet and humourist of O'Connell's time, and author of much
fugitive verse. Mr. W. J. Fitzpatrick possessed his papers, and refers to
him many times in his " Correspondence of O'ConneU," where letters of P.
V. F. are given. He was born at 2 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin, on July
19, 1792, where his father, Hugh Fitzpatrick, carried on business as a
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printer and engraver. In 1812, when imprisoned for publishing Denis
Scully's book on the Penal Laws, his father was worth about £20,000,
but after eighteen months of imprisonment he was reduced almost to
ruin. One of P. V. Fitzpatrick's god-fathers was his relative, Vincent
Bowling (q.v.), author of the "Parliament of Pimlico " and "The
Olio; or, Anythingarian Miscellany." The younger Fitzpatrick was
educated at Drogheda Academy, and at the Lay College, Maynooth. In
1810 a poem of his on " The Battle of Aughrim " appeared in Watty
Cox's Irish Magazine. During his father's imprisonment, he made the
acquaintance of O'Connell, the meetings of the Catholic Association
being held in the printer's house, then No. 4 Capel Street. In 1829 he
became organiser, agent and sole directing manager of the " O'Connell
Tribute," which, between that date and 1847, reached the sum of
£211,800 (there was no collection in 1846, the terrible year of the
Famine). One year alone £30/)00 was collected for this fund. In 1846,
through the influence of O'Connell, Fitzpatrick was appointed Assistant
Registrar of Deeds by Lord John Russell at a salary of £500 (afterwards
raised to £600). He died on September 24, 1865, aged 73, and was
buried beside O'Connell in Glasnevin. Among those who attended his
funeral were Dr. R. R. Madden and Morgan O'Connell. A writer in
the Freeman's Journal of September 28, 1865, probably Dr. Madden,
says that Scully paid to Fitzpatrick, the printer, his losses in connection
with his book.
FITZPATRICK, R. — The Basd's Mtjsetjm; or. Rational Receeation, serious,
MOEAL AND ENTERTAINING SONGS, Dublin, 1809, 8vO.
FITZPATRICK, GENERAL SIR RICHARD.— Dorinda, a Town Eclogue,
London, 1775, 4to; The Bath Picture; or, a Slight Sketch or iis
Beauties in 1771, a ballad, 1771, 4to, and other works.
The above poems were anonymous. He was born in January, 1747,
probably in Ireland, and died on April 25, 1813, in Mayfair. Hte was
the son of the Earl of Upper Ossory ; was educated at Westminster
School, and entered the army in 1766. Was M.P. from 1774 till his
death; and Secretary of State for War in 1783 and 1806. In 1Y82 he
was Chief Secretary for Ireland. In 1783 he was made a Privy Coun-
cillor, and in 1804 became Lieutenant-General of Ordnance. Francis
Hardy, in his " Life of Lord Oharlemont " (vol. ii., p. 3), says he was
not born in Ireland. Contributed to " The RoUiad " and " Probationary
Odes." He was perhaps the most intimate friend of the Rt. Hon. 0.
J. Fox. He was the Rt. Hon. Major Fitzpatrick who is given a place
in the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, in May, 1794. There
is a song of his in "Harmonica," Cork, 1818. H© was also the "Hon.
Mr. Fitzpatrick " whose epilogue to " 'The Fair Circassian " is given in
Walker's Eihemian Magazine for December, 1781. On his monument at
Sunninghill, Berks., are some verses by himself. There are references to
him on p. 39, vol. v., and p. 92, vol. vi., of Moore's " Diary."
FITZPATRICK, R. H.— Lyrics, London, 1895, 8vo; Christ and the Coue-
tezan, a poem, London, 1897.
Was for a time a merchant tailor in Dame St., Dublin, but later
migrated to England. He resided at Stratford-on-Avon for a time, and
edited Ths Shrine there.
FITZSIMON, ELLEN.— Dereynane Abbey in 1832, and other poems, Dublin,
1863, 12mo.
Eldest daughter of Daniel O'Connell, and born in Westland Row, Dublin,
on November 12, 1805. Died in London on January 27, 1883, and buried
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in Kensal Green Cemetery. About 1876 she commenced to write a work
to be entitled "Recollections of My Father and His Times," but never
finished it. Over the signature of " L. N. F." she published various
poems, notably in The Citizen, 1840-2 (where her "Woods of Kylinoe "
a.ppeared), Nation, Duffy's Fireside Magazine, etc. Tom Moore, in his
" Diary," vol. vi., p. 141, calls her " a very nice person."
PITZSIMONS, EDWARD JOHN.— Selection of Obiginal Melodies of
Erin, words by E'. F., music arranged by John Smith, Mus.Doc. In two
parts, Dublin, 1814-1816 (?), folio; Anziko and Coanza; or, Gratittidb
AND Freedom, a comic opera in three acts, with music by Sir J. A.
Stevenson, Dublin, 1819, 8vo.
On the title-page of British Museum copy of latter is MS. note by
author, " The copyright unsold, and impressions stopped." There are
24 songs in first-named work, to which Henry Brereton Code, Ecoles
Street, Dublin, subscribed, as well as Joseph Atkinson, Melfield, Black-
rock; Matthewf Archdeacon, Lieut. -Col. Blacker, J. P. Curran, Rev.
Bartholomew Lloyd, John Howard Payne, Charles Phillips, M. J. Sulli-
van, Sir J. A. Stevenson, etc. Fitzsimons also published " Letters from
France and the Netherlands in the summers of .1820 and 1821," Dublin,
1821. See Moore's "Diary," vol. vii., p. 362. He was a barrister, of
Tipperary origin, and is savagely criticised by Dr. Brenan's Milesian
Magazine, where he is referred to as " Edward Borrowlaski Fitzmonkey."
He was a small man (Borrowlaski was a notable dwarf then exhibiting in
public). His father, John Bourke Fitzsimons, proprietor of Hiherniam,
Journal, a member of City Council and a great loyalist, died May 7, 1824,
having been born February 25, 1771.
FITZWILLIAM, EDWARD.— Irish National Songs.
Born at Riverstown, Co. Sligo, April 15, 1S33, and in 1854 emigrated
to the States, and settled in Boston. He edited there a Protectionist organ
entitled Fair Play. In 1885 he was editor of Boston Sentinel.
FLANAGAN, REY. CHARLES.— An Irish priest, born in Derry about 1830,
who distinguished himself at Maynooth, and gave much promise as a
writer. After his collegiate course and ordination he went on the West
Indian Mission, and died there in 1856. He wrote frequently in pros©
and verse for Wexford People, Coleraine Chronicle, etc., and also various
poems for the Nation, etc., notably " The Rebel Senator " (referring to
Gavan Duffy's election for New Ross), which appeared on July 31st,
1852, in the Wexford! Guardian, and was reprinted in the Nation. It
was signed " D. F. C," as were also some Latin poems of his in Nation
of about same date.
FLANAGAN, EDWARD.— Poems, Enniskillen, 1884, 8vo.
Called " The Poet of the Moy." His volume was edited by Peter
Magennis (g.D.), some of whose poems are given at the end of the book.
FLANAGAN, REY. JAMES.— Man's Quest, in sermon and song, 1903.
Essays and verses.
FLANAGAN, JONATHAN. — Weavings in Leisure Hours, Liverpool, 1886,
8vo.
FLANAGAN, MARTIN J. — ^The Floweret, a volume of patriotic and miscel-
laneous poems, partly for the young, second edition. Dublin, 1882,
16mo.
A Mayo poet, of Kiltimagh.
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FLANAGAN, JOHN F.— Born of Irish parents in New York, and died there
about 1882, aged 27. Was a dramatic writer and critic, and wrote
verse whicli revealed considerable promise. He contributed to the Celtic
Monthly of New York.
FLANAGAN, KODERICE. — Atistbaxian and Other Poems, Sydney and
Dublin, 1887, 8vo.
Born in Co. Roscommon in April, 1828; his parents emigrated to
Australia in 1840, taking him with them. He led a journalistic career
in the Colonies, and published some valuable works, including a "His-
tory of New South Wales," 2 vols., 1862. Died in London, 1861.
FLANAGAN, ROGER.— Poems, Dublin, 1833.
FLANAGAN, THOMAS. — A Voice i-rom Ireland, 1845 (an appeal for the
starving Irish peasantry) ; Peace, a poem addressed to Napoleon III.,
London, 1860, 12mo.
FLANNERY, THOMAS J.— Laoi Gisin an Tib-na-n-og; or. The Lay of
OisiN IN THE Land of YoniH, with metrical translation, notes, etc.
London (Dublin printed), 1896, 8vo.
A well-known Irish scholar and contributor to Gaelic Journal, etc.
Born in Co. Mayo about 1840, and has been a teacher in London for
many years. He is the author of a volume of essays, " For the Tongue
of the Gael," and editor of several Irish texts.
FLANNERY, REY. WILLIAM.— Irish-Canadian poet. Born in Nenagh,
Co. Tipperary, January 9, 1830. Morgan's " Canadian Men of the
Time " gives a good notice of him. He was educated in France, and
went to Toronto in 1852, and was ordained there in 1853. In 1892 he
was granted the degree of D.D. by Georgetown University, Washington,
D.O. He was a parish priest in diocese of London, Ontario, for many
years, and was editorially connected with Catholic Secord of London
(Ontario), and Catholic Register of Toronto. Has written much verse
and prose for Canadian Catholic press.
FLECHER, HENRY MoDONALD.— Rhymes and Ravings by a Co. Antbim
Lad, Belfast, 1859; Poems, Songs, and Ballads, Belfast, 1866, 8vo;
Odin's Last Hour and Other Poems, Chicago, 1900, 8vo.
Born in Ballinderry, Co. Antrim, about 1840, and was first a school-
master atMoneyrea, Co. Down. Went to Belfast about 1866, and contributed
a good deal to The Northern Whig and other journals, over the signature
of " Coilus." Wrote one of the Burns' Centenary Poems published by
Finlay and Anderson in 1859, his name being given as Henry Fletcher
(and his address as Dundonald, Co. Down), and won the second prize.
He became manager of a miU in Belfast in the sixties, and in the
spring of 1871 he emigrated to Texas, U.S.A., where he still' lives (1909).
In Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's Poets " he is included as
" H. M. Fletcher."
FLECENOE, RICHARD. — Miscellanea; or, Poems of all Sorts, -with
DIVERS other Pieces, 1653 (1652 old style), 8vo ; Love's Dominion, a
dramatic piece, in five acts and in verse, London, 1654, 8vo; other
editions 1664 and 1674; The Diaritjm or Journall, divided into 12
joinadas in burlesque rhime, or droUing verse, with divers other pieces of
the same author, London, 1656, 8vo; Epigrams of all Sorts, made at
divers times on several occasions, two parts, London, 1670, 12mo;
another edition, London, 1671, 8vo; another edition, London, 1673, 8vo;
Erminla; or, The Fair and Virtuous Lady, a tragicomedy in five acts
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and in verse, London, 1661, 8to ; Mabriage of Oceaktis and Bbitannia,
an allegorical fiction, 1659, 12nio ; Damoiselles a-la-Modb, comedy, 1667,
12mo, and many other works in prose and verse.
All that is known of him is that he was an Irishman who travelled
a great deal in Europe between 1640-50, and was supposed to be a
Jesuit. Andrew Marvel knew and described him. Dryden had a grudge
against him, and spoke of him with contempt in his " MaoFlecknoe " ;
but he was a far better poet than tradition would imply. He died about
1678.
FLEMING, JAMES. — A frequent contributor to the Dublin Almanacs for
many years, and part-editor of one of them. Born in Co. Cavan in
1817 ; died in Dublin on January 12, 1888.
FLEMING, MARTIN. — ^He seems to have lived at Kilrush, Co. Clare, and
to have contributed largely to local pap*:s. Some of his poems, as, for
instance, that on the death of Patrick O'Donoghue (the '48 man) in
1854, were reprinted in Limerick Beporter of about that date. I fancy
he went to America, and may possibly have been connected with the
following writer.
FLEMING, MARTIN J.— A poet represented in Connolly's "Household
Library of Ireland's Poets." Born in Kochester, New York, of Irish
parents.
FLETCHER, WILLIAM LESLIE. — The Frequented Village, and other
Poems. Dublin (printed), 1844, 12mo. Not published.
A sort of sequel to Goldsmith's famous poem. It ran into a second
edition, and I think the author, who was in delicate health, died about
the same time as this edition appeared.
FLOCKHART, J. L., M.D.— Lays and Legends, Dublin.
FLOOD, HENRY. — An Ode on Fame and the First Pythian Ode to Pindar
(anonymous), London, 1775, 4to.
This eminent statesman wrote other pieces which have not been pre-
served. He was born in Co. Kilkenny in 1732, being the son of Chief
Justice Flood. Was educated partly at T.C.D. and at Oxford — where
he graduated M.A. in 1752. Became a barrister, but afterwards entered
political life in Ireland and threw over the law. He was distinguished
as an orator and statesman, and was one of the most remarkable Irish-
men of the 18th century. He was a member of the Irish Parliament
first and of the English House of Commons afterwards. Died at his seat
in Co. Kilkenny on December 2, 1791.
" FLORENCE, WILLIAM J," — This well-known American actor's real name
was Conlin, and he was born in Philadelphia on July 26, 1831. He wrote
various plays and poems, and died November 19, 1891. There is a notice
of him in one of William Winter's essays.
FLYNN, J. A. — The Last Christian, an epic poem, "by a Successor of
Man," Dover, 1883, etc., Svo.
FLOWER, ROBERT. — Eire and other Poems, London, 1910.
A native of Co. Antrim, I believe, and now an assistant in British
Museum Book Department.
FOLEY, JOHN HENRY, R.A. — This great sculptor wrote words and music
of various songs, and published them over his initials — separately, 1
believe. He was born in Dublin on May 24, 1818, and went to
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London in 1834. Was made an A.R.A. in 1849, and an R.A. in 1858.
Many of his most beautiful sculptures are in London, but Dublin
possesses all his casts, as well as his Burke and Goldsmith, his O'Connell
and Lord Gough, and Cork his Father Mathew. Died on August 27,
1874, at Hampstead. His brother, Edward A. Foley, was also a
sculptor. The best account of Foley is in Sarah Atkinson's " Essays."
FORAN, JOSEPH KEARNEY.— Poems and Canadian Lyeics, Montreal,
1895.
Born September 5, 1857, at Aylmer, Ontario, and studied at the College
of Ottawa, under the Oblate Fathers, and at Laval Uniyersitv, from
which he took the degree of LL.B. in January, 1881, and in the same
month was admitted a barrister. He was editor for at time of the
Montreal True Witness, and is a popular lecturer. He has written
several works, such as " The Spirit of the Age," " Canadian Essays,"
"Obligations," "Simon the Abenaker," "Irish Canadian Representa-
tives," etc.
FORBES, HON. MRS.— The Newsboy's Last Appeal, verse, n.d. [c. 1890].
This lady, the wife of Ool. Forbes, R.M., of Co. Longford, has written
various tracts in verse.
FORD, MARY ANNE.— Snatches op Song, St. Louis (U.S.A.), 1874, 12mo
(by " Una ").
Her maiden name was Mary Ann McMullen. Born in Antrim in 1841,
and died in Brooklyn, New Yorl4, Aprill 18, 1876. She was taken to
America while yet a child, and was partly educated at St. Martin's
Convent, Brown Cb., Ohio. Married a prominent Irish politician and
journalist named Austin or Augustin Ford, 'brother of Patrick Ford, of
The Irish World. There is a poem of hers in Kennedy's " New Universal
Irish Song-Book," New York, 1887, and' she is also represented in
" Ballad-Poetry of Ireland " (" Ford's National Library " series, New
York, 1886, 16mo), and in Connolly's work. The well-known poem so often
attributed to her, entitled " The Peasant Girls," could hardly have been
hers (unless the) above date of her birth is very far out), for it appeared
(anonymously) in Nation of July 22, 1843. Her usual signature was
"Una," and it is on the title-page of hep volume.
FORDE, BROWNLOW. — The Miraculous Cuke on the Citizen Outwitted,
adapted from Oibber, Newry, 1771, 12mo.
Seems to have been an actor.
FORDE, JOHN. — Born at Farney, Co. Monaghan, about 1813. Wrote verse
for several magazines, and was a frequent contributor to the Irish
almanacs, such as The Lady's and Farmer's Almanac, which he edited
from 1848 to 1855. In the latter year he emigrated. to Australia, and
became sub-editor of a Melbourne paper, dying a few years ago. His
son, John L. Forde, is a well-known New Zealand journalist, and was
born in Phibsborough, Dublin, about 1840.
FOREMAN, STEPHEN.— The City of the Crimson Walls and other poems,
London, 1895.
A Cork man, apparently. A few poems by him have appeared in Irish
periodicals, and he has recently published his first novel.
FORREST, JOHN LAWRENCE.— Born in Cork about 1815,, and wrote
various, poems for local Press and for Ainsworth's Magazine, London (see
vols. 10 and 11, 1845-6). He went to the United States, where he wlas
rather unfortunate. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 9, 1858, aged
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43. In 1857 a good many poems by him appeared in the Boston PUot,
over the signature of " One of Ireland's Ballad Poets." Hlis end was
hastened by numerous family afflictions. A couple of his poems will be
found in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland."
FORRESTER, ARTHUR M.— Songs oe the Rising Nation, and other
poems, Glasgow and London, 1869, 8vo (in conjunction with his raothe^J ;
An Ikish Ckazt Quilt, prose and verse. New York (?) 1891.
Born at Salford in 1850. Wrote for The Irish People/, over signatures
of " Angus " and " William Tell," and for other papers. When very
young entered a printing office. In 1865 went to Dublin and became
connected with the Fenian movement, and was arrested on March 9,
1867, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment for carrying arms in a
proclaimed district. Again arrested on December 16, 1869, at Liverpool,
and ordered to keep the peace for 12 months. In 1870 he joined the
French army and fought in the Franco-Grerman War, and was made a
sous-lieutenant. He was said to have been implicated in the Phoenix Park
murders in 1882, and went to America soon after. He had lost his right
foot in an English railway accident. In 1887 he became proof-reader on the
Boston Herald, and was a frequent contributor to the Irish World and
other American papers. He died in South Boston, January 13, 1895.
FORRESTER, ELLEN. — Simple Strains, London, 186- ; Songs of thh
Rising Nation, and other poems (in conjunction with hep son), Glasgow
and London, 1869,, 8vo.
Born at Clones, Co. Monaghan, in or about 1828, and was daughter of
a schoolmaster named Magennis. Wrote for various Irish papers,
including Nation and Dundalk Democrat. Also contributed to the
Weekly Budget, and other English papers, and settled in Emgland while
a girl, first at Liverpool, then at Manchester and Sa^ford. She married
Michael Forrester, a stone mason, and had five children, three of whom
became poets. Her brother, B. Magennis, was also a writer of verse. She
died at Salford on January 6, 1888. See Michael McDonagh's " Irish
Graves in England " for biography of her. Her poem, " The Widow's
Message to her Son," is an Irish classic.
FORRESTER, FANNY. — Songs or the Rising Nation, etc., Glasgow and
London, 1869, 8vo (contains some of her poems).
Daughter of preceding, born in Manchester in 1862, and evinced much
poetical ability. A good many poems by her were published in Nation,
etc., and she also wrote some stories. Died in July, 1889.
FORRESTER, MARY MAGDALENE.— Sister of preceding and Arthur
Forrester, and daughter of Mrs. Ellen Forrester. A contributor of
occasional poems to the Irish papers. For othea- nefqrenoea to the
Forrester family, see Michael McDonagh's " Irish Graves in England,"
1889.
FOSBERY, REY. THOMAS YINCENT.— Hymns and Poems for the Sick
and Suffering, 1844, 8vo; Voices of Comfort, London, 1873, 8vo.
These were reprinted many times. He edited other collections of
hymns also, which contain some of his own pieces. Three of his
hymns are in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra." He was born in Limerick on
October 1, 1807; B.A., T.C.D., 1830, M.A., 1840. ©ied on September
10, 1875, at Blacknell, Berkshire.
FOSTER, ELEANOR. — With the Tide, and other poems, London, 1896.
An Irish lady, I understand, and of Queen's Co. family.
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FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS.— A song-writer and composer, one of the
most popiilar that ever flourished. Born of Irish extraction, near Pitts-
burg, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1826, and died in New York on January
13, 1864. He wrote words and music of such famous songs as " The
Old Folks at Home," or " Way down upon the Swanee River," " Willie,
we have missed you," " Oh, Susannah," " Oome where my love lies
dreaming," "My old Kentucky Home," " Massa's in de cold, cold
ground," "Uncle Ned," "Old dog Tray," etc., etc.
FOX, FRANCIS J. — Born in Portadown, 1847, and was taken to Liverpool
at an early age. lu 1875-6 he wrote verse, etc., for the United Irishman
of that city, and contributed to other papers. One of his pieces, " No,
my Lord I ' ' became rather well-known, and is probably the piece of that
name included among the anonymous poems in Daniel Connolly's "House-
hold Library of Ireland's Poets." Fox emigrated to Australia in or about
1880. A good many of his poems appeared in the Nation in the seventies
over the signature of " F. J. F." Daniel Crilly (q.v.) wrote a very
interesting account of Fox in the Irish Emerald of Jan, 6 and 13, IBOO.
FOX, GEORGE. — An early friend and schoolfellow of Sir Samuel Ferguson,
born, it is stated, in 1809 in North Street, Belfast, and educated at T.C.D.,
where he graduated B.A., 1842; M.A., 1847. He is weU-known as the
translator of " The County of Mayo," from the Irish, and it is included
in most anthologies of Irish poetry, but Sir Samuel Ferguson is thought
to have had a hand in it. It first appeared in a review of Hardiman's
" Minstrelsy " in Dublin University Magazine, 1834. His father, a brush-
maker, died in 1827, and he lived with his widowed mother till in or
about 1848, when he went to British Guiana, where he appears to have
died a good many years ago, but information concerning him is difficult
to obtain. Sir Samuel Ferguson's " Poems," 1880, were dedicated to him.
FOX, GEORGE CROEER (?). — The Pbomethetjs of Bschtltts, and thb
Electba of Sophocles J translated, with notes. Also a few original
poems by G. C. F., 1836, 8vo; The Death oe Demosthenes and othee
Oeiginai Poems, with Agamemnon, trans., from the Greek, London,
1839, 8vo.
FOX, PATRICK J.— Born in Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, August 2, 1844, and went
to New York in 1886. Has written numerous poems for New York Daily
News, Tribune, Sunday Democrat, Catholic Review, Evening Telegram,
Judge, Catholic News, Metropolitan Record, etc., chiefly over signature
of " Phelim O'Dowd." He resides in New York, where he holds a Grovern-
ment position.
" FRANCIS, M. E." — A frequent contributor of stories, and occasionally of
poems, to Irish Monthly, etc. The writer is a Mrs. Blundell (rUe
Mary E. Sweetman) of Crosby Hall, Blundellsand4 near Liveirpool.
She was born in Queen's Co., and is the daughter of the late Michael
James Sweetman, of Lamberton Park, in that county, her mother having
been the only daughter and heiress of Michael Powell, of Fitzwilliam
Square, Dublin. Mrs. Blundell was married in 1879 to the late F. N.
Blundell, son of Col. Blundell, of Crosby Hall. Her sister, Elinor
Sweetman (q.v.), is also a poetess. Mrs. Blundell is one of the best-known
women novelists of the day.
FRANCIS, REY. PHILIP, D.D.— The Odes, Erodes, and Caemen
Seotilaee of Horace (The Satires of Horace — The Epistles and Art oi
Poetry of Horace). In Latin and English, by Rev. P. F., Dublin,
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1742; another edition, London, 174S, 8vo; many, other editions,
8vo and 12mo; EtroENiA, a trageidy in five acts and in verse, London,
1752, 8vo; Constantine, a tragedy in five acts and in verse, London,
1754, 8vo.
Also translated Demosthenes, etc. Born in Dublin, about 1708, B.A.,
T.C.D., 1728, about which time he was ordained. He died at Bath on
March 5, 1773. His son was Sir Philip Trancis, the statesman and
reputed author of Junius, for whom, as a poet, see Moore's " Diary,"
Vol. 6, p. 65
FRANKLIN, ANDREW.— The Mermaid, an opera (?), London, 1792, 8vo;
A Trip to the Nore, a musical piece, London, 1797, 8vo; The Egyptian
Festival, an opera, etc., London, 1800, 8vo; The Countereeit, a farce,
London, 1804, 8vo; The Wanderhsig Jew, or Love's Masqueradi!, a
comedy, London, 1797, 8vo; An Affectionate Epistle to the Real
Author of A Touch at the 'Tcmes, Dublin, 1783, 8vo.
This last is a prose piece, replying to a poem which appears to have
been in the nature of a personal attack on Franklin. It charges him
with ignorance of grammar, and alludes to his having been brought up
to the watch-making trado in Cork. Franklin was a Corkman, and his
descendant is Mr. Denham Franklin, J. P., of Cork. There was one
Andrew Franklin, Sheriff of Cork in 1759, and Mayor in 1761. \Vas
editor, about 1805, of the Morning Advertiser (not Herald, his descendant,
Mr. Denham Franklin, of Cork, tells me.) Franklin died at a good
age in 1846. Other dramatic pieces of his were " Embarkation," " The
Hypochondriac," "The Outlaws," etc., all performed but not printed.
FRAZER, JOHN DE JEAN.— Poems for the People, Dublin, 1845, 8vo;
Poems, Dublin, 1851, 12mo; Poems, with a memoir by James Burke,
Dublin, 1853, 12mo.
The above were published over the pseudonym of " J. de Jean." Born
at Birr, King's Co., March 24, 1813, according to one authority (but
this date is wrong), and wrote largely for the Nation, Irish Felon, etc.,
over signatures of "J.," "J. de Jean," "J. Robertson," "Maria,"
"Z.," " Y.," and " F." Died in March, 1852, and not in 1849, as has
often been stated. He was buried in Olasnevin on March 23, 1852, and
was aged 48, it would seem, which would make his birth date about 1804.
He wrote a poem called " Eva O'Connor," and such a piece in three
cantos was published in Dublin in 1826, "by an author yet unknown."
Possibly he wrote it. His parents, it is said, intended him for the Church,
but he became a cabinetmaker. T. C. Luby, the Fenian, was his son-in-
law. He conducted a small paper in Dublin, entitled The Trades' Advo-
cate, which only lasted a short time.
" FREEMAN, PATRIOT." — ^An Address (in verse) to Hibernia on the latb
MOST HAPPY dissolution OF THAT DREAD JuNTO, THE LeGION ClUB, Dublin,
1761, 8vo.
FRENCH, REY. DANIEL. — ^The Henriade, an epic poem, translated from
the French of Voltaire, 1807, 8vo; Hymnus Dies lR.a!, in Linguam
Gr^cam, Conversus a D.F. (Latin and Greek), 1842, 8vo ; Planctus
Beatjb Mari^, Virginis ... in Linguam Grjecam Convbrsam a
D.F. (Greek and Latin), 1832, 8vo; A Selection of Hymns Sung in
THE Catholic Church, translated by D.F., 1839, 12mo ; and some con-
troversial works.
FRENCH, JAMES MURPHY.— See James Murphy.
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FRENCH, REY. R. N.— Veesbs, Derby, 1808, 8vo.
FRENCH, RICHARD H.— ^hb World-Student, a poem, Newport, 1851,
12mo.
FRENCH, WILLIAM PERCY.— Racquety Rhymes, illustrated by R. C.
Orpen, Dublin, 1888, sm. 4to ; The Fail of Fitzwilllam, by our own
Strolling Homer, illustrated by R,. O. Orpen (a skit on the Fitzwilliam
Square Tennis Tournament), Dublin.
A librettist and song-writer of the present day. Before be-
coming an author he was a civil engineer. Edited The Jarvey,
an amusing Dublin periodical, now defunct, to which he con-
tributed much verse, as also to The Irish Cyclist, etc. Is author of
several pantomimes and other entertainments, and has written the
libretto of a successful comic opera, entitled " The Knight of the Road,"
which, composed by Dr. Houston Collisson, was produced at Queen's
Theatre, Dublin, in April, 1891, the story being founded on the career
of Freney, the notorious Irish highwayman. In conjunction with L. H.
Brindley, he wrote another opera, called ' ' Strongbow, or the Bride of
the Battlefield," which, with music by Collisson, was produced at Queen's
Theatre, Dublin, in 1892. He was born at Clooniquin, Co. Roscommon,
May 1, 1854, being the second son of Christopher French of that place.
Educated at Kirk-Langley, near Derby, Windermere College, and T.C.D. ;
B.A., 1876; B. Engineering, 1881. Started in conjunction with Alfred
Denis Godley, a comic entitled The Trombone of Truth. Was -preparing
in 1892 a, selection of his prose and verse for publication. Many of his
songs have been popular, and one at least of his prose sketches, " The
First Lord Lieutenant," is a general favourite. He is also a clever artist
and a popular entertainer.
FREYEB, DERMOT. — ^Rhymes and Vaeieiibs — ^Vbeses in Lightee Vein,
London, 1907 ; Sunlit Leaves, a second book of verse, London, 1909.
Son of. an eminent Irish doctor in London.
FRIZELLE, REY. RICHARD.— Author of some pieces of fugitive verse,
and stated by Mr. W. J. Fitzpatrick in his " Lady Morgan " to have
been the author of an anonymous satire on attorneys, entitled " The
Law Scrutiny, or Attornie's Guide" (1807), really written by Andrew
Carmiohael (g.i;.), though FrizeUe's descendants believed it to have been
his. He was rector of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, for some years, and
published some sermons. B.A., T.C.D., 1797; M.A., 1801. In Todd's
List of Dublin graduates" his name is spelt without the final e. See
Notes and Queries, 8th series.
FULANO, REY. M. — The Overthrow of the Invaders, an historical tale,
in four cantos, Dublin, 1844, 16mo.
FULLARTON, JOHN.— Feudal Scenes, 1833; Wanderings in the British
Islands, and other poems, Belfast, 1853, 8vo; O'Morb, 1866.
Born in Ballynure, Co. Antrim, 1806, and died in Belfast, December
12, 1875. There is no notice of him in " O'More," his last volume of
poetry. He wrote " Lives of the Ulster Poets " in the Ulster Magazine,
Belfast, about 1860. In the British Museum Catalogue he is confounded
with a Scotch writer of the same name.
FULLER, GEORGE.— The Review, a satire, Dublin, 1754.
An anonymous work, written, according to an MS. note in my copy,
by the above, with a revision by Rev. George Russell (g.v.). It is an
attack on the Duke of Dorset's administration in Ireland.
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FURLONG, ALICE.— Roses and Rub, London, 1899, 12mo.
One of our best Irish poetesses. Is the younger sister of Mary Furlong
(see next notice), and has written much beautiful verse for Irish Monthly,
United Ireland, Sinn Fein, Weekly Independent and other Irish
periodicals, as well as for Chambers' Journal, etc. Many of her serial
stories have appeared in the leading Irish papers, and she has published
a volume of Irish fairy tales.
FURLONG, MARY. — Sister of the preceding. Contributed verse to
Nation, United Ireland, Cham,bers' Journal, The Irish Monthly, The
Lamp, The Boston Pilot, The Awe Maria, and similar periodicals. Was
born in Dublin on November 26, 1866, and died of typhus fever while
discharging her duty as a nurse in Roscommon in 1898.
FURLONG, REY. (CANON) PATRICK M.— A Wexford parish priest who
has contributed a good deal of verse i» the national papers, especially
the Nation, United Ireland, etc., where he sometimes adopted the sig-
nature of " Ros-Mao-Turin," and sometimes the name of " Thomas James
Murphy," and " T. J. M." He is represented in " Irish Penny
Readings' and "Emerald Gems."
FURLONG, THOMAS.— The Misantheope and other poems, London, 1819;
second edition, Dublin, 1821 ; Lines written in a Blank Page oe Ladt
Morgan's "Italy," 1821 (?); The Plagues op Ireland, etc., London,
1834 ; The Doom op Derenzie, a poem, published posthumously, like
the preceding, London, 1829, 8vo.
Born at Scarawalsh, Co. Wexford, in 1794, and was the son of a smaU
farmer. Was a grocer's assistant at first, but began to write( for the
Press at an early age, and in 1822 started The New Irish Magazine in
Dublin. He contributed parodies and other poetry to The Morning
Begister, a Dublin Catholic newspaper, and wrote largely also for BuhUn
and_ London Magazine (London, 1825-27), of which his friend, M. J.
Whitty iq.v.) was editor and chief support, as well as to The Litera/ry
Gazette and New Monthly Magazine. He died at the age of 33, on July
35, 1827, and a notice of him signed " W.," appeared in The Lite^a/ry
Gazette soon after, written by his friend Whitty. A notice of him with
a portrait and a great number of his translations from the Irish are
in Hardiman's " Irish Minstrelsy," 1831. In The Dublin Journal of Tem-
perance, Science and Literature (1842-3) will be found a biography and
some unpublished pieces of his, as also in Dublin and London Magazine at
time of his death. The latter was by Whitty, doubtless, and the same
admirable writer also presumably did the introductory account and notes
to " The Doom of Derenzie." There is a biography and portrait of him
in Nation, March 11, 1843; a sketch of him in Dublin Journal of Tem-
peranoB), Science and Literature (1842-3), by " J. MoC.," and in Sham-
rock, July 9, 1892. He wrote political and other verse over his name in
Ulster Begister (edited by John Lawless), 1816-17, and as early as Novem-
ber, 1814, there is a poem by him in Watty Cox's Magazine. At the sale
of Edward Evans' library in Dublin in 1889, there was sold a collection
of his poems in MS., and letters and cuttings relating to him, and arranged
by James Hardiman. He was "The Hermit in Ireland" of The Dublin
and London Magazine.
FURLONG, MARIANNE. — The Spectre, op Poverty, an allegory, printed
for the authoress, 1834, 8vo; Early Sketches, prose and verse, 4tli edition,
London, 1836, 12mo. Both anonymous works.
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G., C. C. Y.— See Mrs, Wetherelt.
G. D. — See Dorothea Grubb.
G, H. — See Hamilton Geale.
G, H. W. — A great deal of verse over these initials in Walker's Hibernian
Magazine for 1803, etc., one of his pieces being addressed to James
Edward Davis. May have been "^Henricus " (q.v.).
G, J. — Wrote a good deal of verse in Wallcer's Mihernian Magazine for 1795.
G, M. C. — The Monuments of Dublin, a poem, Dublin, 1865.
G., T. — A phillipic in verse against Dr. Charles Lucas was published previous
to 1750, by one with these initials. He was, apparently, a class-fellow
of Samuel Whyte's at T.C.D.
GAFFNEY, BERNARD. — A native of Trim, Co. Meath, and a constant
contributor of verse to the Irish diaries and almanacs. In 1875 he went
to London, and died there, March 1, 1885, aged 47.
GAHAGAN, HENRY. — ^Rhyme Version of the Liturgy, Psalms, 1832, 12mo;
The Abbaye Bell (verse ?), with illustrations designed and coloured by
Lady Strange, London, 1844 (?), oblong, 8vo. Printed in colours.
GAFFNEY, WILLIAM S.— Born in Philadelphia, January 1, 1828, of Irish
parents. In 1842 he went to Indiana and became a school teacher. In
1850 he began to write for the Press, and was a frequent contributor.
He fought through the Civil War, and afterwards was appointed editor
of the Democrat, an Illinois paper. Much of his verse appeared in the
Boston Pilot, and in the Baltimore and Philadelphia papers. He has
published a volume of poems, I believe, but I have not seen it.
GAHAGAN, USHER. — Tentamen de re Ceitica . . Latine Nunc Emittbntb
(translation of Pope's "Essay on Criticism"), 1747, 8vo; Mr. Pope's
Temple op Fame, and his Messiah, . . . translated into Latin. English
and Latin, 1748, 8vo.
This unfortunate writer belonged to Westmeath, and was educated
at T.C.D. , but took no degree. Studied for the bar; but becoming a
Catholic, was prohibited from pursuing the legal profession. He married
a rich heiress, but was separated from her, owing, it is said, to his
cruelty. He went to London and eked out a living by editing classical
works— he being an admirable classical scholar. He edited Horace,
Juvenal, Persius, Catullus, Sallust, Virgil, Terence, Tibullus, Propertius,
etc. Hie was charged with filing coins, and was hanged at Tyburn, with
Terence Connor (q.v.), on February 20, 1748-9. Verses lamenting his
fate are to be found in the " Newgate Calendar," also an appeal by him,
in English verse, to Prince George, which was not heeded.
GAHAN, ALOYSIUS C— Born in Dublin on February 3, 1861, and was
educated by the Christian Brothers. In or about 1878 he went to America
and settled in New York, where he is now a member of the Bar. In
1882 he married. He has written many poems for New York Mome
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Journal, Sun, Daily: News, Mercury, etc. He is a good Spanish scholar,
and has translated much Spanish poetry.
GAHAN, JAMES J. — Canada, a poem, 24 pp., 1876 ; The Immaculate Maky,
and other poems, — .
Born in Dublin about 1841, and was educated in the Catholic Univer-
sity of that city. Went to Canada and became a journalist. Was editor
of the Quebec Daily Telegram. In 1880 he married in New York a Miss
Shea. His poems have appeared in Boston Pilot, Irish-Canadian, and
Quebec papers.
GAILEY, REY. MATTHEW.— Wreaths of Gems, poems, Philadelphia, 1882.
Born in 1835 at Bathdonnell, Co. Donegal. Educated at Belfast and
Edinburgh. Was pastor of a reformed Presbyterian Church in Phila-
delphia, and a professor of biblical literature in that city.
GALLAGHER, P. O'NEILL. — An artist who resides in London, and has
written a great deal of verse during the last few years for the London
Daily News.
GALLAGHER, JAMES THOMAS. — At the Gates oe Noon, poems, Boston,
1899.
Born in Co. Sligo in 1855. Was intended for the priesthood,
but became a journalist. Wrote verse for some years in Nation,
Shamrock, etc. During the struggle in Bosoommon, in 1879, between
Mr. Parnell and The O'Conor Don, he exerted himself by his writ-
ings and speeches in favour of the former. Went to New York in 1880,
and has written a great deal of verse for Boston Transcript, Donohoe's
Magazine, and various other American periodicals. In 1884 he entered
Bellevue Medical College, and in March, 1889, graduated with honours,
joining the staff of the college as a surgeon.
GALLAGHER, BRIDGET. — A Donegal poetess, whose maiden name was
MoGinley. She was a sister of P. T. McGinley (q.v.), and
was born at Breenagh, Glenswilly, Co. Donegal. She wrote many poems
for Derry Journal, Donegal Vindicator, etc., chiefly over her maiden
name, and "Mrs. Gallagher." She married Mr. P. Gallagher, a Letter-
kenny merchant, in 18M, and died in July, 1894, at New Mills, Letter-
kenny. She is represented in her brother's " Donegal Christmas Annual,"
1883, and is referred to, with praise, in William Harkin's " Scenery
and Antiquities of North- West Donegal."
GALLAGHER, WILLIAM DAYIS.— Erato No. 1, a collection of verse,
Cincinnati, June, 1835, 8vo; Ebato No. 2, Cincinnati, August, 1835, 8vo;
Ebato No 3, Cincinnati, May, 1837, 8vo (edited) ; Selections from the
Poetical Literature of the West, Cincinnati, 1841, 12mo; Miami, A
Golden W^edding, and other poems, Cincinnati, 1841, 12mo ; Miami, A
Golden Wedding, and other poems, Cincinnati, 1881, 12mo.
Born in Philadelphia August 21, 1808, of Irish parentage, married
in 1831, and for many years was one of the ablest journalists in the
West. As early as 1830 he was editing The Backwoodsman in Xenia,
Ohio. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 27, 1894, and was
buried in Spring Grove cemetery, Cincinnaia. For full notice of his
life see Coggeshall's " Poets and Poetry of the West," or Appleton's
" Cyclopssdia of American Biography."
GALLEGAN, PETER. — A schoolmaster and poet of Co. Meath, who wrote
a large number of pieces for the Irish almanacs. Se died in 1850 at an
advanced age.
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GALLWEY, THOMAS.— Lays of Killabnex Lakes, and other poems, Dublin,
1871, 12Tm; The Geraldine's Bkide, a metrical romance, Dublin, 1871,
12mo ; The Last of the Desmonds, and other poems, Cork (for private
circulation), 1874, 12mo.
Educated at T.C.D. Author of some legal works, and seemingly a
Kerryman.
GALYAN, JOHN. — Faust, a tragedy, translated into English verse, Dublin,
1860, 12mo; Crustula Pueris, or Iambic Crumbs for Junior Grecians,
verse, Dublin, 1866, 8vo.
A contributor to Kottabos, and presumably only an undergraduate of
T.C.D. , as his name does not appear in Todd's list of Dublin graduates.
GALYIN, TOM. — The Reception and Dialogue oe a Noble Lord in the
Shades, by T. G. and others, Dublin, 1800 (?), folio sheet.
GALWKY, I. T.— Hybrasil, and other verses, Dublin, 1872, 8vo.
GAMBLE, REY. HENRY JOHN (?).— Hymns for Prayer-meetings, etc.,
original and selected, London, 1860, 16mo.
GANNON, JOHN P. — The Plaint op the English Muse, a poem, London,
1910.
Son of succeeding, and author of a book on Irish history.
GANNON, NICHOLAS JOHN.— The O'Donoghue op the Lakes, and other
poems, London, 1858, 8vo ; Maby Desmond, and other poems, London,
1873, 8vo.
Also published "Above and Below," a novel, 1864; probably "Rose
Waldron," also a novel, and " An Essay on the Characteristic Errors of
our most distinguished Poets," 1853. Wrote verse for several Irish and
Catholic papers, and articles in Irish Quarterly Heview. Born in 1829,
probably in Co. Kildare, and educated at Clongowes Wood College. He
was a. barrister of Gray's Inn, and died at 11 Crosthwaite Park, Kings-
town, on January 22, 1875, aged 44, and was buried at Trim.
GARDINER, MATTHEW.— The Sharpers, a ballad-opera, 1740, 12mo; The
Parthian Hero, u, tragedy in verse, 1741, 8vo.
Was an Irishman, and his pieces were probably printed and performed
in Dublin.
GARLAND, JAMES.— Of Shankill, near Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Well-known
by the older inhabitants as a writer of poems for various Ulster papers.
He had a small farm of six or eight acres. Be wrote numerous popular
songs of a National and anti-Orange tendency, and was somewhat perse-
cuted by the loyalists of his district. Among his more notable songs are
"The Banished Defenders," "The Boys of Blaris Camp," " Cooning-
ham's Pot," "The Demolition of Armagh Market Cross," etc. In the
Nation for August 9, 1845, a correspondent wrote deploring his omission
from Duffy's " Ballad Poetry," and calling him "The Bard of Armagh."
Be mentions that Garland was uneducated, but a true poet. Also that
one of his poems is given in MoHenry's novel, " O'Halloran." He died
of old age in or about 1842. In 1845 a grandson of his possessed about
sixty of his songs, but he wrote more than that number.
GARLAND, JOHN.— A schoolmaster and poet, of Freshford, Co. Kilkenny,
and father of Mrs. A. G. Mears {q.v.) I have not seen any of his
numerous verses, which, I presume, were chiefly of local interest.
GARRETT, S. RAYMOND.— Zella, and other poems, Dublin and London,
1835, 16mo.
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GARRY, JAMES.— Lines on Death, Dublin, 1810, 12mo.
GAYAN, JOHN. — The Sons op Usna, and other poems, London, 1892.
Was teacher at St. Mary's, Isleworth, and a past student of St. Mary's
College, Hammersmith.
GARYEY, MAURA.— A Handful op Irish Bog Lilies, Dublin, 1910, 12mo.
Writes under pseudonym of " Maureen."
GEALE , HAMILTON. — Juvenilia, a collection of miscellaneous poems,
Dublin, 1838, 8vo (over his initials).
The author was a well-known amateur of art in Dublin, and occasionally
exhibited pictures there. He published a work of travel, and other things.
GEARY, ELIZABETH.--JUVBNILB Bppusions, London, 1882, 8vo.
GEARY, EUGENE.— Born in Kildorrery, Co. Cork, March 31, 1863, and
published verse in Young Ireland in his 15th year. He also wrote verse
in Cork Herald and other Irish papers. In 1880 he went to New York,
and has since then written largely for Boston Pilot, Sainday Democrat
(N.y.), Catholic Union and Times (Buffalo), N.Y., Sun, World, Tribune,
Times, etc. In 1890 he read an essay on Mangan Ijefore the Gaelic
Society. Is now connected with The Herald, Baltimore (Ind.) Was
sometime ago preparing a volume of " Lyrics of Gotham," which have
appeared in Puck, Judge, Life, etc. Is in Connolly's " Household
Library of Ireland's Poets."
GEE, GEORGE. — ^A Lovbe or Nature, poems, London, 1892.
GENT, THOMAS. — ^An Epistle to the Eiarl of Oxford, etc. (anonymously),
1731, 8vo; The Pious and Poetical Wobks op T. G., 11 parts, York,
1734-73, 12mo; The Contingencies, Vicissitudes, oh Changes of this
Teansitobt Life, set forth in a prologue to ("Jane Shore"), with a
benedictive epilogue, etc., York, 1761, 8vo; Pater Patri^, being an
elegiac pastoral dialogue occasioned by the death of C. Howard, Earl of
Carlisle, etc., York, 1738, 12mo ; Historical Antiquities of Yorkshire,
being a translation into English verse of "Reliquiae Eboracenses," etc.,
York, 1Y71 (?), 8vo; Divine Justice and Mehot, displayed and set forth
in the birth, life, and end of Judas Iscariot, etc. (verse), York, 1772,
8vo.
Other works, chiefly local history. Born in Ireland on May 4, 1693 ;
became a famous printer of York, and died there May 19, 1778. See
" Dictionary of National Biography " for full account of his career.
GENTLEMAN, FRANCIS.— Fortune, a rhapsody (anonymously), 1751, 4to;
Naroissa and Eliza, a dramatic tale (in verse), London, 1754, 4to ;
Sejanus, a tragedy, 1751, 8vo ;' Oeonoko, tragedy altered from South-
erne, 1760, Svo; Characters, an epistle to the Earl of Carlisle, London,
1766, 4to; Royal Fables, London, 1766, 16mo; The Stratford Jubilee,
comedy, 1769, 8vo ; The Sultan, or Love and Fame, tragedy, 1770, 8vo ;
The Tobacconist, comedy, 1771, 8vo; Cupid's Revenge, pastoral, 1772,
8vo ; The Panthbonites, dramatic entertainment, 1773, 8vo ; The Modish
Wipe, oomedy, 1774, 8vo. Also the following unprinted pieces : Osman,
tragedy (about) 1751; Zaphiba, tragedy, 1754; Richard II., altered from
Shakespeare, 1754; The Mentalist, dramatic scene, 1759; The Fairy
Court, interlude, 1760; The Coxcombs, farce, 1771; Orpheus and Eurt-
DicB, serious opera, 1783.
Born in York Street, Dublin, October 13, 1728. Became a lieutenant
in the army, but afterwards went on the stage, and was a very passable
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actor. He died in George Lane, Dublin, on December 18tk or 21st,
1784, in poverty, caused by long-continued illness. His edition of Shake-
speare has been rather unjustly denounced by certain compilers.
GEOGHEGAN, ARTHUR GERALD. — The Monks op Kilcbea, a ballad poem,
Dublin, 1853, Svo (anonymously) ; The Monks op Kilcbea (third edition),
and other poems, London, 1861, 8vo (also anonymously) ; Les Moines db
KiiiCKE, a BVench translation by Le Chevalier de Chatelain, London,
1858, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on June 1, 1810 ; entered the Civil Service as an excise-
man on June 12, 1830, and was first stationed at Cork, then at Ennis,
Londonderry, Hull, etc. He became surveying General Examiner on May
1, 1854, and collector of Inland Revenue, on December 12, 1857, and
retired from the service in 1877. He wrote various poems for the Dublin
Journal of Ts^mperance, Sicience, and Literature, The Irish Penny Journal,
The Dublin University Magazine, The Nation (in its earlier years and
also in its latest), and TA& Irish Monthly. In the first-named periodical
most of his " Monks of Kilcrea " appeared under the name of " Scraps
of Irish History." He almost invariably signed his pieces with three
asterisks, and they are on the title-pages of his volumes. But, according
to an article in Nation of August 21, 1852, he sometimes signed his pieces
with the figure of a hand. He was one of the earliest members of the
Kilkenny Archaeological Society, and contributed to its journal, and was
an ardent Irish antiquary. His collection of Irish antiquities was once
exhibited in London, where he settled in 1869. His last years were spent
in retirement, and he died at 27 Addison Road West, Kensington, on
November 29, 1889, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Mr.
Gerald Geoghegan, the well-known lawyer, was his son, and Miss Mary
Geoghegan (q.v.) is his daughter. Just before his death he meditated
publishing a complete collection of his poems.
GEOGHEGAN, JOSEPH BRYAN.— A popular song-writer, who died at
Bolton on January 21, 1889, aged 74, according to some papers, though
79 was also given as his age. Was the author of some admired songs,
such as "John Barleycorn," "Merry England," etc. Born at Salford,
Manchester, April 13, 1815. Manager of Victoria Music Hall, Bolton,
for 25 years. Proprietor of Star Theatre, Hanley. Wrote over 200
songs altogether.
GEOGHEGAN, MARY.— Daughter of A. G. Geoghegan, and a clever poetess.
Was born in Ennis, Co. Clare, and wrote about 1886, and after, a large
number of poems for Cornhill, MacmiUan's Magazine, The Woman's
World, Time, and Chambers' Journal. Two of her poems are in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
GEOGHEGAN, WILLIAM. — ^An Irish-American poet, represented in
Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's Poets." Born in BaUymahon,
Co. Longford, in 1844, and went to U.S.A. when he was 17 years old.
He is a resident of New York, and on the staff of the Evening Sun there.
He has written much verse for the American Press. In Eliot Ryder's
"Household Library of Catholic Poets," and John Boyle O'Reilly's
"Poetry and Song of Ireland," will be found a, selection of his pieces.
He holds (or held) the ofiicial position of Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, New York.
GETTY, JOHN.— Donald, and other poems, 1840.
A highly-esteemed schoolmaster of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, who died in
1857, and was buried in the churchyard of that town. He was a frequent
contributor to The Dublin Penny Journal, and also wrote for Edinburgh
Encyclopcedia.
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GIBBONS, JOSEPH S. (?) .—Polynesia, a sketch in verse, to which arb
added The Stabs of Night, and other poems, second edition, London,
1844, 16mo.
GIFFARD, SIR AMBROSE HARDINGE.— Ode fob October 25th, 1809.
12mo; Veesbs, anonymously, Colombo, 1823 (?), 8vo.
The latter were printed at the Wesleyan Mission Press. He was the
son of John Giffard (q.v.), and an uncle of Lord Halsbury, ex-Lord
Chancellor of England. He was born in 1771. His mother was Sarah
Morton, daughter of William Morton, of Co. Wexford. He was named
after his relative. Counsellor Ambrose Harding. Educated at T.C.D.
(B.A., 1790; LL.B. and, LL.D., 1799); and in 1819 became Chief Justice
of Ceylon. He died at sea, on his way home from Ceylon, on April 26,
1827. There are poems of his in " Traditions and Recollections " of Rev.
Mr. Polwhele. He was a pupil of Samuel Whyte (q.v.), and a brother
of Stanley Lees Giffard, a noted London journalist.
GIFFARD, JOHN. — Oeange, a political rhapsody, in three cantos, Dublin,
1798, 8vo.
This work is attributed to Giffard in one of Patrick Traynor's (a Dublin
bookseller's) catalogues, apparently with good reason. He was the
notorious "Dog in Office," frequently referred to in Fitzpatrick's "Sham
Squire " and Sir Jonah Barrington's works. Was born at Ballyoonlan,
Co. Wexford, in 1745, and was originally an apothecary, and may have
been the M.B., T.O.D., for Taylor, in his " History of the University of
Dublin," refers to him as such, and mentions several of his works. He
edited The Dublin Journal, was High Sheriff of Dublin, and died in 1819.
He was a pupil at the Blue Coat Hospital, Dublin, and was originally
an opponent of the Government. One of his works was "Properties of
Fixed Air," 1776.
GILBART-SMITH, J. W.— See under Smith.
GILBERT, LADY. — Vagrant Verses, London, 1886, 8vo, new edition, Lon-
don, 1899.
Better known^as Miss Rosa Mulholland, under which name all her chief
works appeareo. She is the daughter of Dr. Joseph S. Mulholland, a
Belfast physician, and was born in that city about 1850. She began to
write for All the Year Hound and Household Words, under Dickens'
editorship, and some of her tales ran through them. She also wrote
verse for the first-named journal. More of her work, however, has
appeared in The Irish Monthly than in any other periodical. One of her
early poems, entitled " Irene," appeared in Cornhill, over the pseudonym
of " Ruth Millais " (a signature she also used in Duffy's Hibernian
Magazine), and was illustrated by Millais, the artist. She has published
some very beautiful and popular stories, notably, " The Wild Birds of
Killevy," " Marcella Grace," " A Fair Einigrant," etc. A good many
of her poems, signed, " R.M." will be found in The Irish Monthly, and a
few in The Lamp, during the seventies. She married the eminent historian
and archaeologist, Mr. (afterwards Sir) J. T. Gilbert, in 1891.
GILBORNE, JOHN, M.D. — The Medical Review, a poem on the Faculty of
Dublin, Dublin, 1775 ; The Triumphant Retuek, a poem in Latin and
English, Dublin, 1788, 8vo ; The Volunteer Review, an heroic poem,
as also EjLBGT on Robert Nugent Craggs, Viscount CJlare, Dublin,
1788, 8vo (for the author).
A notable physician, who lived at 7 Little Ship Street, Dublin, in 1789,
according to Samuel Watson's almanac for that year. He was the poet
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who signed himself "G" in Edkins' collection of 1789-90. " The Medical
Review " was written in 1774. There is a poem by him in Walker's
Hibernian Magazine for September, 1799, and a Latin elegy in Watty
Cox's Magazine for July, 1811,
GILL, HENRY JOSEPH.— An eminent publisher, of Dublin, director of the
well-known firm of the name. B.A., T.C.D., 1857; M.A., 1872.
He wrote several excellent stories, and translated a number of works from
the German and Spanish. He also wrote several poems. He died on
October 29, 1903, in his 67th year. He was a frequent contributor to
Irish Monthly.
GILLAND, JAMES. — Of Dungannon, Co. Tyrone ; one of the best of the
poets of the United Irishmen. Hie died at Dungannon on March 30,
1811, aged 26. In the Ulster Magazine for 1830, there are a good many
pieces by " the late James Gilland." They originally appeared in The
Belfast Commercial Chronicle between 1804-1812, with the signature of
"Z.X." He wrote th« poem of "Rory O'More, " often attributed
to Drennan, the elder. He was also the author of " The Grave of
Russell," and apparently contributed to The Irish Magazine and Monthly
Asylum of Neglected Biography, edited by Walter Cox, for in August,
1808, his poem just mentioned appeared there anonymously.
GILDEA, J. R. — Lough Conn, a poem in three cantos, and other poems. New
York, 18V/.
GILLMAN, HENRY. — Marked foe Life, a book of verse, Detroit (Mich.),
1863.
Born at Kinsale, Co. Cork, on November 16, 1833, being the son of
Edward Gillman and Eleanor Mandeville Hackett. Author of some scien-
tific works, and well-known as an archaeologist and botanist. Was
Librarian of Detroit Public Library from 1880 to 1885, and was United
States Consul at Jerusalem from 1886 to 1891.
GILLMOR, REY. CLOTWORTHY.— Miscellaneous Poems, comprising
Hymns, Odes, and Rhymes, religious and secular, London, 1849, 12mo;
Reflections from Shakespeabe's Cliff; with a Glai«e at Calais Cliff,
in verse, London, 1851, 12mo.
Other works, including a novel. B.A., T.C.D., 1837; M.A., 1840. Was
Vicar of Dartford, Kent.
GILMORE, MARY LOUISA (MINNIE) .—Pipes from Prairie-Land, and
OTHER Places, New York, 1886, 12mo ; Songs from the Wings, New York
and Ivondon, 1897, 8vo.
Daughter of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, the well-known musician of
Boston, who; was born in Co. Galway on December 25th, 1829, and went
to U.S.A. when 19 years of age. Miss Gilmore was born in Boston about
1865, and has written a great deal for the Irish-American Press.
GILMORE, THOMAS H.— Norah O'Connor, a poem, Belfast, 1859.
GIYEN, JOHN. — Voices from the Rostrum, consisting of a series of school-
room rhymes, vacation rhymes, and rambles, Belfast, 1860, 12mo.
Was headmaster of Ballymena Model School, I understand, and pub-
lished a little work entitled " Notes from Killarney."
GIVEN, PATRICK. — ^His poem on the Burns Centenary is given in Finlay and
Anderson's collection of centenary poems, Glasgow, 1859. He won a poetry
prize offered by Francis Dalzell Finlay, founder of The Northern Whig,
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and while a scholar at Queen's College, Belfast, he obtained the prize
offered for the best poem on the Shakespeare Tercentenary. He belonged
to Ballymena.
GLASGOW, REY. JAMES, D.D.— Author of various scholarly works, and a
distinguished Orientalist. Born near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, in 1805.
Educated at Royal Belfast College, spent many years in the East, and from
1866 to the time of his death, June 30, 1890, was Professor of the living
Oriental Languages at Belfast, and at Magee College, Londonderry. There
are four pieces by him in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra." He wrote a good deal
of verse for periodicals, and a metrical version of the Psalms.
GLENN, REV. WILLIAM, — The Artizan's Day-dream, etc. (anonymously),
1877, Svo ; Brighter Days for Working Men, a poem, second edition,
revised, London, 1877, Svo; The Irishman's GtRATitudb (from preceding
volume), anonymously, 1877, Svo ; Temperance Lecture (over signature of
"A Village Curate"), in verse, 1877, Svo.
B.A., T.C.D., 187S. Was curate successively of Olonoe, Co. Armagh, of
Derryloran; of St. John's, Kilburn ; St. Luke's, do., and afterwards Rector
of Altadesert, Armagh diocese.
GLYNN, JOSEPH. — A National School teacher in Mullingar, who wrote
some able articles on Irish literary subjects in various Irish periodicals,
including Young Ireland, Dublin Journal, 1887, and local Westmeath
papers. He also wrote verse for the journals specified, and one of his
pieces is preserved in " Lays and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtic Society,"
Ihiblin, 1889. His knowledge of Irish literature was remarkably exten-
sive, and some of it has been utilised in this present work, in which he
took much interest. He had collected a remarkable Irish library of his
own. He was born on April 26, 1865, in Mullingar, and died there on
April 11, 1907.
GODDARD, MRS. — . — Poems on Several Occasions, printed for the
authoress, Dublin, 1748.
GODFREY, MRS. HENRY.— Melodies and Poems ; Morn, Noon, and Eve,
second edition, enlarged, Dublin, 1854, 12mo ; Sketches from thA Bible,
a metrical outline of the Holy Scriptures, for the use of young persons,
Dublin, 1852, 12mo; Darkness and Light, The Fallen Empire, and other
poems, Dublin, 1874, Svo; Lyrics, Dublin, 1876, 12mo.
GODLEY, ALFRED DENIS.— Verses to Order, London, 1892, Svo; Lyra
Frivola, 1901 ; Second Strings, 1902.
A leading poetical contributor to TAe Oxford Magazine, several
of his pieces being given in " Echoes from the Oxford Maga-
zine." Is the son of Rev. James Godley, of Ashfield, Co.
Cavan ; matriculated at BaUiol College, Oxford, on October 20, 1874,
aged 18. Sch. 1874; B.A., 1879; M.A., 1882. A Fellow and tutor of
Magdalen College, Oxford, 1SS3, and senior Dean of Arts, 1885. He was
concerned with Mr. W. P. French in a comic journal entitled The Trom-
bone of Truth, and is the author of some classical works.
GOGARTY, OLIVER ST. JOHN, M.D.— A. young Dublin surgeon, who is the
author of various poems in local publications, such as United Irishman,
Sinn Fein, Dana, etc. Some of these show a good deal of wit. Graduated
B.A., T.C.D., 1903, and M.B. and M.D., 1907.
GOGARTY, PATRICK MELRUAN. — ^Wrote many poems, particularly trans-
lations from the French, for Weehly Irish Timeis, and other papers. Died
at Clondalkin, Co. Dublin, January 26, 1892, aged 42.
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GOLDEN, REY. JOHN.— Old Dick the Pkophbt, or The Baud of Gougane
Baeba, New Zealand, 1883; St. Columba, and other poems, London,
1886, 8vo.
A priest attached for some years to St. George's Cathedral, Southwark,
but who had previously lived in New Zealand. His poems are uncon-
sciously funny.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.— The Tbaveller, a poem, London, 1765, 4to; The
Good-Natueed Man, a comedy, London, 1768, 8vo ; The Deseeted Village,
a poem, London, 1770, 4to; Thebnodia Augustalis (on the death of the
Princess Dowager of Wales), 1772, 4to ; She Stoops to Oonquee, oe The
Mistakes of a Night, a comedy, 1773, 8vo ; The Geumblee, a farce (not
printed), 1773 ; Retaliation, a poem, including epitaphs on the most dis-
tinguished wits of the metropolis, 1774, 4to ; TteB Haunch op Venison, a
poetical epistle to Lord Qare, 1776, 4to (with portrait); The Captivity,
an oratorio, 1836, 12mo (it was written in 1761, and sold to a publisher
in 1764) ; Poems and Plays, Dublin, 1777 ; Poetical and Deamatic Woeks,
1780. Many editions of all of his publications.
Said to have been born at Pallas, near Ballymahon, Co. Longford, on
November 10, 1728, but more probably born in Co. Roscommon (see the
valuable little book on "The Haunts of Goldsmith," by Very Rev. Mon-
signor J. J. Kelly (q.v.) Educated first at village schools, then at Elphin,
Athloue and Edgeworthstown, and finally at T.C.D., where he graduated
B.A. in February, 1749. Studied medicine at Edinburgh and Leyden, and
wandered about the Continent for a couple of years. Settled in London
in 1756, and acted in various capacities. His acquaintance with Johnson,
Burke, Reynolds, etc., and the story of his interesting career from that
date are matters of common knowledge. He died on April 4, 1774, and
was buried in the Temple, where he had lived for years. A memorial was
. erected to him in Westminster Abbey soon after his death with a Latin
epitaph by Dr. Johnson, in which occurs the famous sentence, " He touched
nothing that he did not adorn."
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER.— The Rising Village, a poem, London, 1825, 12mp
(with preface by the Bishop of Nova Scotia) ; another edition, St. John,
New Brunswick, 1834, 12mo.
A collateral descendant of the preceding. Born in Nova Scotia, and
became a clerk in the commissariat department, finally attaining the rank
of Commissary General. Died somewhere about 1850.
GORDON, FRANCIS S. — Nbwtownstewaet : A Geaphic and Teagic Tale, etc.,
by "Nemo," Belfast, 1872, 16mo.
A second edition, in 1873, contained thirty-eight introductory pages,
giving a report of the trial of Sub-Inspector Montgomery for the murder
of William Glass, a bank cashier. Gordon was a merchant in Newtown-
stewart, and Clerk of Petty Session for the district. He died on March
19, 18B2, and was buried at Balnassaggart.
GORDON, REY. DAVID.— Is referred to in Miss Mary Banim's "Here and
There through Ireland," where a popular song by him, entitled " Sweet
County Down," will be found. Born in Saintfield, Co. Down, 1820, and
was a non-subscribing (Unitarian) minister, appointed to Downpatrick in
1871, and remaining there till his death in 1893. ' Several of his poems
were locally well-known.
GORDON, JONATHAN W., M.D.— A poet included in Coggeshall's " Poets
and Poetry of the West," where several of his pieces are given. Was
the son of an Irish emigrant labourer, and born in Pennsylvania on
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August 13, 1820. Became a lawyer, then a physician, and was twice
Speaker of the House of Representatives of his State.
GORDON, MICHAEL.— Poems, London, 1836, 16mo.
A poet, born in or near Clara, King's Co. B.A., T.C.D., 1829; M.A.,
1832. His volume is largely Irish.
GORDON, ROBERT HUNTER, M.D.— A clever poetical contributor to Dublin
T'niversity Magazine over the signature of "Coul Goppagh." He is men-
tioned in Fitzpatrick's " Life of Charles Lever " as a great friend of the
novelist, and his locum tenens for a time as dispensai-y doctor at Port-
stewart, Co. Derry. He was the son of a Belfast merchant, was born
there about 1815, and graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1838; M.A., 1842. In 1847
he married a Miss Hill, of Bellaghy Castle, who died young, leaving a
young family. Dr. Gordon died at the age of 42 on September 16, 18S7,
at Castledawson. Lady Ferguson's biography of her husband. Sir
Samuel Ferguson (q.v.), has several references to Gordon, but the present
writer's notice of him in the Northern Whig in 1909 is the fullest extant.
GORE, REV. JOHN (?). — Scbiptdre Narratives, in verse, with psalms,
hymns, and spiritual songs, Eton, 1853, 8vo.
A minor Canon of Windsor. B.A., T.C.D., 1827; M.A., 1832 (?).
GORE, WILLIAM. — The Necromancer, a masque in verse, Dublin, 1813, 12mo.
GORE-BOOTH, EYA.— See under Booth.
GORGES, MARY. — Was the author of several volumes, including a couple
in verse, but I have not been able to find them. In 1897 she published
"A Twelfth Night King." She wi-ote much verse for many years in
Chambers' Journal, and also contributed to Irish Monthly, etc. She was
the daughter of William Daniel Kelly, of Castlepark, Co. Roscommon,
and married Major Gorges, an East Indian Company Officer, whom she
survived for many years, dying at an advanced age in Kingstown, near
Dublin, on December 15, 1911.
GORMLEY, JOHN J. — ^An Irish-American poet who has contributed verse
of some merit to New York Sun, Celtic Magazine, etc. The Cork Ex-
aminer has reprinted poems of his on several occasions.
GOSNELL, SAMUEL. — A witty Cork poet, who wrote in Blackwood's
Magazine (vol. 7, etc.), a poem entitled " Daniel O'Rourke," in six
cantos, over the pseudonym of " Fogarty O'Fogarty." A! poem by him,
also signed by that name, will be found in Literary Magnet*, for 1827
(part 2, page 287). It is entitled "Davy Lynch and the Fairies."
Gosnell was a surgeon, and has been sometimes called WiUiam' Gosnell.
His father, Henry Gosnell, was ai Cork apothecary, and died at Cork in
July, 1793. Gosnell edited Something New, a witty Cork paper, about
1818, and wrote largely for other papers of his native city. He al^o
wrote for London Literary Gazette. There was a printer named Samuel
Gosnell, in Little Queen Street, Holborn, London, in 1804, who printed
the poems of a Mr. Hackett in that year, whoi may have been related
to him. The dates of Gosnell's birth and death are unknown.
GOUGH, CLEMENT. — Prince Connla of the Golden Hair, a poem, Dublin,
1897.
Lives at Ballyorley, Ferns, Co. Wexford.
GOUGH, H. T. (?). — A Monody, appropriate to the memory of Tyrone
Power, London, 1841, 4to (with portrait of Power) ; An Ode, inscribed
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with reverent regard to the memory of William Shakespeare, the
"immortal bard," London, 1848, 4to.
Was of Theatre Eoyal, Haymarket.
GOULDING, LAURENCE G.— Born in Co. Clare in 1838, and educated
there. Studied law, but emigrating to New York, dabbled in journalism
as well, ■ and finally entered the publishing trade. He has written a
good deal of verse, some of which is in Boyle O'Reilly's " Poetry and
Song of Ireland," and has published " Ireland's Destiny," " The
Catholic Churches of New York," " An Epitome of Irish History," and
other prose works. He has acted as a Commissioner of Education in
New York.
GO WING, EMILIA AYLMEB. — Leon de Beaumanoir, blank verse poem,
London; Feance Discrowned and other poems, 1871 (over her
maiden name, " E. A. Blake"); second edition, London and Belfast,
1874, 8vo; Nelson, a play in four acts and a tableau, prose and verse,
London and Sydenham, 1878, 8vo; Ballads and Poems for recitation,
London, 1884, 8vo ; The Ciihben, poems for recitation, etc., London,
1887, 8vo (the sonnets are unpaged); Ballads of the Tower, etc., poems
for recitation, London, 1891, 8vo ; Sita and other Poems, London, 1895,
8vo; Boadicea, a play in four acis; Poems eor Recitation, etc., London,
1899, 8vo.
Also a few novels. Was the daughter of the late Mr. Blake, Q.C., a
well-known Dublin lawyer, and was born in Bath, October, 1846. Married
the late Mr. WiUiam Gowing (known on the stage as Walter Gordon) in
1887. Her poems are often recited at public entertainments, and she
appeared on the stage as an actress. Several of her dramas, such as " A
Life Race," and "A Crown for Love," have been successfully produced
in London. She died on August 20, 1906, at Aix-Les-Bains.
GRACE, SHEFFIELD. — Lines Written at Jbrpoint Abbey (with notes,
illustrations inserted, Irish songs with the music, etc.), edited by
S. G., 1820, 8vo ; another edition, with two songs, Irish and English,
notes, monumental inscriptions and translations of the same, chiefly by
S. G., 1823, etc., 4to; An Ancient Feudal Wae-song, the slogan of the
retainers and clansmen of the family of Grace, Barons of Oourtstown.
With translations . . collected and composed by S. G., 1839, 8vo.
Author of " Memoirs of the Family of Grace " (2 vols., London,
privately printed, 1828, 4to), and other works. Grace seems to have been
only editor of above publications. See under " Hall, S. C."
GRADY, THOMAS.— The Danciad (by " a young gentleman "), a poem.
Limerick, 1783, 8vo ; The Vision (anonymously), a poem, containing
reflections on fashionable attachments, fashionable marriages, and
fashionable education, by an enemy to them all, Dublin, 1798 ; The West
Briton, being a collection of poems (including the Repository, Muse,
Flesh-Blrush, iElpilogues, etc.), Dublin, 1800, 4to; The Barrister,, a
poem, 1799; The Barrister, with other poeins (anonymously), London,
second edition, 1812, 8vo (24 pp.) No. 1, being the First Letters of the
Country Post-Bag, Dublin, 1815; No. 3, or the Nose-Gay, Dublin,
1815, 8vo ; second edition of the same, with portrait and plates by Brocas,
1816 ; The History of a Nose-Gay, — .
Also wrote " Sir Phelim O'Shaughnessy," " Peace," and other poems,
and was probably the "David Power" who published "A Familiar
Epistle from D. P., Esq., the celebrated author of Injunction Bills,"
etc., etc., to Spectacle Tom, the celebrated author of " The West Briton,"
Dublin, 1800, 8vo. "The West Briton " was written in support of the
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Union; and he wrote "The Tlesh-Brush " for Lady Clare. He was
called " Spectacle Grady " to distinguish him from othen Gradys. " The
Nose-Gay," which was dedicated to Tom Moore, was a ferocious satire
on George Evans Bruce, a Limerick banker of shady antecedents. Bruce
took an action for libel against Grady, and was given a verdict with ^6500
damages. Sooner than pay it, Grady went to Brussels, and lived there
on the proceeds of some property he owned at Belmont, Castleconnell.
O'Connell was his counsel at the trial. He died about 1820 either in
Brussels or Boulogne. In 1805 he had been High Sheriff of Limerick.
Moore mentions him in his "Diary," vol. 3, pp. 342-3. See for other
references to O'Grady, Daniel 0. Madden's "Revelations of Ireland,"
pp. 9-13.
GRAFFAN, REV. HUGH, D.D.— Is frequently referred to in the early part of
the eighteenth century as a writer of verse, and was a regular butt of the
wits of 1730-50. Mrs. Pilkington says her husband wrote an elegy on him
long before his death occurred. B.A., T.C.D., 1721; Fellow, 1724; M.A.,
1724; B.D., 1731 ; D.D., 1736. He was Censor of T.O.D., 1724. See under
" Ohamberlaine, Rev. W."
GRAHAM, HENRY. — The Abbey, and other poems, Downpatrick, 1833.
GRAHAM, REV. JOHN. — God's Revenge against Rebellion, an historical
poem on the State of Ireland, Dublin, 1820, 8vo. ; Hisiobical Poetey,
with biographical notes, Londonderry, 1823, 8vo; The King's Vision,
an historical poem, Dublin, 1822, 8vo; Sir Habcoubt's Vision, an his-
torical poem, Dublin, 1823, 8vo; Poems, chiefly historical, Belfast,
1828, 8vo.
One or two of the above were anonymous. Also published a history of
Ireland and several other works, mostly relating to Derry, and edited
Ashton's " Battle of Aughrim," He is represented in Young's " Orange
Melodist," Johnston's " Boyne Book of Poetry and Song," and similar
works. He was born in Co. Longford, in 1774; educated T.C.D. (B.A.,
1798; M.A., 1815); ordained in 1799; became Rector of Tamlaght-Ard,
Co. Derry, and died at Magilligan Glebe, in that county, on March 6,
1844. Wrote for Warder (1828-28), sometimes over signature of " An
Apprentice Boy." See Croker's " Popular Songs," and " Historical
Songs," for pieces by him, and references. He is the best of the Orange
poets. He is said to have written witty parodies of all of Moore's
" Melodies."
GRAHAM, REIT. JOHN. — Poems, sacred, didactic, and descriptive, second
edition, Ix)ndon, 1861, 8vo (with photograph.)
Author of several religious works. Born near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, May
19, 1822; drowned on August 1, 1879. A " Memoir " of him, published
by C. Graham, London, 1880. Possibly the B.A., T.C.D. , 1844; M.A.,
1849.
GRAHAM, MATTHEW MOORE.— The Giantess, from the Irish of Oisin,
and THE Wae or Donomore, with other poems and translations descrip-
tive of Irish scenery, Belfast, 1833.
He projected but never published a four-volume work, " Irish Poets of
Louth," which exists in MS. Graham wrote a book in prose and verse
called "The Landlord and Tenant, or the Effect of Church and State
United," which is also in MS. (in the possession of his daughter, Mrs.
A. J. CarroU, Blackrock, near Dundalk.) He was born on June 6, 1805,
and died on January 1, 1882. He was a civil engineer, and for many
years was assistant to John Neville, County Surveyor, of Louth. He
prepared several maps for D'Alton and O'Flanagan's "History of Dun-
dalk." He was a good Gaelic scholar, and preserved many Irish poems.
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GRAHAM, MAUD.— Born at Beechliill, Londonderry, on March 13, 1871,
but removed with her parents to Paisley, Scotland, in 1875, where she
received her education, and entered into business. There are six poems
by her in Robert Brown's " Paisley Poets," vol. II., pp. 541-547.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM. — The Wild Rose; being Songs, Oomic and Senti-
mental, Paisley, 1851.
Was a native of County Down, born in 1816, but brought to Paisley by
his parent when about six years of age. Was first a weaver, then a
soldier, afterwards returned to Paisley, where he settled. There is a
short sketch of him, as well as examples of his verse, in Robert Brown'&
Paisley Poets, vol. II., pp. 61-65.
GRAHAM, REY. WILLIAM. — The Spirit op Love, a commentary (verse ?),
1857 ; Fifty Songs ov Zion, Loudon, 1857, 12mo.
Born at Clough Farm, Co. Antrim, in 1810. Became Presbyterian
minister of Dundonald, Co. Down, and a missionary, and died in Belfast,
December 11, 1883.
GRANNELL, ROBERT J. — An occasional contributor of verse thirty years
ago to Irish Fireside, Weehly News, Larnp, etc., over his full name or
signature of "dan Rannaill." Was then a resident of Peokham, South
London.
GRANT, ANTHONY.— Juvenilia, Poetical Fragments, Belfast, 1829, 8vo.
GRANT, HENRY H.— A retired schoolmaster, in Co. Tyrone, living in Omagh.
He wrote many poems for Tyrone Constitution.
GRANT, RICHARD. — An Irish-American poet, who wrote a good deal of verse
at one time for Boston Pilot, Redpath's Weekly, and other American
papers. He was a Tipperary man, and died in the summer of 1897.
The New York Sun, in its obituary, quoted some of his pieces. He is said
to have been educated at T.C.D., and to have been a good scholar and
linguist.
GRATTAN, H. P.— See under Henry Grattan Plunkett.
GRATTAN, HENRY. — This great statesman and orator wrote some poems
which will be found in the biography of him, written by his son and pub-
lished in five volumes, as also in Joshua Edkins' collection of 1789-90 (q.v.)
He was also a contributor to " Baratariana," and may have penned some
of its verse. Gilbert, in his "History of Dublin," vol. 1, page 24, says
(erroneously) that his epilogue to " Comus," in "Private Theatre of
Kilkenny," 1825, was his only poetical composition. He was born in
Dublin, July 3, 1746; educated at some Dublin schools and at T.C.D. ;
entered the Irish Parliament in 1775, strongly opposed the Union, but
entered the Imperial Parliament in 1805, and died in London on June 4,
1820, aged 74, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
GRATTAN, THOMAS COLLEY.— Phillibert), a .poetical romance^ in six
cantos, with notes, London, 1819, 8vo ; Ben Nazir, the Saracen, a
trag-edy in five acts, and in verse, London, 1827, 8vo.
^^'as a very popular novelist in his day. His best-known productions,
however, are his three series of sketches entitled ' ' Highways and By-
ways," published 1823, 1825, and 1827. Born in Dublin in 1792, and
educated at Athy, Co. Kildare. He wrote largely to New Monthly
Magazine, etc., and did some very good translations from the French
poets. Was appointed British Consul at Massachusetts in 1839. He
died in London on July 4, 1864. His " Jacqueline of Holland," and
"Heiress of Bruges," are good historical novels.
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GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEYAL.— Sokos op Killarney, London, 1873, 8vo;
Out of the Frying-Pan, a comedy, translated by P. Toft, and adapted
by A. P. G. (in Lacy's collection of plays) ; Ieish Songs and Ballads,
London, 1880, 8vo ; Songs op Old Ireland, words by A. P. Gr., music
arranged by Prof. Stanford, London, 1883, 8vo; Father O'Flynn and
other Irish Lyrics (mainly a reprint), London, 1889, 8vo ; The Irish
Poems op A. P. Graves, 2 vols., Dublin, 1908.
Also edited "Songs of Irish Wit and Humour," London, 1884, 8vo;
"The Purcell Papers," by Lefanu, with memoir, 3 vols., London, 1880;
" The Irish Song Book," 1894, and wrote a small work on school manage-
ment. He is, besides, the author of a couple of operettas. Is the son of
the Protestant Bishop of Limerick, Dr. Oharles Graves, and nephew of
Rev. R. P. Graves. Born in Dublin, July 22, 1846; sent to school at
Windermere, and finally to T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1871. Con-
tributed to Kottabos of Dublin and Dark Blue of Oxford. Became a
clerk in the Home Office and afterwards private secretary to Mr.
Winterbotham there. Was married in 1874 to one of the Misses Cooper,
of Cooper Hill, Co. Limerick, by whom he had five children. His wife
died in 1886, and he married a second time in 1892. Was appointed
an Inspector of Schools, and only retired recently from the posi-
tion. Has writi>en a good deal for Spectator, Cassell's Family
Ma-gazine, and other high-class magazines and papers, and was dramatic
critic of The Examiner for some time. A few of his poems are in " Lays
and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtic Society," and he is in all recent Irish antho-
logies, being one of the most popular of Irish poets. In the Boston Pilot
he used the signature of " Suil Dhuv."
GRAVES, ARNOLD F. — Clytemvestra, a tragedy, with preface by Prof.' R.
Y. Tyrrell, London, 1903; Dublin, 1906, 8vo.
Brother of the preceding. B.A., T.C.D., 1868. Has written verse
anonymously for various journals, but a signed poem of his appeared in
Spectator of a few years ago. He also published a story called " Prince
Patrick."
GRAVES, RIGHT REV. CHARLES, D.D. (Bishop of Limerick).— Was the
fourth son of John Orosbie Graves, and was born in Dublin on November
6, 1812, and educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 18S5; Fellow,
1836; M.A., 1838; B.D. and D.D., 1851. Became Dean of Cloufert
1864-6), and has been also Dean of Chapel Royal, Dublin. Was made
Bishop in 1866; Honorary D.C.L., of Oxford, 1881. He was a notable
mathematician, and became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Some of his
poems are in Kottabos; others were printed for private circulation. His
sonnet to Wordsworth, which pleased the poet, will be found in preface
(page 35) of Grosart's edition of Wordworth's prose writings. He died on
July 17, 1899.
GRAVES, CHARLES LARCOM. — The Blarney Ballads, illustrated, London,
1888, ito ; The Green Above the Red, more Blarney ballads, illustrated
by Linley Sambourne, London, 1889, 4to; The Hawabdbn Horace, Lon-
don, 1894, 8vo; More Hawabden Horaces, London, 1896, 8vo; The
Humours op the Fray, London, 1907 ; Party Portraits, London, 1910.
Is the fourth son of preceding, and sometime a frequent contributor to
Globe, Saturday Review, etc. Born in Co. Kerry on December 15, 1856.
He is a well-known musical critic, and author of a biography of Sir George
Grave, and other works, including some clever skits (with E'. V. Lucas.)
^Matriculated at Christ-Church, Oxford, on October 19, 1875, aged 18;
B.A., 1879; M.A., 1882.
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GRAVES, CLARA. — ^A sister of the Bisliop of Limerick, and born in Dublin
in 1808. She married the great German historian, Leopold Von Ranke,
and died in 1871. She is represented as a poetess in Main's " Treasury
of English Sonnets," 1880, and in Thomas Solly's " Coronal of English
Verse," Berlin, 1880. Her other poems were only privately circulated.
GRAVES, CLOTILDE. — Nitocbis, a play in verse (produced at Drury Lane
in 1887); The Lover's Battle, a heroical comedy in rhyme, founded upon
Pope's " Rape of the Look," London, 1902.
Author of various tales published within the last few years, and of one
or two other dramatic pieces. Was a constant contributor to Judy, a
London comic paper. She is the daughter of an Irish clergyman, and
was born at Buttevant, Co. Cork, on June 3, 1864. She is a journalist in *
London. Her novel, "The Dop Doctor," published recently under the
signature of " Richard Dehan," has had remarkable success.
GRAVES, JOSEPH. — Cupid, a burlesque burletta, in one act, and in verse;
The Wife, a tale of a Mantua Maker, a burlesque burletta, in one act
and in verse (a parody on Sheridan Knowles' " Wife, a tale of Mantua ").
Various other dramatic works included in Dunoombe's " British
Theatre." 1825, etc. " Cupid " was acted in London in 1837. He also
published " Dramatic Tales founded on Shakespeare's plays," 3 vols.,
1840.
GRAVES, REV. ROBERT PERCEVAL.— A contributor to Kottabos, and
Spectator, and author of other fugitive pieces of verse. Born March
10, 1810.' Sch. T.C.D., 1830; B.A., 1832; M.A., 1837. Died October 5,
1893, and buried in Mount Jerome. Has written several books, theo-
logical and otherwise. But his best known work is his massive biography,
in three volumes, of Sir William Bowan Hamilton, the great mathema-
tician. Was a brother of Bishop Graves mentioned above. He wrote
verse for Dublin University Magazine in its earlier years.
GRAY, BERNARD. — Songs and Stories of Leitrim, Carrick-on-Shannon,
1909, 8vo.
GRAY, GEORGE. — Lord Edwabd^ or Forty Years Ago, an historical drama
in two acts and in prose, Dublin, 1842, 8vo.
Of the London, Liverpool, and Dublin Theatres.
GRAY, JANE LEWERS. — Selections from the Writings of Jane
Lewers Gray, New York, 1872.
Authoress of various poems, and included in Connolty's '' Household
Library of Ireland's Poets." Was the daughter of William Lewers, of
Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, and was educated at the Moravian
Seminary, at Graoehill, near Belfast. Lived for many years at Euston,
Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), where her husband, the Rev. John Gray, D.D.,
was Rector of the first Presbyterian Church. Her poems were printed for
private circulation. Born at Castleblayney on August 2, 1796, and went to
America in 1820 with her husband. Died November 18, 1871. See J. B.
Carpenter's " Penny Readings," vol. 4, p. 221.
GRAYDON, CHARLES. — Is represented in the anthology of verse by Irish
writers, edited by Joshua Edkins and published in Dublin, 1801. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1792.
GREADY, EDWARD. — Caswallbn, King of Britain, a tragedy in verse.
London (?), 1826.
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GREEN, MISS. — An Irish poetess living in Dundee, but born in Belfast, I
believe. Eugene Davis referred to her in the Nation, a few years ago,
as a national writer, but only vaguely.
GREEN, REY. JOHN HENNEBERRY.— A contributor of prose and verse
to Nation in the fifties, over his initials. He wrote in its pages a
biography of Dr. John Lanigan, the ecclesiastical historian (who was a
cousin of his mother), which was republished later as a pamphlet in
Cincinnati. He was born in the town of Tipperary in 1822,
and went to U.S.A. in 1859, and became editor of Cincinnati
Catholic Telegraph. Besides a "Catechism of Irish Geography"
(Cincinnati, 1859), he published a pamphlet on the Irish question (about
1863.) He fought in the Civil War, and was shot through the lungs on
September 10, 1861, and was 'left for dead on the battlefield. On his
recovery he studied law and was admitted to the bar, obtaining a legal
clerkship at Washington, which he held for about six years. He resigned
it in 1872 in order to become a. priest. In 1874 he was ordained at MiU
Hill, London, and was sent to Baltimore, where he officiated till his
death, a few years ago. From 1885 he edited St. Joseph's Advocate, an
illustrated quarterly of that town.
GREENE, GEORGE ARTHUR.— Italian Lyrists of To-Day, translations
by G. A. G., London, 1893, 8vo; second edition, 1898, 8vo.
A contributor to Kottabos. B.A., T.C.D., 1876; M.A., 1879. Has
edited one or two volumes in " The Intermediate Education Series," and
is the author of poems in various periodicals. Six poems by him are in
" The Book of the Rhymers' Club," London, 1892, and he is represented
in several Irish anthologies, notably " A Treasury of Irish Poetry," edited
by Stopford Brooke and T. W. RoUeston, to which he also contributed
various critical notices. He was born in Florence, Italy, in 1853, and
was educated in Italy and at Trinity College, through which he passed with
distinction. He has published several other translations from the Italian
and German.
GREENE, THOMAS.— Many Moods in Many Metres, poems, Dublin, 1902.
A contributor to Kottabos. B.A., T.C.D., 1864 ; LL.B., 1877. He wrote
poems for Tinsley's Magazine and various papers. Died at his residence,
Mageney, Co. Kildare, on November 2, 1901, aged 58.
GREENE, KATHLEEN CONYNGHAM.— The Third Road, and other songs
and verses, London, 1911.
GREER, JOHN.— Born in Wordtown, EUistrim, near Letterkenny, Co.
Donegal, on April 1, 1851, and was educated at the local national school.
In 1870 he was appointed teacher of the school, and resigned the post in
1889, after which time he was employed in a business house. He died
in or about 1895. A good deal of his verse appeared in the Deny Journal,
Berry Standard, and Weekly Irish Times, over the signatures of " Miles
Murphy," "42," "White Lilies," "White Heather," " Aughnish," etc.
GREER, JOHN. — ^A Poem upon the Advancement op Alan Bbodrick, Lord
Chanoellok oe Ireland, Dublin, 1714, 4to.
GREER, SARAH D.— The Chained Bible, and other poems, Dublin, 1857.
Wife of a Mr. John R. Greer, and a quakeress.
GREGAN, PAUL.— Sunset Town, poems, Kilkenny, 1899 (?).
ly^rote various poems for United Ireland and other papers. Is repre-
sented in " Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909.
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GREGG, FREDERICK J.— Author of various poems in The Irish Fireside,
of a few years ago, and of some essays in the same journal. He is in-
cluded in " Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland," Dublin, 1889. Went
to U.S.A. in the nineties, and is a well-known journalist in New York,
being on the staff of the Sun, I believe.
GREGG, ST. GEORGE.— Ambition, a poem [circa 183-5.]
Was at one time a banker, and afterwards a prominent merchant in
Dublin, but failed. He went to London, where he also failed, mainly
through drink and dissipation. He was employed as a clerk at Hoxton,
with a salary of ^300 a year, but could not keep the position. He finally
drowned himself in the Regent's Canal on January 4, 1840. He was the
author of a work on Currency, etc. His poem I have not seen, nor can I
fix the exact date of its publication, but in obituary references it is men-
tioned as a volume published a. few years previously.
GREGG, REV. TRESHAM DAMES, D.D.— The Life and Dk4th or King
Edwaed the Sixth, an historical drama in five acts, and in verse, after
the Elizabethan model, London, 1857, 8vo; Mart Tudor, Fibst Queen
Regent of England, an historical drama in five acts, and in verse, after
the Elizabethan model, London, 1858, 8vo; Queen Elizabeth, or the
Oeigin op Shakespeare, a drama in five acts, chiefly in verse, London,
1872, 8vo; Memoranda in Rhyme . . . Epigrams, etc., by T.D.G.,
1879, 8vo.
Author of u. great many theological and controversial works, and well-
known in his day. The wits styled him " Trashy " Gregg. He died at
Sandymount, Dublin, in October, 1881, aged 82. He was a graduate
of T.C.D. (B.A., 1826; M.A., 1830; B.D. and D.D., 1853.)
GREGORY, REY. GEORGE, D.D. — The Siege of Jerusalem, a tragedy.
Born in Co. Wexford, on April 14, 1754. Wrote a large number of
historical and other works, and died on March 12, 1808, at West Ham,
Essex, of which parish he was Rector, and in whose churchyard he
was buried. The above tragedy is conjectured to be his.
GRIERSON, CONSTANTIA.— The Art of Printing, a poem, Dublin, 1764,
folio sheet.
There is a poem of hers prefixed to Mrs. Barber's volume (1734), and
she is represented in " Poems by Eminent Ladies " (1755, 12mo). She
was a most accomplished classical scholar, and her son was likewise well
known for his learning. Mrs. Pilkington's " Memoirs " refer to her,
and a couple of poems and a letter of hers are quoted. Her maiden name
was Phillips, and she was the wife of the famous printer, George Grierson.
She was buried in St. Michan's, Dublin, I have been told, but St.
Werburgh's is also given as the place. She was born in Co. Cavan (?) in
1706, and died in 1733.
GRIFFIN, GERALD.— Gisippus, a play in verse, London, 1842, 8vo;
Poetical and Dramatic Works, London, Dublin, 1857, 8vo ; other editions
and reprints.
Griffin is undoubtedly one of the most popular, as well as one of the
best of Irish novelists. His " Collegians," in the opinion of
many, stamps him as the chief of Irish writers of fiction. Its drama-
tisation into Boucicault's well-known " Colleen Bawn " has served to
increase its popularity. His " Munster Festivals," and ", Holland-tide
Tales " are also widely read by his countrymen, his " Invasion " and
'' Rivals " being much less known. He was born in Limerick on December
12, 1803, and went to London in his youth, to carve out his fortune.
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After a very hard struggle, during which John Banim frequently
befriended him, he managed to attain success, and, strangely enough,
chose that time for retiring from the world. He entered the order of the
Christian Brothers, and died in Cork on June 12, 1840, aged 36. He
wrote a good deal for the London Literary Gazette, over the signature
of "Oscar," and various slight dramatic pieces for Covent Garden
Theatre, over the pseudonym of "6. Joseph."
ORIFFIN, GERALD.— Lays op ihe Moy, Dublin, 1903.
Is a professor or tutor in one of the Irish Colleges, and, I think, a
graduate.
GRIFFIN, MARTIN J.— Born of Irish parentage in St. John's, Newfound-
land, August 7, 1847, and was educated at St. Mary's College, Halifax,
Nova Scotia. He was called to the bar in Halifax in 1868, and between
1869 and 1874 edited The Herald, and The Express there, besides writing
for The Chronicle. He became private secretary to the Dominion Min-
ister of Justice in 1878, editor of the Toronto Mail) in 1881, and Parlia-
mentary Librarian, Ottawa, 1885. He is the author of various poems,
and is included in Oscar Fay Adams' " Through the Year with the
Poets," Boston.
GRIFFIN, ROBERT. — The Rise op Ekin, a few lines dedicated to His Most
Gracious Majesty George IV. on his auspicious visit to Ireland, Dublin,
1821, 8vo. (Anonymous.)
GRIFFITH, AMYAS. — Poems on Several Occasions (?) — ; The Swaddler, a
faroe, with portrait of author, Dublin, 1771, 12mo.
Born at Roscrea, 174ff, and, according to a sketch of him in The Gentle-
man's and London Magazine, for December, 1785, published by subscrip-
tion a volume of poems when, he was about 16 years old, which was a
great success. He also produced a dramatic piece called " The Swaddler,"
the printed copy dated " Feathard, June 24, 1771," having as a frontis-
piece an engraving of Griffith, his elbow resting on a table, on which a
MS. is partially unrolled displaying the title, " Poems on Several
Occasions." He was Surveyor of Taxes, but lost the position through
opposing the Government at the Carrickfergus election in 1785. John
Giffard's " Orange" refers tp his crooked legs and his vanity. He went
to Belfast in 1780. In Walker's Hibernian Magazine for January, 1773,
there is a notice and portrait of him. In John Bernard's " Recollec-
tions " there are references to him. His "Miscellaneous Tracts," 1771,
include some in favour of the Catholics. There are some songs in his
farce, "The Swaddler."
GRIFFITH, HENRY ALLAN. — Jerusalem Liberated, translated by Henry
Allan Griffith, Esq., R.N., from the original Italian of Torquato Tasso,
8vo, Belfast, 1863.
Was the third son of Richard Griffith, Esq., D.E., of Millioent, Co.
Kildare (q.v.), and M.P. for Askeaton, and Mary Hussey Burgh, third
daughter of Right Honourable Walter Hussey Burgh, of Donore, Co.
Kildare, Chief Baron of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland;
entered the Navy at thirteen, and retired after eighteen years' service,
spending the remainder of his life in' the quiet pursuits of a country
gentleman. He died at Sandymount, near Dublin, where he had gone for
the benefit of his health, 22 December, 1860. The above volume was pub-
lished in accordance with a wish he had expressed in his last will and
testament.
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GRIFFITH, RICHARD.— Vaeiett, a comedy, 1782, 8yo.
This work is said to have been written by him; it was performed
eight times at Drury Lane Theatre. He was born about 1704; Sch.
T.C.D., 1719; B.A., 1721; M.A., 1724. He may be the "Mr. Grifiath"
whose epilogue is included in Concamen's collection of " Miscellaneous
Poems," 1724, though Thomas Griffith, the actor, is a more likely author.
His wife, Elizabeth Griffith, was a voluminous dramatist and miscel-
laneous author. He was M.P. for the borough of Askeaton in the Irish
Parliament, and died before his wife (whose death occurred at Millicent,
Co. Kildare, in January, 1793.)
GRIFFITH, RICHARD (Jun.).— The Fete at Kensington Gobe, etc. (verse),
London, 1800, 4to ; Kibkheas, a descriptive poem written in 1760, etc.,
London, 1802, 4to ; Pbovidenob, or. The Two Spabbows, etc. (verse),
London, 1804, 4to (MS. note$ in B.M. copy.)
Son of the preceding, and probable author of works given above. He
was also M.P. for Askeaton, and in March, 1793, married Mary Hussey
Burgh, daughter of the Lord Chief Baron Burgh. He died in 1820.
GROVES, REY. EDWARD.— The Warden of Galway, a tragedy in verse,
1832; Alompbah, or. The Huntbb oe Bubmah, a tragedy, 1832; The
O'DoNOGHtTE OE the Lakes, a melodrama ; The Donagh, a melodrama,
and other plays.
Sch. T.C.D., 1792; B.A., 1794. One of his tragedies was founded on
the career of Thomas Fitzgerald (Silken Thomas). "The Warden of
Galway " was first produced on the Dublin stage in November, 1831, and
the other pieces were also produced there, except that on Silken Thomas,
which was never acted. He was an ardent repealer, and O'Connell visited
the theatre when Groves took a benefit. His " Warden of Galway " had
the then remarkable run of forty-five nights. Extracts are given from
this piece in Athencnum for 1833. Referred toi in Mooney's " History of
Ireland " as a Protestant patriot. Published " Stories from the History
of Greece," and " Pasilogia," a work on universal language, Dublin,
1846, and edited the small volume of translations from Petrarch, by
Lord Charlemont (q.v.)
GRUBB, DOROTHEA.— Gebald Fitzgebald, a tale of the 17th century, in
four cantos, Waterford, 1845, 8vo (over her initials).
GUBBINS, CHARLOTTE.— One Day's Joubney, a story of the Revenue
Police, and other poems, Sligo, 1862.
Her maiden name was Gibson.
GUERNSEY, WELLINGTON.— A popular musician and song-writer,
who was born in MuUingar, Co. Westmeath, on June 8, 1817, and
died in London, November 13, 1885. Wrote and composed a large number
of songs, and set others by Thomas Davis, S. N. Elrington, Gerald Griffin,
F. W. N. Bayley, T. H., Bayly, etc., to music. His melodies, " I'll hang
my Harp on a willow-tree," " Poor Old Ned," etc., were freoLuently sung,
and his words toi " Mary Blane," and " Alice, Where Art Thou? " were
also much appreciated. He arranged the music and composed symphonies
for " The OJd Songs of Old Ireland," edited by) Rqv. Josephi Fitzgerald,
London, 1843, and also arranged " The Songs of Ireland," London, 1860.
GUINEE, WILLIAM B. — A brilliant Irish journalist who wrote various poems
in Irish papers, as well as in Tinsleif's Magazine and) other English
periodicals. A Corkman, born at Buttevant, and for many years con-
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nected with the Morning Advertiser of Loudon. Was the author of a novel,
and contributed admirable stories to a few magazines. His translation
of " Old Erin in the Sea," from the Irish of John McDonnell, is in
several anthologies. (See Varian's " Harp of Erin," and C. M. Collins'
"Celtic Irish Songs and Song-writers.") He was for a long time con-
nected with the Parliamentary Reporter's Gallery. Towards the end of
his life he retired from Journalism, and settled down in his native place.
He died there on September 1, 1901, greatly regretted, by all who knew
him. There are references to him in " Twenty Years Ago," by Edmund
Downey.
GUINEY, LOUISE IMOGEN.— Songs at the Start, Boston (Mass.), 1884,
16mo ; The White Saii., and other poems, Boston, 1887, 16mo ; A Road-
side Habp, poems, Boston, 1893 ; The Makttr's Idyl and Shorter Poems,
1899; England and Yesterday, poems, 1898; Happy Ending, collected
poems, 1910.
Also author of a volume of stories and sketches, entitled " Goose-quill
Papers," 1885, and "Brownies and Bogies," 1888. Is the daughter of
General Patrick R. Guiney, a Tipperary man, in the American army. Born
in Boston (Mass.)j January 7, 1861. Writes constantly for the leading
American magazines, and is consideerd one of the best of the American
poetesses. She has edited an excellent selection of James Clarence
Mangan's poems. For the Boston Pilot she wrote over the fictitious
signature of "P. O. L." She was educated at Notre Dame Academy,
Roxbury, Mass. ; the Everett Grammar School, Boston, and the Convent
of the Sacred Heart, Providence, R.l. Much of her earlier
work appeared in Boston Pilot, and she has written a good deal for
Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, New York Catholic World,
Scrihner's Century, Donohoe's Magazine, The Critic, New York Indepen-
dent, etc. She wrote the anonymous sketch, " Dr. Johnson's Favourite,"
in Macmillam' s Magazine, 1889. She was postmistress of Auburndale,
Mass., for some years, and is now resident in Oxford. Among her other
works'are selections of the poems of Herny Vaughan, Thomas Stanley,
Matthew Arnold, Katherine Phillips, etc.
GUINNESS, REY. HENRY GRATTAN, D.D.— The City of the Seven
Hills, a poem, London, 1891, 8vo; the same, illustrated, Chicago, U.S.A.,
1892, 12mo.
Born at Montpelier, near Dublin, in 1835, and was a son of Capt. John
Guinness, of Dublin. He was a very popular preacher in London, and has
written many hymns, some of which are in " The Enlarged London Hymn
Book," 1873. Died in July, 1910.
GUINNESS, JANE LUCRETIA. — Sketches op Nature, comprising views of
Zoology, botany, and geology, illustrated by original poetry, London,
1843.
GUINNESS, MRS. J. G. — Sacred Portraiture and Illustration, and other
poems, Dublin, 1834.
GUINNESS, RICHARD.— Several poems by a writer of this name in Edkins'
collection of poems, published in Dublin, in 2 vols., 1789-90.
GUNN, REV. JOHN. — A Casket op Irish Pearls, being subjects in prose
and verse, chiefly relating to Ireland, Dublin, 1890, 8vo.
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GWYNN, STEPHEN LUCIUS. — The Queen's Chboniclek, and othbk Poems,
Loudon, 1901, 8vo; A Lay of Ossiak and St. Patkick, Dublin, 1903.
This distinguished novelist and critic is the author of many books. He
was born in Co. Donegal on February 13, 1864, and is the son of the Kev.
John Gwynn. He gxaduated at Oxford, and began to write about 1890,
producing several novels, and editing various classics, English and Latin.
His most notable performances are his monograph on Thomas Moore in
the "Englishmen of Letters" Series, and his descriptions of Irish
scenery. He has been M.P. for Galway since 1906.
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H
H, J. T. — Britannia, a poem, with notes, Bublin, 1812, 8vo.
H, P. — The HrBEHNiAD, a poem, with notes, Dublin, 1754, Svo.
Would this be by Paul Heffernan? (g.i;.)-
H, W.— See W. C. Hennessy.
HAGARTY, SIR JOHN HAWKINS (Chief Justice of Ontario).— A Legend of
Marathon, a poem, privately printed, Toronto, 1888.
Born in Dublin on December 17, 1816, being the son of Matthew
Hagarty. Educated at T.C.D., where he does not appear to have gradu-
ated. Went to Canada in or about 1834, and became a lawyer of note,
eventually reaching the high position of Chief Justice of Ontario in 1878.
He wrote a good deal of verse for the Canadian Press, especially The
Maple Leaf of Toronto, over the signature of "Zadig." See N. F.
Bavin's "Irishman in Canada," pp. 605, 606. He died at Toronto, April
27, 1900, aged 84.
HALEY, WILLIAM THOMAS.— Le Boi S'Amusb, a tragedy from Victor
Hugo, London, 1841, Svo; Lucrezia Boegia, ditto, London, 1841, 8vo.
HALIDAY, ALEXANDER HENRY, M,D.— Son of the Bev. Samuel Haliday,
a Presbyterian Minister of Belfast, where he was born about 1728 — or in
1730, as has been said. He was, for nearly half a century, the most
popular physician in Ulster. He was a frequent correspondent of Lord
Charlemont's, and a number of his letters will be found in Hardy's
life of latter, and in the Charlemont MSS. His tragedy, on the subject
of Lucius Junius Brutus, was never printed, though CJiarlemont had a
high opinion of it. Dr. Haliday also wrote many satirical and other
poems, a few of which will be found in Belfast Magazine fori September
and October, 1810, and June, 1811. He died in Belfast on April 28,
1802, aged 72. A namesake of his published some works on natural
history between 1839-1854.
HALIDAY, GEN. ALEX. HENRY.— Original Hymns (anonymously), Bel-
fast, 1844, 16mo.
Grandson of preceding, not his son, as has sometimes been said. He
died about 1880.
HALIDAY, JOSEPH. — The Emerald Isle, or Ireland's Sons and Ireland's
Scenery, a poem, Dublin, 1830 (?).
Is said to have been a noted musician and musical inventor, and author
of " The Bugle Hlorn," " Musical Strictures," etc.
HALL, SAMUEL CARTER. — The Talents;, a dramatic poem (a satire),
Cork, 1820 ; Lines Written at Jerpoint Abbey, 1823, 4to ; Poems (for
private circulation), London, 1850 (?), 4to; The Trial of Sir Jasper, a
temperance tale in verse, illustrated, London, 1873, Svo ; another edition,
London, 1874, Svo; An Old Story, a temperance tale in verse, London,
1875, Svo ; second edition, London, 1876, 8vo ; Words of Warning, etc.,
verse and prose, London, 1877 ; Bhymes in Council, Aphorisms Versi-
fied, etc., London, 1881, Svo.
Generally considered to have been born in Devonshire, but, according
to his ''Retrospect of a Long Life," he was born in Geneva Barracks,
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near Waterford, on May 9, 1800, his father being an officer stationed
at that place. Hall lived in Cork for some years, but left it in 1821, and
went to London, where he joined the Press, becoming a Parliamentary
reporter at first. He edited several annuals, magazines, and papers, and
eventually founded (in 1839) the Art Journal, and had it under his charge
until 1880. He married the following writer in 1824, and in conjunc-
tion with her wrote a large number of works, besides those brought out
by himself alone. He was one of the best known men in the literary
world for many years, and died in Kensington on March 16, 1889. He
was undoubtedly the " S. C. H." who is included in "Harmonica," a
collection of poems published by Bolster, of Cork, in 1818. His
" Talents" is a satire on various people in Cork.
HALL, ANNA MARIA.— Mabel's Ctjrse, a musical drama, London (?), 1825 (?);
St. Pibeeb the Refugee, a burletta, London, 1837, 8vo; The Peenxh
REPnoEB (another edition of preceding), London, 1837, 8vo (prose) ; The
Geoves of Blarney, 1838, 8vo (prose).
Wrote occasional verse. Wife of preceding, and a native of Dublin.
Her maiden name was Fielding, and she was born on January 6, 1800.
She married S. C. Hall in 1824, and, in conjunction with him, produced a
number of works of the " pot-boiler " kind. She also wrote many novels,
which were very popular at one time, and have not even yet gone alto-
gether out of fashion. To the annuals and magazines she contributed
constantly, and some dramatic pieces of hers had good runs at the
Adelphi and St. James's Theatres. She received a Civil List pension of
ifilOO in 1868. Her death occurred at Devon Lodge, East Moulsey, on
January 30, 1881, and she was buried in Addlestone Churchyard, where
her husband was afterwards interred.
HALL, SPENCER. — Frances ca da Rimini (translated from Dante's
"Inferno," Canto 6), 1885 (?), 8vo ; another edition, privately printed,
London, 1874, 8vo.
A distinguished scholar and author, and librarian of Athenaeum Club.
His brother William was one of the founders of the publishing firm of
Chapman and Hall. Spencer Hall was born in Ireland in 1806, and died
at Tunbridge Wells on August 21, 1875.
HALL, W. C— Songs in a Minor Key, Dublin, 1889.
HALLION, JOHN. — A native of Leixlip, Co. Dublin, and a farmer, who was
contemporaneous with the infamous traitor, Luttrell, upon whom,
according to Watty Cox's Irish Magazine (September, 1809), he wrote
this epitaph :
" If Heaven be pleased when mortals cease to sin.
And Hell be pleased when villains enter in.
If Earth be pleased when it entombs a knave.
All must be pleased, now Luttrell's in his grave! "
HALLORAN, HENRY. — Odj-, on the Laying of the Foundation Stone of
THE Statue of the Queen, Sydney, 1881, 16mo; Ode in Commemobation
OF the Anniversary of the Birthday of Queen Victoria, Sydney, 1887,
4to; Jubilee Ode, Sydney, 1887, 4to; Poems, Odes, and Songs, Sydney,
1887.
Son of the following writer, and born at Capetown on April 6, 1811.
HALLORAN, REV. LAURENCE HYNES, D.D.^A Collection of Odes,
Poems and Translations, Exeter, 1789, 12mo; Poems on Several
Occasions (a reprint), Exeter, 1791, 4to; The Female Volunteer, ok
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The Dawning of Peace (published over signature of '' Philo-Nauticus "),
London, 1801, 8vo; Lachbymae Hibernicje, or The Genius op Erik's
Complaint, a ballad (addressed to Lord Hardwicke, Viceroy of Ireland),
AND A Pair of Epigrams, 1805, 4to (over signature of " Laurence
0''Ha.lIoran, D.D."); The Battle oe Trafalgar, a fugitive poem, with
other pieces, London, 1806, 12mo; Cap -Abilities, or South African
Chabacteeistios, a satire, 1811.
His name is printed Hallaran on title-page of first-named volume.
Father of preceding, and born in Ireland in 1766. He was present
at the Battle of Trafalgar as chaplain of the Britannia, and published
a sermon on the victory. He became rector of the public grammar
school. Cape Town, and chaplain to the South African forces. He got
into serious trouble in 1818, and was sentenced to transportation for
forgery, but he protested his innocence to the end of hisi life. He kept
a very successful school at Sydney, N.S.W., where he died on March
8, 1831.
HALPIN, REY. NICHOLAS JOHN.— Univebsity Pbize Poem on His Majesty
HAVING Completed the 50th Ybae of His Reign, Dublin, 1815, 12mo.
Born on October 18, 1790, at Portarlington, Queen's Co. B.A., T.C.D.,
1815. Took orders in the Church of England, and finally became editor of
the Dublin Evening Mail. He wrote other poems besides that mentioned.
He died on November 22, 1850, in Dublin, his son being the well-known
Irish-American poet and humourist, Charles Graham Halpine, and his
brother, W. H. Halpin (q.v.) There is a notice of his life and writings
in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, of which he was a
member.
HALPIN, GENERAL WILLIAM.— Born in Co. Meath in 1825, and died in
Cincinnati early in 1892. Went to U.S.A. about 1845, was naturalised
in 1852, and followed the profession of civil engineer for some years.
Entering the U.S. army he served on the Northern side with distinction.
After the war he came back to Ireland, but was arrested as a Fenian,
and in November, 1867, was tried before Chief Baron Pigot and Judge
Keogh, and was sentenced to fifteen years penal servitude. He wrote a
good deal of verse, some of which was reprinted in the Nation and other
Irish papers. He is possibly the author of the poem attributed to " M.
Halpin " in Hayes' "Ballads of Ireland," 1856, and Ford's " Ballad Poetry
of Ireland" (New York, 1886), beginning, '"They were not of the Saxon
Race," and once well known to readers of Irish papers, having been often
reprinted. It first appeared in Boston Pilot, August, 1864, and was re-
printed in the Dublin Nation on September 9. It was signed "' T. H.,"
New York. The piece is usually ascribed to Thomas Matthew Halpin, the
'48 man, but he does not seem to have written any verse.
HALPIN, WILLIAM HENRY.— The Glbnfall, with other poems,
Cheltenham, 1820, 8vo; The Cheltenham Mail-Bag, jor Letters (in
verse) ebom Glotjcesteeshibb. Edited by " Peter Quince the Younger,"
2nd series, London, 1820-26, 8vo, 2 vols. ( ?) ; The Cheltenham Antho-
logy, original poems and translations from the Greek, Latin, French,
Italian, Spanish, and Portugese poets, London, 1825, 8vo ; Cheltenham
Lybics, 184^(?).
Brother of Rev. N. J. Halpin, and uncle of following. Was editor of
Cheltenham Mail for some years, and wrote several prose works.
HALPINE, CHARLES GRAHAM. — Lybics by the Letter H., New York,
1854, 8vo; Baked Meats of the Funeral, a collection of essays, poems,
speeches, histories, and banquets. By Private Miles O'Reilly. Collected,
Isu
edited, and revised by an ex-colonel of the Adjutant-General's Depart,
ment, New York, 186B, 12mo; Life and Advektukes, Songs, Services,
OP PnivAiE M. O'R., with oomic illustrations by Mullen, from the
authentic records of the New Yorh Rerald, New York, 1864, 12mo;
Poetical Works op C. G. H., with portrait and memoir, edited by R. B.
Roosevelt, New York, 1869, Svo,
Also a couple of stories entitled,, respectively, " The Patriot Brothers,
or the Willows of thd Golden Vale, a Page from Ireland's Martyrology,"
sixth edition, Dublin, 1884; and " Mountcashel's Brigade or the Rescue
of Cremona," an historical romance, fifth edition, Dublin, 1882. Halpine
was the son of Rev. N. J. Halpin, but always spelt his name with a final e.
He was born at Oldcastle, Co. Meath, in 1829, and was educated at T.C.D.,
but his name is not in Todd's list, so presumably he did not graduate. He
studied medicine, but gave it up for journalism, and went to London,
where he wrote for several papers for a year or two. He was probably
married in London, and there became acquainted with some of the
Young Irelanders. Went to U.S.A., and settled first in Boston and then
in New York. Was on the staif of the New York Times, Herald, and
Leader, ajjd part editor of The Carpet Bag, which was short-lived. He
acquired the New York Citizen before the Civil War, and remained in
possession of it till his death. He fought through the war, and obtained
the rank of colonel or general. He was exceedingly popular with his
regiment, the 69th Irish, and with the army. His songs were weU-known
throughout the States, and his death, which occurred through taking
an overdose of chloral to induce sleep, on August 3, 1868, was widely and
deeply regretted.
HALYEY, MARGARET.— Born on March 20, 1859, at Kilaffan, Queen's
Co., and went to New York in 1876, where she almost immedi-
ately commenced to write verse for the Star. From the age of seven
she had written verse, even at that early time appearing in print (in the
Carlow Post.) She wrote various national poems in the Irish World, of
New York, and was a prominent figure in the Irish political movement
in America. In 1884 she married T. P. Halvey, and removed to
Philadelphia. She has written a good deal of verse altogether for the
Irish-American Press.
HAMERTON, .—St. Ababin, an opera, Dublin, 1826.
The author of above (of which he composed the music and words, though
apparently it was never printed), was an Irish actor. He produced the
work in Dublin in April or May, 1826. He was born in Dublin, and was
intended by his parents to follow the trade of a coach-builder. He acted
in Belfast and Dublin, and managed Crow Street Theatre. He was an
old man at the date given.
HAMILTON, ANN. — Descriptive Views op the Rose op Sharon (verse?),
Dublin, 1837 ; Ezra, a little narrative of Jewish faith and trial (verse),
Dublin, 1840, 12mo.
The last-mentioned work was published over the initials, "A. H." A
writer of the same name as this authoress produced several novels —
one of them Irish — at the beginning of the century.
HAMILTON, ANNA ELIZABETH.— He Giveth Songs . . . religious lyrics
by A. E. H. and others, 1885, Svo.
Possibly she and the writer who follows are the same. If so, this
volume was published posthumously.
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HAMILTON, ANNA ELIZABETH.— Eooe Agnus Dei— Emblems and
Thoughts op Chbist, poems, London, 1872, 12mo ; Dibs Panis — Thoughts
ON THE Sunday Lessons of the Yeah, poems, Dublin, 1874, 12mo.
Presumably this is the Irish poetess who was born in Dublin on Novem-
ber 25, 1843, and died at Castle Hamilton, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan, on
December 26, 1875, and who is represented by a few pieces in " Lyra
Hibernica Sacra " and Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's
Poets." Her poems were published over her initials only.
HAMILTON, ANTHONY (Count).— Histoiee de Eleue d 'Epine (oeuvres
mel& en prose et en vers), Paris (?), 1749, 12mo.
Hamilton is best known as the author of the famous " Memoirs of
the Count de Grammont," and of some admirable stories. He was born
about 1646, probably at Boscrea, Co. Tipperary. His mother was of the
Ormonde (Butler) family, and his father was one of the Abercorn famUy.
Ho died at St. 6ermain-en-laye, April 21, 1720.
HAMILTON, CAPTAIN CHARLES.— The Patkiot, a tragedy in verse, Lon-
don (?), 1784, 8vo.
Brother of Elizabeth Hamilton, authoress of " The Cottagers of Glen-
burnie," Born in Belfast in 1753, and became a soldier. He was in
India for some years, and was noted as an Orientalist. Died at Hamp-
stead on March 14, 1792, at the age of 39, and was buried at Bunhill
Fields. His sisters erected a monument to his memory in his native city.
He translated some Persian writings, especially " The Hedaya," a work
on Mussulman law.
HAMILTON, CHARLES CLAUDE.— On Day, a poem, London, 1842.
Other works, including a translation of Thierry's " Norman Conquest."
HAMILTON, EDWIN. — Ariadne, a natural drama in four scenes (won the
Vice-Chancellor's prize, T.C.D.), Dublin, 1872 ; Ehampsinitus, an opera
bouffe in three acts, with music by A. Cellini, Dublin, 1873; Dublin
Doggerels, 1877 ; The Moderate Man, and other verses, illustrated by
Harry Furniss, London, 1888, 4to.
Son of the iRev. Hugh Hamilton, and born in Dublin, April 14, 1849.
B.A., T.C.D., 1874; M.A., 1877. Was called to the Irish Bar, but has
made literature his profession, and for a time edited several Dublin
comics, including Pat, Zoz, and Ireland's Eye — ^which Richard Dowling
had edited also — and wrote verse for many journals. He has written
a couple of very successful pantomimes for the Dublin stage.
HAMILTON, ELIZABETH.— Bom in Belfast, July 21, 1758. Authoress
of various novels, including the popular Scottish story, " The Cottagers
of Glenburnie," and of various songs and poems, some of which are
given in Scotch anthologies. She died at Harrogate, in England, on
July 18, 1816, and is buried in the church there, where a monument to
her memory was placed.
HAMILTON, ELIZABETH MARY.— Poems, Dublin, 1838, 8vo.
Sister of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (g.v.), and born in Dublin on
April 4, 1807. She wrote a great deal of verse over her initials for The
Dublin University Magazine, between 1837-1851, and died on May 14, of
latter year. She was highly esteemed by Wordsworth, and was greatly
loved by her brother.
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HAMILTON, JOHN.— Ox Truth and Erkob, thoughts in prose and verse,
Cambridge, 1856, 8vo.
An Irish landlord, and author of several works on Ireland, published in
Dublin. He was born in 1800, and succeeded to his Donegal property
in 1821. He died in 1884. His " Sixty Years' Experience as an Irish Land-
lord " was published in 1894.
HAMILTON, MAY CHARLOTTE.— Poems, national and others, 1874 (over
pseudonym of "Etumos.")
HAMILTON, HENRY. — A Shadow Sceptre, an historical play in four acts
and in verse, Glasgow, 1850 (?), 8vo (privately printed); The Tippeeabt
Legacy, a one act farce (in conjunction with J. S. Coyne), 1849 (?), Svo.
HAMILTON, ROBERT SCOTT.— Almodbah, the Corsaib, or a Brothee's
Vengeance, a drama in five acts, with music by Miss A. J. Hart, Belfast,
1821, 8vo; The Banner of the Sun, a prize poem, — ; The Battle ob-
Ulster, or The Siege of Debbt, an historical ballad of Ireland in three
parts, Belfast, 1862; Gaeibaldi, a drama, Belfast, 1864; Saceed Dramas,
Belfast, — .
In "The Boyne Book of Poetry and Song," Downpatrick, 1859 (edited
by William Johnston) there are three poems by this writer.
HAMILTON, [THOMAS ?] .—The SANGtriNB Lovbes, oe the Irish Get, Lon-
don, 1773, 8to.
HAMILTON, YEREKER M. — Scenes in Ceylon, plates with descriptive
letterpress in verse (in conjunction with Stewart M. Tasson), London,
1881, oblong folio.
HAMILTON, W. — Extracts fbom " Otaheite," a poem, Belfast, 1830, 8vo.
HAMILTON, W. C. — There is a translation by him of an Irish song on the
death of Charles McDonnell, of Kilkee, in the collection of poems by
the Clare poets, edited by B. O'Looney (3.1;.).
HAMILTON, W. H.— Wrote a play called " The Portrait of Cervantes,"
which was acted in the early part of the nineteenth century at Crow
Street Theatre, Dublin, and may have been printed. W. A. Bryson
(q.v.) wrote the prologue.
HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN.— Born in Dublin on August 9, 1805,
and died on September 2, 1865. B.A., T.O.D., 1827; M.A., 1837; LL.B.
and LL.D., 1839. While at the University he gained the Vice-Chancellor's
prize for English verse twice, and won the excessively rare distinction of
a " double optime." Asi a mathematician he has had few superiors, and
his great discoveries entitle him to a high position among the scientific
men of Europe. He was Astronomer-Boyal for Ireland for many years.
Wrote verse to National Magazine (Dublin), 1830-31, over his initials.
One of them, entitled "Easter Morning," refers to his accompanying
Wordsworth in Ireland, that great poet having been one of his intimate
friends. In his life, written by Rev. R. P. Graves, there are a large number
of his poems, and he is considered to have written some very fine sonnets,
being included in Main's, Sharp's, Dyce's, and' other collections. He was
knighted in 1835, and was made a member of various learned bodies.
HANCOCK, THOMAS, M.D,— Elegy, supposed to be written on the field of
battle, 1818, Svo ; The Law of Meeoy, a poetical essay on the punishment
of death, with illustrative notes, 1819, 8vo (both poems were anonymous).
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Born at Lisburn, Co. Antrim, in 1783, of Quaker parentage. He was
educated in England, and graduated M.D. at Edinburgh in 1809. Died
at Lisburn on April 6, 1849, aged 66. Wrote several works on the
Friends, and medical books.
HAND, JOHN. — CoNTARiNi Fleming, a psychological satire, London, 1879,
8vo ; O'CoNNBLL, an ode, written expressly for the centenary of his birth-
day, August 6, 1875, Liverpool, 1875, 8vo; Don Tug, and other poems
(anonymously — reprinted from the Porcwpine, Liverpool), Liverpool,
1879, 8vo; English Philistines and their Allies, a political satire, with
preface and notes (anonymously), London, 1887, 8vo.
Longmans, the publishers of Disraeli's works, objected to the first book
named above, and it was withdrawn. For Denvir's " Irish Penny
Library," he wrote biographies of Emmet and Sarsfield, compiled some
collections of verse and contributed poems to other pamphlets of the
series. He was born at Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, in 1845, being
the son of a farmer, and was educated at national and private schook
there: "Went to Liverpool when 21 years old, and became connected with
the Press, but had previously written prose and poetry for Dundalk
Democrat, etc. To the 'Nation, Weehly News, and. other Dublin journals,
he contributed a large number of poems. For some years he was a
member of the stafE of the Porcwpine, a. Liverpool satirical paper, and
was an occasional contributor to Liverpool Daily and Weekly Post, both
in prose and verse. He was one of the Catholic members of the Liver-
pool School Board. He is represented in T. D. Sullivan's " Emerald
Gems," Dublin, 1885, 8vo. He died April, 1903.
HANOCOCE, WILLIAM (Viscount Castlemaine) . — According to Sir Jonah
Barrington, he wrote songs against the .Union at first, but afterwards
wrote others in its favour. Born August 28, 1761, and died January 7,
1839. Was created a peer in 1812. He was M.P. for Athlone in the Irish
Parliament, and was subsequently given a, peerage, becoming Lord Castle-
maine.
HANNAY, REV. ROBERT, D.D. — A contributor of many poems to Dublin
University Magazine, Irish Metropolitan Magazine (1857-1858), Tribune,
Celt, College Magazine, and other Dublin periodicals, over his full name
and an occasional nom-de-guerre. B.A., T.O.D., 1857; M.A., 1870; B.D.
and D.D., 1871. Was Vicar of Belfast for some years before his death,
which occurred on May 20, 1894, at Dundrum, Co. Dublin. His son is
the well-known writer, the Rev. James Hannay (" George Bermingham.")
HANNIGAN, DENIS FRANCIS.— Born at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 1855.
Educated at St. John's College School, Waterford, and Queen's College,
Cork, and called to the Irish Bar. Is a graduate of the Queen's, now
Royal University. Wrote a good many poems for Waterford Citizen,
Waterford Chronicle, Cork Weekly Herald, Illustrated Monitor, Dublin
(1877-78), etc. Also stories, short and long, for Monitor, Shamrock, Irish
Fireside, and Weekly Freeman, and essays to Westminster Review, etc.
Was for a time sub-editor of Dublin Evening Telegraph, and on the staff
of Dublin Evening Mail. Some years ago he translated the novels of
Gustavo Flaubert for an English publishing house. Soon after, he went
to America.
HANRAHAN, P. R.— E'ohobs op the Past, poems, 1882.
Author of "Eva, or the Buried City of Bannow." Of Farnogue, Co.
Wexford, sometime director of an educational academy. He died at
Somerton Cottage, Wexford, on April 5, 1893, aged 78, and is buried in
Carrig churchyard, beside the " Buried City of Bannow."
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HANSON, KEY. SAMUEL. — Author of various poems, some of which are
included in his " Presbyteriana," Dublin, 1887. Ordained in 1854. Was
minister at Kingstown, and died there in 1890.
HARCOURT, FREDERICK C. Y. — Shamrock Leaves, a colleotiou of political
and other poems, second edition (published by the author), London,
1888, 8vo. With portrait.
Author of various Irish plays which have been given at minor theatres,
and was a journalist and political lecturer.
HARDING, EDWARD. — Sonnets and Other Poems, London, 1894, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1849.
Wrote admirable verses for The Month and Irish Monthly. Married
the daughter of the late J. F. Maguire, M.P., in 1882, and has lived in
Cork, where he is a merchant and J. P. (of the county) since 1855. He
was a noted amateur athlete, and won various prizes in 1871-72 for his
athletic feats.
HARDY, PHILIP DIXON. — Wellington, a. poem in three cantos, "with notes,
1814, 4to ; Bertha, a tale of Erin, in six cantos, second edition, Dublin,
1824, 12mo; The Pleasures op Piety, a poem, second edition, Dublin,
1827, 12mo, London, 1831 ; another edition. The Pleasures or Religion,
and other poems, Dublin and London, new edition, 1869, S2mo.
Born in or about 1794. He was a bookseller for many years, issuing
some of his own books. He edited a collection of Irish stories in 1837 from
Dublin Penny Journal, of which he had been editor, as well as
the 'National Magazine, The Friend of Ireland, etc. Edited ' A
Wreath from tha Emerald Isle," Dublin, 1826, 12mo, also "The Harp of
Zion, a collection of hymns, selected and original, to which ar^ added
Hymns and Sacred Melodies, mostly adapted to popular airs, for social
singing," Dublin, 1831, 18mo. Died at Frankfort Place, Eathmines, on
January 1, 1875, aged 81. He was a small man in stature. One of his
books is on "The Holy Wells of Ireland." He was not-ed for his
evangelical zeal.
HARKIN, ALEXANDER, M.D.— Son of Hugh Harkin {q.v.), and born at BaDy-
money, Co. Antrim, February 6, 1818. Educated at Belfast. 'From
1840 he was. member of E.C.S., England, and since 1882 Fellow of same.
President of Medical Society of Ulster. Graduated M,D. at King's
College, Aberdeen, in 1859. Author of some medical works, and of some
poems in Chambers' Journal, Irish Monthly, etc. His monody on Dr.
Dorrian, R.C., Bishop of Down, appeared in the Irish Monthly for April,
1886. A poem of his is to be found in Belfast Newsletter, February,
1849, and another in Chambers' Journal, April 13, 1850. He died about
1895.
HARKIN, HUGH. — Monody on the Death op the late John Young, LL.D.,
first professor of moral philosophy in the Belfast Royal Academical
Institution, Belfast, 1832, 8vo; Monody on the Death of a Gentleman
IN Coleraine; Epithalamium, on the marriage of Miss Tennant, of Bel-
fast, to Mr. James Emerson (all three anonymously) ; No 1 op PRdPOSED
Series op Religious Poems (over name of " Henry Picken "), Coleraine,
1847, 8vo; Sacred Songs fob the People, adapted to popular airs, and
Occasional Meditations, in strict conformity with the teachings of the
Church, York, 1849.
The first three publications, and the one signed " Henry Picken," were
written by Harkin for the benefit of a poor old blind man of that name in
Belfast, who sold them as his own by Harkin's consent. That explains
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why so strict a Catholic as the poet wrote so appreciatively of Dr. Young,
a Presbyterian. He was born at Magilligan, Co. Derry, on July 6, 1791,
and became a teacher and a journalist. Wrote verse and prose for Belfast
Vindicator (edited by Gavan Duffy), and also for Dublin Penny Journal,
generally sketches of Irish life. H^ was an accountant in the Vindicator
office for sometime, and then professor at the diocesan seminary of
Down and Connor. He wrote a good number of poems in Nation anony-
mously, and over the letter " H," and resided in Edinburgh and Leeds for
some years between 1840-50. Hs was original editor of the Lamp, a
Catholic periodical, and edited the Bulletin of York, also u Catholic
paper, in 1852-3, and wrote a serial story and some poems for it. May
have been " Heber " of that periodical. He also wrote a novel, entitled
" Quarter-clift," which appeared in parts in Belfast about 1840. An
arithmetical work by one of his name was also published (1861). He
died in Donegall Square, Belfast, on January 2, 1854, greatly regretted
by the Belfast Catholics, whom he had well served by voice and pen. He
was one of the strongest supporters of O'Connell, and did a great deal
for the cause of Catholic Emancipation and Repeal, and was considered
one of the best Irish orators of his time, some writers comparing him to
Burke and Grattan. In Patrick O'Kelly's "Hippocrene " (1831), there are
several poems addressed to him by Harkin, from Coleraine, and in one
of them he complains of Michael McCarthy's plagiarism from O'Kelly (a
notorious plagiarist). It is said that the famous " Doneraile Litany "
was suggested, if not partly written, by Harkin. The latter's signature
in Belfast Vindicator was " Unexva."
" HARMONICA." — A collection with this title was published in Cork, in 1818,
by John Bolster, of Patrick Street. It contains many hundred poems by
English, Irish and Scotch authors, and some not easily accessible else-
where.
HARNETT, PENELOPE MARY. — A frequent contributor to the Nation,
Weekly News, and other Irish papers of a few years ago. Lived at New-
castle West, Co. Limerick. She wrote over her initials as n rule. Is
included in "Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885.
"HARP OF ULSTER."— A work bearing this title was published in Belfast
in 1829, 8vo.
HARPER, EDWARD. — ^England's Fight for Fheedom; Thoughts in Veese
ON VAMOua Subjects, Sacbed, National, and Miscellaneous ; The Story
OP Troy; Orange and Patriotic Lyrics.
I do not know the dates of these effusions. The author was born in
Cork, and died in Belfast in September, 1902, in his 75th year. There are
eleven pieces by him in Johnston's " Boyne Book of Poetry and Song,"
Downpatrick, 1859. Wrote several anti-Catholic works, and was grand-
master of an Orange lodge somewhere in England.
HARRIGAN, EDWARD.— Born in New York in 1845, of Irish parents. Was
at first a variety entertainer on the music-halls, but subsequently became
a manager of theatres and producer of plays. At least fifty of these he
wrote himself. Some of his songs, like " The March of the Mulligan
Guards," were very popular. He died in June, 1911.
HARRIS, THOMAS.— There are a dozen pieces by this writer in "Dublin
Acrostics," 1866 (-second edition, 1869) He was born on June 15, 1810;
graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1831; called to the Irish Bar in 1834; became a
Q.C. in 1858, and died November 1, 1877.
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HARRISON, S. FRANCES.— Pine, Rose andI Fleur de Lys, — , 1890.
Born in Toronto, Canada, of Irish parentage, and in 1879 married Mr.
J. W. F. Harrison, an English professor of music. She has written a
good deal for the Canadian Press, over the signature of " Seranus," has
compiled an anthology of Canadian poetry, and has published a collec-
tion of short stories. She is represented in E. C. Stedman's " Victorian
Anthology," 1896.
HART, HENRY CHICHESTER.— This well-known botanist, a son of the late
Sir Andrew Searle Hart, while a student at T.C.D., contributed verse to
Kottabos. He was a landlord in Co. Donegal. B.A., T.C.D., 1870. Died
early in 1909.
HART, HUGH STEPHEN.— Born at CoUooney, Co. Sligo, on September 1,
180U. Was a well-known athlete and sporting editor. Author of many
sporting poems and parodies in Irish Cyclist and Athlete, Irish Athletic
anil Cyding Keas, Sport (Dublin), Irish Siportsraan, Dublin Daily Ex-
press (1880-1882). Wrote songs for the pantomimes at Queen's Theatre
(Belfast?), 1886-7-8. Went to America in latter year, and edited a paper
there. Died about 1900.
HARTE, LAURENCE.— Born in Clonroche, Co. Wexford, December 21, 1863.
Is a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary. Has written verse in
several Irish papers, and two of his pieces are in W. J. Paul's " Modern
Irish Poets," vol. 2.
HARTSON, HALL. — The Countess of Salisbuky, a tragedy in five acts and
m verse, London (second edition), 1767, 8vo; Youth, a poem, London,
, 1773, 4to ; another edition, Dublin, 1773, 12mo.
Born in Dublin about 1739; Sch. T.C.D., 1756; B.A., 1758, and died in
March, 1773. There is a poem by him among Samuel Whyte's " Poems,"
and he was probably a pupil of Whyte.
HARTSTONGE, MATTHEW WELD.— Marion oe Drymnagh, a tale of Erin,
in two cantos, London, 1814, 8vo (MS. notes in British Museum copv);
Ode to Desolation, with some other poems, and notes, London, 1815,
12mo ; Minstrelsy of Erin, or poems lyrical, pastoral, and descriptive,
Edinburgh, 1812 ; another edition, 1816, 16mo.
His real name was Matthew Weld, and under that name he is in Todd's
list of Dublin graduates as B.A., T.C.D., 1799, and published a pamphlet,
" No Union, an appeal to Irishmen," third edition, Dublin, 1798. Wrote
an Irish novel, entitled " The Eve of All Hallows " (1825). Corresponded
with Sir Walter Scott, and was living in 1834 — see life of latter by Lock-
hart, and D. J. O'Donoghue's " Sir Walter Scott in Ireland," 1905.
HASKINS, JAMES, M.B.— The Poetical AVohks of J. H. . . Edited by
Henry Baldwin, M.A., Osgoode Hall, Upper Canada, barrister-at-law,
Hartford (Conn. ?), 1848.
Son of an army clothier in Dublin, and born there in 1805. Educated at
T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1824, and M.B., 1833. His father failed
in business, and for some years the poet had to support himself by acting
as a tutor. In 1834 he emigrated to Canada with his sister, and com-
menced practice as a physician in Belleville, and thence removed to
Frankfort, where he died in 1845.
HASKINS, JOHN.— The Battle op Waterloo, a poem, London, 1816, 8vo.
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HASSARD, FRANCIS CHARLES.— My First Ring, etc., poems, Dublin,
1871, 8vo.
There are several Francis Hassards in Todd's list ofi Dublin University
graduates, and above writer was doubtless one of them.
HASTINGS, LADY FLORA.— Poems by Lady Floea Hastings, edited by her
sister. Edinburgh, 1841, 8vo.
Her full name was Flora Elizabeth Rawdon Hastings, and she was the
daughter of Lord Moira, afterwards Marquis of Hastings. Born in Soot-
land in 1806, and died on July 5, 1839, the victim of a disgraceful
charge. John Fisher Murray wrote a scathing satire on the Court
gossipers, who were the principal cause of her death.
HASTINGS, THOMAS. — A constant contributor of stories, poems and sonnets
for years to United Ireland and Shamrock. For the latter he began to
write about 1874. Lived in London in later years.
HATHORNETHWAITE, REY. THOMAS, LL.D.— D. M. Atjsonii . . ex
Bphemekide Oeatio, etc., a Latin prayer translated by T. H., 1848, 12mo;
PoEMATA Latina Duo, ETC. — (poems on the Shipwreck of the " Rothesay
Castle," and on the Destruction of Jericho, which won the Vice-Chan-
cellor's prize at T.C.D., 1832) — London, 1848, 12mo ; Lancasiek, a retro-
spect, and The Seasons, a translation from the Greek, London and
Lancaster, 1872, 8vo.
Sch. T.O.D., 1833; B.A., 1835; LL.B. and LL.D., 1861. His name is
given as Hawthornthwaite in Todd's list.
HATTEN, WILLIAM. — Obiginal Collection oe Miscellaneous Pieces in
Pbose and Vekse, Belfast, 1836.
HAVARD, WILLIAM. — Scandebseg, a tragedy in verse, 1733, 8vo ; King
Charles the Pibst, a tragedy in verse, 8vo; E.EGTrLus, a tragedy in
verse, 1744, 8vo ; The Elopement, a farce, 1763, not printed.
Born in Dublin, probably in July, 1710, being the sonj of a vintner. He
was apprenticed to a surgeon, but was so infatuated with the stage that
he gave up his profession and became an actor, and was very successful
in that capacity. As a dramatist he was also popular, his " King
Charles " holding its own with most of the tragedies of the period. He
wrote " A Coronation Ode," which will be found in London Magazine,
1761, p. 214. He died, universally regretted, on February 20, 1778, in
Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, and was buried in St. Paul's Church
of same parish, and his epitaph was written by Garrick.
HAWE, JOSEPH. — Insula Saoka, or Garlands fbom Celtic Bowers, Dublin,
1859, 8vo.
HAWKE, HON. ARABELLA ELIZA C— Babylon, and Otheib Poems, Lon-
don, 1811, 8vo.
An Irish lady, whose poems are largely Irish. Born in 1787,
HAWEES, WILLIAM. — The Grand Old Man, a random rhyme by a loyal
Irishman, London, 1884, 8vo; fourth edition, Liverpool, 1889, 8vo.
A satire on Mr. Gladstone.
HAWKESWORTH, REY. JOHN.— A Collection of Hymns, etc., Dublin,
1782, oblong, 8vo (edited by him) ; The Poems op J. H., Dublin, 1788,
8vo.
The address of the author is given as Omarfi, Co. Tyrone. Author of
some of the above hymns. According to W. B. 8. Taylor's " History of
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Dublin University," he was a graduate, but Todd's list does not mention
him. In 1787 there is a poem on " Swanlinbar," and other pieces, prob-
ably by him, in Walher's Hibernian Magazine.
HAWKSHAW, REY. BENJAMIN.— Poems upon Sbveral Occasions, Lon-
don, 1693, 8vo.
Born in Dublin about 1670, graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1693; M.A., 1695.
Afterwards graduated at Cambridge, and died in 1738. There was one of
this name who succeeded Dr. Stearne in the incumbency of St. Nicholas
Within. Dublin, in 1704. and who died April, 1724, and was buried in
the church on the following May 1.
HAY, REY. GEORGE. — The Distribtition, a poem, Glasgow, 1785.
An Irish Presbyterian minister, of Donaghcloney. Was studying in
Glasgow at above date.
HAYDEN, JOHN J. — Foam-Bells, rythmical trifles, privately printed, Dub-
lin, 1889, 8vo ; Chequy Sonnets, original and translated, jBalifax, 1898,
8vo.
Also published a novel in 1878. Emigrated some years ago to Van-
couver. He is the son of a well-known physician in Dublin, the late Dr.
Thomas Hayden, and was born in 1869.
HAYES, CON. F. — Ida, a monodrama, in verse, London, 1882, 8vo.
HAYES, DANIEL.— An Epistle to C. Churchill, London, 1761, 4to; The
Works in verse op D.H., London, 1769, 12mo; second edition, with addi-
tions, Limerick, 1785, 12mo.
The address to the satirist, Churchill, is a satire on that author. Hayes
was born in Limerick in or about 1733, and was educated there, and at
T.C.D., where he does not seem to have graduated. He entered the Middle
Temple, London, but whether he studied law is doubtful. He was certainly
a heavy drinker, as Croker, in his " Popular Songs of Ireland," indicates.
He died in Kensington, London, on July 20, 1767, aged 34, and was
buried in the south aisle of St. Mary's Church, Limerick.
HAYES, EDWARD.— The Ballads op Ireland, 2 vols., London, etc., 1855,
12mo (edited by E. H.).
I do not know that Hayes ever wrote poetry, but his work entitles him
to a place here. About 1855, there were several poems in the Nation
signed "E'.H.," and these may very well have been by him. He was an
Irish barrister, and emigrated to Australia. William Kenealy {q.v.)
wrote the introduction to his collection. It is understood that Hayes'
papers relative to the " Ballads," and containing much additional matter,
passed into the hands of the late John Cashel Hoey (q.v.).
HAYES, KATE E.— A Praieib Greeting id the Queen, 1897.
An Irish-Canadian poetess mentioned in Morgan's " Canadian Men and
Women of the Time." She is the daughter of Patrick Hayes, and was born
at Dalhousie, New Brunswick, 1856. Is now librarian of Territorial Legis.
lature, Regina, N.W.T. Was the first writer to publish a work of fiction
in the North-West Territory. Has written much verse and prose in
Canadian Press. She was married in 1882 to a Mr. Simpson, but separ-
ated from him.
HAYES, S.— See O'Grady, Standish Hayes.
HAYES, SAMUEL (?). — ^Eugenia, a tragedy in verse (in conjunction, with
Robert Carr), London, 1706, Svo.
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HAYES, REY. SAMUEL.— The Nativity op Oue Saviour, a poem, 1779 ; The
Ascension, a poem, 1781.
This clergyman died in or about 1795. He graduated B.A. at Cam-
bridge in 1771, and M.A., 1774. Was usher at Westminster School, 1770-
1788. He won the Seatorian prize for poetry in 1775, 1776, 1777, 1783,
1784, and 1785.
HAYMAN, REY. SAMUEL.— Son of Matthew Hayman, of South Abbey,
Youghal, and born there on July 27, 1818. He wrote a great deal
for Dublin University Magazine, including many poems. Among his
articles were — "Fragments from a Dreamer's Note-Book," 1842, etc.;
"Flowers in Sickness," 1852, and articles on the rivers Blackwater and
Lee, in the Series of " Irish Rivers " ; " Spenser's Irish Residences,' ' prefa-
tory article to "Irish Rivers." Among his books are — "About Foot-
steps," in 12 chapters, 1869; " Papers from a Parsonage," Bublin, 1872;
"Looking ITpward, a Country Parson's Rdveries,i" Dublin, 1371;
" Passages from a Commonplace Book," Dublin, 1873, and topographical,
religious, and antiquarian volumes. He was a constant contributor to the
Journal of the Moyal Society of Antiquaries, Ireland. See, for full notice
of his life and writings. The Permoy Monthly Illustrated Journal, Nos. 9
and 10. He may have been " A Country Parson " (q.v.).
HAYNES, JAMES. — Conscience, ob The Bbidal Night, a tragedy in five
acts and in verse, London, 1821, 8vo ; Dueazzo, a tragedy in five acts and
in verse, London, 1823, 8vo; Mart Stuart, an historical tragedy in five
acts and in verse, third edition, London, 1840, 8vo.
The first-named drama was played with great success in Dublin and
London, and ran into several editions. Haynes was a native of Co.
Tipperary, born in 1788, and became a prominent journalist in London.
He was educated at T.C.D., where he graduated, it is said, but his name
is not in Todd's list. In 1807-8 he was auditor of the College Historical
Society. He died at Norwood, near London, on January 24, 1851, aged
63. I have seen his name given as Joseph.
HEAD, RICHARD. — Hic et Ubique, ob The Humoubs of Dublin, a comedy
in five acts and in prose, London, 1663, 4to; Life and Death op Mother
Shipton, etc., 1684, 4to; Nugab Vbnalis, or a Complaisant Companion,
being new jests, domestic and foreign; bulls, rhodomontades, pleasant,
novels and miscellanies, third edition, corrected, with many additions,.
London, 1686, 12mo; Venus' Cabinet Unlockbd, poem, London, no date,
12mo.
An Irishman, and author of " The English Rogtie," a romance, and
other things, both verse and prose. Born about 1637, his father being a
clergyman and a graduate of Oxford. Became a bookseller in London,,
but failed through gambling. Various other works, including " Western
Wonder, or, O Brazile, an enchanted island," London, 1674, 4to^
Drowned while crossing to Isle of Wight, about 1686.
HEALY, CAHIR. — In the Lane of the Thrushes, poems (with Cathal
O'Byrne), Dublin, 1907.
By tAvo young Ulster writers.
HEALY, MAURICE F. — Son of Maurice Healy, M.P., and some of his poems
will be found in " Eyes of Youth, " edited by G. K. Chesterton.
HEALY, MONICA. — Legends op the Saints, or Stoeibs of Faith and Love,
in verse (anonymously), Dublin, 1869, 8vo.
Born in Dublin, and died October 3, 1876. She is buried in the same-
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grave in Glasnevin as her famous brother, the Rev. James Healy, the
wit, in whose " Memoirs," by W. J. Pitzpatrick, there are several refer-
ences to her.
HEARN, REY. JOHN.— Reflections on the Passion of Otjk Divine Lord,
in verse, — .
"Wrote other books. Was born in Waterford about 1804, ordained in
1828, and died in 1847, aged 43.
HEARN, LAFCADIO.— This famous writer on Japan was a poet. Was the
son of Surgeon-Major Charles Bushe Hearn, an Irish army doctor, and a
Greek lady, and was born in the Ionian Islands on June 27, 1850. He
spent some of his early years in Dublin. He died in Japan in 1904. See
George M. Gould's "Concerning Lafcadio Hearn," 1908; Mrs. Bisland's
" Life and Letters of Hearn," 1907, and his " Kokora " for his verse.
HEFPERNAN, MICHAEL J.— Born in MuUinahone, Co. Tipperary, and was
a cousin of C. J. Kickham {q.v.) He was first a National School teacher
in his native county, and afterwards went to America, where he fought
in the Civil War. He has been on the staff of several New York dailies,
and wrote a good deal of verse for the Irish-American Press. For a time
he was editor of New York Irish People. His knowledge of Gaelic enabled
him to make racy translations from that tongue for The Emerald, New
York. He wrote poems in the Dublin Nation, etc., over the signature
of " Romeo," etc. He died in the summer of 1885. He is represented in
Dennis O'Sullivan's " Songs and Ballads of the Emerald Isle," New York,
1880. He was " M. H. " and "Romeo" of Limerick and Tipperary
Examiner, 1860, etc., and also probably " H. (Clogheen)," and "Jose-
phine," and "Eileen (MuUinahone)."
HEINRICK, HUGH.— Author of a good deal of verse between 1860-77 to the
Nation, United Irishman (of Liverpool), etc., etc., sometimes over the
signature of " Hugh McErin." He was born in Co. Wexford, in 1831,
and was connected with the Liverpool Irish Catholic Press for some years.
Died on October 8, 1877, in London. He was originally a schoolmaster,
and settled in Birmingham as such, afterwards going to Liverpool to edit
a paper (the United Irishman), and eventually returning to Birmingham
to carry on a school of his own.
HEMPHILL, REY. RICHARD. — God in His Works, or Redemption in
Creation, with interesting remarks on the imagery of the Bible, and an
appendix of poetical selections, second edition, revised and enlarged,
Dublin, 1860, 8vo ; Fragments, Theological, Political, Critical, etc.,
edited by his son, Dublin, 1888, 8vo.
About a score of poems in the latter volume. He was the brother of the
Wm. D. Hemphill, M.D., who published " The Abbeys, Castles and Scenery
of Clonmel and the Surrounding Country," illustrated.
HENDERSON, J. K. (Jun.). — Fragments, poems. Trim, 1857; second edition,
1860.
HENDERSON, JAMES.— Lays of the North, Belfast, 1879, 8vo.
Born about 1850, at Edrim Glebe, near Donegal, being the son of
Andrew Henderson. Has been for many years a jeweller and general
merchant in the town of Donegal. His poems have appeared in Derry
Journal, Derry Sentinel, Donegal Independent, Belfast Weekly News, etc.
HENDERSON, JAMES.— A poet of this name, residing at Hillsborough, Co.
Down, contributed numerous poems, signed by his initia's, to Walker's
Hibernian Magazine, from 1779 onwards.
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HENDERSON, JAMES SAMUEL.— Anastasia, and other poems, Dublin, — .
This volume was puhlished some years ago, but I have never seen a
copy, and do not know date. The author is a journalist in Dublin, and
was a member of the now defunct Pan-Celtic Society of Dublin. Con-
tributed poems to Weekly Irish Times.
HENDERSON, JOHN.— Letters and Poems by the late Mr. J. H., with
anecdotes of his life, by John Ireland, London, 1786, 8vo.
This was the distinguished actor of the eighteenth century, who was born
in London, of partly Irish parentage, in March, 1747. He was considered
one of the principal tragedians of his time, sufficiently great to make
Garrick jealous. He was also a clever painter. It was he who made
Cowper's " John Gilpin " popular by reciting it. He died in Bucking-
ham Street, Adelphi, on November 25, 1785, and was buried in West-
minster Abbey.
HENDERSON, JOHN.— Poems, etc., with a sketch of his character, 1795,
12mo.
He was the son of Richard Henderson, of Ballygarvan, near Limerick,
and was bom about 1757. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford, and
matriculated on April 5, 1781, at the age of 24, graduating B.A., 1786.
He was a very eccentric, but learned man, specially remarkable as a,
linguist. A portrait and memoir of him appeared in The European
Magazine for 1792. His death occurred at Oxford on Xovember 2, 1788.
He was acquainted with Dr. Johnson.
HENLEY, THEODORE C— A frequent contributor to Weekly Freeman and
United Ireland some years ago, and to Sinn Fein and other papers more
recently. He is a journalist in Dublin. He was formerly a member of the
Freeman staff.
HENNESSY, WILLIAM CHARLES.— Ye Kingstown Ballade by ye Kings-
town Bakde, 1870 ( ?), 16mo (probably by Hennessy) ; Varsity Vebsicles
(published over initials of " W. H."), Dublin, 1879; Ireland's Botch and
Scotch Rulers, a satire (published over the signature of " Mr. Ellem "),
in imitation of " Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," Dublin,
1886 (?) ; Thk Seceders, a series of squibs (printed at Naas), Dublin, 1894,
8vo.
A Kerry man, and son of the late William M. Hennessy, M.R.I. A., the
eminent Irish scholar. Born in or about 1860, and educated by the Jesuits
at Belvidere College. Called to the Irish Bar, and wrote for Nation over
signature of " Seehaitch," to United Ireland over that of " Truthful
James," and to a Dublin journal called Froth, over those of " Charles
Herbert," " Charles Hennessy," etc. Wrote two pantomimes for Gaiety
Theatre, Dublin— " Robinson Crusoe " and "Cinderella" (1888-9)— and
has produced a comedy in one act, entitled " Dora's Dowry," which was
played by th© "Caste" Company in the provinces. Wrote much for
Dublin Evening Kerald, andl about 1892 was preparing a new volume of
his " Varsity Versicles." He died at Whitworth Hospital, Dublin, in
June, 1898. One of his best-known pieces was "On an Outside Car."
" HENRICUS." — Miscellaneous Poetic Works op H., Dublin, 1806, 12mo.
There are disparaging references to the author of above in the notes to
Carmichael's " Law Scrutiny, or Attornie's Guide," 1807, pp. 105-110.
He was either a Sheriff named Mr. P. — — or a Mr. G e — ^it is difficult
to say which. He was apparently a lawyer. Various extracts from his
poems are printed in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, December, 1806, and
there are other pieces by him in it for May of that year, and in March,
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August and October, 1804, and in April, 1805, sometimes addressed from
Stafford Street. His volume was dedicated to James Edward Davis, who
took twenty copies.
" HENRIETTA."— See Miss H. Netheroott.
HENRY, ALEXANDER.— The Wood-Elves, a poem, Dublin, 1820, 8vo.
Presumably the same person that wrote many poem§^ for Duhlin
Magazine, 1830. He was also the author of " Rolando, a romance," 2
volumes, London, 1821, 12mo. He was born at Loughbrickland, Co. Down,
in 1783, and died at Harrogate on October 4, 1882. I am assuming that he
was the Alexander Henry who was an eminent woollen and cotton mer-
chant, and M.P. for South Lancashire.
HENRY, DANIEL (?).— Ukdek a Fool's Cap, songs, London, 1884, 8vo.
HENRY, BARON EDOUARD.— Robert EiBMET, otr l'Ielande en 1803, verse,
Paris, 1830, 8vo.
HENRY, REY. J. — Horace's Art op Pobiet, translated into verse, Belfast,
1864 ; Horace's Wish, a translation in English verse of the 6th satire of
the 2nd Book, Belfast, 1894, 8vo.
HENRY, JAMES, M.D.— Miscellanies, Dublin, 1840; The .(Bneis, Books
1, 2, rendered into English blank iambic by J. H., Dublin, 1845, 8vo;
The Unhipe Windfalls, in prose and verse, Dublin, 1851, 8vo; Mt Book,
verse, Dresden, 1853, 8vo; Hale-and-Half, a poem, etc., 1853, 8vo; A
Half- Year's Poems, Dresden, 1854, 8vo; My Book, Dresden, v.y. ; Poems,
chiefly philosophical, in continuation of " My Book," and " A Half-Year's
Poems," 2 parts, Dresden, 1856, 8vo; Thalia Petasata, or A Foot-
JouRNEY FROM Caelsruhe TO Bassano, verse, Dresden, 1859; Menippea,
Dresden. 1866; Thalia Petasata itbrum, or A Foot- Journey from
Dresden to Venice, described on the way, in verse, Dresden, 1877;
Leipzig, 1887, 8vo.
One of the most remarkable of Virgil's commentators. Born in Dublin
on December 13, 1798; Sch. T.O.D., 1817; B.A., 1819; M.A. and M.B.,
1822; M.D., 1832. Having received a legacy, he retired from his profes-
sion, in which he had been very successful, in 1845, and wandered all over
the Continent with his wife and daughter, making researches concerning
Virgil. He published various works of merit, and is praised and quoted
by all editors of Virgil for his splendid commentary on the Latin poet.
He died at Dalkey, near Dublin, on July 14, 1876.
HENRY, RAYMOND YARD.- Shades of Reason— Features of Modern
Society, and other Poems, Belfast, 1857 ; Belfast, 1860.
The above volume went through three editions, and it would appear,
from a notice m Ulster Magazine of about above date, that the author
signed himself " Raymond Heudro " at first. The 1860 edition is entitled
" Features of Modern Society, and other Poems," and states that he was
born on the banks of the Bush River, Co. Antrim.
HENRY, THOMAS. — Author of a couple of volumes of verse, I believe, and
was a printer in Belfast. He also wrote a work having reference to a
cause celehre, entitled " Yelverton, or the Double Marriage." In Finlay
and Anderson's collection of Burns' Centenary Poems, there is one by him
which won first Irish Prize. There is a poem by him in " The Boyne Book
of Poetry and Song," 1859.
HENRY, W. M. (?). — The Corsair's Bridal, Scio, and other poems, London,
1841, 12mo.
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HEPBURN, DAVID. — Lays and Legends of the Nohth of Ihelaxd (by
" Carrick-a-Leaghan " and " Slievegallion "), in conjunction with Diigald
MacFadyeu (2.1;.), London, 1884 (?).
Born on October 14, 1857, at Drumard, near Draperstown, Co. Derry,
of a family long settled there. Was educated at the local National School,
and has been successively a farm-hand, a navvy on American rail-roads,
and a draper's assistant in Belfast, Glasgow, and London. Since 1882
he has resided in the latter city. He married in 1886. Hepburn is in-
cluded in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets," but the
poem ascribed to him then was by MacFadyen. There was a Duncan D.
Hepburn, who published in London and Edinburgh a volume entitled
" Stray Rhymes " (1886), and his itom de guerre is given on the title-page
as " Emerald Isle," but he seems to have been a Scotchman.
HERBERT, JAMES D. — Ibish Vahieties for the last Fifty Years, London,
1836, 12mo.
This work, made up of sketches and reminiscences, is chiefly in prose,
but there is some verse of his in it. The author was an Irish painter and
actor, and was implicated in the '98 rebellion, soon after which he changed
his name of Dowling to Herbert. He is mentioned under the former name
in Croker's "Familiar Epistles to Frederick Jones." He is the artist
referred to by R. R. Madden in his " United Irishmen," who painted a
picture of the capture of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. He was born in
Dublin, studied under the painter, Hone, and practised in Dublin,
Bath, and Cork. He eventually went to Jersey, and died there in 1837.
"\V. J. Lawrence has discovered that a. short notice of him in ITnlker'-'i
Hibernian Magazine, February, 1799, was written by Tom Moore, who
knew him well, and whose portrait he painted in 1801.
HERBERT, JANE EMILY. — Poetical Recollections of Irish History,
verse, Dublin, 1842, 16mo ; The Bride of Imael, or Irish Love and Saxon
Beauty, a poem of the time of Richard II., Dublin, 1847, 8vo (another
copy, with date of 1853, in British Jluseum) ;. Ione's Dream, and other
poems, London and Dublin, 1853, 12mo.
There was also published posthumously, in 1886, a " Short History
of Ireland," by her, with preface by " W. P. 0." {i.e., Right Rev. W. P.
Walsh, Protestant Bishop of Ossory). She was the sister of George
Herbert, the Dublin publisher, and died about 1886. She is represented
in Hercules Ellis's " Songs of Ireland," and Lover's " Poems of Ireland."
HERBERT, MARY E. — The Moliav Harp, or Miscellaneous Poems (in
conjunction with following writer), Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1857, 8vo ;
Flowers by the Wayside, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1865.
She also wrote some stories, and was sister of the ensuing. Was born
in Ireland, I believe.
HERBERT, SARAH. — The JEolian Harp, or Miscellaneous Poems (by her
and preceding writer), Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1857, 8vo.
Born in Ireland in October, 1824, and died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in
1844 (?). Her first pieces appeared in the Morning MeiaJd (Nova Scotia)
and yoca Scotian, and she contributed to others also. She edited for a
time the Halifax Olive Branch, and was the authoress of a temperance
tale.
HERBISON, DAYID. — The Fate of McQuillan, and O'Neill's Daughter,
with other poems, songs, and notes, Belfast, 1841, 12mo ; Midnight
Musings, or Thoughts from the Loom, Belfast, 1848, 12mo ; Woodland
Wanderings, Belfast, 1858. 12mo ; The Snow Wreath, poems, Belfast,
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1869, 12mo ; The Children of the Year, poems, Belfast, 1876, 12mo ; The
Select AVorks or B. H., with life of the author, by the Rev. David
McMeeking, Belfast, 1883, 8vo.
AVell-known in the North of Ireland as " The Bard of Dunolug." Ho
was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, on October 14, 1800, his father being
an inn-keeper. When only three years old he lost his sight, but after-
wards regained the use of one eye, and when fourteen years old was put
to linen-weaving. His father died in April, 1827, and he and his elder
brother went to Canada. On the voyage the vessel he sailed in was ship-
wrecked, but he and his brother were saved, and he went to Quebec. The
Canadian climate being unsuitable for him, he returned to Ireland in
1830, and settled down as a weaver near Ballymena. He wrote largely for
Ulster papers, especially Northern Whig, Banner of Ulster, Coleraine
Chronicle, Lame Journal, Ballymena Observer, Temperance Journal,
Belfast Guardian, L'hter Conservative, etc., and one or two of his poems
appeared in Duhlin Penny Journal in 1833. He died at Dunclug, near
Ballymena. on May 26, 1880, and was buried in the iiew_ cemetery of
latter place, where a monument, raised by public subscription to his
memory, was erected. He is in Connolly's collection of Irish poetry and
in Ellis's " Songs of Ireland," and several of his poems, with a short notice
of his career, will be found in " Souvenir of Modern Minstrelsy," pub-
lished by Triibner, of London, in 1862.
HERON, MRS. HUBERT. — The Bal.4.nce of Pain, a collection of poems, Lon-
don, 1877.
Daughter of Sir William Manning, the Irish-Australian judge, and
wrote over signature of "Australia." See Sladen's "Australian Poets."
HERON, ROBERT MATTHEWS. — Palestina, a metrical romance, London,
1846, 8vo.
Born in Ireland in 1823, and educated at T.C.D. Called to the Bar at
the Middle Temple in 1846, and has written various legal and other works.
He added the surname of Fermor to his own in after life.
HERON, REY. WILLIAM. — The I'lster Synod, a satirical poem (anony-
mous), Belfast, 1817.
Was most probably author of this poem, which is quoted in Witherow's
" Memorials of Presbyteriauism," volume 2. Was of Ballyclare, Co.
Antrim.
HEWITT, HENRY MARMADUKE.— A contributor to Kotiahos, and a
student of T.C.D. , but does not appear to have graduated. Has written
several philological works.
" HIBERNICUS."— Friendship, and other poems, London, 1859, 12mo ; The
Island of Saints, a satire, with other lines for pastime, London, 1873,
8vo.
These <!wo works are possibly by different writers.
HICKEY, EMILY HENRIETTA.— The Sculptor, and other poetns,
London, 1881, 8vo ; Verse-Translations, and other poems, London, 1891,
4to; Michael Villiers, Idealist, and other poems, London, 1891, Svo;
Poems, London, 1895, Svo; Ancilla Domini, thoughts in verse on the Life
of B.V. Mary, London, 1898, 16mo.
Also edited Browning's " Strafford," with notes, in 1884, and wrote
the preface to her friend, Roden Noel's " Livingstone in Africa," 1895.
She is the daughter of the Rev. J. S. Hickey, of Goresbridge, Co. Kil-
kenny, and granddaughter of Rev. William Hickey (q.v.), who was better
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known as " Martin Doyle." She was born at Macmine Castle, near Ennis-
oorthy, Co. Wexford, and has contributed to Cornhill (where her first
published poem appeared), Longman's, Macmillan' s, Chambers' Journal,
Athenceum, Irish Monthly, Academy, Leisure Hour, Atalanta, GoodWords,
etc. She has lived in England for nearly forty years, and has lectured
on English literature. Portrait of her in Xmas number of Queen, 1891,
and articles on her in Irish Monthly for February, 1892, and also a few
years ago after she had become a Catholic.
HICKEY, MICHAEL JOSEPH.— Born in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, February
14, 1827. Went to Canada, and entered the journalistic ranks there,
editing several papers. He contributed descriptive essays to Blackwood's
Magazine, and his poems appeared in the Canadian journals and maga-
zines. He was drowned at Toronto, November 24, 1864. His literary
remains were to have been collected and published, but seem to have been
neglected. See Morgan's " Bibliotheca Canadensis."
HICKEY, KEY. MICHAEL PATRICK.— A contributor of verse to Nation,
Munster Express, Waterford News, Nationalist (Clonmel), Glasgow
Observer, etc., over signatures of " M. P. H.,"' " Viator," " L. K. Y.,"
or "An Irish Priest." Has written numerous essays, and delivered
lectures on Irish subjects, possessing an intimate acquaintance with Irish
and Anglo-Irish literature. He wrote a few Gaelic poems for Gaelic
Journal over signature of " Seamrog." Born at Carrickbeg, Co.
Waterford, on March 12, 1861 ; educated at St. John's College
for the priesthood, and ordained June IS, 1884. Was sent soon after to
Scotland, where he had charge for some years of St. Patrick's, Birnie-
knowe, Ayrshire. He held the position of Professor of Irish at Maynooth
College for some years. Six poems by him are in " Songs for Campaigners "
(edited by J. F. Meagher). Dublin, 1889, 4to. In the Waterford News,
some years ago, he published the poems of John Walsh ((g.i).), Thomas W.
Condon (q.v.), and other Waterford poets. He took a prominent part
in the work of the Gaelic League for some years, and wrote several pam-
phlets in furtherance of its aims. He added the "O" to his name in
later years.
HICKEY, THOMAS E.— Poetic Triples.
Highly praised in Chambers' Journal andl other publications, I under-
stand, but I do not know the date.
HICKEY, WILLIAM (?). — The Demon oe Peemagudi, an Indian Legend
(verse?), Madras, 1856, 8vo; The Virgin Widow, a poem, London, 1857,
12mo.
A missionary in India.
HICKEY, KEY. WILLIAM.— Well-known as " Martin Doyle," over which
name he wrote some popular agricultural works, and I believe he also
wrote prose and verse for Dublin Penny Journal, and other periodicals
of about seventy years ago. Presumably he was the M. Doyle who wrote
stories for the journal just mentioned. Some poems by him will be found
in his works. He was born in Cork, about 1787, and died on October 24,
1875.
HICKIE, DANIEL B. — Poems of the Amatory and Legendary Kind, Dublin,
1814, 12mo.
Probably a native of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Author of one or two
works, and editor of many classical books. He translated Virgil, and
contributed various English and Latin poems to the almanacks of his day.
Various poems bv him signed " Clonmeliensis," " Tipperariensis," and
" HicccEUs," are in Watty Cox's Magazine (1808-15).
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HICKIE, JOHN.— Pabnassian Weeds, or Trifles in Verse, Newry, 1815,
12mo.
A sergeant in the 61st Foot.
HICKSON, JAMES.— Probably of Liverpool. Is mentioned by Jonatban
Flanagan in a volume of poems (q.v.) as author of one or two collections
of verse.
HIFPERNAN, PAUL, M.B.— The Lady's Choice, dramatic piece, 1759, 8vo;
The Wishes of a F»be People, dramatic poem, 1761, Svo; The New
Hippocrates, farce, 1761, not published ; The Eaul of Warwick, tragedy,
1764, Svo; National Prejudice, a comedy, 1768, not published; The
Philosophic Whim, or. Astronomy a Farce, 1774, 4to ; Dramatic Genius,
in five hooks, London, 1770, 4to : second edition, London, 1772, Svo ; Mis-
cellanies IN Prose and Verse, London, 1760, 4to ; The Self-Enamoured,
OR, The Ladies' Doctor, comedy, prose and verse, Dublin, 1750, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1719, and educated there. Took his bachelor's
degree in France. Became a iournalist, and edited in Dublin The
Tickler, a paper in opposition to Dr. Lucas, the patriot. AVrote -i great
deal, and led a discreditable kind of life, according to various authorities.
Died in June, 1777. See European Magazine, volume 25, pp. 110, 179,
etc., for curious anecdotes, and Madden's " Irish Periodical Literature "
for a notice of him. Mr. W. .1. Lawrence, the well-known authority on all
matters appertaining to the drama (especially of Ireland), calls my atten- .
tion to a letter from West Digges to J. M. French, which seems to indicate
that Hiffernan was the scribe sent in 1753 by Peg Woffington to London
to "boom" her in advance. See under " H, P."
HIGGINS, KEY. EUGENE. — Verses by a Maynooth Student, Dublin,
1885 (?).
Born about 1860, and became a priest in the diocese of Ardagh, but
left the Church, I believe, later.
HIGGINS, PATRICK J., M.D.— A contributor of verse to Boston Pilot,
Catholic World (New York), etc.
HIGGINS, PATRICK PHILIP.— Born in Ennis, Co. Clare, on February 7,
1829. Came to Dublin when thirteen years of age, and entered a solicitor's
office. While a law clerk he wrote several poems, one of his pieces appear-
ing in the Nation when he was eighteen. In 1849 he went to F.S.A.,
married in 1854, and settled in Salem (Mass.). In Boston Weekly
Bouquet for September 13, 1900, there is an account of him, with selec-
tions from his poems. He wrote several plays, and some of his songs have
been set to music.
HIGGINS, WILLIAM. — Judith, an oratorio, or sacred drama (by W
H , Esq.), in three acts and in verse, London, 1733, 8vo ; The Pro-
jector, a comedy, 1737, 8vo (also subscribed " W. H.").
Presumably the two pieces mentioned were by the safiie hand.
HIGGINS, WILLIAM HENRY.— Born in Limerick, January, 1830. A Can-
adian journalist and editor, and author of various poems in the Canadian
Press. See Morgan's " Bibliotheca Canadensis."
HILDEBRAND, ANNA LOUISA.— Western Lyrics, Dublin, 1872, Svo ; Lays
from the Land of the Gael, Belfast, 1879, Svo.
Born on August 5, 1842, at Clifden, Co. Galway. There are four pieces
by her in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra," edited by Rev. W. Mcllwaine, 1869.
She contributed poems to The Lamp, Irish Fireside, North and South,
(both Dublin papers, now defunct), and to the Mayo Examiner and other
papers of the west.
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HILL, EDWARD, M.D.— Regius Professor of Medicine in T.C.D., born in
Co. Tipperary on May 14, 1741, died October 31, 1830.' Is mentioned as
a poet in Wills' "Lives of Illustrious Irishmen." Published one or two
works, and intended to bring out an elaborate edition of " Paradise
Lost" which he had prepared. B.A., T.C.D., 1765: M.B., 1771; M.D.,
1772.
HILL, REY. GEORGE. — An Ulster clergyman, and author of works on the
McDonnells of Antrim, and the plantation of Ulster, and editor of the
Montgomery MSS. Born at Moyarget, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim,
September 8, 1810 ; educated at Belfast College, where he won a pirze for
a poem on " The Burning of Moscow"; B.A., T.C.D., 1841; M.A., 1846.
Wrote a good many excellent poems during the last fifty years, some of
which appeared in the Dublin University Magazine. Is represented by a
couple of poems in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland." He was from 1850 to
1860 librarian of Queen's College, Belfast, and died July 4, 1901.
HILL, JOHN.— Songs, London, 1881, 8vo.
A clever Irish novelist, author of " The Waters of Marah," " SaUy in
Our Alley," etc., which appeared in Tinsley's Magazine in the seventies,
where also will be found some poems of his. He lived during some years
in the Isle of Wight, but latterly in Brussels. He died about 1904.
HILL, MRS. ROBERT. — A Poem sacked to Freedom, and a poem entitled
Benevolence, Dublin, 1800 (?), 12mo.
HILLARY, JOSEPH. — Poems, containing Lyric Pieces, Tales, Elegies, Cork,
1794.
The son of a silversmith in North Main Street, Cork, and a poet and
novelist. There is a notice of him, it appears, in the Munster Olive
Branch (1814), a short-lived Cork magazine. He was left a fortune by
his father, but ran through it very quickly, and subsisted in some manner
by writing for the papers. He published a novel, entitled " The Parish
Priest in Ireland," through Michael Mathews, of Cork, in or about 1814,
and died about the same date.
HILLARY, M.— Poems, Cork, 1800.
Probably related to previous writer.
HILLIER, ARTHUR CECIL.— A poetical contributor to Kottabos and Dublin
University Bevieiu (edited by T. W. RoUeston). Born at Calais in 1857,
being the son of the late Col. Hillier, Inspector-General of Royal Irish
Constabulary. Sch. T.C.D., 1874; B.A., 1878. Went to Oxford and
matriculated at Worcester College, January 26, 1882; B.A., 1885. He is
represented as a poet by several excellent poems in the two series of ' ' The ■
Book of the Rhymers' dub,"' and " Dublin Verses," edited by H. A.
Hinkson.
HIME, MAURICE CHARLES, LL.D. — Wild Oats, a sermon in rhyme, Lon-
don and Dublin, 1903 ; second edition, 1904 ; The Unlucky Goleer, a
poem, 1904; Fotjr Sonnets, Dublin, 1904; Fanny Haire, her Dream,
verse, illustrated by J. R. Monsell, Dublin, 1904; Little Red Riding
Hood, a tragedy told in verse, illustrated by S. Rosamond Praeger, Lon-
don and Dublin, 1905.
Born in Dublin in 1841, and educated there. Sch. T.C.D., 1861;
B.A., 1862. Called to the Irish Bar, but did not practise. Entered the
teaching profession, and from 1866 to 1877 was Head Master of the
Monaghan Diocesan School. From that position he was appointed Head
Master of Poyle College, from which he retired in 1896. He was a most
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successful master, and many brilliant pupils passed through his hands. JHe
founded the " Schoolmasters' Association," and did a good deal to dis-
courage corporal punishment for boys. His works are important contribu-
tions to the history of education in Ireland. He has clearly proved the
superiority of Irish schools over English ones for Irish boys in his " Home
Education " and "Efficiency of Irish Schools." Dr. Hime is an excellent
classical scholar and editor of various classics.
HIME, MRS. MAURICE CHARLES.— Brian Boru, and the Battle of Clon-
XABF, a ballad, Dublin, 1889, 8vo.
Born in 1841, being the youngest daughter of the late John Apjohn,
F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry at T.C.D. She married Dr. M. C. Hime,
of Foyle College, Londonderry, the eminent educationist, in 1887.
HIME, MAURICE ■HflLLIAM.— Divinum Visum, a poem, Dublin, 1868, 16mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1857.
HINCES, REY. EDWARD. — Buonaparte, a poem (anonymously), Cork, 1816,
8vo (64 pp.).
Born in Cork on August 19, 1792, and graduated B.A., T.C.D., in 1811.
Was appointed rector of Killyleagh, Co. Down, in 1825, and lived there
till his death on December 3, 1866. He was one of the best Orientalists
of his day.
HINCKS, REY. THOMAS.— Born in England in 1818, but of Irish extraction.
Was educated at Belfast Academical Institution, and officiated in Dublin,
Cork, and in several English towns. Wrote vai-ious hymns, some of which
are in " Vespers according to the use of Mill Hill Chapel, Leeds — (supple-
ment)," 1868. He was also the author of several scientific works. He is
presumably the author of the two pieces in Ralph Varian's " Harp of
Erin " (1869), ascribed to Rev. Thomas " Hinks." He was a member of a
famous family which includes the Rev. Edward Hincks (q.v.), Rev. Thomas
Dix Hincks, and Sir Francis Hincks, the eminent Canadian statesman.
HINKSON, KATHERINE TYNAN.— See under Tynan, Katherine.
HITCHCOCK, ROBERT. — The Macaroni, comedy, 1773, 8vo ; The Coquette,
or The Mistakes of the Heart, 1777, 8vo; The Ladies' Stratagem,
comedy (not published), 1775.
A prompter and actijr in Dublin, and died in Clarendon Street, in that
city, towards the end of 1809. He is best-known as the author of a
"History of the Irish Stage." His wife and daughter were both
actresses.
HOARE, EDWARD. — Solitary Moments, poems on various subjects and
occasions, London and Cork, 1840, 12mo; Papers and Communications,
by E. H., Cork, 1877, 4to.
HOARE, T. — The Nativity, a poem, Waterford, 1824, 8vo.
HODGES, JOHN FREDERICK, M.D.— A contributor of verse to The Christian
Pioneer, edited by the late. George Harris, of Glasgow, and to The Bible
Christian, Belfast, 1836, using the signature of "J. F** " in former,
and " Beta " in the latter. Two of his pieces are in " Lyra Hibernica
Sacra." He was born in Downpatrick in 1815, and died in Belfast in
1899. He was a distinguished agricultural chemist and professor of
agriculture at Queen's College, Belfast.
HODGES, MRS. JOHN F.— Wife of preceding, and sister of George Benn,
the historian of Belfast, and wrote hymns, some of which are in " Hymns
for Christian Worship," London and Belfast.
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HODSON, JOHN. — Tobquato Tasso, a play in two acts and in verse, Londou,
1874, 8vo.
Is he the B.A., T.C.D., 1875; M.A., 1880?
HODSON, WM. (?). — Jack and the Beanstalk, a i-hodomontade in verse,
London, 1871, 8vo,; another edition, London, 1877, 12mo.
HOEY, CHRISTOPHER CLINTON.— Born in Dublin in or about 1831, and
from 1860 to 1876 wrote a great deal for the Irish Builder, contributing a
hundred poems under the general title of " Civic Lyrics," over the signa-
ture of " Civis." He also wrote for the Irishman and the London Builder.
He was, I believe, originally a slater, and was in the employment of a
Dublin builder. Among the numerous series of articles he wrote for Irish
Builder are — " Notes on the Rise and Progress of Printing and Publishing
in Ireland," and " Unknown Dublin." He usually signed his articles
with his initials, or with " H.," and " H — ^y." He projected a volume of
" Lives of the Irish Architects," but was not greatly encouraged, and
abandoned ic. He died at the age of 54, in London, on April 19, 1885,
and was buried in the Catholic cemetery of Leytonstone. He edited for a
time the Universal News, an Irish paper, of London.
HOEY, JOHN CASHEL.— Born probably in Carlingford, Co. Louth (to which
his family belonged), in 1828. Became a journalist, and sub-edited the
Nation under Gravan Duffy. He wrote verse for the paper over signatures
of " C. H.," " D. F. B.," and " Cu-Ulad." Two of his poems are among
Hayes' "Ballads of Ireland" — namely, "Una" and "Sir Banneret of
the Tricolor." He wrote many articles in Irish Quarterly Review, Dublin
Beview, Spectator, etc., etc., and edited, with a memoir. Lord Plunket's
speeches. Duffy, when in power in Australia, appointed him Agent-
General for Victoria in London, and he held the post till his death, which
occurred at 17 Campden Hill Road, Kensington, S.W., on Januai-y 6th,
1892. He was buried at Morvern, Worcestershire. In the Nation supple-
ment, " Spirit of the Nation " (March 20, 1852), there is "A Song for
the People " by him. His wife was the distinguished novelist of the
name.
HOEY, JOHN O'REILLY. — Sir Hervey's Bride, and other poems, London,
1882, 8vo.
HOGAN, JAMES FRANCIS. — A well-known Irish Australian journalist and
novelist, and author of the extremely successful books, entitled, "The
Irish in Australia," "The Convict King," "The Lost Explorer," etc.
Born at Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, in the fifties, and taken to Victoria
by his parents when very young. Spent many years in Melbourne, where
he was connected prominently with various associations, particularly the
Victorian Catholic Young Men's Society, which he helped to found, and
of which- he was sometime president. From 1880 to 1887 he was on the
Melbourne Press. His first book, "An Australian Xmas Collection,"
was published in Melbourne, and consisted of various contributions
to Australian periodicals. He wrote verse as well as prose for the
papers and magazines in the antipodes. He came to England in 1887 with
the MS. of " The Irish in Australia." He is still connected with the Mel-
bourne Press. He was for some years M.P. for one of the divisions of
Tipperary in Parliament.
HOGAN, JOHN. — Blarney, a descriptive poem, with notes, 1842, 8vo ; another
edition, Dublin, 1845.
In one of the English Catalogues of Printed Books I have seen this
entry under "James" Hogan, and "London, 1844, 12mo," given as the
date, etc.
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HOGAN, JOHN SHERIDAN.— A distinguished Canadian jouinalist, was bom
near Dublin about 183-5, and was murdered near Toronto in December,
1859. AVas a prominent politician. Wrote verse for various Canadian
journals. See Morgan's " Bibliotheca Canadensis" and "Celebrated
Canadians " for further details.
HOGAN, MICHAEL.— The Light of Munsteb, Limerick (?), 1853; Anthems
or IUarv, a collection of Hymns, 1854 {?) ; Lays a>d Legends of Thomond,
Dublin, 1861 ; another edition, Limerick, 1865 (vol. 1) ; The Siohy of
Shawn-na-Sooob, Mayor op Limerick, a satire in verse, Dublin (printed
for the author), 1868, 8vo ; Part 2, Dublin (for the author), 1868, 8vo ;
Part 3, Dublin (for the author), 1869, 8vo ; Part 4, Dublin (for the author),
1869-70, 8vo; Part 5, Limerick, 1871, 8vo ; Part 6, Limerick, 1874, 8vo;
Part 7, Limerick, 1876, 8vo ; Part 8, Limerick, 1876, 8vo ; Lays ani>
Legends op Thomond, new edition, Dublin, 1880, 8vo ; Cupid's Adven-
tures between the Pawnbroker and thei AVidow of Limerick, or Thb
Siege of the Golden Balls, Limerick, 1883, 8vo.
Born on November 1, 1832, at New Road, parish of Thomond-gate, or
St. Jlunchin's, Limerick. Known as " The Bard of Thomond," and for-
merly a wheelwright in Limerick, and a contributor to various Irish
papers, including jS'ation, Celt, Irishman, and other journals, over signa-
tures of " Thomond," and " M. H. Thomond," etc. On June 9, 1858,
lie married Anne Lynch, a farmer's daughter, of Co. Limerick. He pub-
lished various rhymed political squibs during election contests in Limerick,
and a couple of these will be found in the Limerick Scrap-Book in British
Museum, with the following titles : " The Pictorial Gallery of the Limerick
election, 18SIJ ; a graphic illustration of the conspicuous characters and
talents of the sublime orators who so majestically figured on that most-
memorable occasion" — by the "Bard of Thomond"; and " O'Shaugh-
nessy's Dodging, and Gabbett's Tomfoolery," by the " Bard of Thomond,"
1880. Hogan went to America some years ago, but returned in 1889,
and acted as night watchman in Limerick. His satire of " John-a-
broom " was directed against the Mayor of his native city chiefly, but also-
against his townsmen generally, for their lack of appreciation of him,
and he made a large sum out of it. In Young Ireland, for November,
1879, there appeared a lengthy article on Hogan, by Michael MacDonagh,
and in 1887 there was also one by Eugene I)avis in the Irishman. He-
died on April 20, 1899. He was a very eccentric character, and wrote an
autobioeraphy which he allowed the present writer to read. It was a
scathing attack on most of the prominent citizens of Limerick.
HOGG, JAMES. — Poems, St. John, New Brunswick, 1825; Poems, religious,
moral, and sentimental, Fredericton, New Brunswick — .
Born in Co. Leitrim, Ireland. He wrote for several English, Irish, and
American magazines, as well as the Canadian ones, and was editor and
proprietor of The Kein Brnnsirick Heporfer for some years prior to his
death, which occurred at Fredericton, N.B., June 12, 1866. He wa-s then
preparing a volume of poems for publication. Some of his tales and
sketches appeared in Duhlin Z'niversity Magazine.
HOLAHAN, MARTHA EILEEN.— Nondescript, or The Passionate Recluse,
poems, Philadelphia, 1889, 16mo.
Born of Waterford parents at Turner, near Cliicago, Illinois, on July
1, 1863. Has written many poems and stories, chiefly for New York Sun,'
Chicago Herald, St. Paul Globe (Minn.), Peterson's Magazine, etc. There
are several poems by her in the Magazine of Poetry, Buffalo (New York),
for January,' 1892.
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HOLDEN, C. W. — A contributor of much, verse to a magazine, which he
stai'ted in New York in 1848, called Holden's Dollar Magazine. He was,
it seems, of Irish extraction.
HOLDEN, PATRICK F.— Born at Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny, March 30, 1872.
Contributed to the local papers from the age of seventeen until he went
to America, about 1892. He is now editor of The Young IrisliTnan,
Chicago, and is a contributor to Chicago Citizen, Boston Pilot, Irish
Sepublic (New York), and other papers, and wrote a few poems for
United Ireland.
HOLLAND, DENIS. — A prominent poet and journalist of between 1850-70.
Was a Cork man, and was born about 1826. He began his journalistic
career on the Cork Southern Beporter, and started the Ulsterman in
Belfast about 1858. It eventually became the Irishman, of Dublin, of
which he was owner and editor for sometime, and for which he wrote
largely. He was subsequently London correspondent of it. For the
Cork Southern Beporter he wrote many poems, nine of them being in-
cluded in "Echoes from Parnassus," a selection from the paper published
in Cork in 1849. He wrote prose and verse, stories, poems, and articles
for Irishman over the signatures of " AUua," " Lamhdearg," " Abhon-
mor," "Otho," " Le Beveur," " H.," " D. H.," etc. He published in
1860 a novel, entitled " Ulick O'Donnoll, an Irish Peasants Progress,"
which was very favourably received. In the Shamrock appeared quite a
number of serial stories by him, including " Donal Dun O'Byrne," and
also many poems. He went to America about 1SB7, and wrote for the
JVeiu York Democrat. He died in Brooklyn in December, 1872. He was
probably, if not certainly the " D. H." (Cork), who wrote stories in The
Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature, 1843. In his
later years he contributed a number of articles to New York Irish
Emerald, bearing the title, " Men whom I have known," and including
some prominent Irish poets and patriots He also wrote a book called
" The Landlord in Donegal." In the Emerald, of New York, he wrote
stories and poems over the pseudonym of " George Carleton " and " David
O'Callanan."
HOLLAND, EDWARD.— A Poetical Miscellany, Cork, 1794.
The author was a barber.
HOLLAND, JOHN. — Stae-Stheaks, poems, Newark, New Jersey (U.S.A.),
1870.
A contributor to the Boston Pilot, etc.
HOLLAND, REY. RICHARD GEORGE.— A Cork man and a poet, who is
mentioned in a note to one of the poems in J. J. Piatt's " At the Holy
Well, and other poems " (page 60), as an admirable poet and preacher.
Born in Cork and graduated at Kenyon College, Cincinnati, in 1856.
Studied theology at St. Aidan's, Liverpool, and was a curate at Faver-
sham, London, and Canterbury, and died in or about 1871.
HOLMES, MRS. DALKEITH. — ^The Law op Rouen, a dramatic tale, in three
acts and in verse, Dublin, 1837, 8vo, privately printed.
This lady also wrote a book describing a ride on horseback to Florence
in 1842, and contributed verse to Dublin University Magazine of 1843,
etc. She was the wife of Capt. Dalkeith Holmes, and mother of the cele-
brated Franco-Irish composer, Mdlle. Augusta Holmes. She died in or
about 1862.
HOLMES, EDMUND GORE ALEXANDER.— Poems, London, 1876, 8vo ;
Poems, second series, London, 1879, 8vo; The Silence or Love, a sonnet
sequence, London, 1899; The Triumph of Lote, a sonnet of sequence,
London, 1902, sm. 4to.
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Born at Waterstown, Co. Westmeath, on July 17, 1850, being the
son of Robert Holmes, of Moycashel, a noted breeder of racehorses and
shorthorns, and the first to introduce the latter into Ireland — not, as Con-
nolly says in his " Household Library of Ireland's Poets," the well-known
lawyer who defended Robert Emmet. Mr. Holmes is related by descent to
" Billy " Holmes, the famous parliamentary whip, and Charles Arbuthnot,
the statesman. His mother was the daughter of William Henn, Master
in Chancery. Mr. Holmes went to England in 1861, and was educated
at Merchant Taylor's School and St. John's College, Oxford, where he
graduated B.A., 1874; M.A., 1876, and was appointed inspector of schools
in 1875, a position from which he retired in 1911.
HOLMES, EMRA. — Tales, Poems, and Masonic Papeks, by E. H., with a
biographical sketch of the author, by G. M. Tweddell, Stokesley, 1877,
8vo ; Amabel Vaughan and other tales, etc. Being the second series of
Tales, Poems, and Masonic Papers. . . . With a Masonic memoir of the
author by G. M. Tweddell, Truro, 1879, 8vo.
He is the son of Marcus Holmes, an artist, and was born on July 4,
1839, in Somersetshire, entered the Civil Service, and eventually
became collector of Customs. He is a prominent Freemason, and writes
largely for Masonic and other journals. Poems by him have appeared in
the following Irish papers : Limerick Chronicle, Waterford Citizen, Cork
Examiner, yeivry Meporter, Belfast 'Newsletter, Northern Whig, Berry
Journal, Nexory Telegraph, etc. In Herbert Thomas's "Poems of Corn-
wall " will be found poems by him, contributed to Cornish papers.
HOLMES, GEORGE. — The Muse's Wreath, or miscellaneous pieces of
poetry, Belfast, 1856.
Also published "Reflections on Man," in four parts; " Zarah," an
Arabian tale; "The Pirate's Bride," a story of the Levant, which may
be in verse.
HOLMES, THOMAS (?).— Loohhine, and other poems, London, 1846, 8vo.
Was a surgeon.
HOLMES, WILLIAM. — ^Reflections on Mh. James Duchal's " Rbmaeks,"
a poem, Belfast, 1732, 8vo.
Various other works published by him in Belfast, chiefly on religious
matters.
HOOK, HARRIET HORNCASTLE.— The Double Disguise, a comic
opera, 1784, 8vo; Sacred Hours, religious poems (compiled by Mrs. H.),
1806, 12mo ; Diamond Cut Diamond, a musical entertainment (not
printed), with music by James Hook. Produced in May, 1797.
She was the wife of James Hook, the musical composer and conductor at
Vauxhall Gardens, and therefore the mother of Theodore Hook and of
James Hook, Dean of Worcester. She was highly esteemed, and the
Gentleman's Magazine, in noticing her death, says. "Her virtues and
accomplishments were well-known ; as an authoress and an artist her pro-
ductions are highly valued." Dr. R. Garnett, in his notice of Theodore
Hook in " Dictionary of National Biography," is wrong in giving 1795
as the year of her death. Her maiden name was Madden. Died on
October 18, 1805.
HOOLEY, JOHN ( ?) . — Pygmalion, and other poems, Calcutta, 1873 (or 1874).
Possibly Irish. Wrote for Calcutta Press. See Notes and Queries,
fifth series, vol. 7.
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HOPE, HENRY JOY MoCRACKBN.— Son of following writer, James Hope.
Wrote religious verse, and is included in Rev. W. F. Stevenson's " Hymns
for the Church and Home." Born near Belfast in 1809, and died at
Shanemagowston, Dunadry, Co. Antrim, January 19, 1872. Was for
many years a bookbinder at Messrs. Chambers', of Dublin.
HOPE, JAMES. — One of the United Irishmen, and wrote verse, some of his
poems being quoted in Dr. Madden's memoir of him in " Lives of the
United Irishmen." About a dozen pieces by him are also included in
" Literary Remains of the United Irishmen," by the same author. He
was born near Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, on August 25, 1764, and was
living in Belfast in 1846. He was a working weaver.
HOPKINS, JOHN. — The Triumphs of Peace, or The Glomes or Nassaw. A
Pindarick poem occasioned by the conclusion of the peace between the
Confederacy and France, London, 1698, 8vo ; The Victoky of Death, or
The Fall op Beauty, a visionary Pindarick poem, occasioned by the
death of Lady Cutts, London, 1698, 8vo; Milton's Paradise Lost,
imitated in rhyme, London, 1699, 8vo; Amasia, or The Works of the
Muses. A collection of poems, three volumes, London, 1700, 8vo.
Born in Dublin, January, 1675. B.A., T.C.D., 1698.
HOPKINS, REY. JOHN HENRY.— Liberty, a poem delivered before the
literary societies of the University of Vermont, etc., New York, 1847,
8vo; Poems by the Wayside, etc.. New York, 1883, 8vo; Carols, Hymns,
and Songs, fourth edition. New York (?), 1887.
Son of following writer. Born in Pittsburg on October 28, 1820.
HOPKINS, RIGHT REV. JOHN HENRY (Bishop of Yermont) .—Twelve
Canzonets, words and music, 1839 ; The History op the Church, in verse,
etc., New York and Boston, 1867, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on January 30, 1792 ; died in Vermont, January 9, 1868.
Was Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Vermont. AVrote a large number of
works and was a musician of ability.
HOPPER, NORA. — Ballads in Prose, London, 1894, 8vo (contains verse);
Under Quicken Boughs, poems, London, 1896, 8vo; Songs op the Morn-
ing, London, 1900, 8vo; Aqumarines, poems, London, 1902, 8vo; Poems,
selected, 1908, 8vo.
Born in Exeter on January 2, 1871. Her father was an Irish army
officer, her mother's maiden name being Francis. Her first published
poem appeared in the Family Herald in 1887. She wrote charming poems
for innumerable journals. She married W. H. Chesson, the well-known
writer, in 1901. Her work was growing in beauty and in popularity
when, to the great regret of everyone who knew her and her work,
she died on April 14, 1906. Several stories by her have been published,
one of which, " A Northern Juliet," ran serially through Atalanta.
" HORATIO." — The Temple op Policy, or An Allegorical Vision op Her
Most Famous Votaries, Dublin, 1784.
HORE, REY. JOHN PATRICK.— Born at Wexford in 1840, and was the son
of Edmund Hore, for many years a journalist on the Wexford Indepen-
dent, and author of the " Address to the Earl of Mulgrave " (Viceroy of
Ireland), in the dialect of the Barony of Forth. The son was educated
at the Diocesan College in his native town, and about 1860 began to write
poems for the Nation over his initials. For a time he sub-edited the
Wexford Independent. He died of fever in Enniscorthy soon after his
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ordination, September 30, 1864. A notice of him, with extracts from his
poems, appeared in The Lamp, a Catholic periodical, shortly after his
death.
HORE, MARCUS.— A Kerry poet, who wrote the poem on the tomb of
O'Donoghue Mor in Muckross Abbey. It is quoted in Windele's " South
of Ireland," p. 433, and other works.
MORGAN, REY. MATTHEW.— Cahir Conei, a. metrical legend (in Irish,
with a translation into English verse by E. V. H. Kenealy), edited by
J. Windele. Privately printed, Cork, 1860, 8vo.
Born at Whitechurch, Co. Cork, of which he afterwards became parish
priest, and where be died on March 1, 1849, in the 73rd year of his age.
A celebrated antiquary, Gaelic scholar, and poet, often mentioned by
"Father Prout " in his "Reliques," and noticed in Richard Sainthill's
" 011a Podrida." Wrote English and Irish verse, and translated some
of Horace's and Moore's poems into Irish.
MORGAN, REY. MICHAEL P. — The Life and Labours op Saint Wilfrid,
Bishop of York, in verse, Louth (Lincolnshire), 1889, 8vo ; Legends of
THE English Saints, and other legends and verses, Louth, 1890, 8vo;
Cork and the River Lee, and other historical verses, Louth, 1891, 8vo ;
Faith of our Fathers, or Reason and Unbelief, and other verses, Louth,
1891, 8vo; Lays of Bristol, and other verses, Louth, 1891, 8vo.
Born in Bristol of Irish parents on September 26, 1846. He was a
priest on the English mission when the above pieces were published.
MORT, LIEUT.-COL. RICHARD. — The Beauty of the Rhine, a metrical
romance in four cantos, Dublin, 1836, 8vo ; The Rook, illustrated with:
various legends and original songs and music descriptive of Gibraltar,
with drawings, London, 1839, 4to.
Edited the JRoyal Military Magazine, and wrote some Stories.
MOULTON, ROBERT, M.B. — The Contract, comic opera, 1788, 8vo ; Double
Stratagem, comic opera (not printed), 1784; Gibraltar, comic opera
(not printed), 1784; Orpheus and Eurydice, burlesque opera (not.
printed), 1784; Calypso, comic opera (not printed), 1785; Wilmore
Castle, comic opera, 1800, 8vo.
Apparently an Englishman, but lived in Ireland for some years and.
wrote for various Irish newspapers and magazines, such as 'Walliei's
Siherntaii Magazine (1780-90), Freeman's Journal, etc.
HOUSTON, THOMAS.— The Woes of Erin, an ode, Edinburgh, 1798, 8vo ;
An Apology, or Key to the Race to Hell, or the rise and origin by that
poem, exemplified in a story of the Kingdom of the Beings, one of the
islands of the moon ... to which is added An Ode to Avarice (by " Cuth-
bert Cudgel, Esq."), second edition, Newcastle, 1800 (?), 12mo; another
edition, published by the author, Newcastle, 180(5, 12mo ; An. Epistle
FROii Silly Billy^, an idiot in Newcastle, to Gen. Bonaparte, First
Consul in France, verse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1803, 8vo ; A Love Elegy,
etc. '(over signature of " Cuthbei't Cudgel"), 1800, 12mo; Ax Ode to
Avarice, etc. (over same signature as preceding), 1800 (?), 12mo ; Term-
Day, or The I'njust Steward, a comedy, Newcastle-on-Tyrne, 1803 ;
Poems, Odes, and Songs; A Race to Hell; The Progress of
Madness, etc.
Born in Ireland about 1777, and died on December 27, 1803, in New-
castle Infirmary, aged 26 years. AVas a brass founder by trade. There
is a notice of him in The Neiccasth Magazine about 1820, and he is
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represented in " A Choice Collection of Newcastle Songs," 1872. He was
buried in the ground attached to Newcastle Infirmary.
HOUSTON, W. M. CHAPMAN. — The Hills of Hell and othee Poems (under
pseudonym of " Desmond Mountjoy "), London, 1911.
HOWARD, ALFRED. — O'Dokoghue of the Lakes ; oh, the Haeleqlin and
THE Lbpeechatjn ; Dublin, 1840.
This piece was produced at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, as the work
of " Paddy Kelly," which was Howard's pseudonym. He was the son
of a vintner named Henry Howard, of Chui-cli Lane, College Green, and
was bom early in the 19th century. He contributed prose and verse
to The Comet (started May 2, 1831, at 10 D'Olier Street, and afterwards
carried on at 2 Church Lane, opposite Howard's Tavern), over signature
of "Paddy Kelly," and anonymously. He started a paper of his own
called Paddy Kelly's Budget, on November 14, 1832, and edited it for
about half-a-dozen years. He next went to London and wrote for the
comic papers, going back to Dublin after a time, and carrying on another
journal, a short-lived weekly, entitled Punchinello or Punch and Judy.
About 1853 or 1854 he opened a tavern called " The Paddy Kelly Tavern,"
but finally went to London, and apparently died there.
HOWARD, LADY CATHERINE.— The Chapel Bell and other poems, by
Lady — — , a convert from Anglicanism to Christianity. Dublin, 1854,
12mo; Sacred Verses, London, 1864, 12mo; Hymns and Vebses, London,
1884, 8vo.
The two last volumes were published after the authoress married the
Hon. Arthur Petre (July, 1855). She was the daughter of the fourth Earl
of Wicklow, and wrote for various Catholic and other magazines, especi-
ally to the Month, over the signature of " C. P." She was born in Ireland,
probably on August 23, 1831, and died December 27, 1882.
HOWARD, GORGES EDMUND.— Almeyda, or the Rival Kings, a tragedy
in verse, Dublin, 1769, 8vo ; The Life op Man, an allegorical vision, a
poem in three parts, Dublin, 1772, 8vo; The Siege of Tamob, a tragedy
in verse, Dublin, 1773, 8va and 12mo ; The Female Gamester, Dublin,
1778, 12mo ; Miscellaneous AVorks in Verse and Prose, Dublin, 1782,
8vo.
Born at Coleraine, Co. Derry, August 28, 1715, and died in Dublin in
June, 1786. He was a Protestant, but showed much enthusiasm in the
cause of tolerance to Catholics, and was so strongly in favour of their
emancipation that they presented him with a testimonial, as a mark of
gratitude. Robert Jephson (q.v.) satirised him a good deal, and Howard
wrote " A Candid Appeal to the Public," Dublin, 1771, and " Postscript "
to the same, 1771. He was the author of various prologues and epilogues,
and several legal and other works. He was an architect of some skill, as
well as a writer.
HOWARD, JOHN OWENS. — Clara, or Fancy's Tale, a poem in three cantos,
Dublin, 1815, 8vo.
HOWARTH, ELLEN CLEMENTINE.— The Wind Harp, and other poems,
Philadelphia, 1864, 12mo ; Poems, second edition (with introduction by
R. W. Gilder), Newark, New Jersey, 1868, Svo.
Born of parents named Doran, at Cooperstown, New York, on May 20,
1827. Married a Mr. J. Howarth in 1846. May be still alive.
HOWICK, REY. WILLIAM.— A Collection of Hymns, adapted to Congre-
gational Worship, Dublin, 1829, 12mo.
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HOYLE, REY. CHARLES.— Thkee Days at Killaeney, and other poems
(anonymously), London, 1828, 12mo.
Was vicar or curate of Overton, near Marlborough, and wrote often
for the Annuals, etc.
HUDDLESTON, ROBERT.— A Collectiok op Poems and Songs on Sevekal
Subjects, Belfast, 1844, 8vo; A Collection of Poems and Songs on
DiFFfBBNT StJBjECTS, Belfast, 1846, 8vo.
A small farmer of Moneyrea, Co. Down, to whom there is a poem in
Herbison's " Children of the Year," and also one by him. He contributed
poems to Ulster Magazine, Belfast, 1860-63.
HUDSON, EDWARD.— Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (signed " A Patrician "),
Dublin, 1788.
In British Museum copy there is an autograph letter of author to
Edmund Burke. He was born at Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, on June 11,
1743. Married to Frances Barton (widow of Mr. E. Honan), on October
10, 1787, and died on' October 8, 1821. See The Citizen (Dublin), 1843,
page 99, for notice and poem by him. He was the most eminent dentist
in Dublin of his time, and settled in 1776 in Grafton Street. He was
also a clever artist, and designed the vignette for the " Ode " above
mentioned (which was printed for private circulation). His nephew,
Edward Hudson, was a great friend of Tom Moore's, and his son,
William Eliot Hudson, was the notable musical antiquary who died in
1853. I have seen a squib called " An Heroic Epistle from Kitty Cut-a-
Dash to Oronoko," Dublin, 1778, attributed to Hudson.
HUDSON, FRANCIS S. BRERETON.— A clever sporting writer and
author of several Irish stories of a racy character. Only child of
S. B. Hudson, of Skreggan House, King's Co. When about 14 wrote a
three-act comedy, and published his first poem, a hunting song, in
Shamrock when about 16. Was editor and half proprietor of a Dublin
paper. The Turf Telegraph, and editor of second series of Pat, a, Dublin
comic. Wrote much prose and verse after he settled in London in
1882, for Theatre, All the Year Bound, Lady's Pictorial, Globe,
Winning Post, Pall Mall Gazette, Funny Folks, Sporting and Vramatic
News, Mousshold Words, Era, Pictorial World, Whitehall Bevietv, etc.
A burlesque by him was produced at Queen's Theatre, Dublin, in 1881,
and he wrote other dramatic pieces. He was the author of a book entitled,
" Sea Fishing for Amateurs." His death occurred some years ago, but I
do not know the exact date.
HUDSON, MARY. — Churchyard Flowers, poems, London, 1892.
A young Irish lady.
HUGGARD, SAMUEL J. — Love's Echoes from Cove — Rosalie, poems,
Cork, 1909.
HUGHES, MOST REY. JOHN (Archbishop of New York).— Born at Anna-
loghan, Co. Tyrone, on June 24, 1797 ; died at New York, January 3,
1864. One of the greatest of American prelates, and a poet of no mean
capacity. His poems were published in The Centinel, an American
journal, over the signature of " Leander." He wrote various works on
religious subjects.
HUGHES, MATTHEW F. — Lyrics and Sonnets of Ireland (over signature
of " Conaciensis "), Dublin, 1871.
Born in 1834, and wrote many poems to the Nation, Irish People,
Universal News (London), and other journals, over his initials, sigfiature
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already referred to, or that of " Francisco." A poem by him will be found
in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland " amongst anonymous pieces. He was by
trade a tailor. His first poem appeared in Nation, 1852. He died on
March 17, 1895, and was buried in Glasnevin, where a monument to his
memory was erected by John McCall (q.v.).
HUGHES, ROBERT J.— Born November 23, 1859, in Armagh, and is a son of
the late Capt. Robert Hughes, of Belfast. He was educated at St.
Malachy's College, Belfast, and entered commercial life in that city,
afterwards proceeding to Dublin, where he resides. Contributed much
verse to Derry Journal, Belfast Morning News, Lloyd's London Magazine,
Glasgow Herald, and also contributed poems to United Ireland, Irish
Society, and Pat. He wrote an ode to Trim and another to Mellifont for
the Society of Irish Antiquaries, and was the author of the pantomime
for Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (1887-88). Some of his songs have been set
to music and published separately.
HUGHES, TERENCE MoMAHON.— Irish Stew, or a Taste oi? Something
Spiot and Suitable to the Time ; being an attempt to solve the Main(e)
question, relating to the disputed territory to the West of St. George'.s
Channel (by " Corney the Rhymer"), edited by Lord B , sixth
edition, London, 1839, 8vo ; The Ocean Flower, a poem with notes, Lon-
don, 1845, 8vo ; The Biliad, or How to Criticize, a satire in verse, with
the Dirge of Repeal and other jeux d' esprit, second edition, London,
1846, 8vo ; Iberia Won, a poem with notes, London, 1847, 12mo.
" Irish Stew " is a collection of forty-one comic songs, mostly set to
Irish airs, and including his once well-known "Vic Machree." "The
Biliad " is an attack upon the Athenteum, which did not appreciate his
" Ocean Flower." Hughes wrote some very interesting works on Spain
and Portugal, his " Revelations of Spain " being the most notable. He
also translated various Portuguese lyrics, and wrote an essay on Portu-
guese literature. He was born in Newry, Co. Down, on December 27,
1812, and passed his earliest years there. He was a cousin of Sir
Charles Oavan Duffy, and wrote for the latter's paper, the Belfast
Vindicator, afterwards contributing poems to the Nation over the signa-
tures of " Corney the Rhymer," " Theta," " O'Niall," " Turlough," and
probably " Albano," and "The Red Hand." In the first number of the
Nation, October 15, 1842, there is a poem by him signed with the figure
of a drawn hand. He went to London and became attached to the staflf
of The Morning Chronicle, acting later as Spanish correspondent for the
paper. He edited a London comic, entitled The London Magazine and
Charivari, and died in 1849, probably in Spain. He is spoken of by some
writers as Thomas Hughes.
HULL, REY. JOHN DAWSON.— The Reverie, and other poems, Belfast,
1833, 8vo ; Hymns and Spiriiital Songs, London, 1844, 12mo ; The Lake
AND other Poems (anonymously), London, 1846 ; Lays op Many Years,
London, 1854, 12mo ; The Song of a Pilgrim, Home and other Poems,
London, 1873, 8vo ; A Chaplet for the Chttrch, original Christian melo-
dies, London, 1881, 8vo ; Hymns foe all Hours, London, 1850, 18mo.
Was incumbent of Killaney when his first volume of verse was printed
(by Wm. McComb). B.A., T.C.D., 1822. There is one of his poems in
" Lyra Hibernica Sacra," 1879, at which time he was Vicar of Wickham-
brook, Suffolk. The eminent Irish geologist, Prof. Edward Hull, F.R.S.,
is his son.
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HUME, KEY. ABRAHAM, LL.D., D.C.L.— A notable Irish antiquary, Ixirn
in Co. Down on February 9, 1814, and died November 21, 1884. He was
a frequent contributor to Ulster Journal of Archceology. Wrote poems
in various papers, sometimes in the North of Ireland dialect. See also
for his poems " Poor Rabbin's Oillminick for the Toun o' Belfawst," 1861,
1862, 1863. He wrote numerous works of historical and archaeological
interest. See " Memoir " of him by John Cooper Morley, Liverpool, 1887.
HUMPHREYS, JOSEPH.— There are a couple of Irish poems by this writer
in S. C. Hall's Amulet for 1826-27. He published other pieces besides
these. According to Hall's aiitobiographioal volumes, he was the author of
a number of excellent Irish stories, including several of those in T. C.
Croker's " Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland." He was a Cork man
and a Quaker, and was Master of the Deaf and Dumb Institution at
Claremont, near Dublin. See Croker's " Keen of the South of Ireland"
for references to him.
HUMPHREYS, R. — The Amusing Ixstetjcioh, ok Tales and Fables in Pbose
AND Verse, Dublin, 1769, 12mo.
HUMPHRIES, JOHN THOMAS CONOLLY.— Alice Lisle, Vice-Chancellor's
prize poem, Dublin, 1878, 12mo.
A poetical contributor to Kottahos, etc. A very lengthy piece of his
appeared in that periodical in 1879-80. He graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in
1878. He was the eldest son of Thomas W. Humphries, of Co. Donegal,
and became a barrister. He died at Castlefin, Co. Donegal, on July 26,
1896, aged 41.
HUNTER, REY. WILLIAM, D.D.— Select Melodies, 1851; The Minstrel
OF ZioN, 1845 ; Songs of Devotion, 1859 (all three collections of hymns
edited by him).
There are over 125 of his own hymns in above volumes. He was the
son of John Hunter, and was born at Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, on May
26, 1811. In 1873 he was Professor at Alleghany College, U.S.A. He
was minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Alliance, Stark Co.
Ohio, and died in 1877.
HUSSEY (WALTER?). — There was a poetical writer of this name who is
referred to several times in Sir James Prior's " Life of Edward Malone."
pp. 6, 20, 22, 38. He was a Trinity College student, but I cannot identify
him in Todd's List of Graduates, unless he be the Walter Hussey who
graduated B.A., 1762.
HUTCHINSON, REY. DANIEL PALOON.— Satisfaction of Justice, a poem,
Kingston (Canada), 1851.
An Irish-Canadian clergyman, mentioned in Morgan's " Bibliotheca
Canadensis."
HUTCHINSON, JOHN HELY (afterwards 1st Earl of Donoughmore).— This
famous Irish politician was a writer of verse, and is mentioned as such
in Jephson's "Epistle to G. E. Howard," where his signature is pven
as "J. H. H." He was born in 1724, and graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in
1744. His career as statesman and as Provost of T.C.D. is too well known
to need recapitulation here. He added the name Hutchinson to his
original name, Hely, and died September 4, 1794. I cannot specify acy
particular piece by him.
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HUTTON, REV. HUGH.— PoBiitiL Pieces, chiefly on devotional and moral
subjects, Chiswick and London, 1829, 12mo (edited) ; A Selection op
Hymns for Cheistian Worship, Binuingham, 1835 ; Saul at Endok, a
scene designed for music, London and Birmingham, 1842, 8vo ; The Fall
OF Babylon, a sacred musical drama (on which is founded Spohr's grand
oratorio of the same title), 1842, 8vo ; Gathered Leaves of Many Seasons,
being the collected poems of "H.H.," London and Hackney, 1858, 12mo.
A iSelfast man, and author of some religious prose works as well as of
poetry. Born in 1795, died in 1871. His collection of hymns includes
some of his own.
HUTTON, MARY A. — The Tain, an Irish Epic told in English Verse,
Dublin, 1908, 4to.
HUTTON, REY. WILLIAM PEPPERAL.— Mahomet, a poem, etc., with
minor poems, Dublin, 1829, 8vo ; A Tribittb of Song, being thoughts and
feelings expressed in verse, London, 1841, 8vo.
"Mahomet" gained the Vice-Chancellor's prize in Dublin University
in 1828. B.A., T.C.D., 1811; M.A., 1837.
HUTTON, REY. WYNDHAM MADDEN.— Poems (by a member of the
University of Oxford), Oxford, 1851, 8vo ; Bertha's Dream, and other
Tales, verse, Frome, Selwood, 1868, 8vo; Gottfried's Pilgrimage, an
allegory, third edition, Dudley, 1868, 8vo.
Wrote other works. Presumably of Irish origin. He was born in or
about 1820, and died January 8, 1882.
HYDE, DOUGLAS, LL.D. — The Love-Songs of Connaught, translated into
English, London, 1894; another edition, 1895; Songs Ascribed to Raftery,
with translations, Dublin, 1903 ; The Three Sorrows of Story-Telling,
London, 1895; The Religious Songs of Connaught, two volumes, 1906;
Love Songs of Connaught (Dun Emer Press), a selection, Dublin, 1904.
One of the most distinguished Irish scholars of the day, and well known
as a poetical contributor, over the signature of " An Chraoibhinn
Aoibhinn " (the sweet branch), to Nation, Dublin l^niversity Beview,
Celtic Times, Young Ireland, etc., etc. Has written innumerable poems
in Irish — more than in English — and is a master of the old tongue. He
has published one or two fine collections of Irish folk-lore and poetry,
such as " Leabhar Sgeuluigheachta," Dublin, 1889; "Beside the Fire,"
folk-tales, London, 1890; and " Cois na Teineadh," Dublin, 1891. Some
of his Irish poems are in u little volume recently published by the Rev.
Euseby Cleaver, of Dolgelly, North Wales, and a few English ones (that
is, those written in English), will be found in " Poems and Ballads of
Young Ireland," Dublin, 1888, and in " Lays and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtic
Society," Dublin, 1889. Dr. Hyde is the son of the Rev. Arthur Hyde,
of Frenohpark, Co. Roscommon, and was born probably about 1860, near
Kilmactranny, Co. Sligo, but is a direct descendant of the once noted
Castle Hyde family, of Co. Cork. He was educated chiefly at T.C.D.,
where he had an extraordinarily brilliant career, seemingly carrying all
before him. He gained many honours, medals and scholarships, and in
1887 was made honorary member of the College Historical Society, T.C.D.
In 1889 he was elected a life member of the Royal Irish Academy. In
1891 he paid a lengthy visit to Canada. He has written a comprehensive
history of Irish literature, many plays, and a number of other works of
value. Since 1909 he has been professor of Modern Irish in University
College, Dublin.
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" IGNOTUS."— Poems, Cork, 1870, 8vo.
INGLIS, CATHERINE H.— Songs in Sorrow and Soxgs in Joy, second
edition, Edinburgh, 1864; One Hundred Songs in Sorrow and Joy,
Edinburgh, 1880.
Daughter oj: Rev. A. Mahon, and born at Roscommon on June 24, 1815.
Married Captain Inglis in 1844, and died many years ago. Some of her
hymns are often used.
INGRAM, JOSEPH FORSYTH. — Poems of a Pioneer, with biographical notes
by C. W. Cowey, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 1893, 8vo.
A Belfast man.
INGRAM, JOHN KELLS, LL.D.— Sonnets and other Poems, London, 1900,
8vo.
A distinguished scholar and political economist, but chiefly famous
for his ballad, " Who Fears to Speak of '98? " which, under the title of
" The Memory of the Dead," appeared (anonymously) in the Nation for
April 1, 1843. Previous to that date he had written verse, and a couple of
sonnets by him will be found in Dublin University Magazine, for
February, 1840. He probably wrote other poems for that periodical.
Contributions of his have appeared in Kottahos, Spectator , and Academy,
a sonnet from the last-named paper being given in O'Reilly's " Poetry
and Song of Ireland." He may possibly have been the " S.T.C.D.," of
Irishman, 1849, as his " Memory of the Dead " is given with those
initials in " Spirit of the Nation." He was born in 1823, in Co. Donegal,
and not in Newry, Co. Down (where his widowed mother afterwards had a
milliner's shop). Sch. T.C.D., 1840; B.A., 1843; Fellow, 1846; M.A.,
1850; LL.B. and LL.D., 1852. Appointed Regius Professor of Greek at
T.C.D. in 1866, and Senior Lecturer in 1879. "Wrote one or two notable
works on political economy. Died May 1, 1907. A very full and admir-
able account of his work was contributed by T. W. Lyster to An Leabar-
lain about a year ago.
INNIS, REY. — A clergyman of this name is represented in Johnston's
" Boyne Book of Poetry and Song" (Downpatrick, 18.59).
" IRISHMAN, AN."— Erin-go-bragh, a poem, London, 1822, 8vo.
This is a patriotic poem dedicated to Rt. Hon. Charles Grant.
" IRISHMAN, AN."— Three Weeks in Belgifm, a poem, Dublin, 1849, 8vo.
IRVINE, REY. GERARD A. D'ARCY.— Poems, Sydney, N.S.W., 1899,
second edition, Loudon, 1907.
Apparently another edition was jniblished in 1904 in Australia, and
the 1907 volume is a new edition with seven new poems. But I have seen
only the two named.
IRWIN, EDWARD. — King O'Toole's Goose, an extravaganza in vorse
(Lacy's collection of plays, 1850, etc.), London, 12mo; Poems Gewe and
G.A.Y, London, 1863, 8vo.
Was a bank accountant in Fermoy, and went to America about 18G8,
He is represented in Ralph Vavian's " Harp of Erin," 18G9.
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IRWIN, EYLES. — St. Thomas' Mount, a poem, London, 1771, 4to; BedukAH,
OR THE Self-Devoted, an Indian pastoral, Londoia, 1774, 4to; 1776, 4to;
Eastern Eclogues (anonymously), 1780, 4to ; Occasional Epistles to Mr.
Hayley, during a, journey from Lisbon to the Gulf of Persia, London,
1783, 4to ; Ode on the Death op Ayder Ally-, 1784, 4to ; The Triumph of
Innocence, an ode on the deliverance of Maria Theresa Charlotte, Princess
Royal of Prance, from the prison of the Temple, London, 1796, 4to ; Nilus,
an elegy on the victory of Admiral Nelson, London, 1798, 4to; The
Bedouins, a comic opera, Dublin, 1802, 12mo ; Ode to Iberia, London,
1808, 4to ; The Fall of Saragossa, an elegy, 1808, 4to ; Napoleon, or
the Vanity op Human Wishes, two parts, 1814, 4to.
Born in Calcutta about 1747, his father, one of the Irwins of Oran, Co.
Roscommon, being an East Indian official. He was educated at Chiswick
and in London, and entered the Madras Civil Service in 1767, gradually
attaining a very important position therein. In 1778 he married a Miss
Brooke, of Co. Longford, a near relative of the author of " The Fool
of Quality," and died on August 12, 1817, at Clifton. See yotes and
Queries, 4th series, volume xi.
IRTSIN, H. C. (?). — ^Rhymes and Renderings, London, 1886, 8vo.
IRWIN, ISABEL C— A sister of Mary Catherine Burke (q.v.), and born in
Dublin. Is the wife of William H. Irwin, of New York, and has written
various poems in the American papers and magazines. She is included
in John Boyle O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song of Ireland."
IRWIN, THOMAS CAULFIELD.— Versicles, Dublin, 1856, 8vo (British
Museum copy has MS. corrections by the author) ; Poems, Dublin, 1866,
12irio; Irish Poems and Legends, historical and traditionary, with illustra-
tive notes, Glasgow, 1869, 16mo ; Songs and Romances, Dublin, 1878, 8vo ;
Pictures and Songs, Dublin, 1880, 8vo ; Sonnets on the Poetry and
Problem op Life, Dublin, 1881, 8vo; Versicles, Dublin, 1882; Poems,
Sketches, and Songs, Dublin, 1889, 8vo.
Sou of a physician, and born at Warrenpoint, Co. Down, on May 4th,
1823. He was educated by private tutors, and travelled over part of
Europe, and was especially well versed in continental literature. He was
intended for the medical profession, it is said, but the loss of his patrimony
in 1848, upset all arrangements made. His father had died when he
was only eight years old, and at an early age, he turned his attention to
literature. He was presumably the " T.C.I." who wrote a story in The
Dublin Journal of Temperance, Scienos and Literature (1842-3). Not
long after 1848, he commenced to write often for the papers. To the
Nation he contributed a great deal over the initials " T.I." from 1853
onwards, his first piece appearing, I think, on October 15th of that year.
Probably his first poem in The Dublin University Magazine was " The
Forge," which was published over his full name in December, 1853. He
wrote largely for that magazine, as well as for the Nation and also pub-
lished a good many poems and essays in The Shamrock, including an
elaborate biography of Swift. He was on the regular staff of The Irish
People (1863, etc.), and many poems by him appeared in it. To Duffy's
Hibernian Magazine, Tinsley's Magazine, Illustrated Monitor (Dublin),
and in later years, to W^\ehly Irish Times, he contributed a large number
of poems, and about the period of his connection with the Irish People,
was Dublin correspondent of a New York paper. In 187D, he published
a collection of prose sketches entitled " Winter and Summer Stories and
Slides from Fancy's Lantern." According to Read's " Cabinet of Irish
Literature," he wrote " Ortus and Ermia," a poetic drama, translated
Catullus into verse, and wrote "From Csesar to Christ," a romance of
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antique life. His private life was rather unfortunate, and his last few
years were spent in poverty and pai-tial imbecility. In or about 1862 he
printed privately a pamphlet accusing various people of trying to rob and
ruin him. He died at Rathmines, Dublin, on February 20, 1892, and was
buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery. He was distinctly one of the best
Irish poets of the century, but wrote too voluminously. For articles on his
poems, see Irish Quarterly Review (1856), Irish Monthly (1877 and 1878),
Dublin University Review (1886), and Tinxley's Magazine of a few years
ago, where (in an essay by Richard Dowling) he is called " The Irish
Keats."
ISDELL, FITZGERALD, M.D.— Author of some poems in Kottabos, and
represented in J. M. Lowry's "Book of Jousts." B.A., T.C.D., 1877;
M.B., 1880; M.A. and M.D., 1891. Is now a physician practising in
London.
ISDELL, SARAH.— The Pook Gentleman, a comedy, 1811, 8vo.
This piece was very successful when produced on the Dublin stage. The
authoress was born in Ireland and was a near relative of Oliver Goldsmith.
She was a, governess in the Denny family of Tralee. See under "Rowan,
William." She published a couple of other works, entitled " The Irish
Recluse," a novel in three vols., 1809, and " The Vale of Louisiana."
lYERS, FERDINAND F. ( ?) .—A contributor of prose and verse to various
Catholic journals between 1840-1850, including Dolman's Magazine, where
poems of his will be found about 1846 and 1847. His brother was a
priest on the Kentish Town Mission.
lYERS, F. J. (?)— The Peince or Asiurias (verse P), London, 1844, 8vo.
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J., J. — Juvenile Poems on Seveeal Occasions, Waterfoid, 1773.
J., R. B. — The Vision of Mahy ; or a Dream of Joy, a poem in honour of the
Immaculate Conception, London, 1836, 8vo.
The author was a barrister.
JACKMAN, ISAAC. — All the Wokld's a Stage, a farce in two acts, 1777,
Svo ; The Milesian, a oomic opera, London, 1777, 8vo ; Hero and Lbandbr,
a burletta, 1787, 8vo ; Almirina, a mock tragedy (probably by him, but not
published); The Divorce, musical farce, 1781, 8vo; The Man or Parts,
a farce, 179.5, 12mo.
An Irish journalist who became editor of Londoia Morning Post and then
of an Irish paper. He was the son of a clerk in the Lord Mayor of Dublin's
office, and was trained and practised as an attorney in Dublin. There
was a Rev. Isaac Jackman born in Dublin about 1752, who died at Lam-
beth on May 5, 1831, flho had been Vicar of Kirtling, Cambridgeshire.
Was he the above or a relative?
JACKMAN, REV. JOHN A., O.S.F.— Via Crucis, and other poems, Dublin,
1884.
Born at Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, on July 10, 1842. Joined
Irish Franciscan Province when he was sixteen years old, and went to St.
Isidore's, Rome. He was ordained in Waterford; was elected Minister
Provincial in 1882 and re-elected in 1885. Since his ordination he has
chiefly remained in Dublin.
JACKSON, J. W. — The Seer of Sinai axd Other Poems, Loudon, 1866, Svo.
Author of various books on mesmerism, phrenology, etc., between 1861
and 1863, the earliest of which was published in Dublin.
JACKSON, JAMES SUTTON. — The Bride of Rosbn-glex, a poetic tale,
Dublin, 1843, 8vo.
JACKSON, JOHN. — A famous humourist, who wrote for many years to the
Dublin Warder and Evening Mail over the pseudonym of " Terry Dris-
coll." He was born in Kilrush, where he was a schoolfellow with W. M.
Downes (g.T.) W. J. Fitzpatrick mentions in a note in his " Lady Morgan "
that Jackson was the reporter of Kilrush doings for Morning Herald of
London, for which he wrote " The Kilrush Petty Sessions." He was dis-
missed from the paper for handing over his shorthand notes (of speeches
by O'Connell, etc.), to the Government for the State Trials of 1844. The
latter rewarded him by an appointment in Dublin Castle, worth jei50 a
year, which he enjoyed till his death. In 1841-42 he was a con-
tributor of verse and sketches to Limerick Star and Chronicle. An
anonymous poem by him, entitled " The Lady's Glove," will be found on
pages 208-9 of Mrs. Mary J. Knott's " Two Months at Kilkee," Dublin,
1836. He died in Dublin in 1857, and was buried in Mount Jerome
Cemetery.
JAMES, SIR JOHN KINGSTON (Bart.). — The Jerusalem Delivered of
Tasso, translated into English verse, 1865, 8vo ; Day Dreams, to which
are added some translations from the Italian, poems (printed at Chis-
wick Press), London, 1879, 4to; Tassq's Jerusalem Delivered, translated,
second edition, 1884.
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B.A., T.O.D., ISao; M.A., 1840. Died on May 22, 1893, aged 78.
Was probably the son of the Lord Mayor of Dublin of the name in 1824.
He wrote several songs which were set to music.
JAMES, SOPHIE A. M.— Holly Berries, poems, Dublin, 1879, 8vo.
JAMISON, REY. DAVID.— Passim Papers, in prose and verse, Belfast, 1889,
8vo.
Of Newtownhamilton, Co. Armagh, and author of " Bible Cheer," " The
Angels and their Song at Bethlehem," etc. Died November 17, 1909,
aged 67.
JBFFERS, R. — The Penitent and Other Poems, Cork, 1816.
JELLICOE, S. CHARLES. — Sonnets and Songs, Dublin, 1901, 8vo, 4to.
Was accidentally drowned in or about 1902. Is represented in " Dublin
Book of Irish Verse," 1909.
JENNINGS, GEORGE.— Leonore, a poem, Dublin, 1848, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1851.
JENNINGS, REY. JOHN ANDREW.— Hymns, for private circulation, 1878;
Wayside Restings, Dublin, 1880, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1855. B.A., T.C.D., 1880; M.A., 1883. Edited
The Church of Ireland Parish Magazine, the circulation of which increased
rapidly under his skilful management. Was first Curate of Drogheda,
then Rector of Portnashangan, Rector of Donaghpatrick, Navan, and
now holds a similar office in Dublin. He was married in 1886. For
charitable purposes he has given very successful public readings. His
admirable " Selections from Irish Authors," from Dickens and from
American authors and similar works are well-known and popular books.
JEPHSON, SIR CHARLES DENHAM NORREYS.— A clever contributor to
the Dublin Comet, 1831, etc., and a translator of Horace's Odes, who
afterwards became M.P. for Mallow, 1826-59. He was living in December,
1874, when John Sheehan wrote an article on the Comet in Gentleman's
Magazine. This article is very vague, but Sheehan seems to be referring
to Jephson when he alludes to " the young Protestant gentleman," who
was a distinguished T.C.D. man, and eventually a J. P. But the matter is
very doubtful, as no one of the name is mentioned in Todd's List of Dublin
Graduates. Jephson is represented in Part II. of " The Parson's Horn-
Book," a publication of the Comet Club, by a piece entitled " Song of
Lucifer," and he may possibly have written also the pieces entitled " The
Devil's Excursion." and " Fate of the Frog." In 1838 he changed his
name to Jephson Norreys. He was born in Surrey in 1799, and died in
Queenstown, July 11, 1888.
JEPHSON, REY. JOHN MOUNTENEY.— Narrative or a Walking Tour in
Brittany, with a collection of Breton Ballads, London, 1859, 8vo.
Was author of other works, and editor of the Literary Gazette for some
years. Of Armagh family. Born in 1819. and died in 1865.
JEPHSON, CAPTAIN ROBERT.— An Heroic Epistle to George Edmund
Howard ("from George Faulkner"), 5th edition, Dublin. 1771, 8vo;
Epistle from G. E. Howard to George Faulkner, 3rd edition, Dublin,
1772, 8vo; Braganza, a tragedy,, 1775, 8vo; The Law of Lombardy, a
tragedy, 1779, 8vo ; Count of Narbonne, a tragedy, 1781, 8vo ; The Hotel,
farce, 1783, 8vo; The Campaign, comic opera, 1785 (not printed); Julia.
a tragedy, 1787, 8vo; Love and War, musical piece, 1787 (not printed);
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Two Stkings to Your Bow, farce, 1791, 8vo ; The Conspiracy, tragedy,
Dublin, 1796, 8vo ; Roman Portraits, a poem, with engravings by Barto-
lozzi, etc., London, 1794, 4to.
Born in Ireland in 1736 ; educated in Dublin, and entered the army,
and after reaching the rank of captain, retired and settled in England.
Married in 1767 a daughter of Sir Edward Barry, the eminent physician,
and became master of the horse to Viscount Townshend, Iiord Lieutenant
of Ireland, which post he kept under twelve successive viceroys. In 1778
he became M.P. for Old Leighlin in the Irish Parliament. He died at
Blackrock, near Dublin, on May 31, 1803. He wrote many of the
witty and amusing pieces in " The Bachelor, or Speculations of Jeffrey
Wagstaffe, ' ' and was a noted satirist and wit. He was a friend of Horace
Walpole, and corresponded with him. A descendant of his, a friend of
Miss Mitford, is mentioned by the latter as intending to collect and
publish his works. He published a satire on the French Revolution, called
"The Confessions of Jean Baptiste Coutean," two vols., 1794. The 8th
edition of his " Epistle to E. G. Howard " appeared in 1772.
JESSOP, GEORGE H. — Shamus O'Brien, a romantic Irish opera, with music
by Sir C. V. Stanford, London, 1896.
The above was produced at the Opera Comique, London, in Marcli,
1896, and had a long run. The author was a contributor to Kottabos
while a student of T.C.D., but, not being in Todd's list, he may not have
graduated there. He went to America a good many years ago, and
published some stories there. He also wrote various plays in the States,
among these being " Madamoiselle," "Power of the Press," "Samuel
of Posen," " The Great Metropolis," and " On Probation." He is
represented in H. A. Hinkson's selection, " Dublin Verses."
JESSOP, M. K. — Odds and Ends, prose and verse, London and Dublin, 1887,
8vo.
Most of the book is Irish in subject.
JOBLING, CHARLOTTE.— Born in Belfast of an Irish father and an
English mother. Spent her married life in England, but lived in Ireland
after her husband's death. All her poems, which are very numerous, were
written from 1878 onwards, and appeared in The Weekly Irish Times,
'Xorth Down Almanac and JBaiKjor Herald, Glasgow Weekly Serald, and
many other Irish papers, frequently over the signature of " Irish Molly."
One of her pieces, perhaps her best, appeared in Hihernia (Dublin), 1883,
and another in Miss Braddon's Mistletoe Bough, 1881. A couple of her
pieces won prizes in Weekly Irish Times and The Weekly Freeman. Tc |
Irish provincial papers she often wrote over her maiden name of " C.
Cowan." She died in October, 1902.
JOHNS, REY. CHARLES ALEXANDER.— Chronological Rhymes on E.vg-
LiSH History, 1833, 12mo.
A distinguished botanist, and probably an Englishman. Born in 1811.
and graduated B.A. T.C.D., 1840. Wrote some very popular and
interesting botanical works and died in 1874. At T.C.D. he gained four
Vice-Chancellor's prizes in Greek and Latin verse.
JOHNSON, LIONEL.— Poems, London, ^896, 8vo ; Ireland, with other
Poems, London, 1897, 8vo ; Twenty-One Poems by Lionel Johnson,
selected by W. B. Yeats, Dun Emer Press, 1904; Selections from the
Poems op Lionel Johnson, with foreword by Clement Shorter, London,
1908.
A distinguished poet and critic, connected with The Academy, and other
high-class journals., and formerly revJe\\er for the defunct Anti- Jacobin.
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He lias written exquisite verse as well as prose, and there are about a
dozen of his poems in " The Book of the Rhymers' Club," 1st and 2nd
series, London, 1892, etc. He was born at Broadstairs, Kent, of Irish
family, in 1867, and was educated at Winchester, proceeding thence to
Oxford in 1886. He graduated B.A. at New (College, in 1890, with a first-
class in Classics. In the same year he settled in London, and soon began
to write for the leading literary papers, among others, the Pall Mall
Gazette, Daily Chronicle, lipeaher, Westminster Oaziite, etc. In 1891
he became a Catholic. He published a remarkable volume on " The Art
of Thomas Hardy," in 1896. He was a descendant of a long line of
soldiers, his great-grandfather being General Sir Henry Johnson,
who commanded the English troops at the Battle of New Boss in 1798.
The family is connected with Co. Dublin. Owing to his diminutive stature,
Lionel Johnson was almost the only member of it that did not join the
army. He died on October 4, 1902, and was buried in Kensal Green.
His fine work has been highly appreciated by the critics, and Mr. W. B.
Yeats has published his essay on " Poetry and Nationality," 1908, and an
edition, or more properly, a selection of his works, in three volumes, is
now in preparation, the first volume having been just issued (1911). A
couple of characteristically good examples of his prose are in "A Treasury
of Irish Poetry," edited by Stopford Brooke and T. W. Rolleston.
JOHNSON, WILLIAM KNOX.— Tehha TENEBRARrir, poems, London, 1898,
Svo.
An excellent volume of verse. Was born in 1868, at Monkstown, Co.
Dublin. His father was the late Canon Johnson, of Carbery, Co. Kildare.
Was educated at home and at Parsonstown, and graduated at Oxford in
1891. Entered the Indian Civil Service, and died in India, June 13, 1906.
JOHNSON, ZACHARIAH. — Musings by the Morning Noee, also Erin's
Advice, verse, Dublin, illustrated, sq. 16mo, n.d. (c 1875).
Probably printed in Kilkenny, where the author lived. B.A., T.C.D.,
1836; M.A., 1851. Was a Eellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and
died in Kilkenny on January 11, 1892, aged 81.
JOHNSTON, ANNA ISABEL.— See MacManus, Anna Isabel.
JOHNSTON, EUGENE T. — The Donnybrook Fair Songster, compiled by E.
T. J., New York, 1863, 12mo.
There are songs by the compiler in the volume.
JOHNSTON (HAIDEE or HARRIET) .—Lays or the Lost One, and other
poems, Dublin, 1858.
Is represented in " Irish Penny Readings," a collection published at
the jN'^aiiow, office some years ago. She was Harriet, the daughter of
Robert Allen, of Kilkenny, and became the first wife of William John-
ston, M.P. (q_.v.).
JOHNSTON, JAMES.— Poems, Belfast, 188-.
JOHNSTON, JAMES M.— Jottings in Verse, Belfast, 1887, Svo.
Wrote a few poems in ShamrocTi , 1866-7.
JOHNSTON, JAMES NICHOLL.— Doneg.m. Memories and other Poems,
Ijrivately urinted, New York, 1910.
JOHNSTON, REY. JOCELYN.— A contributor of clever verse to Froth,
Kottahos, and other Dublin journals. Born in Co. Down in 1855, and
graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1880; M.A., 1888. Was incumbent of a parish
at Bundoran, Co. Donegal, but is now rector of a New York church.
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JOHNSTON, JOHN.— Evangelical Poems, by the late John Johnston of
Donaghadee, second edition, Belfast, 1828, 16mo. '
Born in 1748, and died May 1st, 1827.
JOHNST9N, REY. JOHN A.— George Benn, in his "History of Belfast,"
mentions one of this name as a poet of ability. It is possible that the
preceding writer may be identical with him.
JOHNSTON, JOHN MOORE.— Hetebogenea, or Medley, etc., in prose and
v«rse, Downpatrick, 1803, 12mo.
A farmer, church-warden, and land-agent to Lord Moira and others,
and born at Portmore Park, Co. Antrim, on December 14th, 1747. The
book is very curious, and contains ?. lot of information about parishes and
baronies in Co. Down, and Co. Antrim, with lists of centenarians. There
is also a long biogi-aphical account of Lord Moira, father of the eminent
soldier who became Marquis of Hastings.
JOHNSTON, L. C— The Ritins or Erin, a poem,— ; The Lay or
THE Last Irish Mixstbel, a poem, Dublin, 1817 ; Oeallachan, King of
MuNSTER, a tale of Momonia, with other poems, Dublin, 1817, 12mo ;
second edition, 1820; William III., or Protestant Ascendancy, Dublin,
1826 ; second edition, 1827, 12mo.
Also published a little book, now very scarce, " The History of
Drogheda " (Drogheda, 1826, 12mo), and another, "Original Letters of
Cromwell, written during the Siege of Drogheda," with notes, Drogheda,
1834, 8vo (30 pp.). His " Oeallachan " is described in sub-title in Dublin
edition of 1820, " Or the Battle of Dundalk Bay and other Poems."
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM.— A frequent contributor to the Kentish Press nearly
thirty years ago or so. He was formerly a member of the E. Division
of the Metropolitan Police, stationed in Deptford or Greenwich. Many
of his pieces appeared in Deptford papers of the late eighties, when he
was about to collect and publish them in book form. He is a native of
Co. Fermanagh.
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM.— The Boyne Book oe Pobtby and Song (edited by
W. J.), Downpatrick, 1869, 12mo.
Sometime M.P. for South Belfast, and author of some novels, etc. Was
Inspector of Fisheries in Ireland, during 1878-85, but was removed on
account of his interference in political matters, being, as is well-known,
a strong supporter and expounder of Orange principles. There are a
couple of his own songs in above collection, and others, I believe, appeared
in the Orange papers, such as The Doienshire Protestant, many years ago.
He was born in Co. Down, on February 22nd, 182&, and was educated at
T.C.D., graduating B.A., 18.52, M.A., 1856. He died at Ballykilbeg on
July 17j 1902. Haidee Johnston (g.ii.) was his first wife.
JOLY, REY. JOHN SWIFT.— Eabth's Christmas Ode, a poem, Dublin, 1886,
16mo.(
Born in Dublin in 1818; B.A., T.C.D., 1839; M.A., 18-52; appointed
rector of Athlone in 1869, and died in that town on December 3rd, 1887,
leaving a large quantity of unpublished poetry. One or two other works
were published by him, including one entitled " The Old Bridge of Ath-
lone," Dublin, 1881.
JONES, D. M. — Songs of the Hour, Boston (Mass.), 188-.
A poetical contributor to Boston Pilot during John Boyle O'Reilly's
time, and said to be an Irishman. He resided at Wilke.sbarre, Pa,
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JONES, EDWARD C— Tub Harp of Syj^va, and other poems, Philadelphia,
U.S.A., 1841.
An Irish-American poet, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania,
and a teacher in the Blind Institution of that State. The opening poem
is a verse-treatment of the trial of Robert Emmet, and partly a para-
phrase of his famous speech.
JONES, FREDERICK E.— The Duke of Burgundy, a tragi-comic play, 1819;
Tom Jones, a comedy (adapted from Fielding's novel), 1826.
Neither of the above were printed, perhaps, but they were first acted in
Dublin during the years named. Jones was a native of Co. Meath (born
about 1759, died in 1834), and became a famous theatrical manager in
Dublin. It was to him Croker addressed his well-known " Familiar
Epistles."
JONES, HENRY.— Philosophy, a poem, by the bricklayer, 1746, 8vo;
Poems on Several Occasions, London, 1749, 8vo ; An Epistle to Lord
Orrery-, London, 1751, 4to; The Earl of Essex, a tragedy in five acts,
and in verse, 1753, 8vo ; Merit, a poem, London, 1753, 4to ; The Relief,
or Day-Thoughts, a poem, etc., 1754, 8vo ; Verses to the Duke op New-
castle, London, 1754, 4to ; The Invention of Letters and the Utility
OF THE Press, a poem, Dublin, 1755, fol. sh. ; Kew Gardens, a poem in
two cantos, London, 1767, 4to ; Clifton, a poem in two cantos, Bristol,
1667 — or rather 1767, 4to ; another edition to which is added An Ode to
Shakespeare, Bristol, 1773 ; 4to ; Inoculation, or Beauty's Triumph, a
poem, Bath, 1768, 4to ; Veotis, The Isle of Wight, a poem, in three
cantos, London, 1766, 4to; Harold, a, tragedy in verse (never played or
published) ; The Heroine of the Cave, a tragedy (altered by P. Hiffernan),
London, 1775, 8vo.
Born at Bewley, near Drogheda, in 1721. Was a bricklayer hy trade,
but having gained the appreciation of Lord Chesterfield for his poems, he
adopted literature as a profession. His " Earl of Essex " was one of the
most popular tragedies of the 18th century. He gave way to dissipation
and drink, however, and all his friends and patrons gave him up. He
was run over in St. Martin's Lane, early in 1770, and died in April of
that year. See Sentimental and Ma.ionic Magazine, Dublin, for July,
August, and September, 1794, where there is a lengthy notice of his life
and writings.
JONES, HENRY GEORGE. — Napoleon the First, an historical play in
verse, Dublin, 1860, 4to.
JONES, HENRY MACNAUGHTON, M.D.— The Thames, a poem, London,
1906, sm. 4to ; A Piece or Delph and other Fragments, London, 1908 {?);
The Dawn of Life, poems, London, 1909.
Born in Cork, and practised as a physician in Dublin for some years.
For some time he has been settled in London, where he is well-known as
a specialist. Much of his verse has been written for ceremonial occa-
sions, and was printed on slips and sheets for private circulation.
JONES, WALTER. — Hespero-neso-graphia, or a description of the Western
Isle, verse, Dublin, 1724; Dublin, 1735: The History of Ireland in
Verse, or a description of the Western Lsle, in verse (over initials of
"J. K."), Dublin, 1750, 8vo ; The Irish Hudidias, etc. London. 17->'),
8vo; Dublin, 1791, 8vo ; Hespero-neso-graphia, etc. (over initials of " W.
M."), Monaghan, 1814, 16mo.
A satirist to whom has been attributed, probably with justice, the above
virulent satires. Walker, in his "Irish Bards," 1818, Vol. I., p. 213,
says that "Hespero-neso-graphia" was written by him, He was
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a graduate of T.C.D., B.A., 1715, and eldest son of Theophilus Jones,
of Headfort, Co. Leitrim, and Co. Dublin, and M.P. for Sligo and (later)
for Leitrim in the Irish Parliament. Walter Jones was probably born at
Headfort in or about 1693. He married Olivia, daughter of Sir Chidley
Coote, of Coote Hall, Co. Roscommon, in 1722, and died in May, 1756.
" Hespero-neso-graphia " was " reprinted by Theophilus Jones for AVm.
Smith" in Dublin in 1735. Charles O'Conor, in a letter to J. C. Walker
(in Gilbert Library, Dublin), refers to Jones as the author. See T. C.
Croker's " Popular Songs of Ireland " for reference. The poems are
usually attributed to one William Moftett (q.v.).
JONES, WILLIAM TODD.— This well-known pamphleteer of the '98 period
was also a writer of verse. He is included in the collection of poems
(1790), edited by Joshua Elkins (q.v.). He was born in Lisburn in or
about 1759, and died May 10, 1818.
JORDAN, JOHN. — Born in Ireland on March 6, 1805. Lived at Waconta,
Minnesota, and was a farmer and inventor. Is represented in a collec-
tion called "Local and National Poets of America," by Herringshaw,
Chicago, 1890.
JORDAN, MARGARET E.— Echoes rnoji the Pines, Portland, Maine
(U.S.A.), 1886.
Born in America, of Irish parents, and a frequent contributor to
American papers and magazines.
JOY, J. M. (?). — Labda, and other poems, London, 1876, 8vo.
Also a novel in 1879.
JOYCE, JAMES ( ?) — The Lay or Truth, a poem with notes, London, 1825,
8vo; Hymns, with notes, London, 1850, 8vo.
Other works of a religious character, and in prose.
JOYCE, JAMES A. — Chamber Music, poems, London, 1907.
A remarkable volume by a young Irish writer of Galway parentage. He
was a brilliant student of University College, Dublin, and went to Trieste
some years ago.
JOYCE, COL. JOHN A. — Peculiar Poems, New York, 1885; Jewels op
Memory, Washington (D.C.), 1895 ; Complete Poems, 1899.
An Irish-American poet, who has written about three hundred poems, of
which he says twenty-seven have been claimed by others. Among these
(according to his statement) is the well-known " Laugh, and the AVorld
Laughs With You," generally attributed to Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Joyce
states that he wrote it in Louisville in January, 1803, " in the presence of
three other people." He wasj born at Westport, Co. Mayo, July 4th,
1842, and taken to U.S.A. at the age of five. He was educated first at
Wheeling, Virginia, and afterwards in Kentucky, to w'hich his parents
removed in 1854. In his early years he taught school; then joined the
U.S. army, and served with distinction throughout the war under General
Sherman. Entered the Government civil service at Washington, and
became a revenue officer on the Pacific coast. In 1884 he published nn
autobiographical work in Chicago, entitled " A Checkered Life." His
mother was a Miss Gibbons, niece of Rev. Patrick Gibbons, and cousin of
Cardinal Gibbons. Col. Joyce has written and edited many books.
JOYCE, MATHIAS. — A Poem Sacred to the Memory of the Late John
Wesley, M.A. ; extracts of a memoir of the late M. Joyce, written by
himself, Dublin, 1814, 8vo.
There is a portiait of Joyce by James Petrie in the book, engraved by
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C. Maguire. Ho was born in Dublin on February, 17th, 1754, and was
at first a printer. Originally a Catholic, he became a Methodist, and
finally a minister of that sect. After thirty years at this calling, he died
in 1814. His poem is in 133 four-lined stanzas.
JOYCE, PATRICK WESTON, LL.D.— A distinguished Irish scholar and
author, and brother of following writer. His " Old Celtic Romances,"
" Irish Names of Places," and " Social History of Ireland," and his col-
lections of Irish music are standard works. Born in 1827, in the village
of Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick, and was educated at private schools, but
later entered T.C.D., and graduated B.A., 1861, M.A., 1864, LL.D., 1870.
Some poems of his will be found in Goodman's " School Songs " ; in his
collections of Irish music are some of his verse-translations from the
Gaelic, and in " Old Celtic Romances." He has published many other
works. From 1845 he was in the Irish Government service, and has retired
during the last few years from a high position under the Commissioners
of National Education.
JOYCE, ROBERT DWYER, M.D. — Ballads, Romances and Songs, Dublin,
1861, 12mo; Legends or the M''aes in Ikeland (prose), Boston, U.S.A.,
1868, 16mo ; Irish Fireside Tales (prose), Boston, 1871 ; Ballads of Irish
Chivalry, songs and poems (complete edition, with illust'-ations by J. F.
O'Hea), Boston, U.S.A., 1872, 8vo ; new edition, London and Dublin, 1908;
Dbirdrb, a poem (anonymously), Boston, 1876, &vo; Blanid, a poem,
Boston, U.S.A., 1879, 8vo.
His " Deirdre " was (it is said) an enormous success, a sale of over
10,000 copies in a few days being claimed for it. He was born at Gleno-
sheen, Co. Limerick, in 1830, and in 1857 he became a student of Queen's
College, Cork, and graduated there most successfully, taking the degree
of M.D. in 1865. In 1866 he went to America, and located himself in
Boston, where he built up a very good practice. He returned to Ireland
in September, 1888, and died in Dublin on October 24, 1883. He had
intended to write another long poem, " The Courtship of Etaiu." I have
heard that he is the true author of the well-known " Tipperary Recruiting
Song," issued during the Fenian time as a street ballad. His poems
appeared in Nation, Harp (Cork), DvMin Slatv rday Magazine, Celt, Irish
I'cople, and many other papers, generally over his initials or over the
signature of " Feardana," but in Irish People, 1863, etc., over that of
" Merulan."
JOYCE, THOMAS (?) — The Klements, a poem in four cantos, with introduc-
tory address, London, 1832, 12ino.
JOYNT, JOHN WILLIAM. — Author of various poems in Eihenia, a Dublin
magazine, edited and owned by Count Plunkett, and also in Kottahos and
the Dublin Vniverxify Eeview, 1885, etc. Sch. T.C.D., 1875; B.A., 1877;
M.A., 1831.
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K, C. H. — The Castle Rock, oe Early Recollections, with other poonis,
Dublin, 1850.
The writer seems to have belonged to Carrigaholt. Some of the poems
treat of Co. Clare matters. The author probably wrote the articles on
the Shannon in the series of " Irish Rivers " in the Duhlin Universit ij
Magazine, which are signed with his initials.
K, H. — There was a writer of Irish poems in the London Literary Bec/ister
(1823) who used these initials, and also in The Dublin and London Maga-
zine (1825-27). They were probably the signature of the Henry Kirch-
hoffer mentioned further on.
KANE, EDWARD.— See "Knox, Kathleen."
KANE, EDWARD C. — A Glimpse of Gloey, and other Poems, religious verse.
New York, 1885.
KANE, JOHN P., LL.D. — ^A Belfast solicitor, who a good many years ago
wrote pretty frequently in verse for Texas Siftings, Irish Monthly, and
United Ireland. He was " Alastor " of Belfast Morning News (1878-87?),
and won the prize of jEIO offered by United Ireland, in 1882, for the best
national poem. He was born in Belfast in October, 1860 ; studied at St.
Malachy's College in that city and at Royal University, where he gradu-
ated B.A., 1882; LL.B., 1887. He left Belfast for U.S.A., I believe, some
years ago, but returned, and has since, I think, died.
KAYANAGH, HENRY. — An Irish-Canadian poet, born in Carlow town in
1823. He was first educated by a private tutor and afterwards at a
classical academy. In his youth he contributed to the Irish Penny
Journal, and after going to Canada began to write for some of its
periodicals, such as The Literary Garland (Montreal, 1843-48), and con-
tributed later to The Harp, of Montreal; also to the Montreal Star,
Gazette, and Trus Witness. He also wrote for Donahoe's Magazine,
Boston, and sometime ago was preparing for publication a metrical
version of " The Three Sorrows of Story -Telling."
KAYANAGH, MORGAN PETER.— Wanderings of Lucan and Dinah, a
poetical romance in ten cantos, with preface by M. McDermot, London,
1824, 8vo; The Reign of Lockeyn, a poem (anonymously), 1839, 8vo.
Probably a Tipperary man. Father of Julia Kavanagh, the well-known
Irish novelist. He wrote some peculiar philological works, novels, etc.,
and died in 1874. For an interesting correspondence respecting one of
his novels and his relations with his daughter, see Athenmum for 1857.
See also Boase's "Modern Biography."
KAVANAGH, RBY. PATRICK FIDELIS, O.S.F.— Alcohol, a sermon in
verse, Dublin, 1893, 8vo.
Born in Wexford, and now a Franciscan. Author of a very popular
work on the insurrection of 1798, which has passed through various
editions. He is the son of a, Wexford merchant, and is a
grand-nephew of the famous insurgent priest, Rev. Michael Murphy,
who was killed at the Battle of Arklow. He lived for some
time in the Colonies, and it was when returning home in 1885 that he
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fell in with Mr. Froude, who mentions him in his " Oceana," and
attributes to him statements which Father Kavanagh repudiated at the
time. As a poet, he is not so well-known as by his book on '98, but his
poems have appeared in various papers, including The Wexford People,
Sydney Freeman's Journal (N.S.W.), and Irish World (New York). His
poem, "Erin's Address to her Recreant Children," appeared in Irish
World on March 11, 1876, and attracted some attention.
KAVANAGH, ROSE.— Rose Kavanagh and Hbh Verses, edited by Rev.
Matthew Russell, S.J., Dublin, 12mo, 1909.
A gifted young poetess, whose decease was one of the saddest, and whose
loss was one of the greatest Irish literature has had to bear for a long time.
She was a native of Co. Tyrone, having been born at Killadroy on June 23,
1859. Studied art at first, but eventually adopted the literary profession, and
wrote largely for the Irish papers and magazines for some years, generally
over the signature of "Ruby." At the outset The Irish Monthly, Buhlin
University Beview, Nation, Boston Pilot, Shamrock, Young Ireland, etc.,
etc., printed many of her poems and stories. Miss Kavanagh died of
consumption on February 26, 1891, in her native county, and was buried
there. Her death evoked many expressions of regret, and various elegies
were written thereon. For some years previous to her death she was a
member of the staff of the Dublin Weekly Freeman, and was the well-
known " Uncle Remus " of that paper, as she had been of The Irish
Firesids. The Irish Monthly for October, 1891, p. 512, says she was born
on June 24, 1860. Her story, " Clare Daly," ran through the Shamrock in
1884.
KAYE, KEY. JOHN WILLIAM, LL.D.— Author of many poems to Ulster and
English provincial papers over signature of " Florence Marion K." (his
daughter's name). Born in England in 1840, and educated privately for
the most part, or in public schools. Became a teacher of modern languages
in a high school, but in 1869 he entered St. Bee's College, and graduated
there in 1873, in which year he was ordained. After taking charge of
curacies in Manchester, etc., he became rector of Derrybrusk, Co. Fer-
managh, in 1881. AVas well-known as a preacher in the North of Ireland,
and published many sermons in the homiletical journals. Died early in
November, 1895.
KAYES, CORNELIUS.— Born in Co. Kildare in 1810. Wrote constantly for
The Lady's and Fariner's Almanack from 1837 to 1868, and died on March
23 of latter year. The diarian writers raised a granite monument over
his remains.
KEANE, SIR JOHN HENRY (Bart.).— Lady Alice, the Flower of Ossoeyb,
with metrical legends, chronicles, translations, and miscellaneous poems,
London, 1836, 12mo ; Fables, translated from ]3aron G. J. A. de Stassart,
1850, 8vo ; Pyracmon, a tragedy in verse, 1853 ; The Old Jewry^, a
tragedy in verse, Westminster, 1860, 8vo.
Also other works, relating to Ireland, etc. Was the third baronet,
and was born in Cappoquin House, Co. Waterford, on January 12, 1816;
died at the same place, November 26, 1881.
KEANE, M. J. — Ballads : UiNDER the Lone Star of Chili, Valparaiso,
1905 (?).
An Iri.sh-Austialian resident in Chili. Has written much for Chilian
Star and Chilian Times.
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KEARNEY, JAMES. — A popular singer in Dublin some forty years'ago or so.
He is said (wrongly, 1 think), to have written various songs vi'hich had a
vogue, such as " By Memory Inspired," etc. Emigrated to America, I
believe, and died about 1876. Was a Clare man, and originally a labourer.
Most of his songs were written for him, such as " King O'Toole and His
Goose."
KEARNEY, REY. JOHN, D.D. — The Ghost of Walteh, a poem, Dublin,
1798, 8vo (anonymously).
The poem refers to the French invasion of Ireland. MS. note in Dublin
National Library copy says he wrote it. Kearney was a Sch. of T.C.D.
in 1760; B.A., 1762; Fellow, 1764; M.A., 1765; B.D., 1775; D.D., 1777,
and Provost, 1799.
KEARNEY, MICHAEL. — The Kings or Oashbl, a poem, translated from the
Irish of John O'Dugan, Dublin, 1847.
There are 81 verses in this poem, which was apparently translated by
Kearney in 1635, and not printed till above date.
KEARNEY, PATRICK. — Born in Castleisland, Co. Kerry, in 1848, and was
for years a prominent Irish citizen of Liverpool. Contributed a good
many pieces of poetry to Nation of some years ago over the signature of
" K." Died in Liverpool about 1900.
KEARNEY, W. J. — Leisure Houes at Sea and Ashoke, containing The Log,
The Vision, etc., etc., dedicated by permission to Father Mathew, Cork,
1843, 8vo.
A native of Passage, and a sailor, who died in or about 1852. His prin-
cipal poem was entitled " Our Village," and his " Lines on the Death of
Capt. Roberts," the skipper of the ill-fated President, whose monument
is in Passage churchyard, have been praised.
KEARY, ELIZABETH. — Little Seal-Skin, and other poems, London, 1874,
16mo; Pets and Playmates, verses, illustrated, London, 1887, oblong. 8vo;
At Home Again, verses, illustrated, London, 1888, 4to.
Sister of the late Annie Keary, the Irish novelist. Is of Galway origin,
but born in England, I believe. She has written her sister's biography
and several other works. Her brother, Charles F. Keary, is also a dis-
tinguished author of the day.
KEE, JOHN. — Spkay, sketches from the Shannon and the Bann (over initials),
Derry, 1891, 8vo (36 pp.); Snoav-Flakbs (over initials), printed and pub-
lished by himself at Larch-Hill, Donemana, Strabane, 1892, sq. 16mo ;
Idtls of Youth, poems, — ; The Ruins of Love, — .
Born about 1842, and was originally a farm-labourer, then a small
farmer, and is now a printer in the town of Donegal. He has set up,
printed, and published his own booklets, and has written numerous pleas-
ing poems for Derry Journal, Derry Standard, Derry Sentinel, Northern
Whig (Belfast), The Christian, and Younrj Folks, of London. Is included
in W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets."
KEEGAN, REY. JAMES. — Born at Cloone, Co. Leitrim, in January, 1860.
Was educated for the priesthood and went to United States, and was for
some years pastor of St. Malachy's Church, St. Louis. His pieces
appeared in most of the leading Irish-American and Irish papers, and
he was an enthusiastic Gaelic scholar. He contributed eloquent articles
and poems to various periodicajs, his first pieces having appeared in The
Shamrock. He also wrote for Nation, United Ireland, Weekly Freeman
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(of Dublin), and among American periodicals for Catholic World,
Bonahoe's Magazine, N.Y. CathoVk Review, Boston Pilot, Catholic Union
and Times (Buffalo), liedpath's Werlly, Western Wntrhman (St. Ix)uis),
Chicacjo Citizen, etc., frequently over signatures of ''Pastheen Pionn,"
"Paistiri Fionn," "Orion," and " Macaedhagain." He died at his
native place on January 5, 1894, having returned home to recruit his
health.
KEEGAN, JOHN. — Legends and Poems of the Irish Peasantby, edited by
Canon O'Hanlon, with memoir by D. J. O'Donoghue, Dublin, 1907, 8vo.
Born in Queen's Co. in 1809. Is the most popular of Irish peasant
poets. He was a, frequent contributor to Xation over his initials, but
on one occasion (August 5, 1843), he used the signature of " A Man of
25." Numerous poems and stories by him appeared in The Irishman of
1849, Irish National Magazine (1846, where his " Caoch the Piper " first
appeared), Dolman's Magazine (a London Catholic periodical — between
1846-9), Irish Penny Journal, Dublin University Magazine, etc. He was
well educated, though only a, pupil at a hedge-school, and his letters show
considerable reading and culture. His life was not a very happy one,
as he contracted an unfortunate marriage, and suffered much misery in
consequence. He died of cholera in 1849, and was buried as a pauper in
Glasnevin. See above-mentioned memoir by D. J. O'Donoghue (based on
a large collection of Keegan's letters in his possession) for full particulars
of his rather sad life.
KEEGAN, JOHN CURRAN. — Born at Stranadora, Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim,
on May 13, 1854, and passed through T.C.D. Went to London and became
a journalist, acting as special correspondent in France, Switzerland,
Spain, etc. Later he went to U.S.A., and settled at Lowell (Mass.) for a
time, but eventually went to Chicago, where he practised as a lawyer and
.iournalist. He is the author of various poems, and is represented in
iEliot Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic Poets."
KEELAN, REY. , D.D.— Dr. John Brenan (q.v.) satirises a poet of this
name in his Milesian Magazine, and parodies his " Melodies." Father
Keelan was the author of a pamphlet on the Veto question, and was seem-
ingly a teacher and clergyman at Drogheda. In the Duhlin Monthly
Magazine for 1842, p. 22, he is also referred to as a poet.
KEELING, ELSA D'ESTERRE.— The Songs of Mirza Schaffy (from the
German of F. M. Bodenstedt), translated by E. D. K., Hamburg, 1880,
8vo; How the Queen as England was "Wooed and Won. ok William the
Conqueeek's Fiest Conquest, a play in four acts and in verse, Loudon,
1884, 16mo ; Thp Teue Story op Catherine Parr, a play in one act, and
in verse, London, 1884, 16mo ; In Thoughtland and ix Dreamland, prose
and verse, London, 1890 (1889), 8vo.
A contributor of very original verse and prose to various English maga-
zines, and author of several stories of merit. She was born in Dublin
about 1860, and was educated in Germany. She has written for Academy,
Temple Bar, Bel{/ravia, Graphic, Pall Mall Gazette, etc.
KEIGHTLEY, SIR SAMUEL ROBERT, LL.D.— A King's Daughter, aaid
other poems, Belfast, 1878, 12mo ; second edition, 1879.
Born in Belfast in 1859, and educated at Academy and Queen's College
of that city, where he graduated. He wrote the above poems while a
student, and is since better known by his various historical novels.
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KEILLY, ANNE (or Kiely). — Daughter of an under-agent of Annaghs, New-
Boss, Co. Wexford, on the estate of Walter Sweetman. The late Dr.
Madden made many inquiries, which made it probable, he thought, that
she wrote " Beautiful Snow," a popular but undistinguished poem about
which there has been so much dispute in America and elsewhere. Miss
Keilly wrote largely in the seventies for Munster Express, Kilkenny Mode-
rator, Wexford Express, Waterford Express, Waterford Daily Mail, and
American papers, and the pieces written by her frequently bore the state-
ment upon them that she composed the poem referred to. She was born
somewhere about 1850, and went to America about 1875 or 1876. The
material collected by Dr. Madden as to her authorship of " Beautiful
Snow " (in which he fully believed) was bought at the sale of his library
by Mr. Paul O'Byrne, of Dublin.
KELLEHER, D. L.— Poems— Twelve a Penny, Cork, 1911.
KELLY, CHARLES ARTHUR.— Delhi, and other poems, new and enlarged
edition, London, 1872, 8vo.
Of the Bengal Civil Service. Died in Chelsea on December 28, 1907,
in his 58th year.
KELLY, DENIS.— Brother of the Very Rev. James J. Kelly referred to fur-
ther on. Born in 1841, and wrote various poems to Boscommon
Messenger, etc., between 1860-70, over signatures of " Sined " and "Pen-
dennis." Died in 1870, I believe.
KELLY, DENIS HENRY, M.R.I.A.— An Irish scholar and collector, who
edited "The Book of Fenagh," an important Irish MS. His valuable
library was sold in 1875 in Dublin, and among the items were many
Irish MSS. with translations by himself, including eight volumes of
metrical versions. He was born, probably in Co. Galway, about 1797,
and died in Dublin on May 15, 1877. He was a magistrate of Galway
and Roscommon, and deputy-lieutenant of the former. He was a friend
of Eugene O'Curry, John O'Donovan, Sir W. R. Wilde, and other Irish
scholars, and made a fine collection of about 15,000 Irish books. He bore
the title of Chief of Hymany.
KELLY, DOMINICK, M.D. — The Battle of the Chanteks, a poem, — ; The
Gkave op Love, a poem, — .
Died about 1806. In Walker's Hibernian Magazine for December of
that year there is an elogy on him. In the poem on Oastlecoote, Co.
Roscommon, in one of Patrick O'Kelly's volumes, Kelly is mentioned. He
was doubtless a, native of Roscommon, perhaps of Ballyglass.
KELLY, MRS. E. C. — ^A native of Co. Meath, who lived in Drogheda for some
time, and won a place among the popular local poets. She wrote
" Sympathy," a poem in ten cantos, and other pieces, many of which
were afterwards republished in the Drogheda Argus, and she is included in
the supplement issued by that paper about 1855 as a collection of local
poetry. Her maiden name was O'Callaghan, and she is supposed to have
died about 1840.
KELLY, ELEANOR F. — Shamrock Spbats, Galway (Cormaught Tribune
office), 1911.
KELLY, ELLINOR J. (?). — Lays and Rhymes for Hours at Sea, London,
p
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KELLY, FRANCES MARIA.— Doctoe Bolus, a serio-comic-bombastio-opera-
tic interlude, verse, London, 1818, Svo (MS. notes in one of British
Museum copies).
This was the well-known actress and singer. She was born on October
15, 1790, at Brighton, and was the niece of Michael Kelly, the musical
composer. According to some writers, she was so attractive that her
life was twice attempted by rejected lovers, rendered insane by her refusal
to marry. She died at Feltham on December 6, 1882. There was another
actress of the same name who must not be confused with her.
KELLY, HUGH. — Thespis, oe A Ceiucal Examination into the Meeits op
ALL the Principal Peeioemees belonging to Drtjby Lane Theatre, in
verse, 1766 ; second edition, with corrections and additions, two books,
London, 1768-7, 4to ; False Delioaot, comedy, 1768, Svo ; A Word to the
Wise, comedy, 1770, 8vo; Clementina, a tragedy, 1771, Svo; The School
FOE Wives, comedy, 1774, Svo ; The Romance oe an Houe, 1774, Svo ; The
Man of Reason, 1776, not printed ; The Works of H. K. (plays and
poems), with memoir and portrait, 1778, 4to.
Generally said to have been born at Killarney, but a notice of him,
which ran through five numbers of The Sentimental and Masonic Maga-
zine, Dublin (December to April, 1793-4), says he was the son of a Dublin
tavern-keeper, and was born in that city. He became a very prominent
journalist and dramatist in London, and is frequently mentioned in the
memoirs of his time. He was well known to Goldsmith and the other
literary Irishmen in London, and died on February 3, 1777, aged 37.
Dr. Thomas Campbell (q.v.), in his account of a visit to London, mentions
someone as saying of Kelly that he had " a diarrhoea of the tongue." He
published " The Babbler," a collection of essays in two volumes, and also
" Louisa Mildmay, or the History of a Magdalen," a novel.
KELLY, ISABELLA (?) (afterwards Hedgeland). — A Collection of Poems
AND Fables, London, 1794, Svo ; Poems and Fables on Seveeal Occasions,
second edition, Chelsea, 1807, 12mo.
She published a number of novels of the Radcliffian kind.
KELLY, J. — Peomiscuous Poems and Songs, Belfast, 1864.
KELLY, JAMES. — The Peintee's Carnival, and other Poems, Airdrie,
1875.
Died in 1881. He was, I think, a printer, and of Irish origin.
KELLY, VERY REV. JAMES J. (Monsignor) .— Youthfi l Vbeses, Dublin,
1904, Svo.
A Roscommon man, born about 1845, and brother of the Denis Kelly
mentioned higher up. Ordained in 1866. Wrote, about 1868-70, a good
many poems for Nation and other Irish papers. These are collected in the
volume of poems noted above. His book on " The Haunts of Goldsmith "
is a valuable contribution to the biography of that famous writer. His
poems were generally signed "Coman."
KELLY, JOHN. — A native of Co. Westmeath, and a weaver by trade, whose
whole life was a long struggle against poverty. He was born on Septem-
ber 29, 1809, and died March 9, 1875. He wrote much verse, and left a
large quantity in MS. at his death. " Paddy O'Carroll's Wedding," a
street ballad, is his most popular piece.
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KELLY, JOHN. — The Maheied Philosopher, comedy, 1732, 8vo; Timon in
Love, oe The Innocent Theft, comedy, 1733, 8vo ; The Fall of Bob, ok
THE Oracle of Gin, tragedy, 1739, 12mo; The Levee, farce, 1741, 8vo;
Pill and Drop, a dramatic piece, apparently not printed.
This Kelly was an Irish barrister of the Inner Temple, London, and
translated several works from the French, and wrote for the Press. He
died at Hornsey on July 16, 1751, and was buried at St. Pancras.
KELLY, KEY. JOHN (?)— P. Geehaudt's Spiritual Songs, translated by
J. K., 1878, 16mo; Hymns of the Present Century, from the German,
rendered into English verse by ... J. K., 1885, 8vo.
Born in England, but probably of Irish origin.
KELLY, JOHN TARPEY.— A frequent contributor of vigorous poems for
some years to the Irish papers over full name and signatures of "J. T.
K.," " Ard-na-Erin," " Slieve-Bloom," and " Hi-Many." Born at Clon-
macuoise. King's Co., on February 24, 1864, and lived near Birr for some
years. Was educated at Blackrock College, and went to London in 1882
as a Civil Servant, where he took an active part in carrying on the
Southwark Irish Literary Club. He was largely identified with the move-
ment for the publication of the poems of J. F. O'Donnell '(g.f.). A large
number of ballads by him appeared in United Ireland, Nation,
Weekly News, Irishman, Shamrock, Young Ireland, and Irish Fireside,
among Dublin papers, and in Derry Journal and Midland Tribune, among
the Irish provincial journals, and he contributed several to an Irish paper
in Liverpool, entitled The yationaUst. He died December 16, 1899, and
is buried at Tallaght, Co. Dublin, where there is a cross erected to his
memory by some of his friends.
KELLY, MARY ANNE.— Poems, by " Eva " of the Nation, San Francisco,
1877, 8vo; new edition, selected, Dublin, 1909 (with memoir by Justin
McCarthy and preface by Seumas MacManus).
Born at Headfort, Co. Galway, about 1825. Married Dr. Kevin
Izod O'Doherty, one of the Young Irelanders, after his return
from imprisonment, and accompanied him to Australia, where he
became a successful physician and politician. She wrote many poems for
The Nation, over the well-known signature of "Eva," and also over that
of " Fionnuala," and was considered one of the three best Nation poet-
esses of the '48 period, the other two being Ellen Downing and
Lady Wilde. " Eva " also wrote a goodly number of poems for Irishman,
Irish Felon, Irish Tribune (1848), and other journals, including the Irish
People. Her first poem in Nation, signed " Fionnuala," appeared on
December 28, 1844, and was entitled "The Leprechaun." On April 12
of same year her next piece appeared, similarly signed. Neither of these
pieces is in her volume. After the death of her husband, a few years
ago, she was in great poverty, and a public fund was subscribed for her.
She died in Brisbane in May, 1910.
KELLY, MARY I.— Born in Dublin on March 25, 1856, daughter of a
builder named Henry O'Hanlon. She wrote verse from an early age.
Much of it appeared in the Penny Dispatch and Weekly Freeman, winning
many prizes in their columns. In 1879 she went to India, and in 1880
married there a Mr. Richard Kelly, a hotel proprietor. While in India
she wrote for Bom,bay Gazette. She died in Drumcondra in April, 1884.
Her early poems were written over her maiden name.
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KELLY, PETER BURROWES.— The Polish MoiHEKi a tragedy in five acts
and in verse, London, 1840, 8vo.
Born at Stradbally, Queen's Co., in May, 1811, and was fourth, son of
John Kelly of that town. Is said to have graduated at T.C.D., but there
is no entry about him in Todd's list. He was called to the Bar, but never
practised, taking instead a very active part in politics, particularly in
the tithe agitation of the thirties in his native county. He was a noted
speaker. He became Cterk of the Peace for Queen's Co. through the
influence of Lord Castletown. He published in 1839 » novel, entitled
" Glenmore, or the Irish Peasant," a tale of eviction, over the signature
of " A Member of the Irish Bar." His tragedy was dedicated to Thomas
Campbell, the poet, who was a personal friend of his. His appearance
is said to have been " striking and handsome." He died on March 24,
1883, at his residence, Glentolka, Fairview, Dublin, and was buried at
Stradbally. •
KELLY, REV. THOMAS. — A Collection of Psalms and Htmns (edited by
him), 1800 ; Hymns, not before published, Dublin, 1815, 12mo ; Hymns on
Various Passages of Soeiptuhe, Dublin, 1804, 24mo ; second edition, with
many new hymns, Dublin, 1806, 12mo ; third edition, etc., Dublin, 1809,
12mo ; numerous other editions.
Was the son of Judge Kelly of the Irish Court of Common Pleas, and
was born in Dublin, July 13, 1769. Intended for the Bar, and educated
at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A. 1789. Took Holy Orders in 1792 as
a member of the Church of England, but eventually became a Noncon-
formist. Died in Dublin, May 14, 1855. There were six pieces by him
in his 1804 volume, but by the time it reached the seventh edition there
were 767.
KELLY, THOMAS W. — Myrtle Lkwes, a collection of poems, chiefly
amatory, London, 1824, 12mo; St. Agnes' Fountain, and other poems,
1836 (?); Rosemary Leaves, verse (with additions by others), privately
printed, Kensington, 1854, 8vo ; A Night among the Fjiikies, St. Agnes"^
Fountain, or The Enshrined Heart; The Peri's Charm, and other
poems, London, 1862, 12mo ; Menana, a romance of the Red Indians, in
ten cantos, with notes, to which are added the Death Robe, and two other
poems of the American Woods, London, 1861, 12mo.
Born in London of Irish parentage about 1800. A poem by him in
Forget-Ms-Not for 1828. I have not been able to trace his death.
KELLY, THOMAS W. — Published a volume of poems, it is said, in Dublin in
1864, but I have not been able to get the title or other particulars. Prob-
ably the author was the Thomas AV. Kelly who graduated B.A., T.C.D.,.
1854.
KELLY, WALTER KEATING. — Author of various poems, as well as of literal
translations of the classics and of translations from the Fi-ench. He
edited and translated some classical works for Bohn's Library, etc. Some
of his songs were set to music.
KELLY, REY. WILLIAM, S.J.— The Ides of May, a Christian drama
founded on the " Alcestis " of Euripides, Melbourne, 1869; Aleilat' or
The Challenge, founded on the " Iphigenia in Taurus."
Wrote in all seven small plays for convent performance in Melbourne,
Australia, where he was located for some years. He also wrote an ode on
the occasion of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Melbourne Schools (and
it appeared in Melbourne' Argus next day) ; an ode for the O'Connell Cen-
tenary, which is given in the centenary volume published by Gill, of
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Dublin; Moore's centennial ode, printed in Melbourne Advocate; Jubilee
Ode for late Archbishop Goold; Welcome Ode for Archbishop (late Car-
dinal) Moran, of Sydney, and other poems, some of which appeared in
the public journals. He was born in Dublin, of Carlow family, and died
January 30, 1909, at Milltown Park, Dublin, aged 85. He was an accom-
plished scholar, linguist, and mathematician.
KELLY, REV. WILLIAM D.— An Irish-American poet, born in Dundalk, Co.
Louth. Was educated at Boston and Worcester (Mass.), and was for
many years a priest of former diocese. He is included in Daniel Con-
nolly's and other collections of Irish poetry, and wrote a good deal of
verse for the Irish- American papers. He died in March, 1900.
KELLY, WILLIAM J. — An Irish-American poet, who is represented in Eliot
Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic Poets." Born in Colchester,
New London County, Connecticut, 1862, of Irish parents, and lives at
Taftville, in the same State. From 1878 onwards he studied at St.
Laurent's College, near Montreal.
KELLY, WILLIAM LOUIS.— Son of Col. Charles C. Kelly, and was born in
Springfield, Kentucky, August 27, 1837. Graduated at Louisville Univer-
sity in 1860, and in 1864 became a special agent of the Post Office. In
1867 he went to Minnesota. For a time he edited The North-Western
Chronicle, a Catholic paper of St. Paul, Minn., and afterwards practised
law in that city. He wrote poems for Boston Pilot and New YorTc Free-
man's Journal, and is represented in Eliot Ryder's '"' Household Library
of Catholic Poets." In 1885 he was made postmaster of Louisville, Ky.
KENEALY, EDWARD YAUGHAN HYDE, LL.D.— Brallaghan, or The
Deipnosophists, prose and verse, London, 1846, 8vo ; A New Pantomime,
a poem, second edition, 1850, 8vo ; another edition, London, 1863, 8vo ;
Noah's Abk, a dream of 1850, 1850 (?); Pbavers and Meditations, ;
Goethe, an epic poem, 1856, 8vo ; second edition, 1862, 8vo ; Oahie Conei,
a metrical legend, translated into English verse from the Irish of Rev.
M. Horgan (privately printed), Cork, 1860, 8vo; Poems and Teansla-
TioNS, London, 1864, 12mo; Poetical Works of E. V. K., three volumes,
London, 1875-9, 8vo; Fo, the Third Messenger of God, prose and verse
(probably by him), London, 1878, 12mo.
Eldest son of William Kenealy, and born in Cork on July 2, 1819.
B.A., T.C.D., 1840; LL.B., 1846; LL.D., 1850. On May 1, 1847, he was
called to the English Bar. About 1840 he began to contribute to Eraser's
Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, and other periodicals, and his well-known
translation of " Sweet Castle Hyde " into Greek appeared in Punch. He
wrote a good deal of prose and verse for Ainsworth's Magazine, over the
signatures of " Ned Hyde," etc. He became a popular lawyer, and stood
for Parliament in 1868, but Wednesbury rejected him. His defence of
the claimant in the Tichborne trial brought him into unenviable notoriety,
{ind he was disbarred. He started The Englishman on April 11, 1873 (?),
and its circulation is said to have amounted to 160,000 copies per week.
He was elected M.P. for Stoke-on-Trent in 1875, and died on April 16,
1880, in Tavistock Square, London, the most extraordinary demagogue
of his time. He was an admirable scholar, and his poems include versions
into or from most of the classical and modern languages. He had eleven
children, several of whom are still living, and known in the literary world.
One of them published a not very satisfactory biography of him in 1908.
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KENEALY, WILLIAM.— A poet of the Nation who wrote over pseudonym
of " William of Munster," in the fifties of last century. His well-known
song, "The Moon Behind the Hill," appeared in paper mentioned on
December 20, 1856, and is in four verses. It afterwards hecame famous as a
"CJhristy Minstrel" ballad. He also wrote over pseudonym referred
to in Duffy's Fireside Matjazine, 1851-52. He was the author of the
lengthy anonymous introduction to Haye's " Ballads of Ireland," in which
collection are a couple of his poems. He was born at Cloyne, (Jork, on
July 1, 1828, and became editor first of The Lamp (Leeds), then of
Tipperary Leader, and lastly of Kilksnni/ Journal. Became Mayor of
Kilkenny, which accounts for his having been always considered a Kil-
kenny man. He died in that town on September o, 1876.
KENNEDY, CHARLES. — A contributor of occasionally good verse to the
Irishman about 1870. He was an Irishman, resident in Glasgow, and
probably related to the following writer.
KENNEDY, JAMES. — Of Glasgow. Contributed poems to the Irishman about
1866. One of these is given in Varian's " Harp of Erin," 1869.
KENNEDY, JAMES. — Selections from the poems of Don J. M. Heredia, trans-
lated by J. K., 1844, 8vo ; Modern Poets and Poetry oe Spaix, London,
1852, 8vo.
An English judge in Havana, who wrote other works. Almost certainly
an Irishman, and perhaps the James Kennedy, eldest son of Edmund
Kennedy, of Kilkenny, who was admitted to Gray's Inn in February,
1810, aged 24. He died in London on May 15, 1859.
KENNEDY, JAMES ( ?) — Hebrew Melodies for the Hebrew People, or A
New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1868, Svo.
A surgeon, and author of other works.
KENNEDY, REY. JAMES, D.D. (afterwards Kennedy-BaiUie) .— Poem on the
Death of Princess Charlotte, Dublin, 1817 ; Lachrtmae Academioae,
comprising stanzas in English and Greek, addressed to the memory of the
Princess Charlotte, Dublin, 1818, 12mo ; AeAMEiixoN, a tragedy, trans-
lated from E'schylus into English verse, Dublin, 1829, Svo.
The son of an Irish schoolmaster, and born in 1798; Sch. T.C.D., 1810;
B.A., 1812; Fellow, 1817; M.A., 1819; B.D., 1823; and D.D., 1828. Be-
came Rector of Ardtrea, Co. Tyrone, in 1830^^ and remained so till his
death on January 18, 1868. Author of various learned works on classical
subjects, and editor of others.
KENNEDY, M. G. ( ?) . — The Polish Struggle, a fragment in verse, London,
1836, 8vo; The Arm I The Sword! and The Hour! versified by M. G. K.
from Musaeus, 1850, 8vo.
KENNEDY, REY. MERYYN LE BAN.— A contributor to Kottahos, etc., and
a student of Dublin and Oxford. He was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas
L. Kennedy, of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, and was born in or about 1858.
Graduated B.A., T.C.D., in 1882, and studied at Oxford in 1881. H»
entered the Church of Ireland, and died March 17, 1907, at "Waterford,
in his 49th year. A song of his was set to music by J. C. Ledlie in 1882.
KENNEDY, PATRICK.— A noted Dublin folklorist and bookseller, a con-
tributor for years to the Dublin University Magazine, and author of
some admirable and popular works, such as " The Fireside Stories of
Ireland," " Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts,'' " Evenings in the
Duffery," " Banks of the Boro," etc., in which there is a good deal of
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verse, much of it of his own composition, presumably. Born in Co.
"Wexford early in 1801, and was at first a school-teacher. He afterwards
kept a bookseller's shop in Anglesea Street, Dublin, and died on March
28, 1873, and was buried in Glasnevin.
KENNEDY, RICHARD HARTLEY, M.D. (?).— Visconti, a tragedy in five
acts, and chiefly in verse, Calcutta, 1829, 8vo ; The Rbucqiary (sic), or A
Collection op Poetical Fbagments, Relics, etc.. Cape Town, 1835, 8vo.
Wrote some medical and other works besides. He was an army doctor
in India for some years, and retired in 1843. In 18.58 he was implicated
in some bank frauds, and was imprisoned for a few mouths. He died in
London on July 24, 1865.
KENNEDY, THOMAS.— A poetical contributor to The Comet (1831) over
signature of " O'More," and a barrister. His poem on Emmet's grave,
entitled, " The Uninscribed Tomb," is a familiar one in Irish anthologies,,
but it is generally given without the author's name. It appeared in The
Comet early in 1831, but was written before the passing of the Catholic
Emancipation Act, 1829. He started and contributed to the Irish 3Ionthlif
Magazine of 1832-4, which was run by some members of the Comet Club.
A correct version of his best-known poem is in O'Callaghan's " Green
Book," pages 121-2, of first edition, and another poem by him is to be-
found on page 153 of same. He was the eldest son of Macanus John
Kennedy, of Killester, Co. Dublin, and was admitted to Gray's Inn in
May, 1830, aged 23. He married a Miss O'Flaherty, of Galway. One-
obituary of him says that his great-grandfather was Minister^from the
Court of Holland -to Queen! Anne. He died at his residence, - 15 Upper
Rutland Street, Dublin, on June 6, 1842, aged 39. His " Reminiscences
of a Silent Agitator " is an in-teresting sketch of the period of the Emanci-
pation and Repeal movements. It ran serially through the Irish Monthly
Magazine, 1832-4.
KENNEDY, W. G. (?). — Iohabod, or The Glory of the South has
Departed, and other poems, Sumter, South Carolina, 1882.
A bitter attack on the Northerns in the Civil War. The author was a
Catholic, and probably Irish.
KENNEDY, WILLIAM. — ^Fitful Fancies, poems, Edinburgh and London,
1827, 12mo; The Arrow and the Rose, and other poems, London, 1830,
8vo ; The Siege of Antwerp, a historical play in verse, London, 1838, 8vo.
Born near Dublin (it is said) on December 26, 1799, and was a student of
Belfast College in 1819. Was intended for the ministry in Scotland, it being
said that he was left his father's property at Aughnacloy on condition that
he was ordained, but he later adopted the journalistic profession. Be-
came an editor in Paisley, Scotland (where he was associated with Wm.
Motherwell, in the management of The Paisley Magazine) and afterwards
in Hull. He edited The Continental Annual in 1832, and wrote a good
many stories and poems for other annuals, such as The Amulet, 1829-i31.
He published a prose story, entitled, " My Early Days," before he was
25, and another prose story, entitled, " An Only Son," 1831, like the first-
named, anonymoi-is. His first volume of poems was a remarkable success.
He went to Canada as Secretary to Lord Durham, and soon after became
British Consul at Texas, U.S.A., which gave him the leisure and materials
for his " Rise, Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Texas," two
volumes, London, 1841. He retired from the Consulship in 1847, and came
to England. Appleton's " American Biography " says he died near Lon-
don in 1849. As a matter of fact, he died in Paris in 1871, having been;
a confirmed invalid for years. Wilson's " Poets and Poetry of Scotland, '
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makes the statement that he was born in Paisley, and others besides
Scotch editors have followed suit. Ayrshire is also given as the place
of his birth, but his intimates referred to him as a native of Ireland.
In one of his poems Kennedy suggests Co. Tyrone as his place of origin.
His contemporary, George GilfiUian, thus refers to him in " The History
of a Man," "A frank, clever, social Irishman, the life of every com-
pany;" and he was known in Paisley as "the young Irishman." See
Aihenczum for 1832, page 158; Jerdan's "Autobiography," etc. He was
perhaps connected with the Dr. Kennedy who went to Greece with Lord
Byron, as the Rev. William Mollwaine, of Aughnacloy, has original letters
of that member of the family. See Irish Book Lover, 1911.
KENNEY, CHARLES LAMB. — La Jolie Paefumeuse, libretto from the
French, London, 1875, 8vo; La Favokita, opera in five acts, English
words, by C. L. K., London, 1881, 8vo.
Also English libretti of "La Grande Duohesse de Gerolstein " (OfEen-
bach); "La Belle Helene " (Offenbach); " Ali Baba " (Offenbach);
"Barbe Bleue " (Offenbach); "Una Ballo in Maschera " (Verdi); " Le
Nozze de Figaro " (Mozart); " Semiramide " (Rossini); " L'Africanine "
(Meyerbeer) ; " Le Medecin Malgre Lui " (Gounod) ■ " Le Domino Noir "
(Auber); "La Muette de Portici" (Auber); "La Figlia del Reggi-
mento " (Donizetti); "Don Pasquale " (Donizetti); " Lucia di Lammer-
moor " (Donizetti); " L'Elisir d'Amore " (Donizetti); etc. Wrote songs
also, and several books relating to the drama. He wrote the biography
of Michael Balfe, and was an eminent dramatic critic. He was the son of
the following writer, and was born in 1823, and died on August 25, 1881.
He was named in honour of Charles Lamb, a friend of his father's.
KENNEY, JAMES. — Society, a poem in two parts, with other poems, London,
1803, 16mo ; Matrimony, a petit opera, in two acts, in prose with two
songs, second edition, London, 1804, 8vo; Too Many Cooks, musical farce,
1805, 8vo ; False Axabms, comic opera, 1807, 8vo ; Oh ! this Love, comic
opera, 1808 (not printed) ; Turn Out, a musical farce, London, 1812, 8vo ;
Valdi, or the Libertine's Son, a poem, London, 1820, 8vo; Match-
Breaking, OR THE Prince's Present, comedy, with songs, London, 1821,
8vo ; The Alcaid, comic opera, 1824 ; Benyowsky, or the Exiles or Kam-
scHATKA, an operatic play, London, 1826, 8vo ; Masanielo, a grand opera,
London, 1831, 12mo; Fighting by Proxy, a burletta, Loudon, 1835, 12mo;
Hebnani, or the Pledge of Honour, a drama translated from Victor
Hugo, London (Lacy's collection of plays), 12mo; The Sicilian Vespers,
an historical tragedy in five acts and in verse, London, 1840, 8vo.
Wrote numerous dramatic pieces in prose, including his famous farce,
"Raising the Wind " (1803), which was his first published dramatic work.
He also wrote various songs. Born in Ireland, in or about 1780. His
father was manager and part proprietor of Boodle's Club, St. James's
Street, London, for many years, and Kenney was intended for a mercan-
tile career, but left the banking-house of Herries, Farquhar & Co., which
he had entered, as soon as he became known as a dramatist, and wrote for
the stage during the rest of his life, with occasional contributions to the
periodicals, especially the annuals. There are poems by him in Tht Gem
fpr 1829-32, and Forget-Me-Not for 1829^1. He married the widow of
Thomas Holcroft, the author of the famous comedy, " The Road to Ruin."
He suffered during later life from a nervous affliction, which, it is said,
gave him a peculiar appearance, and made people take him sometimes for
an escaped lunatic. William Jordan, in his " Autobiography " (vol. 3, p.
283), says it was remarked from " his rickety walk, and habit of taking
hold of his shirt-collar with a hand to each side, that he was last seen
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helping himself over a gutter." There are anecdotes of him in Mrs.
Pitt Byrne's " Gossip of a Century." Byron refers to him disparagingly
in his " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers," and he is alluded to many
times in Moore's " Life," by Lord Russell. He lived in i'aris during his
latter days, and died there on August 1, 1840, in his 70th year.
XKNNEY, JOHN HENRY. — The Bubniad, a poetical epistle in the manner
of Burns, 1808, 8vo.
Born in Ireland.
KENNY, ANNIE M. — A poetess who, a good many years ago, wrote much
verse for Boston Pilot, Cork Herald, Kilkenny Journal, etc., over her
name, and also over the signature of " Stormy Petrel." She was born at
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, and was educated at a convent in Dublin. She
married a few years ago, and was recently left a widow.
SENYON, REY. JOHN. — ^A prominent participator in the '48 movement,
and an occasional contributor of poems to the Nation over signature
of " N.N.," (see Dec, 1846, Jan., 1847, and Dec, 1847). He was a
Catholic priest, and wrote a good many most able letters on the topics
of the hour to the Nation. He was born ivu Limerick in 1812, and died
on March) 21st, 1869, in the 67th year of his age, and the SSth of his
ministry. He was one of the most brilliant and erratic of the Young
Irelanders. There are references to him in Shamrock, November 13th,
1869, and also in John O'Leary's "Recollections of Fenianism," 1896.
He was buried at Templederry.
KEOGH, REY. JOHN, D.D. — Born near Limerick about 1650, and educated
at T.C.D., of which he was Sch. 1674, M.A. 1678. Took orders in the
Protestant Church, and died in 1725. Was the author of Latin verse,
and I think of English, and published a valuable " Vindication of Irish
Antiquities."
KEOHLER, THOMAS G.— Songs of a Devotee, Dublin, 1906, 12mo.
Is represented in Dublin Book of Irish Verse. A frequent contributor
of excellent verse to United Irishman, Sinn Fein, and other Irish journals.
Several of his poems are in " New Songs," Dublin, 1904, a volume by
eight young Irish poets, which attracted remarkable attention and praise
from the critics.
KEON, MILES GERALD. — Author of several novels, and also of religious
works, and editor of Catholic periodicals, such as Dolman's Magazine
(1846), during which and following years he wrote for it, occasionally in
verse. He was the only son of M. Q. Keen, barrister-at-law, of Keen
Brook, Co. Leitrim, was born in 1821, and was educated at Stoney-
hurst. After some foreign travel, settled in London in 1843. Was on
the staff of Morning Post for many years, and wrote for Dublin Beview,
etc. His novels, " Dion and the Sibyls," ''Harding, the Money-Spinner, "
etc., were very well known at one" time. Lord Lytton procured for him the
post of Secretary to the Grovernment of the Bemiudas in 1858, which he
held till his death in 1875.
KEOUGH, . — N. F. Davin, in his " Irishman in Canada," refers to a
poet of this name (of Kingston), but does not give any particulars, nor
have I been able to discover any.
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KEPPEL, FREDERICK.— Born in TuUow. March 22, 1845. Is of English and
Scotch origin, and was taken to England when a child. He went to New-
York a good many years ago and engaged in business there. He is in-
cluded in Stedman's " American Anthology," 1787-1900. He is known as
an art critic.
KERNAHAN, JOHN COULSON.— Son of Rev. James Kernahan, and bora
on April 1, 1858. Author of " A Dead Man's Diary," " God and the Ant,"
etc., and of other very popular stories and poems in various English and
American periodicals.
KERNIGHAN, ROBERT KIRKLAND.— The Khak's Canticles, 1896.
An Irish-Canadian poet, mentioned with praise in an article on " Cana-
dian Poets and Poetry " in Catholic World (New York) for September, 1895.
Is the son of an Irishman named Andrew Kernighan, and was born near
Hamilton, Otitario, on April 25th, 1857. By the time he was twenty he
was editor of the Spectator, of Hamilton. He is the author of many
popular poems and songs, chiefly of a patriotic character, which appeared
in the Press under the pseudonym of " The Khan." He wrote largely for
the Globe, Telegram and World, of Toronto, and was for a time editor
of Winnipeg Sun.
KERR, JOHN (?) — The Intimate Friend, or a Queee Guest at a Wedding,
a musical piece (in Dunoombe's British Theatre, Vol. 1, 1825, etc.),.
12mo.
Other dramatic pieces also. Probably the B.A., T.C.D., of 1801 or
1812. John Bertridge Clarke (g.v.) in one of his volumes, refers to a
John " Ker " of T.C.D. as a, poet.
KERR, ROBERT J.— The Tulip and Oihee Poems, Dublin, 1906.
KERTLAND, WILLIAM. — Pateick and Kathleen, a, domestic tale in verse,.
Dublin, 1822, 8vo ; The Woes of Whiskey, or the Sorrowful History
OF Patrick and Kathleen, Dublin, 8vo ; The Maid of Snowdon, operatic
romance, 1833 (not printed, perhaps); Mr. and Mrs. Peingle, a play
performed in London and Dublin, 1832-3; Shaun Long and the Faieies^
an operatic legendary romance, produced in Dublin in January, 1835.
The latter piece was set to music by F. W. Southwell, and acted at the
Theatre Royal, Hawkins Street, Dublin, with much success, on January
25, 1833. Kertland was not born in Ireland, I believe, but he lived in
Dublin for many years (where he carried on business in Capel Street as
a perfumer and brush and comb dealer), and wrote for Irish annuals
and periodicals. There is a poem on " Whiskey " by him in Walker's
Hibernian Magazine for December, 1797, an epilogue in the same for
August, 1800, and he was probably the " W.K." of January, 1804. His
" Shaun Long and the Fairies " was the foundation of Tyrone Power's
" O'Flanagan and the Fairies," and appeared in an Irish periodical.
His "Irish Oak" was included in some song books. In Belfast Vindi-
cator, August, 1840, there is a song of his on " Repeal," and in the Nation
of December 17, 1842, there is a "National Song" by him. He died in
the fifties — previous to 1856.
KBTRICK, MICHAEL J.— Born in Ireland, March 22, 1857, and is now a
school-teacher at Scranton, Pa. He has written poems for the Bepublican,
Times, Free Press, etc., of that town, and is represented by three pieces
in Herringshaw's " Local and National Poets of America," 1890.
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KICKHAM, CHARLES JOSEPH.— Chaelbs Joseph Kiokham, Patkiot,
Novelist and Poet, a selection from his poems, by William Murphy,
Dublin, 1903.
One of the foremost of Irish writers for the people, and one
whose poems and stories are extremely popular. Born at MuUina-
hone, Co. Tipperary, in the summer of 1828, not 1825, as is often stated,
and began to write for the Irish papers rather early in life. In Nation
of 1860 there appeared poems of his signed " K., Mullinahone." In
Irishman of July 7 and September 22, 1849, etc., he signed his poems
" C.J.K." He wrote largely for Nation, Celt, Irishman (the later
organ), over the signatui-es of " Slievenamon " and "J." In
Ths Celt appeared his " Rory of the Hill " (November 28, 1857), and his
" Irish Peasant Girl," and other poems and sketches. He also wrote
verse in Shamrock over signature of " Momonia," and some of his
admirable stories, such as " Sally Cavanagh," "For the Old Land," and
his fine story of " Knocknagow, or the Homes of Tipperary," apijeared
in serial form first and were then published in book-form, and have passed
through various editions. His "Elsie Dhuv" ran through Shamrock
in 1882. He was attached to the staff of The Irish People (for which he
wrote verse over signature of " C"), edited by John O'Leary,
and was arrested on a charge of treason-felony, with O'Leary
and others, and sentenced to fourteen years penal servitude. He prac-
tically lost his eyesight while in prison, though it had been injured in
early life, and after his release was shattered in health, and died at
Blackrock, Oo. Dublin, on August 22, 1882. His poems have never been
fully collected, though he has written some very popular things. But his
work is very unequal. One of his pieces appeared in Irish Monthly so late
as 1881. In Shamrock for November 20, 1869, there is a poem of his, and
in April 7 and 14 there are articles on him by Eugene Davis, quoting a
poem entitled "Awaking," and referring to others, such as ''The Nore,"
" Our Exile," etc.
KIDD, ADAM. — The Htjeon Chief, and other poems, Montreal, 1830, 12mo.
Born at TuUinagee, Co. Derry, in 1802, and died at Quebec, on July 5,
1831. Some of his poems are patriotic and Irish, and one is on Dennis
Hempson, " The Minstrel of Magilligan," a harper, who, according to
a note to the poem, died in 1808 on the shores of-sMagilligan, at the age
of 115, and over whose grave Lady Morgan raised a memorial. The
" Thomas " Kidd of Kingston, Canada, referred to as a poet in N. P.
Davin's "Irishman in Canada," may possibly be a relative of the above.
KIERMAN, HARRIET. — The Invalid's Hymn Book, with preface by
H. White, and edited by Miss H. K., second edition, enlarged and
revised, Dublin and London, 1841, 12mo.
The work was published with only the initials of the editor. Miss K.
probably wrote some of the hymns. She was a contributor to " Trans-
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," 1816. (See under White,
Charlotte).
KILGALLEN, MARY. — A frequent contributor of good poems some
years ago to Nation, Weekly News, Young Ireland, and other Irish papers,
asually over the signature of " Merva." She was born in the parish
of Skreen, Co. Sligo, and is the only child of a large farmer or grazier.
She was educated at the TJrsuline Convent in Sligo, during the time
that the Rev. James Casey (q.v.) was its chaplain, and has always lived
in her native county. She is represented in "Emerald Gems," 1885.
Many of her poems appeared in the Shamrock in the early eighties.
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KILLEN, JAMES BRYCE, LL.B.— Born in village of Kells, near Connor,
Co. Antrim, in 1845, and has sprung from the people. He was educated
at Academical Institution, and Queen's College, Belfast, and Cork and
Galway Colleges, and passed through them with success, taking degrees
and honours. First published verse in the competition for prizes offered
by Belfast Northern Whig, for the best poems on Shakespeare Tercen-
tenary, and gained one of them. Studied law and was called to the
Irish Bar in 1869, and had to leave Ireland soon after on account of
supposed Fenian proclivities. Went to America for a couple of years,
and on his re^turn devoted himself solely to literature, editing the
Northern Star of Belfast. He married a daughter of John Windele, the
eminent Cork antiquarian. In 1879 he was imprisoned, and again later
on for his writings and speeches. He wrote largely for Irishman, Nation,
Shamrock, and United Ireland, and many other papers in Ireland and
America, many poems by him appearing over the signature of " A Mere
Irishman." He wrote stories for Shamrock as well as poems, and has
published such able pamphlets as " The Inoompatibles," " United States
of Europe," " The Spirit of Irish history," " Sister England," and
" Lord Byron in Ireland." He signed many of his poems " Le Nord."
In the early eighties there are many contributions of his in the Shamrock.
Some years ago he again went to America.
KILLIAN, BERNARD DORAN.— Born in Ulster, and went to the U.S. when
16 years old. Has written a good deal for Celtic Magazine of New York,
where he is a lawyer. Two of his pieces are in Dennis O'Sullivan's
" Popular Songs and Ballads of the Emerald Isle " (1880?).
KINAHAN, A. M. R. — Yarra-Yarra, or Tales of a Traveller, in verse, 1856.
An Irish-Australian, I believe.
KINANE, JAMES. — A native of Co. Tipperary, and a school-teacher by
profession, who began to write for the Irish diaries in 1824 and continued
till 1854, when he emigrated to Australia. He still wrote poems in his
new location, and died in Melbourne in 1868.
KING, ANTHONY, LL.D. — The Moriad, or the Overthrow of Folly, a
poem addressed to the Marquis of Townshend (anonymously), Dublin,
1790 ; The Frequented Village, or the Prospect of Liberty, a poem,
London, 1771 ; Dublin, 1797, 4to ; Satire on the Times ; An Ode to
Genius ; In Praise of the Original Volunteers' Association (all anony-
mous).
A counsellor-at-law in Dublin, who published a work on " National
Education" in that city in 1793. Sch., T.C.D., 1763 ; B.A., 1765; M.A.,
1768; LL.B. and LL.D., 1781. There is a poem by him among Samuel
Whyte's poems. He was the third son of Sir Anthony King, Lord Mayor
of Dublin, and was born in July, 1742, his mother's name being Sarah
Atkinson. He was baptised in St. Audcen's Church, July 23, 1742, died
in September, 1797, and was buried there. " The Frequented Village"
was dedicated to Goldsmith, whom he knew.
KING, JAMES. — Carmina in Laudem Hen. Sidnei et Epigrammatioa.
These poems were written in praise of Lord Deputy Sidney. The author
was an Irishman, born in 1498, and died in 1569.
KING, PATRICK MARTIN.— Wavelets in the Wake, and other poems, San
Francisco, Cal., 1892.
Born in Ireland, and author of several songs, etc. The above ooUeo-
tion was edited by him, and is a collection of Irish pieces.
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KINSLEY, MISS. — The Emerald Isle, a poem, Liverj^ool, 1846, 12mo;
second edition, Liverpool, 1846, 12mo.
KIRBY, JOHN.— A Dublin Q.C. who contributed to " Dublin Acrostics "
(1866), there being twenty-one pieces of his in the collection. I believe
he graduated at T.C.D., and if he was the John J. Kirby who wrote for
Kottahos, was the B";A. 1854, M.A. 1860.
KIRCHHOFFER, HENRY.— There is a poem of fifty-three lines by one
"H.K." to the memory of B. A. Millikin (q.v.) in the latter's posthumously
published poems, and I believe the author was the Henry Kirohhofrer
who is among the subscribers to the volume. He resided in Dublin at
the time, and was most probably the artist and member of the Royal
Hibernian Academy of the same name. See under " K, H."
KIRCHHOFFER, JULIA GEORGIANA MARY.— Poems a>d Essays, Paisley,
1855, 16mo (with preface by Miss M. Havergal).
Born at Bailyvourney Glebe, Co. Cork, June 1, 1855, and died on
January 29, 1878. Four of her pieces are in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
KIRK, GEORGE HARLEY.— Poems and Essays, Dublin, 1863, 8vo.
Born in 1831, and educated at Esker College, Galway. He was elected
M.P. for Co. Louth in 1874, and defeated in 1880. He lives at Clogher
Head, near Dundalk. I am indebted to him for some facts about writers
of Co. Louth. He was, I think, a gentleman farmer.
KIRKPATRICK, FRANCIS. — Loy'alty and the Times, or miscellaneous prose
and verse, occasioned by the late troubles in Ireland, Dublin, 1804, 8vo.
This author was an Orangeman, and wrote some very vigorous poems
against the rebels. His volume contains a good deal of curious matter
relative to the '98 rebellion. He describes the burning of Scullabogue
Barn (June 5, 1798), etc., and gives a chronological table of events in
Ireland, from 1757 to 1803. He resided at Anaghoe, near Aughnacloy,
Co. Tyrone.
KIRKPATRICK, REY. JAMES.— An Essay by way of Elegy on AETnrR
Upton (verse?), Belfast, 1707, 4to.
KIRKPATRICK, JOHN, M.D. — The Sea-Piece, a narrative, philosophical
and descriptive poem, in five cantos, London, 1750, 8vo.
This poem was first published in separate cantos ; it narrates a voyage
from Europe to America, and was the foundation of Falconer's well-
known poem, " The Shipwreck." Dr. Kirkpatrick was a native of
Carlow, who translated some of Pope's poems into Latin, and published
some medical works.
KIRWAN, ACHILLE. — Le Christ, poeme en quatre chants, Paris, 1848,
Svo.
KIRWAN, ROSE.— Poems Ihj "Rose" and " De Rupe "), London and
Dublin, 1856.
Miss Kir wan was the " Rose " of this volume, and her poems are very
Irish. She was a Belfast lady and a governess in the family of Lord
Fermoy, whose sister was the " De Rupe." See under Roche, Hon.
Frances Maria.
KISBEY, WILLIAM H. — The Mission of Livingstone, a prize poem, Dublin,
1862.
Was born in Dublin on September 2, 1828, and for a time edited the
Belfast Newsletter. The above poem wen the Vice-Chancellor's Prize
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at T.C.D., where Kisbey graduated B.A. 1864, M.A. 1868. He was called
to the Irish Bar soon after, and was for years an Irish County Court
Judge. He died on August 6, 1910. Wrote several law-books.
KNIGHT, OLIVIA. — ^Wild Flowebs ibom the Wayside (over signature of
'■ Thomasine "), with introduction by Sir C. G. Dufiy, Dublin, 1883, 12mo.
Born in Co. Mayo, about 1830, being the daughter of Patrick Knight,
engineer, and author of a work on Mayo. Was for some time a teacher at a
school at Gainstown, near Mullingar, Go. Westmeath. She became a most
frequent contributor of poems to the Nation in the fifties, and few, if
any, of her poems appeared elsewhere. She wrote six)ries as well as
poems, and translations from the French as well as original work. Her
first poem, signed " Thomasine," appeared in the Nation on September
6, IBol. She went to Australia, married a Mr. Hope Connolly, and
followed the occupation of a teacher out there, and is still, I believe,
living.
KNOTT, PETER N. ( ?) . — A Tale of the Plague and Other Poems, London,
1847, 18mo.
KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN.— A Collection of Poems on Various
Subjects, Waterford, 1810, 8vo ; The Senate, or Social Villagers oe
Kentish Town, a canto (over signature of " Selim "), London, 1817,
8vo; VIRGI^'IUS, tragedy in verse, Loudon, 1820, 8vo (other editions);
Caius Gracchus, tragedy in verse, Glasgow, 1823, 8vo; William Tell,
play in verse, London, 1825, 8vo ; The Beggar's Daughter of Bbthnal
Green, comedy, chiefly in verse, Loudon, 1828, 8vo; Alfred the Great,
OR THE Patriot King, historical play in verse, London, 1831, 8vo; The
Hunchback, play in verse, London, 1832, 8vo ; second edition, London,
1832, 8vo ; ninth edition, London, 1836, 8vo ; A Masque, in one act and
in verse, on the death of Sir Walter Scott, London, 1832, 8vo; The
Wife, a t.alb of Mantua, play in verse, London, 1833, 8vo ; The Daughter,
play in verse, London, 1837, 8vo ; second edition, 1837, 8vo ; The Beggar
OF- BETHNAii Green, comedy in verse (altered from "The Begga'r's
Daughter"), second edition, London, 8vo; The Love Chase, comedy in
verse, London, 1837, 8vo ; The Maid of Mariendorpt, play in verse,
London, 1838, 8vo; Woman's Wit, or Love's Disguises, play in verse,
London, 1838, 8vo ; Dramatic Works by J.S.K. (edited by R. S. Mac-
kenzie), Calcutta, 1838, 4to; Love, play in verse, London, 1840, 8vo;
Old Maids, comedy in verse, London, 1841, 8vo; John of Procida, or
the Bridals of Messina, tragedy in verse, London, 1840, 8vo ; The
Bridal, tragedy in verse, adapted from Beaumont and Fletcher's " Maid's
Tragedy " (in volume I. of Webster's acting dramas), 1837, etc. ; The
Rose of Arragon, play in verse, London, 1842, 8vo; The Secret.4BT,
play in verse, London, 1843, 12mo ; Dramatic Works, 2 vols., London,
1856, 8vo ; Axbxina, or True unto Death, drama in verse, London, 1866,
16mo; True unto Death (reprint of preceding), London, 1866, 8vo;
Brian Boroihme, or the Maid of Erin, drama in verse, London, 1872,
8vo; Various Dramatic Works of J.S.K. (deciphered from the original
manuscripts by S. W. Abbot, . . . revised and edited by F. Harvey),
2 vols., London, 1874, 4to (only 25 copies, privately printed).
Also wrote and published two novels named " Fortescue " (1846), and
"George Lovell" (1847); "The Elocutionist" (a collection of pieces in
prose and verse, edited by J.S.K.), Belfast, 1831, 12mo ; some tales and
novelettes (collected and published in 1874, only 26 copies privately
printed), and some Anti-Catholic works. The most popular of the poetical
playwrights of the century. Born in Cork, May 12, 1784, his father
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being a, schoolmaster and teacher of elocution, and a connection by
marriage with the Lefanus. When only fourteen years old he wrote
"The Chevalier Grillon," an opera, and his once well-known ballad,
"The Welsh Harper," besides other things. Went to London and made
the acquaintance of Lamb, Hazlitt, and other eminent writers, who
greatly appreciated him. A commission was bought for him in the army,
but he did not stay in it long, but went on the stage in 1808, and was
fairly successful, and produced " Leo the Gypsy," in which Edmund
Kean appeared. He opened a school in Belfast and wrote for the stage
continuously thereafter, until religious scruples forced him to retire,
when he became a Baptist preacher, and used to attract thousands by
his eloquence to Exeter Hall, Strand. He was an orator of much power.
He died at Torquay, on December 1, 1862. Sir Robert Peel gave him
a Civil List Pension of £200 a year. See AthencEum for 1832-34, for
poems by him.
KNOWLES, RICHARD BRINSLEY.— The Maiden Aunt, a comedy in five
acts and in verse (?), London, 1845, 16mo (produced at the Haymarket
Theatre).
Born in Glasgow in 1820, and was a son of the preceding. Was at
first a barrister, but afterwards adopted the profession of a journalist
and writer. In 1849 he became a Catholic. In 1853 and onwards he
edited the Illustrated London Magazine. Be was appointed an
Inspector of Historical Manuscripts in 1871. He died in London on
January 28, 1882. Among his wi-itings is a biography of his father.
KNOX, ALEXANDER ANDREW. — Giotto and Fhaxcesca, and other poems,
London, 1842, 8vo.
Born in London, on February 5, 1818, but of Co. Down family, and died
October 5, 1891. He was educated at Tiverton and at Cambridge, where
he graduated B.A., 1844; M.A., 1847. Was called to the Bar in 1844.
Became a, leader-writer on the Times, and eventually a police magistrate.
KNOX, REY. DAYID B. — A Presbyterian minister in the North of Ireland.
He wrote largely for the Irishman and other Irish and English periodicals,
and also for Texas Siftings (of which his brother, John Armor Knox,
was editor and proprietor), over the signature of "Dalriada."
KNOX, J. H.(?) — The Cbitic Vakptee, verse, two parts, London, 1870, 16mo;
An Ocean-Pilgbim's Jottings, prose and verse, London, 1870, 8vo.
KNOX, KATHLEEN. — The Islanders, a poem, etc. (over the signature of
" Edward Kane "), London, 1888, 8vo.
Of Howth, Dublin, in 1879, when " Lyra Hibernica Sacra," which gives
one of her pieces, was published. She is presumably the lady of the same
name who has written many stories for children, and other works.
KNOX, HON. LUCY.— Sonnets and other Poems, London, 1872, 8vo ; second
edition, London, 1876, 8vo ; Pictures prom a Life, and other poems, Lon-
don, 1884, 8vo.
Was the Hon. Lucy Spring-Rice, daughter of Stephen E. Spring-Rice,
and was born on November 9, 1845; married Mr. Octavius Newry Knox
on August 23, 1866, and died on May 10, 1884.
KNOX, W. MAYNE.— The Cave Hill and other verses, Belfast, 1909.
Is represented by six poems in "Sung by Six," a collection of poems
published by six Belfast verse-writers, Belfast, illustrated, 1896. He
uses the signature of " Argus I." in his contributions to the Press.
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L., E. L. — Wild Flowers eeom the Glens, London and Belfast, 1840, 8to.
L., J. L. — A writer of excellent poems and stories in Dublin Penny Journal,
and residing at Newcastle. His "Lament for the death of Morian
Shehone " appeared in the magazine referred to, and is often reprinted
anonymously in anthologies. Some of his stories are in the collection
edited by P. D. Hardy in 1837.
L., J. M. — A writer using these initials wrote a good deal of verse for Walher's-
Siiernian Magazine in 1804^6, etc.
L., W. G. — The Gbotio, a collection of poems, Dublin, 1837.
LACY, FANNY ELIZABETH (?). — Mekbt Spabks for a Winter Hearth
(verse?), London, 185B, 8vo; The Labyrinth and the Path, a sacred
poem, Chelsea, 1856, 12mo; Centenary Tribute to Robert Bitbns,
London, 1859, 12mo.
Also some stories.
LACY, WILLOUGHBY. — The Garden of Isleworth, a sketch, in verse, over
signature of "One formerly possessed of the place," London, 1794.
Son of James Lacy, the Irish comedian, I think.
LACY, JOHN. — The Old Troop, or Monsieitr Bagon, a play, London, 1672;.
Sir Hercules Buffoon, ob the Poetical Squibe, London, 1684.
A well-known .actor and dramatist. Was born near Doncaster early in
the 17th century. It is possible that he was Irish in some way. He was
the original Teague in Sir Robert Hbward's " Committee," and was a
very great success in the part. He died September 17, 1681.
LAMB, HON. GEORGE (?)— Dibce, or The Fatal Urn, a grand serious
opera in 3 acts, with music by C. E. Horn, Dublin, 1822, 12mo.
Seems to have translated Catullus. See Moore's " Diary."
LAMBERT, MARY. — ^Rhyming Oak-Leaves, poems, San Francisco, 1892,
8vo ; La Rabide, a Californian Columbian Souvenir Poem, illustrated, San
Francisco, 1893, oblong 8vo.
Born at Oakland, California, and is the daughter of Irish parents who
were amongst the pioneers of California. They arrived in Oaklands in
1850 and settled there. Miss Lambert was educated at Oakland convent
and school, and has written poems for ~the &an Francisco Monitor and
other papers of the same city, as well as for Oakland papers.
LAMBERT, NANNIE. — See O'Donoghue, Nannie Power.
" LALIBERTO. VICTOR " (pseud.). — Blots on Modern Society, a satire,
in verse, Dublin, 1876, 8vo.
LALOR, DENIS SHINE.— See Lawlor, D.S.
LAMONT, FRANCES AND ELISH.— Christmas Rhymes, or Three Nights'
Revelry, illustrated, Belfast, 1846, 4to.
Printed and published by the brother'of these young ladies, who dedicated
the work to Lady Dufferin. On the title their name of Lament is not
given, merely " Frances and Elish." They were both artists in Belfast,
Elish Lament frequently exhibiting from about 1840 to 1860.
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LANDER, JOHN. — A Cork solicitor, mentioned several times in Croker's
" Popular Songs of Ireland " as author and part-author of various popular
songs there quoted.
LANDER, WILLIAM. — "Wrote verse for Dublin University Magazine about
1846, sending them from Cork, apparently. In conjunction with another
writer, he published in 1846 a translation of Hauff's " Lichtenstein."
LANE, DENNY.— One of the poets of Young Ireland days, and born in Cork
on December 7, 1818, being the only child of Maurice Lane, proprietor
of Glyntown Distillery, Riverstown, Cork. His two most notable poems
are in " The Spirit of the Nation," and are entitled " Kate of Araglen "
and "The Irish Maiden's Lament." They appeared in the Nation on
October 12, 1844, and February 15, 1845, respectively, over the signatures
" Donall-na-Glanna " and " Doinnall-na-glanna." Lane wrote very few
poems, but the above have gained him a wide reputation. For many years
he took a prominent part in other literary movements in Cork, and some
years ago delivered a lecture there on his recollections, which was after-
wards printed in the Irish Monthly. Possibly he was the " T>. L." of
Nation, September 6, 1845. For many years he was managing director
of the Cork Gas Co., and for a time President of the Institute of Gas
Engineers of Great Britain. He died on November 29, 1895.
LANGAN, WILLIAM PHILIP.— The Profligate [circa 1845.]
Am not sure whether above piece is a poem or a play, never having
seen the work, but it is probably the former. There is a poem by him
in Irishman, August 11, 1849, and he is referred to rather disparagingly
in its " answers to correspondents " about that time.
LANGRISHE, SIR HERCULES (Bart.)— An Irish statesman, wit and poet.
Born in or about 1729, and was the only son of Robert Langrishe, of
Knocktopher, which place he afterwards represented in the Irish Hiouse
of Commons. B.A., T.C.D., 1753. Poems by him will be found in the
" Life of Grattan," written by the latter's son, and in other
places, including Anthologia Hibernica for July, 1793. On May 31, 1755,
he married Hannah Myhill, of Co. Kilkenny. He was created a barongt
on January 24, 1777, and died in Stephen'.>i Green, Dublin, on
February 1, 1811, aged about 82. He was a most accomplished man,
and was a great friend of Grattan. One of his poems, " Anacreon to
Stella," was addressed to the Duchess of Portland. In Grattan's " Life,"
above-mentioned. Vol. 2, there is a key to the " History of Baratariana,"
of which he is said to have been the chief author. In that work there
are certainly poems by him. The inscription on the monument of Bishop
of Ferns in Ferns Cathedral is by him.
LANGRISHE, SIR ROBERT (Bart.)— Eldest son' of preceding, whom he
succeeded in the title, and also M.P. for Knocktopher in the Irish Par-
liament. Born in 1756, married May, 1782, Anna, daughter of Belling-
ham Boyle, M.P. In "The Private Theatre at Kilkenny" (Kilkenny,
1825, 4to), there are over a dozen prologues and epilogues by him, some
of them very amusing. Died in May, 1835.
LANIGAN, GEORGE T.— National Ballads of Canada, imitated and trans-
lated from the originals (edited by " G. T. L.," over his usual nom-de-
guerre of "Allid'O, Montreal, 1865; Fables oot oi' the World, New
York, 1878.
Born in Canada of Irish parents, December, 10, 1845 (Morgan's
" Bibliotheca Canadensis " says, 1846). He had a very brilliant
journalistic career in Canada and U.S.A. He established The Free Lance
Q
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of Montreal, and after his arrival in the United States occupied important
posts on the St. Louis Democrat, New York World, Bochester Post,
Express, Chicago Times, and Philadelphia Record. Wrote in New York
Spirit of the Times over signature of " Toxopholite. " He is included in
most of the American anthologies, and was a clever humourist. He died
in Philadelphia on February 5, 1886.
LANIGAN, REY. JAMES ALOYSIUS.— Christopher Columbtjs, or The
Discovery of the New World, a symphonic ode in four parts (music by
Felicien David), translated from the French, Buffalo, New York, 1892.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 17, 1846. His parents were
Kilkenny people. Educated at St. Mary's College, Halifax, and Montreal
College, in which last he became professor of belles-lettres. He went to
Buffalo, New York, where he was ordained, and after holding the post
of secretary to the Bishop for ten years, was appointed rector of St.
Mary's Church, Niagara Falls. His ode above referred to was produced
with great success in Buffalo. Father Lanigan was Vicar-General of the
diocese of Buffalo, New York.
LANIGAN, JOHN ALPHONSUS, M.D.— Leisure Hours, Buffalo, New
York, ; The Siege op Armagh, a drama, do.— — ; Woodland
Rambles, verse, Buffalo, 1894.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 12, 1854, and educated at
College of St. Sulpice, Montreal, and St. Mary's College, Halifax, where
he graduated B.A.. He graduated M.D. in New York University, 1877.
He has practised his profession in Buffalo, New York, and other places
with success. He has written much fugitive verses for American and
Canadian periodicals. Brother of preceding and succeeding writer.
LANIGAN, REMIGIUS W.— A brother of two preceding writers. Born in
Halifax, N.S., on October 1, 1858. He was educated at St. Mary's
College, in that city, and afterwards studied music under Professor
Seifert at Niagara Falls. A little later he spent some time pursuing
his studies m Paris. On his return to America, he became director of
the School of Music, Milton, Mass. He set to music Fitzgerald Murphy's
" Shamrock and Rose." As a poet, he is chiefly known by several pieces
in the Boston Pilot and Transcript .
LANIGAN, RT. REV. WILLIAM (Bishop of Goulburn, Australia).— A native
of Cashel, Co. Tipperary, born about 1820, and said to be author of the
verses in the early Nation over the signature of " Alpha." He was
consecrated in 1867. Some of his pieces have been reprinted, and he is
represented in " Irish Penny Readings."
LANKTREE, J. W. — A writer of stories and poems in the forties of last cen-
tury. He was the author of a famous piece of humour in verse called
" Molly Muldoon," which originally appeared in an Armagh periodical under
the title of " The Lost Husband, an Irish Story." (See D. J. O'Donoghue's
" Humour of Ireland.") He may have been the " J. W. L." of the Nation
during the forties.
LANYON, HELEN.— The Hill of Dreams, poems, Dublin, 1909; second
edition, 1909.
LARDNER, WILLIAM O'BRIEN.— Is included in Edkins' collection of poems
by Irish authors, 1801. He was the eldest son of John Lardner, Bnnis,
Co. Clare, and was admitted to Gray's Inns in June, 1791. He resided in
Marlborough Street, Dublin, and died in 1808. His son Denis became
notable as Dionysius Lardner^ LL.D.
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LARKIN, CHRISTOPHER J.— Born in Co. Westmeath in 1857, and educated
at a National School in his native county. In his early years he wrote
a good deal of verse for the almanacs and diaries, afterwards contributing
to various papers in Mullingar. Belongs to a family of tenant farmers,
and is a land steward, living near Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. '
LARKIN, PETER O'NEILL.— Born in Creggan, Co. Armagh, and went to
America in 1860, He has contributed innumerable poems to Boston
Pilot, New York Emerald, and othe(r journals, and Eas done a good deal
of journalistic work for Irish-American and Irish papers. His poems
generally appeared over the signature of " P. L." in the seventies, and
"P. O. L." in later years.
LARKIN, THOMAS.— Known as the " Bard of Ballydinei." Born at Bally-
dine, Co. Tipperary, about 1795, and died about 1860. Was well-known
locally as a writer of poems, which were mostly satirical in character.
John Locke, the poet, wrote a sketch of him in one of the Irish-American
journals.
LARMINIE, WILLIAM.— Glanltja, and other poems, London, 1889, 8vo;
Fand and other poems, Dublin, 1892.
Thisi admirable poet was born in Co. Mayo in 1849, and died at Bray
on January 19, 1900. He was for many years in the Civil Service, but
retired for reasons of health some time before his death. Besides his
two volumes of poems, he published a collection of " "West Irish Folk
Tales." In Brooke and Rolleston's " Treasury of Irish Verse," there is
a selection of his works, with an appreciation by " A. E." (George
Russell, q.v.).
LATIMER, JOSEPH.— Harp and Ckown, poems, Dublin, 1896, 8vo.
A member of the Royal Irish Constabulary, and a frequent contributor
to Weekly Irish Times, etc.
LATROBE, REY. BENJAMIN.— Author of works on the sect called Plymouth
Brethren. Born in Dublin on April 19, 1725, and educated at Glasgow
University. Became minister of the (Moravian) Brethren's Church, and
died on November 29, 1786. He wrote hymns, some of which are in the
"Brethren's Hymn Book," 1789.
LATTIN, PATRICK.— The Henkiadb, translated from Voltaire.
Son of George Lattin, and born in 1726 at Morristown, Lattin, Co. Kil-
dare. Was educated in Paris, and joined the Irish Brigade, in which he
became a captain. In 1792 he married Elzabeth, daughter and heiress of
Robert Snow, of Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny. He wrote the above-mentioned
translation i» assist a poor French emigre. Lord Cloncurry, his friend,
mentions him several times in his "Recollections " as a man of wit and
sense. He was a noted raconteur, and in Lady Morgan's " Book of the
Boudoir " it is said that in his presence " Shell was silent, and Curran
dull." He published a, pamphlet refuting some of Dr. Duigenan's libels
concerning the state of Ireland, and the latter's reply led to an action
in London, in which Lattan recovered large damages. He died in Paris
in 18(36. See for references Moore's "Diary," vol. 2, p. 231; vol. 3, pp.
319, 222, 248, 257, 258, and vol. 4, pp. 16, 17, 206.
LAUGHLIN, REY. JOHN WILLIAM.— Supplementary Hymns, for the use
of St. Peter's Church, Saffron Hill, selected and arranged by J. W. L.,
1865, 16mo.
One or two other religious works. There was a graduate of the same
name of T.C.D. (B.A., 18i39; M-A., 1855), who lived in Gloucester Street,
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Dublin, in the forties, who may possibly have been the "J- W- I'-" "f
Nation of that time, and of Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science and
Literature, 1842-3. See under " Lanktree, J. W."
LAW, JAMES SYLVIUS.— The Irish Catholic, a patriotic poem, Belfast,
1813; Dublin, 1815 (?), 12mo ; The Weongs of Ireland, a national poem,
Dublin, 1831. 8vo.
The first of these works is merely ascribed to him, or conjectured to
be his.
LAWLER, C. F. (?)— Three R[oya]l Bloods, or A Lame B,[egen]t, a Darl-
ing Commander, and a Lovb-Sick Admiral, a poem, third edition, Lon-
don, 1815, 8to; ninth edition, London, 1812, 8vo ; The R[oya]l Lover,
or A D[u]ke Defeated, etc., a poem, ninth edition (MS. notes in B.M.
copy), London, 1812, 8vo; twelfth edition, with additions, London, 1812,
8vo; The R[oya]l Blood, or An Illustrious Hen and her Pretty
Chickens, a poem, fifteenth edition (MS. notes in British Museum copy),
London, 1814, 8vo ; Lilliputian Navy! ! ! The R[egen]t's Fleet, or
John Bull at the Serpentine, a poem, London, 1814, 12mo ; John Bull's
Triumph over His Unnatural Countrymen, or The Land-Holders and
Contractors in the Dumps, to which is added Roy'alty in Motion and a
R[egen]t Asleep, a poem (MS. notes in British Museum copy), London,
1814, 8vo ; John Bull as he was, is, and ought to be, etc., a poem (MS.
notes in British Museum copy), London, 1817, 8vo ; The Agonies of Bona-
parte, or The Devil o\ His Last Legs, a poem (MS. notes in British
Museum copy), London, 1814, 8vo.
All above satires on the Regent and his courtiers were published over
the pseudonym of " Peter Pindar, jun."
LAWLER, DENNIS. — Sharp and Flat, a musical entertainment, with music
by .James Hook, 1813, 8vo ; In and out of Tune, a farce, 1808 ; The School
FOR Daughters, a comedy, 1808, 8vo; Two in tSe Corner, 1810, 8vo;
Industry and Idleness, musical piece, 1811, 8vo; The Earl op Hammer-
smith, or The Cellar Spectre, burlesque, in Duncombe's " British
Theatre," 1825, etc., 12mo.
Was also the author of some stories. I have seen " Sharp and Flat"
attributed to a James Lawler.
LAWLESS, HON. EMILY. — With the AVild Geese, poems, with introduc-
tion by Stopford Brooke, London, 1902, 8vo.
An admirable volume by the authoress of several well-known romances,
" Granie," " ]M:aelcho," "With Essex in Ireland," " Hurrish." etc., and
of a "History of Ireland." She was born in Ireland, and is the daughter
of the third Lord Cloncuvry. She has contributed poems to several
leading reviews, and some are to be found in her " Traits and Confidences,"
1898.
LAWLESS MARGARET H.— Born at Adrian, Michigan, July 14, 1847.
Her father was John Wynne, of Co. Leitrim, and her mother a Miss Jane
Meehan, of Co. Sligo. They went to U.S.A. on their marriage in 1838.
Mrs. Lawless was educated at her native place, and in 1864 graduated
there. She married a Dr. Lawless in 1873. Her verse, which is con-
sidered excellent, has appeared in Lippinroft'x Mcifjazine. Catholic World.
Fraiih Leslie's Monthly. Detroit Free Press, Ave Maria. Boston Pilot,
and other leading periodicals.
LAWLESS, GEN. WILLIAM.— This distinguished character was at first a
physician, whose complicity in the '98 rebellion forced him to leave
Ireland, whence he went to France. He was a noted United Irishman,'
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and afterwards a Trench general. In his " Sham Squire," W. J. Fitz-
patrick says there are plenty of his poems in Irish Masonic Magazine for
1794. If this is the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine , there are only a
few of his pieces in it, signed either hy his name or initials. He died
in Paris, December 25, 1824.
LAWLOR, DENIS SHINE. — The Harp of Innisfail, a poem with notes, and
other poems, London, 1829, Svo (over his initials only).
A very frequent contributor between 1825 and 1840 to Irish and Catholic
periodicals. He was born on March 30, 1808, probably at Castlelough,
Co. Kerry, and educated chiefly at Oscott College, where he was one of
the editors of a magazine called The Oscotian, and to it contributed a
great number of poems. He wrote largely for The Catholic Miscellany, a
London Catholic periodical of 1830, etc. He published a story and a
record of travel in the Pyrenees in 1870 and 1874 respectively. He is
■sometimes called Deny's Shyne Lawlor. In The Diihlin and London- Maga-
zine, 1825-1827, there are poems of his also, and some stories, signed by
his initials, and he was probably " Oscotian," and " Oscotiensis, " of , the
same periodical. During the year mentioned there are also by him some
" Tales of the South," legendary prose sketches, and one or two of
these were translated by Julius Rodenberg in his " Harfe von Erin,"
a collection of Irish stories and poems in German. There are three
of Lawlor's poems in Hercules Ellis's " Songs of Ireland." He was a
Young Irelander, and is mentioned in Carlyle's account of his tour in
Ireland. He was twice married, first in 1840, and secondly in 1878. He
died at Woodchester, near Stroud, October 17, 1887.
LAWRENCE, COL. THOMAS DAWSON.— Miscellaneous Works (verse),
Dublin, 1789, 8vo (with MS. notes in British Museum), do., London, 1806,
Svo (with omissions and additions).
Published for the benefit of the Sunday School at Lawrencetown, near
Banhridge, Co. Down, where the author resided. He was a friend and
schoolfellow of Goldsmith under the Rev. Mr. Hughes, of Ballymahon, Co.
Longford. He entered the army and distinguished himself, especially at
the Battle of Minden. The MS. notes referred to deal chiefly with the
assault on Lawrence by the Hon. Pierce Butler, who was tried for it —
a report being published in 1792. He was born about 1730, and was great-
great-grandson of the Rt. Hon. Henry Lawrence, Lord President of the
Council, 1655, to whom Milton addressed a sonnet. Lawrence's first
volume was dedicated to Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore. He carried the
colours of the 20th Kegiment at Minden. His death occurred about 1810.
In the Rev. Samuel Burdy's poems there is one addressed to Lawrence,
and in a note Burdy says his dialogue of Horace and Lydia is the finest
translation of the piece extant.
LAWSON, EDWARD. — Relics or Melodino (poems), translated by E. L.
from an unpublished M.S., 1645, London, 1815, Svo; second edition, Lon-
don, 1820, Svo.
A barrister who translated several poems from the Irish for Hardiman's
" Minstrelsy," 1831, and is represented in Hercules Ellis's " Songs of
Ireland," 1849. M. W. Hartstonge called his attention to MS. above
referred to. There are translations from other Portuguese and Spanish
poets in the volume. Sch. T.C.D., 1783; B.A., 1785; M.A., 1790. He
was the son of a glazier, according to IJord Cloncurry, who mentions him
in his "Recollections " as a friend of his at T.C.D. He had been a pupil
of Samuel Whyte (q.v.).
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LAWSON, RT. HON. JAMES ANTHONY.— Hymm tjsitati Laiine reddite,
with other verses, London, 1883, 8to (English and Latin).
The late Judge Lawson, of the Irish Bench, was an admirable Latin
poet. Born at Waterford in 1817; Sch. T.C.D., 1836; B.A., 1838; LL.B.,
1841; and LL.D., 1850. Afterwards became professor of political economy
at the University. Called to the Irish Baor in 1840; made Q.O. 1857.
Was Solicitor-General and Attorney-General for Ireland before his acces-
sion to the Bench in 1868. Died August 10, 1887.
LAWSON, REY. JOHN, D.D. — Lectures concerning Obatobt, comprising a
poem, entitled Ikbne, cabmen hisxcbium ad vice-comitum Boyle, Dublin,
1758, 8vo.
This poem was revised and translated into English by Rev. Dr. Wm.
Dunkin. It ran through several editions. Dr. Lawson was born in
Omagh, Co. Tyrone, in 1712, his father being a curate in that town.
B.A., T.C.D., 1731; M.A., 1734; Fellow, 1735; Senior-PeUow, 1743; D.D.,
1745. He was librarian of T.C.D., and died on January 9, 1759.
LAWTON, HUGH.— Poems, Bath, lgl4, 4to; ditto, London, 1815, 4to.
Two of the songs in above work are quoted in "Harmonica," published
by Bolster, of Cork, in 1818. Lawton was a Cork man, son of Christopher
Lawton, of Lake Marsh, Cork. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford,
on February 8, 1795, aged 16. Died in 1859, aged about 80. His poems
are dedicated to Lady Avonmore, and the dedication is addressed from
Clytha, apparently, the seat of Lord Avonmore.
LEACH, THOMAS.— A Life's Pathway, and other poems, London, 1882.
Several of the poems are Irish, and the author evidently of the same
nationality. He was a member of the London police force.
LEADBEATER, MARY.— Poems by M. L., to which is prefixed her transla-
tion of the First Book of the Alneid, Dublin, 1808, 8vo.
Was the daughter of Richard Shaokleton, of Ballitore, Co. Kildare,
where she was born in 1758. The family was a Quaker one, and pro.
duced several poets. Her grand-father was the instructor of Burke and
other eminent men (see Shackleton). She may have been the " Miss
Shackleton," who has several poems in Edkins' collection of 1789-90, but
see under Shackleton, Elizabeth. She published notices of the Shackleton
family, "Annals of Ballitore," and various excellent books for youth.
She died on June 27, 1826, and was buried at Ballitore. Two volumes of
MS. poems by M. L. were sold at the Malcolmson sale, Dublin, 1892. Her
niece, Elizabeth Shaokleton, who edited some of her works, was the wife
of Alfred Webb, M.P., the compiler of "A Compendium of Irish Bio-
graphy."
LEADER, HENRY. — Legends connected with the Supebstitions of the
Irish Peasantry, and other poems, Cambridge, 1865, 8vo ; Lybic Lobe
FROM Innisfail, London, 1873.
B.A., T.C.D., 1837. Was born at Nashville, Co. Cork, March 18, 1815,
and died on July 4, 1887, and was buried in AghabuUogvie churchyard,
near Clonmoyle. He was a landlord, and was the son of William Leader,
who married a Miss St. Leger.
LEAHY, ARTHUR H. — The Heroic Romances of Ireland, prose and verse,
London, two volumes, 1900 (?), 4to ; The Courtship of Ferb, an old Irish
romance . . . translated into English prose and verse, London, 1902.
The author, a Kerry man, was born in 1857, and is a Fellow of Pembroke
College, Cambridge, and I believe there are other poems of his in a similar
work previously issued.
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LEAHY, WILLIAM. — There are about half-a-dozen translations from the
Irish by this writer in the recent edition of H. R. Montgomery's " Early
Native Poetry of Ireland " (1892).
LEAHY, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE.— The Siege op Syracuse, a poetical
drama, 1889.
Born of Irish parents at Boston, Mass., July 18, 1867. He is a graduate
of the Lawrence Grammar School, Boston Latin School, and Harvard
University. Has written for Scribner's Magazine, Harvard Monthly,
Ha/t-vard Advocate, Boston Pilot. He was one of the editors of the Boston
Traveller.
LEAMY, EDMUND.— -Born in Waterford, in 1848, and educated at St. John's
College, and at University High School, in that city. Was admitted a
solicitor in 1878, and was elected M.P. for Waterford in 1880. Was
called to the Irish Bar in 1885, but did not practise much. He was for
many years in Parliament, and was an accomplished orator. He was
a literai'y man of repute, owing to his volume of Irish fairy-tales, pub-
lished in 1890, which have been warmly praised by most critics. A small
volume by him, entitled, "The aFiry Minstrel of Glanmalure," has also
been published. Wrote poems for the national papers in his earlier years,
one or two of which are given in " Irish Penny Readings," and in Con-
nolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets." Three of them are in J.
F. Meagher's " Songs for Campaigners," Dublin, 1887, 4to. Was editor of
United Ireland for some years, and afterwards connected with the Evening
Herald. I fancy his poems generally appeared over the signature of
" Etos." Since his death, which occurred at Pau, December 10, 1904,
a volume of his stories, " By Barrow River," etc., has been published,
and also a new edition of his charming " Irish Fairy Tales."
LECKEY, JOHN (?)— Poems and Tales of Teavbl, London, 1856, 12mo.
LECKY, ALEXANDER. — Ode addressed to the Hekoes op Eein, the Allies,
AND Bonapakte, Belfast, 1815, 8vo.
LECKY, ELIZABETH.— Fairy Folk, in verse, London, 1886, 4to; Here,
There, and Everywhere, rhymes, London, 1890, 8vo.
Other books for children.
LECKY, MARY R. — Old James, the Irish Pedlar, etc., verse, Dublin, no
date.
LECKY, SIR THOMAS. — ^Author of some poems which have been praised
by the Press, and one of which, written for the bazaar in connection
with the restoration of Derry Cathedral, attracted much attention. He
was born in Co. Derry in 1828, and was educated at Foyle College. Was
Mayor of Londonderry, 1886-7, being the eleventh member of his family to
obtain that position. He was knighted in 1887, and died a few years ago.
" LECKY, WALTER."— See McDermott, Rev. J.
LECKY, WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE.— Poems, London, 1891, 8vo.
Born near Dublin on March 36, 1838. B.A., T.C.D., 1859; M.A., 1863.
The most distinguished of Irish historians, his great " History of England
in the 18th Century," places him also among the most notable of English
writers of history. He has also published other important works, such
as " Leaders of Publin Opinion in Ireland " (anonymously at first),
"European Morals," "Rise and Influence of Rationalism," etc. Few
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people suspected lie was a poet till lie published his volume, only one piece
in it having been previously printed in a periodical. It was reprinted in
Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets." He died on October
22, 1903.
LEDGER, WILLIAM. — The Opening Rosebud, a collection of original poems,
Limerick, 1836, 8vo.
This volume was dedicated to Sir Aubrey de Yere. The author was a
student of T.C.D.
LEECH, SARAH. — Poems on Various "Subjects, with memoir of S. L.,
a peasant girl of Donegal, and coloured portrait of her at her spinning
wheel, Dublin, 1828, 12nio.
LEEPER, ALEXANDER, LL.D. — Thibteen Satires of Juvenal, translated
(in conjunction with H. A. Strong), London, 1882, 8vo.
Born in Dublin, June 3, 1848. B.A., T.C.D., 1871; M.A., 1875, and
Hon. LL.D. later. Went to Victoria, Australia, in 1875, and married
there in 1879. Prom 1876 onwards he has been Warden of Trinity College,
Melbourne. His father was a well-known clergyman in Dublin.
LEESON JANE ELIZA.— The Lady Ella (verse F), 1847, 16mo; The
Wreath of Lilies (verse?), 1847, 12mo; Songs of Christian Chivalry,
etc., 1848; Hymns and Scenes of Childhood, third edition, 1842; 1848,
12mo; 1850, 12mo ; Margaret, an Olden Tale (verse?), 1850, 16mo.
Born in 1807, and died 1882. Also published " Chapters on Deacons,"
and other works. Some of her hymns will be found included in Roger's
" Child's Hymnal," in the Irvingite " Hymns for the Use of the Church "
(1834), " Paraphrases and Hymns for Congregational Worship " (18-33),
and in her own works.
LEFANU, ALICIA. — ^Rosara's Chain, or The Choice of Life, a poem,
London, 1816, 16mo.
Wrote several novels also. She was the niece of the following writer,
her mother being Elizabeth Lefanu, younger daughter of R. B. Sheridan,
and wife of Captain Henry Lefanu, the sisters of Sheridan having married
brothers. Webb and other biographers are hopelessly wrong about the
minor Lefaniis.
LEFANU, ALICIA. — The Flowers, or The Sylphide Queen, a fairy
tale in verse, London, 1809, 12nio ; The Sons of Erin, or Modern Senti-
ment, a comedy, London, 1812, 8vo (three editions in year mentioned).
She was the sister of R. B. Sheridan, and was born in Dorset Street,
Dublin, in 1754. Her son was the Rev. Thomas P. Lefanu, afterwards
Dean of Emly, and husband of the following writer, and her grandson
the famous novelist mentioned lower down. There is a poem of hers in
Samuel Whyte's "Poems." W. C. Oulton says her husband was the Peter
Lefanu, the dramatic writer. Her " Sons of Erin " was a great success
in London under the title of " Prejudice, or Modern Sentiment." She
died at the Royal Hibernian Military School, Plicpnix Park (of which her
son was chaplain) in September, 1817. She wrote some novels, and is
included in Edkins' collection of poems (1789-90). She was the wife of
Joseph Lefanu.
LEFANU, EMMA.— Daughter of Rev. Dr. Dobbin, F.T.C.D., and daughter-
in-law of preceding. There is a poem by her in The Amulet for 1826, and
she wrote other verse for different periodicals. The following writer was
her son. She was the lady to whom Theophilus Swift (q.v.) persisted in
paying attentions.
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LEFANU, JOSEPH SHERIDAN.— This eminent writer was born in Dublin
on August 28, 1814, and. educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A.
in 1837. Evinced literary capacity at an early age, and contributed
to several periodicals. In or about 1838 he was called to the Bar, and
about the same date became a newspaper proprietor by buying the
Dublin Warder, a vigorous Conservative journal. Soon after he began to
contribute to the Dublin Vniceisity Magazine , and in that periodical most
of his inimitable productions first saw the light, though he afterwards
wrote serials for Temple Bar and other English magazines. He became
editor and owner of the Dublin University Marjazine, and carried it on
for some years, and in it appeared his best poems (anonymously), such as
" Shemus O'Brien," " Phadrig Crohoore," " Duan na daev," " Beatrice,"
etc., etc. The two first gained remarkable popularity after Samuel
Lever had introduced them into his entertainments. They are included in '
his " Purcell Papers," a collection of sketches and stories, edited oy A. P.
Graves, and published in London in 3 vols., 1880. He also became owner
of the Dublin Erring Packet and Evening Mail, and did a great deal of
political writing. He married in 1844 Miss Susan Bennett, daughter of
George Bennett, Q.C., and was left a widower in 1858. He was the inti-
mate friend of Charles Lever, and other distinguished men, and was
greatly admired by all who knew him. He died on February 7, 1873. His
best novels, such as "Uncle Silas," " The House by the Churchyard,"
and " In a Glass Darkly," are noted for their power and weirdness, and
his "Torlogh O'Brien " is one of the very best of Irish historical novels,
while his shorter sketches and stories are often full of genuine humour.
In the Freeman's Journal supplement for February 29, 1860, there is a
prologue in verse, written by him for amateur theatricals. His son, Mr.
G. Brinsley Lefanu, became well-known as an artist and book-illustrator
in London.
LEFANU, REY. PETER. — Smock Alley Sechets, a comedy, 1778.
Other dramatic pieces by him, of which little or nothing is known. He
was grand-uncle of preceding, and married a Miss Frances Knowles,
grand-daughter of Thomas Sheridan, the actor, and aunt of the drama-
tist, Sheridan Knowles. He is mentioned several times in Moore's "Diary."
He was the seventh son of William Lefanu, of Stephen's Green, says R(^v.
AV. G. Carroll, in his history of the parish of St. Bride, Dublin. In 1810
he was curate of that parish. He was educated at Dr. Buck's School,
and became a noted preacher. He died in 182-5. He was doubtless the
Peter Lefanu, B.A., T.C.D., 1769.
LEFANU, WILLIAM P. — Was born in Dublin in 1774, and was the nephew
of the preceding writer. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1797, wrote
various pamphlets, and founded and edited The Freeman's Journal. He
is said to have written various poems, and " An Intercepted Letter from
China," " A Gallery of Portraits," have been attributed to him. He was
also for a time believed to be the author of " The Metropolis " (by Car-
michael), and " Familiar Epistles " (by Croker). He died in June, 1817,
and was buried in St. Peter's, Dublin. Among his writings is a curious
work called " The Roll of a Tennis Ball through the Moral World." Some
verse from his anonymous book is quoted in Walker's Hibernian Maga-
zine for July, 1811. He is mentioned in the preface to Mary Leadbeater's
"Cottage Dialogues."
LBFEYRE, LILY ALICE. — The Lion's Gateway, poems, 1895.
An Irish-Canadian poetess mentioned by Morgan in his " Canadian
Men and Women of the Time." She was the daughter of R. P. Cooke
aind Anna Plunkett, and wrote largely for Canadian Press over signature
of " Fleurange."
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LEMON, JAMES ( ?) .— Oeiginal Poems and Songs, 1843.
LENIGAN, HENRIETTA JANE. — Ornaments op the Mind, with a promis-
cuous collection of modern poetry, Paris, 1842, 12mo ; Hymns (edited by
Rev. J. Leifchild), 1843.
The first work is a scrappy volume illustrated by the authoress, and con-
taining pieces by herself and others ; among the subscribers to it are
various Irish people.
LENIHAN, D. M. — A frequent contributor of verse for many years to Weekly
Freeman, Weekly News, and other papers over signature of " D. M. L."
He is a Cork man.
LEONARD, MICHAEL. — A native of Co. Meath, who wrote a good deal of
verse to the Dublin almanacs of his day, and in 1815 became editor of two
of them, published by one Jones, whose name is closely connected with
the history of the Dublin almanacs. Leonard died in April, 1818.
LEONARD, THOMAS.— The Two Advocates, Peace and Wab, a poem, Dub-
lin, 1846, 12mo.
LEPROHON, ROSALIE ELEANOR.— Cantata in Honour of the Prince or
Wales' Visit to Canada, from the French of M. Sempe, Montreal, 1860;
Poems, Montreal, 1881.
Her maiden name was Mullen (or MuUins), and she was born of Irish
parents in Montreal in 1832. In 1851 she married Dr. Leprohon. Wrote
a deal of prose and verse for the papers, including novels, essays, and
poems. Several novels of hers were published, one named "Eveleen
O'Donnell," running through the Boston Pilot, 1859. She died at Mon-
treal on September 20, 1879. There are five poems by her in the Canadian
anthology of Rev. E. H. Dewart (q-v.).
LESLIE, ELIZA.— Sacred and Moral Songs, Dublin, 1839.
LESLIE, EMMA.— See Toke, Emma.
LESLIE, JOHN. — Killarney, a poem, London, 1772, 4to; Dublin, 1772,
12mo; Phcbnix Park, a poem, etc., London, 1772, 4to.
Was tutor to Lord Clanwilliam. Died September 5, 177B.
LESLIE. SHANE.— Songs oe Oriel, Dublin, 1908.
Son of Co). John Leslie, of Glasslough, Co. Monaghan. Is represented
in "Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909. Has published a little book on
" Lough Derg," 1909. Born in 1885, and educated at Eton, University
of Paris, and Cambridge. Is a convert to Catholicism.
LESTRANGE, .—Verses and Metrical Translations, Belfast, 1866,
12mo.
The author lived in Shankill Road, Belfast.
LESTRANGE, JOSEPH.— Born in Dominick Street, Mullingar, probably
about 1775, and became a, prominent journalist in after life. He had to
go to Australia on account of his complicity in the '98 rebellion For
The Comet (1831-33) he wrote largely in prose and verse over signature
?, .:,j '"S?^??"'T, ^J^ '^^ ^^ ^'^ ^ contributor to Dublin Weekly Satirist,
Faddy Kelly s Budget, and Salmagundi. He was a member of the famous
Comet Club, and there is a reference to him in Mangan's " Extraordinary
Adventure m the States." He was probably thf- "J. L'E " of Belfast
Vmdicator of August 26 and September 19, 1840.
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LETT, WILLIAM PITTMAN.— A Wexford man, son of Capt. Andrew Lett,
of the 26th Cameronian regiment, and born about 1810. He was taken to
Canada in 1820, and settled in Richmond, and in 1828 removed to what is
now Ottawa. He was educated at Bytown and at the Montreal High
School, and became a journalist. Was editor of Conservative papers
from 1845 to 1853, and wrote much prose and verse during that period
for various journals, his reputation as a poet being considerable. He
was appointed Clerk to the Corporation of Ottawa. He wrote a series
of popular letters of a humorous kind over the nom-de-guerre of " Sweeney
Ryan." He is represented in Dewart's collection of Canadian verse.
LETTS, MISS W. M. — A lady who has contributed several excellent poems to
the Spectator, and who is the author of " The Eyes of the Blind," a play
produced by the Abbey Theatre players in Dublin.
LEYER, CHARLES JAMES, M.D.— This most popular of Irish novelists wrote
a large number of songs, as is well-known, and they are scattered through
his novels. Some of them are given in different anthologies, and rank
high as humorous verse. He was born in Dublin on August 31, 1806,
and was the son of James Lever, an Englishman, a contractor in Dublin.
He was educated at various schools and at T.C.D., where he graduated
B.A., 1827 ; M.B., 1831. He was afterwards an M.D. of Louvain. Wrote
a good deal of prose and verse for The National Magazine whilst a young
man ; but most of his earlier work appeared in the Dublin University
Magazine, which he edited from 1842 to 1845. His later novels and
sketches appeared in other magazines as well, such as Blackirooi's, Com-
h,iU, Bentley's, etc., etc. He was appointed Consul at Spezzia in 1858, and
at Trieste in 1867, and died in latter place on June 1, 1872. The chief
sources of information about Lever are the biography of him by W. J.
Fitzpatrick, published in 1879 (second edition, 1882), and the "Life," by
Edmund Downey (1907). In his 1875 catalogue, W. B. Kelly, of Grafton
Street, Dublin, announced for publication " Leveriana — reminiscences
and anecdotes of some of the characters introduced in the works of
Charles Lever — ready Dec, 1876." It never appeared.
LEVER, SYDNEY, — Fireflies, ballads and verses, London, 1833, 8vo.
Also a story entitled " Years ago," published in London, 1884. She
was the daughter of Charles Lever, and died a few years ago.
LEVEY, JOHN. — Youngest son of the late R. M. Levey, the well-known
Dublin musician, and brother of W. C. Levey, and "^Paganini Redivivus,"
the musicians, and also of Andrew Levey, the composer and conductor.
John went on the stage instead of following the musical profession, and
became well-known as an Irish comedian. He wrote a number of melo-
dramas, Irish and otherwise, and was the author of numerous burlesques
and pantomimes for the provincial theatres, of several of which he was
lessee at different times. He died at his residence, Seaforth, Liverpool,
on September 17, 1891, aged 53 or thereabouts. He was a Catholic,
and the real name of the family was O'Shaughnessy.
LEVINOE, H. NICHOLSON. — A barrister and a pretty frequent contributor
of poems to Dublin University Magazine and to Duffy's Sibernian
Magazine about 1860 and onwards. There is a difficulty in discovering
facts about liim, as he was not apparently a member of the well-known
Westmeath family of the same name.
LEWIS, RICHARD. — The General Election, a poem addressed to Charles
Domvill, Esq., Dublin, 1768, 8vo ; A Picture of the Times, a poem, in
which are delineated the characters of the most celebrated personages in
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Ireland, etc., Dublin, 1768, 8vo ; Elegy on De. Richaed Chalokee
CoBBE : — A Tkue Pictukb of tiib Times, being a defence of the character
of the Irish nation, from the misrepresentations of Mr. Lewis, in his
poem, etc., in a letter to a gentleman, Dublin, 1768, 8vo.
The latter piece was a reply to his own poem. Apparently the " Peter
Pounce, Esq.," who published " The Robin Hood Society, a satire with
notes variorum " (London, 1756, 8vo), was Lewis. He published a guide
to Dublin (1787), an abridgment of Smollett's " Roderick Random "
(1791), " Candid Philosophy, or Free Thoughts on Men, Morals and
Manners " (2 vols., Dublin, 1778), and wrote for The Hienti mental and
Masonic Magazine , Dublin, 1792-5, where he is stj'led " corrector of the
press," and for Walker's Hibernian Alar/azine, 177i3, at which time he
was about to publish his poems by subscription. He was, I think, an
Englishman. 'The prologue to G. E. Howard's "Female Gamester " is by
him.
LEYNE, MAURICE RICHARD.— One of the most promising of the writers
for The Nation, and highly esteemed both as patriotic journalist and as
a poet. Born in Tralee, Co. Kerry, about 1820, and in early life entered
the national movement, and was a journalist in Tipperary and in Dublin.
He was imprisoned in Richmond Jail, Dublin, and in Clonmel for his
participation in the national struggle. He wrote a great deal of pi-ose
and verse in the Aaiio/i between 1844-1854, and " M.R.L." was his usual
signature, but he contributed a good many squibs about 1853-4 over the
nom-de-guerre of " Zozimus," and a couple of these, with references to
Leyne, will be found in Duffy's " League of North and South." He may
have been " L. Carrick-on-Suir," of Xation. 1844, etc. His well-known
poem, " Liberty's Answer to Ireland's Vow," a kind of reply to a poem
by D. F. McCarthy, appeared in Nation of June 28, 1845. In Nation
supplement of March 20, 1852, is a poem, " Fratres Vincti," by him.
His initials first appeared in Nation of June 1, 1844. He was a valu-
a,ble assistant of Duffy's on the paper, and his death at the end of June,
1854, caused deep and lasting regret. He was bviried on July 1, at
Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
LIDDIARD, J. S. ANNA.— Poems, Dublin, 1810; 8vo ; The Gte-Laigha,
or A Tale op Old; with a second edition of Poems, and Additions, Bath
and London, 1811, 8vo ; Kenilworth, and other poems, Dublin, 1813, 8vo;
Kbnilwortii, a mask ; The Phantom Knight of Faeley Castle, a
chivalric tale; Travellee and Guide, etc., verse, Dublin and London,
1815, Svo; Theodoeb and Laura, or Evening aftee the Battle, a tale
in verse (included in following writer's " Mont St. Jean "), with A.n
Ode on the Year 1815, 1816, Svo ; Mount Leinster or the Peospectj a
poem descriptive of Irish scenery, Dublin, 1819, Svo ; 1st part, London,
1819; 2nd part, London, 1820.
She was the daughter of Sir Henry Wilkinson, lived at Corballis, Co.
Meath, and was the wife of following author, two of whose poems are in
her first-named volume. Her writings are patriotic in tone as well as
in subject.
LIDDIARD, REY. WILLIAM.— The Life Boat, or Dillon O'Dwiee, a poem,
Dublin, 1815, Svo; Mont St. Jean, a poem, with notes, London and
Dublin, 1816, Svo; The Legend of Einsidlin, a tale of Switzerland, with
poetical sketches of Swiss scenery; Montblanc, etc., with notes, London,
1829, 12mo ; Reteospection , The Lord of the Valley, and other
poems, London, 1841, 12mo.
Also some ti'avels on the Continent. B.A., T.C.D., 1S03. Was the hus-
band of preceding writer. Was an Englishman, son of a clergyman, and
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born in July, 1773. He first matriculated at Oxford, and entered tlie
army, but left in 1796. Was something of an artist and musician, and
died at Clifton, Gloucestershire, October 11, 1841. He rarely touched
Irish subjects.
LILLIS, REY. WILLIAM, CO.— Born in Fermoy, Co. Cork, in May, 18.50,
and was educated in the diocesan seminary of that town, afterwards going
through sonie of his ecclesiastical course in France. He was ordained in
his native diocese of Cloyne in 1873. He spent twelve years in missionary
labour in Canada, and on his return became a curate in his native
county, where he still serves. He had not written anything for publica-
tion up ix> his fiftieth year. Since then a large number of his poems
and essays have appeared, chiefly in the Cork Examiner and William
O'Brien's Irish People. One of his pieces is a neat French version of
"Father O'Flynn." His most important work, not yet published, is a
version in hexameters of the first tivelve cantos of the "Inferno" of
Dante.
LINCOLN, HENRY S. — ^Repabation, or Sin Subdued by Love, a. legend of
the olden time ; Stray Leaves from a Neglected Garden ; also the three
first cantos of The Sdprejiact op the Mind, Dublin, 1884, 8vo.
LINDSAY, ROBERT.— A friend and contemporary of Dean Swift, and an
eminent Irish lawyer, who became a judge. B.A., T.O.D., 1700. He is de-
scribed as " a polite and elegant scholar " and " an eminent pleader at the
bar/' There are poems by him included in many editions of Swift's
""Works," one of which is given in James Parton's "Humorous Poetry
of the English Language." See Scott's ed. of Swift's "Works," vol. 14,
pp. 237-245. He was one of Swift's executors, and was left a small legacy
by "Stella." He became puisne judge of Common Pleas in February,
1732, and died in 1743.
LINN, REY. JOHN BLAIR.— Bourville Castle, a drama, 1797 ; The Death
or Washington, a poem, 1800 ; The Powee of Genius, a poem in Ossianic
style, Philadelphia, 1801, 8vo; second edition enlarged, Philadelphia, 1802,
12mo; London, 1804, 8vo; Valehian, a narrative poem (published posthu-
mously), Philadelphia, 1805, 4to.
Of North of Ireland descent, and born in Pennsylvania on March 14,
1777 ; died at Philadelphia, August 30, 1804. Wrote other works.
LITHGOW, ROBERT ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.D., LL.D.— Pet Moments,
poems, London, 1877, 8vo.
These poems were dedicated to Lord Tennyson and met with much
favour. Their author was born in Belfast on June 13, 1846, and was
educated at Diocesan School, Downpatrick, and Belfast Academical Insti-
tution, and after graduating, settled in London as a physician. He
has edited the works and written the life of J. C. Prince, the poet,
and has written a biography of his ancestor, William Lithgow, the eai'ly
Scottish traveller and poet, besides some medical works.
LITTLE, ELIZABETH MARY.— Persephone, and other poems, Dublin, 1884,
8vo: Wild Myrtle, poems, London, 1898, 8vo; Poems, with portrait,
Dublin, 12ino, 1909.
Author of a few poems in The Academy, Pall Mall Gazette, Leisure
Hour, and other high-class journals. Daughter of a Roscommon land-
owner, and educated at Alexandra College, Dublin, where she distin-
guished herself greatly. She was for some time a teacher in North
London. Is represented in Mrs. Sharp's " Women's Voices " and other
collections, such as " Dublin Book of Irish Verse," 1909, Died at Bray,
May 5, 1909.
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LITTLE, PHILIP F. — A frequent contributor of verse to the Kew Ireland
Beview and other Dublin periodicals. Is, I think, the son of the late
Hon. E. Little, Premier of Newfoundland, a native of Dublin.
LITTLE, WILLIAM SWAYNE.— Leisure Motmbnts, in prose and vett-se,
Dublin, 1833, 12mo.
Son of Thomas Little, M.R.I. A., a Trinity College man, and the B.A.,
T.C.D., 1827 or 1832.
LITTLEDALE, KEY. RICHARD, LL.D.— Cakols fob Ohristmas, and Othek
Seasons, 1863; People's Hymnal (edited by him), London, 1867; The
Offices of the Sebvicb Books of the Holy Easteb, Church, London,
1863, 8vo.
This eminent theological writer was author of numerous hymns, many
of which are to be found in above collections, and in Or by Shipley's " Lyra
Bucharistioa " (1863), " Lyra Mystica," (1865) "Lyra Messianica " (1864),
" The Eucharistio Hymnal " (1877), the Marquis of Bute's " Roman
Breviary in English " (1879), " The Altar Hymnal " (1884), " Night Hours
of the Church," "Priest's Prayer Book " (1864), etc., and many of them
appeared in The Church Times, The Guardian, etc. There are over thirty
of his hymns in " The People's Hymnal," over such signatures as
"A.L.P." (A London Priest), "B.," " B.T.," "D.L.," ''F.," "F.R.,"
" L.," " P.C.E.," and " P.P.B.K." He was born in Dublin on Sept.
14, 1833, and was the son of John Richard Littledale, of that city. Sch.
T.C.D., 1852; B.A., 1855; M.A., 1858; LL.D., 1862. "Was ordained in the
Church of England in 1856, and made D.C.L. of Oxford in 1862. He
wrote a large number of books, controversial and otherwise and was a
noted clergyman. He died on Jan,uary 11, 1890, in London. He was
a contributor to Kottahos, and is represented in Rev. C. iRoger's " Child's
Hymnal," and "Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
LIVINGSTON, REY. WILLIAM.— Born in Co. Monaghan, Ooober, 1857, and
went to U.S.A. in 1873. Educated at College of St. Francis Xavier, N.Y.,
and a seminary at Troy, and was ordained in 1887. In 1889 was appointed
director of St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N.Y. Has written various
poems for Catholic World, Ave Maria, Bosary, N.Y. Freeman's Journal,
etc.
LLOYD, ARTHUR RICHARD.— Sblbeene, a poem, Paris, 1861, 8vo.
Probably a, T.O.D. man, but not in Todd's list.
LLOYD, ROBERT JONES, M.B.— Turkish Politics, a poetical trifle, Dublin,
1828, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 182- ; M.A., 1830; M.B., 1833.
LOCKE, JOHN. — A distinguished Irish-American poet, born near Callan, Co.
Kilkenny, in 1847, and died at 296 Henry Street, New York, on January
31, 1889, aged 42, leaving a widow: and one child. He was buried in
Calvary Cemetery. One or two of hi spoems are well-known to readers of
Irish- American poetry. In his early years he wi-ote verse for
the Irishman and Irish People, of Dublin, sometimes over the
signature of "The Southern Gael." He was arrested and im-
prisoned in 1867 for participation in the rising, and after his release went
to New York, where he settled down as a journalist, editing successively
The Celtic Weeldy, Celtic Monthly, and The Citizen, and contributing
constantly to them and to The Sunday Democrat. Boston Pilot, Irish-
America/n, etc. He married Mary Cooney (q.v.) in 18B1. Hie has written
one poem, expressive of the feelings of an Irish exile's return, that ranks
very high in Irish poetry. It is entitled " Morning on the Irish Coast,"
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and appeared first in an American paper in August, 1877. Many of
Locke's shorter stories and some of his poems are in the Dublin Shamrock
in the seventies and eighties.
LOGAN, CORNELIUS AMBROSIUS.— Yankee Land, a play, 1834; The Wag
OF Maine, a play, 1835 ; The Wool Dealer, a play, 1835 ; Astarte, adapted
from Shelley's Cbnci ; A Hundred Years Hence, burlesque ; CHLORoronM,
a comedy.
Born of Irich Catholic parents in Baltimore, U.S.A., on May 4, 1806,
and died on Ohio river ,near Wheeling, Va., on February 23, 1853.
Was intended for the priesthood, but devoted himself to literature, and
produced various plays, including burlesques, dramas, comedies, etc. He
wrote some good poems, and is represented in Coggeshall's " Poets and
Poetry of the West." See also James Rees' " Dramatic Authors of
America."
LONERGAN, THOMAS S.— Born at Mitohelstown, Co. Cork, in 1861. Was
educated at Permoy and intended for the priesthood, but preferred com-
merce and literature. Wrote poems in Young Irelatid, Cork Herald, etc.,
over signature of " Hibernicus." Went to U.S.A. in 1882, and for
some years was in business in Boston and New York, but drifted into
politics and journalism. Has written a good deal for the Irish- American
papers, and is nowj I think, on the staff of New York World. In 1890
he read a paper on John Boyle O'Reilly before the N.Y. Gaelic Society.
LONG, REY. THOMAS, D.D. — Author of various verse-translations from the
classics which appeared in Authologia Hihernica, 1793-4.
LORIMER, JOHN G. — The Hermit oe Point Lepreaux, a poem, St. John's,
Newfoundland, 1842.
Was of North of Ireland parentage, and was born in St. John's, New-
foundland, on May 10, 1807. He ^^■as a notable journalist in his colony,
and founded and edited several papers. He died in November, 1897. See
Morgan's " Canadian Men of the Time."
LOUGHRAN, E. B. — ^An Irish-Australian poet represented in Douglas Sladen's
" Australian Poets," 1890. There was an Bdmond Brenan Loughnan,
who I ublishod a novel in 1871, and the similarity of the names suggests
a possible connection.
LOUGHRAN, REY. JOHN, D.D. — Memorabilia, a poem on the events of the
24th of Julv, 1904, Dubhu, 1904.
Commemorates the completion of Armagh Cathedral.
LOYER, SAMUEL. — Songs and Ballads, London, 1839, 12mo; II Paddy
Whack in Italia, an operetta in one act (Duncombe's British Theatre,
1825, etc.), 12mo; The Happy Man, an extravaganza in one act (Web-
ster's Acting National Drama, 1837, etc.), 12mo; The English Bijou
Almanack for 1840, poetically illustrated by S. L., 1835, etc., 64mo; The
Greek Boy, a musical drama in one act (Webster's Acting National
Drama," 1837, etc.), 12mo; MacCarthy More, or. Possession Nine
Points of the Law, a comic drama in two acts (Lacy's collection of plays,
1850, etc.), 12mo ; The White Horse of the Peppers, a comic drama in
two acts (Webster's Acting National Drama, 18S7, etc.), 12mo; Rory
O'MoRB, a comic drama in three acts (Webster's Acting National Drama,
1837, etc.), 12mo; The Lyrics of Ireland, edited and annotated by S. L.,
London, 1858, 8vo ; another edition, London, 1884, 8vo ; Rival Rhymes
IN HoNotiR OF Burns (over signature of " Ben Trovato "), London, 1859,
8vo; The Poetical Works of S.L., London, 1860, 8vo; Metrical Tales
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and other poems, illustrated, London, 1860, 4to ; Original Songs for the
Volunteers, by S. L. and others, London, 1861, 12mo.
This famous musician, painter, song writer and novelist was born in
Dublin on February 24, 1797, and died in Jersey on July 6, 1868. He
first studied art, and became notable as a miniature portrait-painter.
He turned his talents to literature, however, and wrote stories like
"Handy Andy," and " Rory OVMore," songs of sucli, popularity aa
Barney O'Hea," "What will you do, love," "Widow Machree," "The
Low-backed Car," "The Bowld Sojer Boy," "The Angel's Whisper,"
"The Whistling Thief," "The Land of the AVest," "Rory O'More,"
" I'm not myself at all," etc., and excellent dramatic pieces. He wrote
altogether about 300 songs, and composed the music for most of them. He
wrote largely for the leading periodicals, and edited The Dublin National
Magazine and Saturday Magazine. In Richard Ryan's " Poets and
Poetry " (3 vols., 1826), there are one or two uncollected poems by him.
There are two poor biographies of him — by A. J. Symington and Bayle
Bernard. His stories were edited by the present writer, in six volumes,
some years ago.
LOYETT, RICHARD. — The Bastard, a tragedy in verse.
This work was perhaps not published. Lovett was an Irishman, who,
after he wrote this play, seemingly emigrated to America. There is a
poem addressed to him by James Sterling (q.v.) in Concanen's collection of
pieces, 1724.
LOWRY, JAMES MOODY.— A Book of Jousts (edited by J. M. L.), London,
1888, 8vo; A Lay of Kilcock, and other poems, Dublin, 1906.
Some very clever pieces by this writer in above collection of poems by
T.C.D. men, and a few others by him will be found in his " Keys at
Home," a little work published by him soon after. He was born in
Dublin in 1848, being the son of the late T. Kennedy Lowry, Q.C., and
was educated at T.C.D. , where he graduated B.A. 1871. Is a barrister
in Dublin, and writes occasionally for the press. Has written verse for
National Observer (London), and contributed some of the "Celebrities
at Home " series to The World. He also wrote for the BxMin TJniverxitij
Magazine.
LOWRY, SAMUEL.— Poetic Lispings (over signature of "Robin"), Belfast,
1872, 8vo.
Was the son of James Lowry, a Belfast watchmaker, and was a con-
tributor to Belfast Weel-hj .Y?ic.s-, etc. Killed by a fall from his horse
in 1876.
LOWTH, PATRICK. — Controversial Letters in Rhyme, between two
country schoolmasters in the Co. of Meath, Trim, 1839, 8vo.
Lowth was a Protestant schoolmaster of Skryne ; his correspondent,
Thomas J. Browne, was a Catholic, of Johnstown. See under T.J.
Browne.
LUBY, CATHERINE.— The Spirit of the Lakes, or Muckross Abbey,
a poem in three cantos, with explanatory notes, London, 1822, 8vo ;
another edition, 1823, 8vo ; Father Mathew, or Irel.vnd as she' is, a
national poem, etc., Dublin, 184.5, 12mo.
Among the subscribers to her first volume are John Bertridge Clarke,
Sch. T.C.D., Miss Crumpe (the novelist?), Thomas Luby, Esq., T.C.D. (her
cousin). Lady Morgan, Daniel O'Connell, George Pepper, Esq. Miss
Battier, etc. Lived in Killarney when she published her second' work,
but was a Tipperary woman, being a relative of T. C. Luby, the Fenian '
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LUBY, JOHN. — The Book of the Season, Liberal Rhymes fob LiBEKAt
Times, Glasgow, 188 — ; Poems, Glasgow, 188 — .
The above small pamphlets, the first political and Irish^ the second
religious, were published by the author himself, who was a stationer and
bookseller. He was the son of Leitrim parents, was born in Glasgow fifty
years ago, and was a cripple from birth. He wrote a good deal of verse
for various Irish and Scotch Catholic papers, and many of his pieces
appeared in The People's Journal (Dundee), The Weekly News (Dundee),
The Glasgow Observer, The Glasgow Weekly Mail, etc. Hte was related
to T. C. Luby, the Fenian leader.
LUCAS, HENRY. — The Teaks of Alnwick, a pastoral elegy on the death of
the Duchess of Northumberland, London, 1777, 4to; A Visit from the
Shades, a poem, London, 1778, 4to; The Earl of Somerset, a. tragedy,
and other pieces, London, 1779; Poems to her Majesty, etc., London,
1779, 4to ; The Cypress Wreath, an elegio-heroic poem, London, 1782,.
4to; A Pastoral Elegy, London, 1786; Coelina, a mask, London, 1795,
4to.
Son of the famous Irish patriot. Dr. Charles Lucas, and born about
1740. Sch. T.C.D., 1757; B.A., 1759; M.A., 1762. Was a student at
Middle Temple, London, and died in June, 1802.
LUTTON, ANNE. — Poems on Moral and Religious Subjects, Dublin, 1829,
8vo ; another edition. New York, 1842, 8vo.
Born at Moira, Co. Down, on December 16, 1791, and died August
22, 1881, at Bristol. She was a notable Wesleyan Methodist, and her
biography was published in 1882 over the title of " Memorials of a Con-
secrated Life " (with portrait). Her poems show some feeling.
LUTTRELL, HENRY. — Lines written at Ampthill Park, London, 1819, 4to ;
Advice to Julia, verse with notes, new edition, London, 1820, 12mo ;.
Letters to Julia, in rhyme, etc., London, 1822, 8vo; Crockford House,
a, rhapsody in two cantos, also A Rhymer in Rome, London, 1827, 8vo.
This celebrated wit was born in Dublin, probably in 1766 or 1767, as
Moore says in the introduction to his " Diary and Correspondence "
(edited by Lord John Russell) that he was about two years older than
Wellington, who was born in 1769. He was of a well-to-do family, it is
practically certain, and he is said to have been a natural son of Lord'
Carhampton. He was a member of the Irish Parliament, and it is not
known exactly when he settled in London, but it was doubtless soon after
the Union. In London he moved in the highest society, and was one of
the most familiar and frequent visitors to Holland House, and other
social centres, and is constantly referred to in memoirs of the period,
especially in Thomas Moore's, where there are numerous references to him,
with anecdotes, poems, etc. He wrote verse for The Times during 1826
and 1827, which is difficult to trace, and Moore says he asked for no
remuneration for his contributions, as he clearly wrote merely for past-
time. In Thei. Keepsake for 1829" there are a couple of poems by him,
and he is represented in Iiocker's " Lyra Elegantiarum "and similar col-
lections. Though Luttrell was well known to all the eminent men of his
day, who foregathered at Holland House, or Gore House, very little that
is definite is known about his life. He had a, great reputation as a wit
and poet, and his writings are exceedingly clever. He may possibly
have written "Mayfair," a poem attributed wrongly to Dr.
Croly (q.v.). He died in Brompton Square, London, on December
19, 1851. There is an article on Luttrell by Austin Dobson in St.
James's Magazine, vol. 42, p. 43, under the title of " A Forgotten Poet."
He is mentioned in nearly all the memoirs of the early Victorian period.
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GronoWj in liis "Reminiscences." says he was the Luttrell mentioned by
" Junius." He says he saw him in Paris in 1849, and even at his then age
he was delightful. He is said to have married a second time after 1849.
As the index to Moore's " Diary " is so imperfect, I may give here the
references I have myself noted in writing of Luttrell in " Irish Wits
and Humourists" :— Vol. 2, pp. 194, 225, 259, 264, 266-7, 274, 300, 326, 337;
Vol. 3, pp. 1S7, 138, 240, 241, 244, 245, 248, 251, 253, 299, 302, 348;
Vol. 4, pp. 53, 72, 85, 195, 237, 238, 239, 240, 321; Vol. 5, pp. 107, 112,
113, 114, 118, 119, 120, 123, 126, 128, 132, 134, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155,
280, 295, 319, 320; Vol. 6, pp. 8, 36, 50, 60, 100, (note) 159, 182, 190,
204, 218, 251, 360, 286, 321-22; Vol. 7, pp. 5, 25, 51-52, 85, 137, 157,
217, 227, 245, (249), 312.
LYDDAL, DAYID. — Theatric Essays . The Prompter or Elementary
Hints to Young Actors, a didactic poem, etc., 72 pp., Dublin, 1810, 8vo;
reprinted with additions, 1820; another edition, Dublin, 1831, 8vo.
LYDDY, DANIEL R.— Born in Limerick in 1842, and educated at Jesuit
College, Crescent House, in that city. Went to U.S.A. during the Civil
War, but returned to Ireland for a time, finally settling in New York
in 1867. Was called to the American Bar in 1870, and obtained great
success, and might have been a judge if he had wished. " The Poetry
and Song of Ireland," edited by J. B. O'Reilly, which gives some of his
poems, says he founded three journals, wrote several novels, and also
some fugitive verse of merit. He died in New York of pneumonia on
November 27, 1887.
LYNCH, ARTHUR. — ^Religio Athletae, prose and verse, London, 1895, 8vo ;
A Koran of Love, London, 1895 ; Prince Azrebl, a poem, London, 1911.
Author of a vigorous work on "Modern Authors," and one or two
other books, and now engaged in journalism. He is an Irish-Australian,
born near Ballarat in 1861, and was educated at Melbourne University
and at Paris and Berlin. Qualified as an engineer, but took up journalism
and represented the Daily Mail in Paris for some time. Acted as war
correspondent in Ashanti in 1896, and took part in the Boer War against
England. For this he was tried and sentenced to death in 1903, a sen-
tence commuted after some years. Has been M.P. for West Clare since
1909. Has recently taken out his medical degree.
LYNCH, B. — ^Richard and Jane, a legendary tale in verse, 3 parts, Dublin,
1777, 8vo.
LYNCH, DANIEL. — Born in 1855 at Dirreen, near Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, and
partly educated at national school of latter place, proceeding to Marl-
borough Street College, Dublin, where he was under Dr. P. W. Joyce
(q.v.). Has written many poems, both in Irish and in English, chiefly
in The Nation, Gaelic Journal, DundaVk Democrat, etc. He has also
translated some well-known lyrics into Irish, and his success as a poet
has been practically obtained in that language. He was some years ago
preparing for the Press a small collection of original Irish poetry. He
was a National Teacher at Dunleer, Co. Louth.
LYNCH, FRANCIS. — The Independent Patriot, or Mttsioal Folly, a comedy,
London, 1737, 8vo (acted at Lincoln's Inn Theatre) ; The Man of
Honour, a comedy, — .
LYNCH, MRS. HENRY ( ?) . — Lays of the Sea, and other poems (over signa-
ture of " Personne "), 1846, 16mo; second edition, London, 1850, 8vo;
Songs of the Evening Land, and other poems, London, 1861, 12mo ; The
Sabbaths of the Year, hymns for children, London, 1864, 8vo.
Also various stories.
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LTNCH, J. D. — Pbiesi and Poet, and other poems, Dublin, 1882.
LYNCH, JAMES DANIEL.— Irish-American poet, born in Mecklenburgh, Co.
Virginia, on January 6, 1836, and author of various poems, some of which
were popular. He was first an officer in U.S. Army, but gave it up for
law. Wrote books on "Bench and Bar in Mississippi" (1881), and
" Bench and Bar of Texas " (1885). May be still living.
LYNCH, JAMES. — The Temperance Harp, or Principles op Teetoxalism,
verse, Londonderry, 1846, 8vo.
LYNCH, MICHAEL.— Born in Cork city December 19, 1852, and taken to
Boston (Mass.) in the following year. After receiving an elementary
education, he was apprenticed to a plasterer, and still works at that trade.
He has written much verse for Boston Pilot, Celtic Magazine (New York),
and other periodicals, generally over the signature of " Lamech."
LYNCH, PATRICK. — The Classical Student's Metrical Mnemonics, con-
taining, in familiar verse, all the necessary definitions and rules of the
English, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, Dublin, 1817, 12mo ; An
East Introduction to Practical Astronomy, and the Use oe the Globes,
including in mnemonic verses and rhyming couplets, as the most effectual
means hitherto invented for assisting the memory — the necessary axioms,
definitions, and rules of Chronology, Algebra, and Trigonometry, with
the prognostics of the weather, etc., etc., Dublin, 1817, 12mo.
The above works are exceedingly curious and interesting on account of
the cleverness displayed in the smooth verse in which instruction is con-
veyed. The author is described as Secretary to the Gaelic Society on the
title-pages, and wrote a "Life of St. Patrick " (1828), and "An Intro-
duction to the Knowledge of the Irish Language as now Spoken " (1815).
Born near Quin, Co. Clare, on March 17, 1757. Educated near
Ennis under Donogh an Charrain. He learned Greek, Latin and Hebrew
through the medium of Irish, his celebrated master knowing no English.
After leaving this academy, he was kept at the plough for five years and
then became a tutor. He went to Carrick-on-Suir, and stayed there some
years, teaching, and there established, it is said, the first printing press
of the town, from which he printed several books, including " The Chrono-
scope," "A Pentaglot Grammar" (comparing Greek, Latin, Hebrew,
English and Irish). He finally went to Dublin, and was employed by the
Record Commission. He wrote a " Life of Cblumbkille," and at the time
of his death, about 1830, was engaged upon, or had projected, a comple-
tion of Haliday's translation of Keating's History, a version of Colgan's
" Acta Sanctorum Hibernise," and a, "Geographical and Statistical Hist.
of Ireland."
LYNCH, R. ADOLPHUS. — A resident of Killarney, and probably a native
of Kerry, whose verse is quoted in Croker's " Legends of the Lakes " — a
work founded on the MSS. of Lynch.
LYNCH, S. E. (?). — Miscellaneous Rhymes, Exeter, 1870, 8vo.
LYNCH. T. J. — A poet who contributed to the Irish Press, and is represented
in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland" by one piece, but I have not been able to
discover any particulars about him.
LYNCH, REY. THOMAS TOOK. — The Rivulet, a contribution to sacred
song, London, 1855, 8vo ; second edition, 1856, 8vo ; enlarged edition,
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London, 1868 (contains 167 hymns by him); Songs Coxthovebsial (over
pseudonym of "Silent Long"), London, 1856.
Author of many prose works, religious in character and subject. One
of the most popular of hymn-writers. He was the son of a surgeon of
Dunmow, Essex, named John Burke Lynch, and was born at that place
on July 5, 1818. He was congregational minister at Mornington Chapel,
Hampstead Road, London, and died in that city on May 9, 1871. A.
memoir of him was published after his death.
LYNCH, W. B. — The Woeld Desckibed, in easy verse, etc., New York and
Baltimore, 1822, 12mo.
LYNESS, BENJAMIN. — Okakge and Love, poems and songs on different sub-
jects, Belfast, 1842, 12mo ; John Baeleycorn, and other Poems, Belfast,.
1861.
Was, I believe, a policeman in Belfast. His first volume is addressed
from Coalislaud, Co. Tyrone. His second volume consists of temperance
poems.
LYNESS, WILLIAM. — A poet of this name, of Killead, Co. Antrim, is said to
have published a volume of poems in 1853, but I cannot discover anything
about it. He may be the preceding writer.
LYNN, ADAM. — Random Rhymes fkae Cullybackey, Belfast, 1911.
The author was born in the village of Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, and
from the age of 13 has worked in a linen mill. The pieces are mostly in
Antrim dialect, and most of them first appeared in Ballymena papers.
" LYNX."— Failings in the Field, Dublin, 1857.
A poetical satire on the Irish Established Church.
LYONS, REY. JAMES GILBORNE, LL.D. — Poems, sacred and miscellaneous,
Dublin, 1831 ; Christian Songs, translations, and other poems, Phila-
delphia, 1861, 8vo.
Born in Ireland (probably Dublin) about 1800, and educated at T.C.D.,.
where he graduated B.A., 1836; LL.B., 1838; M.A. and LL.D., 1842-
Entered the ministry of the Cluirch of England and went to America in
1844. In 1846 he went to Philadelphia, where he officiated. He had
charge of a classical school at Radnor, Pa, and at Haverford in the same
State. He died at latter place on January 2, 1868. His best-knoTjn poem,.
" The Triumphs of our Language." was frequently reprinted, and is trans-
lated into German in Dr. Karl Elze's " Nach Westen."
LYONS, SAMUEL. — Pieces or Original Poetry, national, descriptive and
amusing, with a few songs, Belfast, 1817 ; Belfast, a poem, Belfast, 1822,
8vo ; Original Poetry-, containing examples of ancient and modera
patriotism, with several other poems, Belfast, 1831, 8vo.
LYONS, WILLIAM F. — A writer of this name contributed verse to the
Southern Reporter, of Cork, previous to 1849, in which year a selection of
the verse from its columns was published there under the title of " Echoes
from Parnassus." Lyons is represented in this selection. He edited the
" Speeches of Thomas F. Meagher " some years later, and wrote a memoir
of that orator, and other things. He finally went to U.S.A., and became
an officer in the American army.
LYSAGHT, EDWARD.— Poems, Dublin, 1811, 12mo.
Born at Brickhill, Co. Clai-e, on December 21, 1763, being the son of
John Lysaght, of Bunratty. He was educated at Rev. Patrick Hare's,
school at Cashel, and had as a school-fellow the future ecclesiastical his-
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torian, Dr. John Lanigan, and entered T.C.D. abovit 1779. He pro-
ceeded to Oxford, where he was incorporated at St. Edmund's Hall, on
October 19, 1787, and graduated M.A., 1788. He entered the Middle
Temple, London, as a student, and was called to the Bar in 1788. He
did not make much impression as an advocate in London, and consequently
settled in Dublin, where he was better known as a bon vivant than as
a lawyer. His reputation as a poet and wit was very great, and many
good sayings and clever songs were attributed to him, which were not
always his. " Donnybrook Fair," "The Sprig of Shillelagh," "The
"Rakes of Mallow," "Kitty of Coleraine,' etc., were all given as his
without reason. The authors of the first two are known (See Code and
O 'Flaherty in the present work). Lysaght, however, wrote good songs,
which are not all included in the volume collected and edited by Dr.
Griffin, Bishop of Limerick, who was afraid of giving his stronger political
pieces. According to a writer in Freeman's Journal of February 26, 1909,
Lysaght died February 28, 1809, leaving a widow and two daughters, and
his popularity may be guaged from the fact that about £2,000 weis collected
for his family. He is usually stated to have died in 1810. One of his
daughters was a clever musician, and set some of his songs to music.
According to Sir Jonah Barrington, whose statement is not worth much,
Lysaght wrote several of the songs in Leonard McNally's " Sherwood
Forest." In Dublin and Iiondon Magazine for 1827, page 34, there is a
piece of his entitled " Carrigmannon, " and not generally known. Several
of his poems are in " Harmonica," Cork, 1818. See Sir Jonah Barrington's
"Personal Recollections," and Fitzpatrick's biography of Dr. Lanigan
for further particulars. In Stubb's "History of Dublin University," p.
331, is an unpublished poem by him.
liYSAGHT, SIDNEY ROYSE.— A Modern Ideal, a dramatic poem, London,
1886, 8vo ; Poems of the Unknown Wat, London, 1901 ; Horizons and
Landmarks, poems, 1911.
Is, I believe, a manufacturer in the English provinces. He has written
some clever novels, and is represented as a poet in " Dublin Book of Irish
Verse." He is the eldest son of T. R. Lysaght, of Mintinna, Co. Cork.
liYSTER, C. — Summer Trifles, in verse, Dublin, 1779, 12mo.
LYSTER, C. GEORGE.— Songs by the Wayside, Dublin, 1896, sq. 12mo.
LYTTLE, WESLEY GUARD.— Robin's Readings, eight volumes, 18—.
Born April 15, 1844, at Newtownards, Co. Down, and self-educated.
Was known all over Ulster as "Robin," author of a great iiumber of poems
and sketches in the dialect of a Downshire farmer, which he used to give
as public readings in that character. These entertainments were enor-
mously popular, and the eight volumes of "Robin's Readings" ran
through various editions. Lyttle also published some stories, such as
" Sons of the Sod," " The Smugglers of Strangford Lough," and " Betsy
Gray, a Tale of '98." He was successively a junior reporter, a school
teacher, a lecturer on Dr. Corry's "Irish Diorama," a teacher of short-
hand (having been, perhaps, the first to teach it publicly in Belfast),
an accountant, u. newspaper proprietor, editor, and printer. He started
The Horth Down and- Bangor Gazette, a strong Liberal and Home Rule
paper, in 1880. He died on November 1, 1896.
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M
M., E. A.— Poems, Newry, 1868, 16mo.
M., E. B. — Poems wbitten in a Workhouse, Dublin, 1856, 12mo.
M., F. W. — Verses Descripiive oe the Giaxt's Causeway, Yarmouth, 1845,
12mo.
M., H. — A frequent contributor to Watty Cox's Irish Magazine, 1808, etc.
Evidently a Meath man.
M., J. C. — Waking Dreams, with illustrations, designed and etched on stone
by the author. Post 8vo, London, 1839.
This volume consists of short stories mixed with historical and romantic
ballads. The etchings are printed by J. W. Allen, 16 Trinity Street,
Dublin. Portions of the prose stories are in Irish dialect, and portions in
Scottish dialect. In the story entitled " Old Nick," which is merely the
setting of a well-known tradition of Redmond O'Hanlon, the writer in
his guise of narrator of the incident describes himself as a native of the
southern part of Ireland.
M., J. — ^A writer thus signing himself, and described as a schoolmaster in the
parish of DrumsaiUach, contributed some " Sentimental Rambles in
Ulster " to Belfast Magazine, 1825, and gives in them a well-known poem
sometimes quoted in anthologies and entitled " Shane Dymas' Daughter,"
as his own. Possibly Joseph Magiu (q.v.) may have used these initials.
There was also a "J. M." (of Ardee) among the poetical contributors to
Walker's Hihernian Magazine for 1770, etc.
M., M. E.— See Martin, M. E.
M., R. — Elegy on the De.ath or the Rev. J. Murphy, D.D., Dublin, 1753,
12mo.
This is included in an " Account of the Life and Character of Rev.
J. M.," by a "Rev. Father J. K."
M., E. — There are seven poems by a writer with these initials in Concanen's
collection of miscellaneous poems, 1724, 8vo. He is there stated to have
"corrected some verses" of Concanen's.
M., E. G. — See under Moouey, R. G.
M., E. J. — See under Martin, R. J.
M., S. — A Mass in the Mountains (prose story), with poems, Dublin, 1881, 8to.
M., T. — A Collection oe Miscellaneous Poems, two volumes, Dublin, 1721,
12mo.
Perhaps these were only edited by T. M., whose name has been given
as Mosse.
M E, J. — The Last Days of the Corporation, a political drama, Dublin,
1841.
MoABOY, MARY R. T. ( ?) .— Roseheath Poems, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1884,
16mo.
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MoAFEE, REV. DANIEL. — O'Connell and the Wesleyans . . . with Babylon
Fallen, a poem in. 32 stanzas, Cork, 1839, 8vo.
The father of following writer. A Wesleyan minister, and author of
various religious books written between 1823 and 1872, about which time
he died.
MoAFEE, J. P., M.D.— Son of Rev. D. McAfee, a Wesleyan minister. Died
at Port Philip on May 16, 1859, after a voyage to Melbourne. He is
included in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
MoALEESE, DANIEL. — An Ulster journalist, who, soon after 1848, was a con-
tributor of verse to Nation over the signatures of " Ossian " and
" Ruadh." Born in the early thirties at Randalstown, Co. Antrim, where
his father was a shoemaker, a trade he himself followed for a while after
leaving the local National school. In his youth he wrote verse for Denis
Holland's Ulsterman (Belfast), and also for the Tipperary Leader and
Glasgow Free Press. Sometimes he wrote over his initials reversed,.
" M. D.," in the Nation and other papers. After a few years at shoemak-
ing he joined the staff of Ulster Observer, edited by A. J. McKenna (q.v.),
first as reader, then as reporter, and finally a sub-editor. He was after-
wards with McKenna on the Northern Star, and subsequently on the Ulster
Examiner. During this latter engagement he was fined £250 and sent to
gaol for four months for contempt of court. About 1874 he started the
Belfast Vindicator, a weekly, and also an evening paper, The Citizen.
Giving them up in 1876 he went to Monaghan, where he founded the
People's Advocate, which he edited and owned till his death. In 1885-86
he also edited the Belfast Morning News. His three sons and two
daughters were also engaged on the staff or in the composing room of his
various papers. Some of his poems are of exceptional merit. He wrote
poems for Dundalk Democrat, People's Advocate, and Belfast Northern
Star also. In a little collection of poems entitled "The Red Hand of Ulster,"
published in Monaghan some years ago, there are six pieces by him, and in
a second series, published by him in Belfast a little later, there are two
others. He was M.P. for North Monaghan from 1895 to his death. He
died December 1, 1900, aged 67.
MACALISTER, JOSEPH ( ?) .— Winkeleied, a tragedy, translated from
Voelcker, 1837, 8vo.
" MoALLA." — Rhymes op the Roadside, Dublin, 1881.
McANALLT, HENRY. — ^Effusions aeter Toil, poems, Glasgow and London,
1884.
A poetical contributor to the National papers some years ago, while
living at Partick, Scotland. One of his pieces is in McAleese's " Red Hand
of Ulster," mentioned above. He formerly worked in a shipbuilding yard
at Dumbarton, and afterwards at Partick, but went to America, and some
years ago was employed by a railway company in Chicago.
McARDLE, JOHN F. — Moods and Tenses, verse (?), — .
A sometime well-known Irishman of Liverpool. Wrote " Aladdin " for
Surrey Theatre, 1879-80; "Robinson Crusoe" for Covent Garden, 1876-
77; " Sinbad " for several theatres, 1880-81; "Dick Whittingtou " for
Manchester Theatre Royal, 1879-80; "Bound the Clock," an extrava-
ganza, had a wonderful run, almost unprecedented. Born in Liverpool
in 1841. Intended for a priest, and educated at Ushaw College. At twenty
he was editor of Catholic Times, also of two satirical papers, The Mohawk
and Pan. Was also editor of The Porcupine, and later of Weekly News,
Dublin. He wrote also for the stage, producing pantomimes, extrava-
ganzas, songs, such as " Mr. Quips was a Quaker," and other such things.
He died in Liverpool, February 21, 1883.
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McARTHUR, SIR WILLIAM.— Bom at Malin, Co. Donegal, July 6, 1809,
and died on November 16, 1887. Was for some years M.P. for Lambeth,
and subsequently Lord Mayor of London, 1880-1881. According to his
" Life," by Rev. Thomas McCuIlagh, 1891, he wrote a good deal of verse.
MACARTNEY, CHARLES JUSTIN. — The Vow, a comic opera in two acts,
with songs, Sheffield, 1802 (?), 8vo.
MACARTNEY, GEORGE (EARL). — This famous statesman and diplomatist,
whose name is chiefly remembered through his mission to China, wrote
some verse, some interesting lines of his to the Shannon being quoted in
Croker's "Popular Songs of Ireland." Hie was born in Co. Antrim,
May 14, 1737, and was created a viscount in 1792, and an earl in 1794.
He died on March 31, 1806.
MACARTNEY, THOMAS J. — A Bid eor the Laureateship (poems), London,
1889, 8vo.
An Irishman, I believe, and an army officer.
MACAULAY, JOHN, LL.D. — TJxanimity, a poem, London, 1780, 4to ; second
edition, ditto, ditto ; The Genius of Ireland, a masque, in three acts,
and in prose and verse, London, 1785, 8vo ; MoNODy on the Death oe the
Late Duke or Rutland, second edition, Dublin, 1787, 8vo; Moxody on
the Death of Lady Arabella Denny, Dublin, 1792, 8vo ; Verses Occa-
sioned BY the Death of the Late Unfortunate Louis XVI., Dublin, 1798.
He was the son of Rev. John Macaulay, was born about 1755, and was a
member of the Royal Irish Academy. One of the name graduated B.A.,
T.C.D., 1802; LL.B., 1807; LL.D., 1809, and B.A. at Oxford in 1801.
MACAULEY, ELIZABETH WRIGHT.— Marmion, a melodrama, performed
at Theatre Royal, Dublin, and Cork, 1811 ; Poetical Effusions,
etc., London, 1812, 8vo; second and third edition, ditto, ditto.
Authoress of various works, including " Tales of the Drama," 1822.
She also wrote " The Difficulties and Dangers of a Theatrical Life," Dub-
lin, 1810. She died suddenly at York, in March, 1837, aged 52. See Vol.
4 of Oxberry's " Dramatic Biography." She was an actress as well as an
author.
MoAULIFPE, MICHAEL AUGUSTINE.— A verse-writer, who died on Sep-
tember 1, 1849, aged 29, having been an invalid since his thirteenth
year. He was the son of a Limerick man, named Thomas McAulifEe, but
born in Cork. He had intended to collect his poems in a volume, but
died before his desire could be carried into effect. Such verse as he pub-
lished appeared in The Cork Southern Beporter during editorship of M.
J. Barry (q.v.).
" McBLAB, THADY."— See James Martin.
MoBLAIN, WILLIAM.— Astronomy, a poetical essay, Belfast, 1819, 8vo.
McBRIDE, JOHN. — The Agitator, containing various poems expressive of the
wrongs, triumphs, and persecutions of Poor Erin, Dublin, 1828, 8vo ; Thb
Anti-Union Melodist, a collection of original patriotic poems and songs,
Dublin, 1832, 8vo ; The Irish Volunteers, a collection of interesting
poems and national lyrics, Dublin, third edition, 1883, 8vo (with portrait
of O'Connell, engraved by J. McB.); The O'Connellitb, or Patriot's
Companion, a collection of patriotic, lyric and national poems, — ;
Victoria Regina, a congratulatory national poem in two cantos, Belfast,
1839, 8vo.
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JIoBRIDE, NEIL. — Blatha Fbaoic (Heather Blossoms), songs in English and
Irish, Dublin, 1905 (with preface by Stephen Gwynn).
A Donegal poet, who writes over signature of " Edirb Cam Lien " (his
name reversed) in Berry People, etc.
McBURNEY, WILLIAM B. — There has been much mystery about a poet of
this name who wrote over the pen-name of " Carroll Malone " in The
Nation in its earlier days. In the copy of Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland "
in the Forster Library, South Kensington Museum, which is slightly anno-
tated by C. G. Dufify, his name is given as James " McBirnie." Cushing's
" Dictionary of Pseudonyms^' calls him " M. McBurney." It is said he was
originally a doctor •in Belfast. Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland " suggests
that "Carroll Malone" and " Pontiac " were signatures of the same
author, but John Boyle ( q.v.) was undoubtedly the latter. The fact is,
as Mr. Francisi Nugent, of Pebody, Mass., U.S.A., has pointed out, the
writer's name is as given above. He went to America in 1845, and wrote
poems for the Boston Pilot in that and subsequent years, over the signa-
ture of " Carroll Malone." He is believed to have died in 1892. His
poems are often excellent, and many attempts have been made to pierce
his identity in consequence.
KcCABE, ANDREW. — Born near Virginia, Co. Cavan, June, 1831, and ten
years later went with his parents to U.S.A., settling fir^t in Philadelphia,
where he was educated. In 1857 he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and was
still living there in 1893. He has not written very many poems. In the
Magazine, of Poetry for April, 1893, there is a notice of him, with a few
of his pieces.
MoCABE, JAMES DABNEY.— Born at Richmond, Va., U.S.A., in 1842, and
was -the author of numerous popular books. He also wrote three plays,
which were performed at Biohmond in 1862-3, and some war-songs, some
of which became popular, notably " The Sword of Harry Lee." He died
in 1883.
MoCABE, REY. JOHN COLLINS.— Scraps (verse), Richmond, Va., 1865.
An Irish-American poet and contributor to the Press. Born in Rich-
mond, Virginia, on November 12, 1810, and died in Chambersburg, Pa.,
February 26, 1875.
McCABE, RICHARD. — ^A contributor of a good deal of verse to the Drogheda
Argus, of which he was for some time the foreman printer. Born in
Drogheda early in the nineteenth century, and died there about 1865. He
set up a printing establishment of his own some years before his death.
In the 1855 supplement to the Argvs devoted to Drogheda poets there are
various poems of his.
JffcCABE, WILLIAM BERNARD. — A well-known Catholic author and journa-
list of the early nineteenth century, who wrote verse over his initials in
the Dublin Press of about 1825-40. He was doubtless the " W. B. M."
who wrote various poems for the Irish Monthly Magazine of 1832-34. He
was born in Dublin on November 23, 1801, and in 1823 joined the staff
of Dublin Morning Register as a reporter. In 1833 he became a member
of the staff of the London Morning Chronicle, and from 1835'i to 1850 was
connected with Morning Eierald. From 1852 to 1857 he edited the Dublin
Telegraph for Cardinal Wiseman. He was the author of several novels, a
couple of historical works, and died at Donnybrook on December 8, 1891.
MoCAPFERY, MICHAEL J. A.— The Siege op Spoleto, a Camp Tale of
Arlington Heights, in verse. New York, 1864.
An Irish- American poet, represented in Connolly's " Household Library
of Ireland's Poets," where his name is erroneously given as " McCafferty."
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MoCALL, JOHN.— Born at Oomnorej Co. Carlow, in 1820. Contributed
stories and sketches to DvJblin Journal of Temperance, Science and Litera-
ture (1842-3), Argus (1844), Irish National Guard (1847), Catholic Advocate
(1850), and Belfast People's Journal (1851). Much verse by him appeared
in VuUin Commercial Journal, Gentleman's Journal, Family E}erald,.
Budget, Young Folks, Penny Dispatch, Young Ireland, Nation, Sham-
rock, Weekly Freemun, etc. A good deal of his poetical work was con-
tributed to the Irish almanacs from 1848, and he has edited three of
them. He generally signed his productions " Scrutator." He was the
chief authority on the Irish almanacs, past and present, and "The History
of the Irish Almanacks," by Edward Evans, w^s based on his collections
of material. He was the author of a small biography of James Clarence
Mangan, reprinted from Young Ireland about 1886, and of " The Antiqui-
ties and History of Cluain-Mor Maedhoc, now Clonmore," Dublin, 1862
(printed for the author). He died on January 18, 1902, aged 81. He was
a mine of information about old Dublin and Dublin periodicals. He
wrote several biographies for Young Ireland and Irish Emerald, such as
those of James Price (q.v.), Joseph L'Estrange (g.v.), James Martin
(q-v.), etc.
McCALL, JOHN C. — The Troubadoubs, and other poems, Philadelphia, 1822 ;
Fleueette, and other rhymes, 1828.
MoCALL, PATRICK JOSEPH.— Irish Noinins, poems, Dublin, 1894, 12mo;
Songs oe Eeinn, Dublin, 1899, 12mo ; Pulse oe the Baeds, poems, Dublin,
1904, 12mo; Ieish Fieesidb Songs, Dublin, 1912, 8vo.
A contributor of very racy original poems and translations from the
Irish, to Irish papers, especially Nation, Young Ireland, United Ireland^
Shamrock, Weekly Freeman, Weekly Irish Times, Sinn Fein, over his full
name or signature of " Cavellus." He wrote first for Young Folks. He
is the son of the John McCall mentioned above, and was born in Dublin,
March 6, 1861, and was educated at Catholic University School, Leeson
Street, Dublin. He has published an interesting little topographical and
anecdotal book on the Dublin Liberties, and a volume of admirable Irish
legends, " The Fenian Nights' Entertainments," which first appeared
in the Shamrock. He is one of the best of the modern Irish poets.
MoCALL, REY. WILLIAM. — Published a volume of poems in Belfast many
years ago, but I have been unable to obtain the title or date of the work.
He was the son of Bobert McCall, of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and was born
there on April 17, 1821, and graduated B.A., T.C.D. He wrote for
various Ulster papers over the signature of " Lamh Dhearg." He be-
came finally rector of St. Mary Axe, and of St. George's, Tufnell Park,
London, and died on June 30, 1881.
McCALLIN, JOHN.— The Path op Light, etc., a poem, Belfast, 1860; Thd.
Sage op the Causeway, a poem, Belfast, 1861.
The author wasi a blind man, who hawked his productions through
Belfast about fifty years ago. He wrote an elegy on the famous Rev. Dr.
Cooke, of Belfast, which had a very large sale.
McCANN, GEORGE.— Poems, Belfast, 1820, 8vo.
MoCANN, JOHN ERNEST.— Songs from an Attic, New York, 1890, 12mo.
McCANN, MICHAEL JOSEPH.— Born in Galway in or about 1824, andi
having received a good education, was appointed to a professorship in
St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, on the recommendation of Archbishop-
McHale, despite the fact that he was a very young man. His most famous
poem, " O'Donnell Aboo," was written while holding that position, and
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it appeared in The Nation of January 28, 1843, T7ith the title of " The'
danconnell War Song," and was included in " The Spirit of the
Nation." It was afterwards revised, and not improved, by McCann. It
was not his first piece in The Nation, that being a " Soliloquy of O'Gnive,
the Bard of O'Neill," which appeared in the fifth number of The Nation,
November 19, 1842. " O'Donnell Aboo " has been translated into several
languages. In 1859, McCann edited a short-lived periodical in Cork,
called The Sarp, and in 1863 another, equally short-lived, called The
Irish Harp, ostensibly at Wexford, where he then lived, but really in
Dublin. Among the poetical contributors to one or other of his two papers
were Dr. Sigerson, Dr. Campion, Rev. John O'Hanlon, John Walsh, and
Dr. R. D. Joyce. McCann went to America for a, time, I believe, in the-
sixties, and afterwards to London, still writing occasionally for the Irish
papers. He died in London on January 31, 1883, and was buried in
St. Patrick's Cemetery, where a Celtic cross was placed over his remains.
There are a couple of his poems in Duffy's Fireside Magazine (1851-54),
and others in his own periodicals.
McCARROL, ROBERT.— Published a volume of poems in Belfast in 1860,
the title of which I have not been able to obtain.
McCARROLL, JAMES. — Madeline, and other poems (with portrait of the
author, and introduction by C. L. Hildreth), Chicago, New York, and
San Francisco, 1889, 8vo.
Born in Lanesborough, Co. Longford, on August 3, 1814, and went with
his family to Canada in 1831, and soon began to write for the Press. In
1845 he was at a place called Peterborough, where he owned and edited
the Peterborough Chronicle. From thence he went to Coburg, where he
practised journalism and also taught music. In 1849 he entered th&
Customs Service, and was in 1851 appointed collector at Niagara Falls,
and about 1854 became outdoor surveyor of Toronto. In 1866 he removed,
to Buffalo, N.Y., and a few years later to New York City. He was con-
nected with Belford's Magazine, and was associate editor of Humamty
and Health, besides writing for many other journals. He was a man of
many talents, writing dramas, novels, poems, scientific articles, etc. In
1864 he published in Toronto a series of humorous letters (by " Terry
Finnegan ") to Thomas D'Arcy MoGee; " Tlie New Ganger, " 1864; " The
Adventures of a Night," 1865; and "The Life-Boat," 1866. He was
undoubtedly one of the best of the Irish-American poets, and some of his
poems are Very fine. Died in New York, April 10, 1892. There are
seven of his pieces in the Canadian anthology of Rev. E. H. Dewart
(q.v.). He patented several ingenious inventions.
MoCARTER, REY. JOHN. — ^Effobts in the Stttdt, or contributions in poetry
and prose, for the Christian public, Londonderry, 1857 (with portrait).
Born at Strabane, August 9, 1812. Was Presbyterian minister of
Newtownstewart, in his native county of Tyrone, from 1843 to 1849, when
he resigned through iU-health. Died October 24, 1881.
McCarthy, charlotte.— The Faib Moramst ... by a Gentlewoman,
1745, 12mo ; second edition (with poems), London, 1746, 12mo ; News fbom
Pabnassus, etc., a poem, etc., Dublin, 1757, 8vo.
McCarthy, DANIEL.— Bom in Ireland on November 15, 1850. In 1863 he
went to U.S.A., and settled in Sandusky, Ohio, where he is now engaged
in the grocery business. He has written various poems for American
papers, and three of his pieces are in Herringshaw's '' Local and National
Poets of America, " Chicago, 1890.
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McCarthy, DENIS ALOYSIUS.— Voices mom Erin, and other ijoems, 1900 ;
second edition, London, etc., 1911; A Round of Rimbs, 1900; second
edition, London, etc., 1911.
Born at Carrick-on-Snir on July 25, 1871, and educated by the Christian
Brothers in his native town. Went to IJ.S.A. some years ago, and now
edits one of the Catholic papers there. Writes verse for many American
periodicals.
McCarthy, DENIS Florence.— Justin.*., a play, from the Spanish of
Calderon (over signature of "J. H."), 1848, 16mo; Ballads, Poems and
Lyrics, original and translated, Dublin, 1850, 16mo ; The Dramas of
Caldebon, from the Spanish, 1853, Svo ; Ode on the Death of the Eahl
OF Belfast, 1856; Under Glimpses, and other poems, London, 1857, 8vo;
The Bell Founder, and other poems, new edition, London and Dubhn,
1857, Svo; Love, The Greatest Enchantment, etc., from Calderon, 1861,
4to ; Mysteries of Corpus Christi, from Calderon, 1867, Svo ; The Two
Lovers of Heaven, from Calderon, 1870, Svo; The Wonder Working
Magician, from Calderon, 1873, Svo ; The Centenary of Moore, an ode . . .
with translation into Latin by Rev. M. J. Blacker, London (privately
printed), 1880, Svo; Poems, second edition, Dublin, 1884, Svo.
McCarthy edited " The Book of Irish Ballads " in 1846, " The Poets
and Dramatists of Ireland " in the same year, and " The Early Life of
Shelley " in 1872. He was the only son of John McCarthy, and was born
in Dublin on May 26, 1817 (in a house on the site of the present Imperial
Hotel), and soon after the starting of the Nation, commenced to write
for it. His first piece in that paper appeared towards the end of 1843,
signed " Desmond," and that signature was appended to most of his
poems thereafter, though one was signed " Vig," another " Trifolium,"
and others " D. P. McC," " D " and "Antonio " in the Nation sub-
sequently. McCarthy also wrote many poems for Dublin Vniversity
Magazine, generally anonymously. He also wrote for Duffy's Irish
Catholic Magazine for 1847, over signature of " S. E. Y.," and in " Dublin
Acrostics" there are a couple of pieces by him signed " M." In his
collected poems, edited by his son, there are many omissions. His
humorous pieces are left out, for example, and also most of his national
pieces. He was appointed Professor of English Literature in the Catholic
University, Dublin, and died on April 7, 1882. He was called to the Bar
in 1842, but did not practise. His earliest poem is in the Vuilin Satirist
for 1834. There is a bust of him^in the City Hall, Dublin.
McCarthy, EILY.— a sister of Justin McCarthy (q.v.), the novelist, etc.,
who died young, and who is mentioned in his "Recollections." He says
she wrote much verse for the Cork and other papers, and he promises to
collect and publish her scattered work.
McCarthy, FITZJAMES.— Bom and educated in Onondage Co., Xew York,
and taught school for a time in Pennsylvania, meanwhile practising
journa,lism. Went to Denver (Col.) in 1883 to join the staff of the Tribune,
of which the late Eugene Field was managing editor. He subsequently
became proprietor of the Leadville Serald, a paper amalgamated with
the Democrat, which he edited. Has written a good deal of political
matter and Western stories, over the signature of "Pitz-^Iac." He was
editor of the Denver Daily World in 1887-8. Four of his poems are in
" Evenings with the Colorado Poets," 1895.
McCarthy, GEORGE.— The Rise and Progress of Sunday Schools, a
poem in three cantos, Sudbury, 1816, Svo.
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McCarthy, H. — Deeds of Darkness, an Ethiopian extravaganza (verse?).
New York, 1876.
McCarthy, (?) J. — There was a writer in the early Nation whose pieces,
were always signed "J. M. C," and the same signature appeared in
Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature, 1842-3. Sir C.
G. Duflfy informed me that he thought his name was McCarthy.
McCarthy, JOHN.— Son of Denis Florence McCarthy, and author of
various poems in the Irish papers of a good many years ago. He edited
in 1884 a selection of his father's poems.
McCarthy, JUSTIN. — TMs well-known novelist and historical writer of the
present day wrote verse in the Irishman of 1849, I believe, and also in
the Cork Magazine (1847), and was possibly " Tempe " of the former
paper. In later times he wrote other poems, and in his " Con Amore,"
a collection of essays, is an article on the German poet, Freiligrath,
which contains various poetical translations, eight of which are included
in the Tauchnitz volume of Freiligrath's poems in English, edited
by the poet's daughter, and published at Leipzig, 1869. He was born
in Cork, November 27, 1830, and was chiefly educated at a private school
there. Entered the journalistic ranks very early in life, and was con-
nected with The Cork Examiner and The Liverpool Northern Times. Was
afterwards parliamentary reporter of The Morning Star, and finally its.
editor (1864-8). Entered parliamentary life as a member in 1879, and
sat for several constituencies in Ireland. He was for many years a leader
writer on the Daily News. His " History of our own Times" is his most
important work. Besides the verse mentioned abovej some will be found
scattered through his novels, and in The Morning Star he contributed
some political squibs early in the sixties, such as " The Tiverton Farmer,"
and " The Panther and the Hippopotamus." His delightful novels are
not as widely appreciated as they should be. He retired from public
life some years ago.
McCarthy, JUSTIN F.— a frequent contributor of poems to The Lamp,
a London Catholic periodical, during the seventies, especially about 1877.
He probably also wrote for other journals.
McCarthy, JUSTIN HUNTLY.— Serapion and other Poems, London, 1883,
8vo ; Hafiz in London, poems, London, 1886, 8vo ; Harlequinade, a book
of verses, London, 1890 (1889), 8vo; The White Carnation (privately
printed), twelve small dramatic pieces, London, 1892.
Numerous other works written and edited by him, including history,
novels, plays, etc. He is the son of Justin McCarthy, and was born
in 1860. Has been connected with the Press for some years in various
capacities, and wrote a good deal of verse and prose for United Ireland at
one time. A series of articles by him, entitled " Hours with Eminent Irish-
men," written for that paper, was reprinted in Ford's "National
Library," New York. He has published a clever rendering of the
"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." His farcical comedy, "The Candidate,"
had a lengthy run at the Criterion Theatre some years ago. He entered
the House of Commons in 1884 as a Nationalist M.P., but retired after
some years.
McCarthy, KATE. — centennial Gleanings . . . short poems by K. M., etc..
New York, 1876, 12mo.
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MCCARTHY, MARY STANISLAUS.— Songs of Zion, Dublin, 1897, 8to
(posthumously).
Daughter of D. F. McCarthy, the poet, and born m 1849. She wrote
verse frequently for Irish Monthly some years ago, and in 1886 edited
the " Birthday Book of our Dead." She generally wrote over the signa-
ture of " S. M. S." One of her pieces is in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
She became a nun^ and died at Blackrock, Co. Dublin, on August 11, 1897,
aged 47.
McCarthy, MICHAEL. — Lacls Deleotabilis, a descriptive and historical
poem on the Lakes of Killarney, Cork, 1816, 8vo.
Xhis poem is a barefaced plagiarism from Patrick O'Kelly's
" Killarney," according to Hugh Harkin (q.v.)
McCarthy, MICHAEL PRANCIS.— a well-known Cork man, father of
.Justin McCarthy (g.'W.), and author of much verse in the Cork papers of
the early 19th century. He was the editor of the " Poems " of J. J.
Callanan (q.v.).
McCarthy, THOMAS. — Montalto, ob the Heart Ukveiled, and other
Poems, London, 1819, 8vo.
In this volume will be found the poem " Napoleon Moribundus," always
attributed, but erroneously, to John Macken (q.v.). It first appeared in
Belfast Northern Whig. The author was a Belfast man and died young,
about 1820.
McCarthy, YISCOUNT DE.— Philanihropie, Chajrite, fragments d'un
POEME, Toulouse, 1861, 8vo.
McCarthy, WILLIAM THOMAS.— Bom at Midleton, Co. Cork, in Dec,
1864, and has been a pressman since 1888. Has written a good deal of verse
for United Ireland, Cork Weehly Herald, Shamrock, Cork Examiner,
Weekly Irish Times, etc., and is included in W. Pavil's " Modern Irish
Poets" (Limerick, 1894).
MacCATHMAOIL, SEOSAMH.— Songs oe Uladh, written to old Irish airs,
arranged by Herbert Hughes, Belfast, 1904, 4to ; The Garden of the
Bees, and otheb Poems, Belfast and Dublin, 190.5, sq. 12mo; The Rush-
light, poems, illustrated by himself, Dublin, 1906, sm. 4to ; The Man-
Child, poems, London, 1907 ; The Gillt of Christ, poems, London, 1908 ;
The Mountaint Singer, Dublin, 1909.
The clever young Catholic poet and artist who writes under the Irish
form, as above, of his name (Joseph Campbell) is a native of Belfast, and
now resides near Dublin. Is represented in '■ Dublin Book of Irish
Verse," 1909.
McCAUSLAND, DOMINICK, LL.D.— Author of several popular religious
works, and a lawyer of some note in Dublin. There are six pieces by him
in "Dublin Acrostics," 1866 and 1869, over signature of " McC." He
was the third son of Maurice McCausland, of Daisy Hill, Co. Derry, and
was born there April 20, 1806. B.A., T.C.D., 1827; LL.B. and LL.D.,
1859 : was called to Irish Bar in 1835, and died in Dublin, June 29, 1873.
A " Memoir " of him, by W. D. Ferguson, appeared in the same year.
His " Sermons in Stones " is perhaps his best known work.
McCAUSLAND, J.— The Survey, a poem, 183Q.
McCLINTOCK, R. — Heine as Novelist and Dramatist, being a selection from
his longer works, in English, 1890, 8vo.
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JAcCLOSKEY, HENRY.— Born in Ireland about 1829, and died in a lunatic
asylum at Flatbush, Long Island, on April 27, 1869. He was editor of
Brooklyn Eagle for some years, but gave it up in 1861, and became City
Clerk of Brooklyn. Wrote verse for the Eagle, etc., over signature of
"Paddy."
HcCLOSKEY, JAMES. — ^Published a volume of poems about thirty years ago,
probably in Glasgow. An Irishman and a contributor at one time to the
Irish papers. There was a dramatic writer of this name, who may pos-
sibly be the same. (See Lacy's collection of plays, 1850, etc.)
McCLURE, J. WILFRED. — Twilight Shadows, a collection of verses, Lime-
rick, 1892.
A native of Kenmare, and born June 21, 1866. Is employed in the
Munster and Leinster Bank. Is included in Paul's " Modern Irish
Poets."
McCLURE, REY. WILLIAM.— Zillora, a tale, and other Poems, 1869,
12mo; Poems, New York, 1888 (1889?), 12mo.
Born on November 23, 1842, at Dobbs' Ferry, "Winchester Co., New
York State, his parents being Irish. Ordained a priest on December 22,
1877, by Bishop Fabre, of Montreal. Was, and may be still, pastor of
the Church of the Sacred Heart, Barrytown, Dutchess Co., New York
State.
MoCOLLUM, REY. CHARLES. — A New Version op the Psalms, Dublin,
1765.
An Ulster Presbyterian minister, formerly of Loughbriokland, who was
attached to Capel Street Church, Dublin, from 1744 to 1765.
McCOMB, WILLIAM. — The Dirge of O'Neill, and other poems, Belfast,
1817, 12mo; The School of the Sabbath, a poem, Belfast, 1822, 12mo;
The School of the Sabbath, with other poems, Edinburgh, 1825, 8vo ;
Pity's Gift (verse?), Belfast, 1823, 24mo; Translations and Para-
phrases IN Verse, Belfast, 1829, 8vo ; The Voice of a Year, or Recollec-
tions OF '48, with other poems, Edinburgh, London, and Belfast, 1849,
8vo; Poetical Works, Belfast, 18B4, 8vo.
A native of Coleraine, Co. Derry, and born August 17, 1793. Was
first a teacher, then a bookseller in Belfast, where he also printed books,
including the Presyterian Almanack. He died in Belfast on September
13, 1873.
MoCOMBE, ROWAN.— Poems, 1870? 8vo.
A native of Queen's Co.
McCOMBE, W. J.— Born in Belfast in 1871. Has written largely for Belfast
Weekly News and other papers, English and Irish, often over the signa-
ture of " Ivanhoe." Is included in W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets,"
vol. 2.
McCORMACK, THOMAS. — Motdrum, a poem in three cantos, and other
poems, Dublin, 1861.
Of Kilkenny West. The poems are dedicated to Lord Castlemaine.
MoCORMICK, JOHN.— Johnny Ross's Wakes, Armagh, 1843.
See " Life of WiUiam Carleton, " by the present writer, for reference to
above work.
McCORRY, JOHN.— National Songs and Ballads, Dublin, 1866, 8vo.
He was probably a native of Meath, and was a working man in Dublin.
Most of the above poems appeared in the Nation.
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MoCORRY, PETER.— An Irish .iournalist, who went to U.S.A. in 1868. In
1863 some letters of his, signed " Shandy McSherry," written in Scot-
land, procured for him the editorship of the Glasgow Free Press. In the-
U.S.A. he became editor of the Catholic Herald, Boston, and wrote pros&
and verse for Catholic World, of New York,, etc. He has written various
Irish stories.
MoCOY, REY. EDWARD. — Miscellaneous Poems tkaxslated into Gaelic,
Dublin, 1869; new edition, 1878.
Contains versions of poems by Moore, Burns, Byron, and Young Ireland
poets.
McCOY, MARY. — A Poem . on Catholic Emancipation, Belfast, 1813,
12mo.
MoCREERY, J. L.— Songs of Toil and Triumph, New York, I88i3, 16mo.
McCREERY, JOHN.— The Press, a poem (Part I.), Liverpool, 1803, 4to;.
second part of the same, with other poems, London, 1827, 8vo.
A well-known printer of Liverpool and London, and a native of Stra-
bane, Co. Tyrone, where he was born about 1768. After giving up his
business in Liverpool, he settled in Took's Court, Chancery Lane, London,
and carried it on there, and printed many works excellently. He died in
Paris of cholera on April 7, 1832. Some extracts from " The Press," with
a biographical note, will be found in C. Timperley's ""Songs of the Press,"
a collection of poems about printing (London, -1845). His poem was
published as a specimen of typography.
MoCREERY, JOHN.— In Watty Cox's Irish Magazine for September, 1811,
there is a piece entitled " Carolan's Grave " signed by above, and ad-
dressed from Petersburgh, Virginia, U.S.A. This writer was a friend
of John Daly Burk (q.v.), and in 1808, projected a work to be entitled "A
Selection from the Ancient Music of Ireland, arranged for the flute or
violin, some of the most admired melodies adapted to American poetry,
chiefly composed by John McCreery, to which is prefixed historical and
critical observations on Ancient Irish Music." The work, of which the
prospectus was published in 1808, did not appear till 1824 at Petersburgh,
Va. Many of the pieces are by McCreery, others by Dr. W. J. McNeven
(the United Irishman), J. D. Burk, etc. The introduction was by Dr.
Thomas Robinson, of Petersburgh, said to have been a fellow-student of
Tom Moore at T.C.D. The Scotch are charged with wholesale appropria-
tion of Irish airs.
McCROM, J. S. (?). — ^Unseen Idealities, poems, London, 1872, 8vo.
McCULLA, VIGORS. — The Irishman's Scourge fob Farcical English
Rebels, etc., or The Ethiopian Eunuch, Ebed-Melech, Cast Clouts and
Rotten Rags ! in Vain, ! ! I a poem, London, 1814, 8vq ; Hymns Com-
posed BY V.M. upon Various Occasions, Royston, 1821, 8vo.
MoCULLAGH, REY. THOMAS.— A distinguished Wesleyan minister and bio-
grapher of Sir William McArthur (q.v.) and others. Wrote several poems
of merit, and some hymns, two of which are in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
Born in Co. Galway in 1812. Entered the Irish Ordnance Survey in early
life, but became a Wesleyan lay preacher in 1830, and was ordained in
1849. Was President of the Wesleyan Conference in 1883. In 1852 he
went to New Zealand and stayed there for a few years, and on his return
finally settled in Liverpool. He died on November 11, 1908, aged 87 .
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McCURRY, SAMUEL S. — In Keswick Vale and other Poems London,
1907, 8vo.
A resident of Co. Dublin.
McD., F. . — Loyalty Honoured, or a Welcome to James, Duke of Ormond
(on his arrival in Dublin as Lord Lieutenant), by a Student of the Mathe-
maticks, Dublin, 1711, 8vo.
MoDERMOTT, REV. GEORGE.— Born in Castlerea. Contributed some meri-
torious poems to Nation,. 1867, '68, '69, over signature of " D. 6. M."
and "6. M. D." He became a barrister, but he is now a priest in one
of the religious orders in New York, probably the Paiilists.
McDERMOTT, HUGH FARRAR. — Poeims from an Editor's Table, New
York (.?), 1881 ; The Blind Canary, and other poems, New York, 1883.
A distinguished Irish-American journalist. Born on August 16, 1833,
at Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, according to Daniel Connolly. "The
Poetry and Song of Ireland," however, says he was born in Enniskillen,
in 1835. He went with his parents to America in 1849, and settled in
New York, where he was very successful. His pieces in Boston Courier
were signed " Pax," and he also wrote for Boston Pilot, Transcript, and
Advertiser, and for New Yorh Times, Herald, Tribune, and Leader. He
died early in June, 1890. It is almost certain that ConnoUy is right in
the facts he gives, and the other authority wrong.
McDERMOTT, JOHN. — The Milesian, a comic opera, Dublin, 1772 (perhaps
not printed).
This piece was performed at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, on November
26, 1772, and in Walher's Hihernian Magazine for that month, there is an
account of the opera, McDermott's prologue being quoted. Was it con-
nected in any way with the piece of the same name byi Isaac Jackman
(q.v.)?
McDERMOTT, JOHN. — ^Victoria Park, a poem, together with songs, etc.,
London, 1870, 8vo.
McDERMOTT, M.— The Vale op Verna, a, poem, Belfast?, 1813, sec. ed.,
1814 ; Original Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, Bel-
fast, 1814, 8vo. Poems on Various Occasions, Belfast, 1815, 8vo.
MoDERMOTT, MARTIN. — One of the contributors to the early Nation, and
author of the frequently quoted poems, " The Coulin " and " The Exiles."
Born on April 8, 1823, at 8 Ormond Quay, Dublin, and apprenticed as an
architect to Patrick Byrne, R.H.A. He wrote a good many poems in the
forties to The Nation, Irish Felon (1848), etc., over signature of
" M. McD." He was one of the deputation to Lamartine in Paris in
1848, and represented the Nation newspaper in France at that time. For
many years he followed his profession in England, and was for a time
architect to the Egyptian Grovernment at Alexandria. He was an iiitimate-
friend of Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, and assisted him in the " New Irish
Library " scheme, editing for it "The New Spirit of the Nation." Ho
afterwards edited "Poems and Ballads by the Writers of the Nation,"'
and also Moore's "Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald," with some new
matter. He was a delightful old gentleman, well-known to the present
writer, and died Aoril 25, 1905. He married a Miss Melladew, and had
nine children, six of whom survived him. There is a good notice of hint
in the Nation, February 5, 1889.
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MoDERMOTT, MARY.— My Early Dreams, prose and verse, Belfast, 1832,
12mo (over her initials of " M. McD.") ; Lays of Love, Dublin, 1859, 8vo.
She was of Killyleagh Glebe, Co. Down, in 1832. Some of her songs
were set to music by herself.
MoDERMOTT, PATRICK. — ^Wild Flowers oe Fancy, a collection of poems
on various subjects, Kells, 1835, 8vo.
Born at Kells, Co. Meath, in 1797, and was in succession a soldier,
schoolmaster and letter-carrier. Served in the former capacity under
General de Lacy Evans in Spain. Contributed a large quantity of verse,
during forty years or so, to Dublin almanacs and Irish provincial papers.
He died on July 23, 1862.
MoDERMOTT, PETER.— Born at Clonmellon, Co. Meath, on January 25,
1849, and emigrated to Canada. Author of several novels in John Dicks'
series, such as: '^' The Lost Earl," and " Ladye Laura's Wraith," and a
poetical contributor some years ago to Shamrock and other Irish papers.
He wrote also for Frazer's Magazine and ^ow Bells.
MoDERMOTT, W. C. — David, a tragedy in three acts and in verse, London,
1867, 8vo.
Author of a " History of Rome," Dublin, 1853.
MoDERMOTT, REY. WILLIAM.— At one time a frequent contributor to the
Catholic and Irish Press of America, over the pen-name of "Walter
Lecky." He was the son of a mechanic, and was born at Stranorlar, Co.
Donegal, on the 9th of April, 1863, and went to America at a very early
age. He was educated at Villanova, near Philadelphia, and after leaving
college, became a book canvasser in Chicago. Subsequently he was reporter
on the Tirrvcs, Herald, and Mail, of that city, and then became attached to
the staff of the Picayune, of New Orleans. Eventually he entered the
priesthood, and since that time has written most of his books and
articles. Among his works are "Green Graves in Ireland" (Baltimore,
1894), "Down at Caxton's," a criticism of contemporary Catholic thought in
America (Baltimore, 1895), "Birds and Books,'' "Impressions and
Opinions," etc. He has written many poems, and in his youth published a
volume of them, which, it is said, he now wishes to forget. Much of his
later verse appeared in the Boston Pilot. There are few Catholic perio-
dicals of America to which he has not contributed. A sketch of him by
Eugene Davis (q.v.) appeared in the Catholic Columbian, Columbus,
Ohio, May 5, 1894, but his real name is not given in it.
MoDEYITT, NEIL.— One of the poets of the Nation. His " Battte of Dun-
dalk," which has been often reprinted and is in Hayes' "Ballads of
Ireland," and other collections, appeared in the Nation of April 6, 1844,
over signature of " N. Naas." Most likely he was a Kildar© man, and
he may have been the " N. M." of Nation, March 29, 1851.
MaoDONAGH, FRANCIS MICHAEL.— Born at Loughrea, Co. Galway. Was
first a National teacher, and wrote a number of poetical pieces for Irish
almanacks. In 1860 he emigrated to the United States, and joined the
stafE of the New York Freeman, afterwards being connected with The
Omaha Bee, Council Bluff Times, etc., and in 1870 founded The Nebraska
Watchman, which he edited till his death on June 5, 1885.
IfcDONAGH, MICHAEL.— Lays of Erin, and other poems. Limerick, 1882,
12mo.
These poems were printed by the author, who was a compositor in the
Limerick Beporter office. He was a native of Co. Donegal, and followed
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his trade in Limerick for more than thirty years. His sons are journalists,
one of them being the well-known writer of the same name. JEe died on
May 27, 1893.
AlacDONAGH, THOMAS.— Thkough the Ivoky Gate, poems, Dublin, 1903,
12mo ; April and May, with other verses, Dublin, 1904, 12mo ; The Golden
Joy, poems, Dublin, 1906, 8vo ; When the Dawn is Come, a play, Dublin,
1908 ; Songs of Myself, Dublin, 1910.
A native of Co. Tipperary. Is represented in " Dublin Book of Irislx
Verse," 1909. Is a lecturer in a. well-known Irish college, and contributes
to Irish Beview and other periodicals.
McDonald, REY. JAMES.— a native of Co. Kilkenny, educated at College
School, AVaterford, and St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny, and author of
various poems in Irish provincial and American journals. His best poem
is probably " Mariana in the West," which appeared in the Irish Monthly
a good many years ago over signature of " J. McD." He was then in San
Francisco.
Mcdonald, JOHN.— Ikish National Poems, Dublin, 1886, 8vo.
A frequent contributor of verse to United Ireland about twenty years
ago, and for many years to Weekly Sews and Young Ireland. Also
wrote a few poems in Weekly National Press (1S91-2), and while in
America for a time, in Irish World of New York. His poems usually
appeared over signature of " J. McD. (Dromod)." Is the son of a farmer,
and was born in the parish of Qoone, Co. Leitrim, on September 19,
1846, and still lives at Dromod, in his native county.
McDonald, peter.— Bom in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, in 1835 or 1836, and
died at Kingstown, March 12, 1890. A Dublin wine merchant and alder-
man, and member of Parliament for North Sligo for a few years between
1886-90. He wrote poems for the Nation, and possibly for other papers,
too. He was educated at the French College, Blackrock, and generally
signed his poems with the name of " Roc Noir." He was professor of
Mathematics at French College, Blackrock, before going into trade. His
poems appeared specially about 1869-70. Probably he was the " P. McD."
of Nation.
McDonald, THOMAS J. — Coenelia, a tragedy in five acts and in verse,
Dublin, 1823, 8vo.
McDonald, WILLIAM RUSSELL. — a paraphrase of Dodslby's Economy
OF Human Life, London, 1817 ; The Dublin Mail, ob Intercepted Corres-
pondence, 1821 (anonymously) ; Fudge in Ireland, poems (anonymously),
1822.
I have ventured to attribute the last volume to him. Born in 1787,
and died in London on December 30, 1854. Edited successively Sunday
Herald, Bell's Life, Litera/ry Humourist, British Drama, etc., of some of
which publications he was part-proprietor.
McDonnell , M.D. — a Limerick physician of this name wrote in 1757,
while residing in that city, a clever satirical poem on it, often reprinted,
entitled " In Praise of Limerick," which so angered the natives that he
was obliged to remove to Chester, where he carried on his profession
successfully. The poem will be found in Ctofton Croker's "Popular
Songs of Ireland," and other collections, and also in Anthologia Hiber-
nica for February, 1793, and Dublin University Magazine for December,
1861.
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McDonnell, sir Alexander.— Thb Horses op Lysippus, Newdigate
prize poem, Oxford, 1816, 12mo; 1823, 12mo.
Also wrote Newdigate prize essay on " The Influence of the Drama."
Was the son of James McDonnell, of Belfast, and became a very dis-
tinguished public man. He was born in Belfast in 1794, and entered
Christ Church College, Oxford, where he matriculated on June 1, 1813.
He was called to the English Bar in 1824, and became Resident Commis-
sioner of Education in Ireland before he died, January 21, 1875. His
statue is outside the Training College, Marlborough Street, Dublin.
McDonnell, HANNAH prances.— Bom at North Andover, Mass, U.S.A.,
December 8, 1871. Educated at Merrimack Grammar School and Johnson
High School of that place, and graduated at State Normal School, Salem,
Mass., in January, 1894. Her poems have appeared chiefly in The
Orphan's Bouquet, Boston.
McDonnell, JOHN F. — An Irlsh-Canadlan poet, journalist, and lawyer,
born in Quebec in 1838. He wrote a good many poems for the Canadian
papers, and is represented by six poems in Dewart's " Selections from
the Canadian Poets," 1864. Was editor of Quebec Morning Chronicle,
and a contributor to T. D. McGee's New Era.
McDonnell, RANDAL WILLIAM. — The Pebfbct Rest and oiheb Poems,
Dublin, 1903, sq. 12mo; The Bells of St. Michan's and other Poems,
Dublin, 1901; The Ieish Sqtjikebns and other Verses, Dublin, 1905.
Born in Blessington Street, Dublin, on April 20, 1870, being the son
of Randal McDonnell, Q.C. Passed through Armagh Royal School and
T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1893. Was trained as an engineer and
spent some years in the locomotive department of the Great Southern
and Western Railway of Ireland. Has published a small volume on the
Steam Engine, and is the author of some successful novels, especially
" Kathleen Mavourneen," which has run through several editions.
MoDONOGH, CAPT. FELIX.— Gratitude, and other poems, London, 1825,
15mo.
A very popular and clever author of the earlier part of the last century.
Was born in Marylebone of Irish parents in or about 176S, and educated
at Oriel College, Oxford, where he matriculated on July 3, 1784. He
entered Lincoln's Inn in 1787 to study law, but eventually joined the
army, and rose to the rank of captain. Hie was in the Life Guards,
travelled a good deal, and was an excellent linguist and classical scholar.
He wrote a quantity of prose and verse for the leading journals of his
time, and died in comparative poverty early in 1836. There is a poem
of his in The Comic Offering for 1834, and some of his pieces appeared
in other places. But in The European Magazine, The Literary Gazette,
etc., etc., he generally wrote prose sketches. He published several
volumes of such, entitled " The Hermit iu London (1822), '"The Hermit
in the Country (1820), "The Hermit Abroad " (1823'), "The Hermit in
Edinburgh" (1824), etc. His "Irish Gentleman in London" appeared
in European Magazine for 1824, and in April of that year, the same
periodical gave a meagre notice of him, with a portrait. He was a clever
swordsman, horseman and dancer. In Moore's " Diary," vol. 3, pp.
361-362, there is a curious anecdote of him.
MoELRONE, HUGH P. — Author of many poems in Celtic Monthly (N.Y.),
Boston Pilot, and other papers. He edited the works of Dr. John
England, the famous Irish-American bishop. He is, or was editor of
the Baltimore Catholic Mirror.
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MoELROY, WILLIAM. — The Experience of Manifestation, a poem, to
youth, Dublin, 1806, 8vo (printed for the author — 250 copies).
The author was of Pintona, Co. Tyrone, and was a religious enthusiast.
He says ' ' he who reprinteth this poem on better paper for the sake of
Jesus shall receive the reward of Jesus."
McENTEE, P. — Author of several poems in the early Nation signed
" P. McG.," whose name is given as above in a supplement issued by
the paper on March 20, 1852. The initials suggest rather McGinty.
MoEWEN, ANDREW. — Zayda and othek Poems, Belfast, 1846; Avalande,
Ftttes and Tancyings, London, 1861, 8vo.
An apothecary and chemist in Downpatrick and Glasgow, and son of
the following writer. His principal poem in the second volume is given
as "Avalanche" in Allibone's "Dictionary," and the date as 1869.
MoEWEN, KEY. WILLIAM DALZELL.— Presbyterian minister at Killy-
leagh, Co. Down, and a poet who is still remembered by the people of
that part of Ulster. He wrote poems in Belfast Commercial
Chronicle and other Ulster papers over the signature of " Walsingham,"
and intended to collect and publish them, but death intervened. He
was born in 1787 at Killinchy, Co. Down, officiated in Dublin and
Belfast, as well as at Killyleagh, and was Professor of Elocution at
Belfast Academical Institution. He died in Belfast on July 15, 1828,
and is mentioned in Rev. Alexander McCreery's " Presbyterian
Ministers of Killyleagh."
MACFADYEN, DUGALD. — Lays and Legends of the North of Ireland (by
" Oruck-a-leaghan " and " Slievegallion "), London, 1884 (?); Songs from
the City, London, 1887, 8vo.
Macf adyen was " Cruck-a-leaghan " of first-named work, David Hepburn
iq.v.) being " Slievegallion," and besides writing a portion of it, edited
the work. It had a great and deserved success. Macfadyen was born
near Glasgow, iof Donegal ,parents, and, at the age of thirteen was
apprenticed to the drapery trade. He is at present connected with one
of the leading drapery establishments in Glasgow. He has written apd
published various songs for music, and has himself composed musio for
several lyrics, including " Who fears to speak of '98." His poems were
admired by Denis Florence McCarthy, whose friendship and encourage-
ment he obtained, and to whose memory " Songs from the City " are
dedicated. His poems are Irish, Scotch and English, in subject and
phraseology.
McFARLAN, JAMES. — Poems, London, 1854, 8vo ; City Songs, 1855; Lyrics
OF Life, London, 1856, 12mo; The Wanderer ov the West; Poeticai
Works, edited with memoir by Colin Rae Brown, Glasgow and Kilmar-
nock, 1882 (1881), 8vo.
A true poet, born in Glasgow on April 9, 1832, both his parents being
Irish — his father a native of Augherstain, Co. Tyrone. Known as " The
Pedlar Poet," from the fact that he was a hawker. His life was miserable,
owing to his intemperate habits. He was befriended by Dickens, who
accepted and paid well for the poems he sent to All the Year Bound.
His "' City Songs " were dedicated to Lord Carlisle, the Viceroy of
Ireland, who sent him a gift of money in acknowledgement. AVhen too
late, McFarlan repented of his irregular life. He died on November 5,
1862. He is included in nearly all Scotch anthologies.
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MoGAFFEY, ERNEST.— Poems of Gun and Rod, 1892; Poems, 1893; Poems
OP THE Town, 1900; Sonnets to a Wife, 1901; Cosmos, 1903; Outdooes,
1907.
A Chicago lawyer of Irish extraction, born in Ohio, in August, 1867,
according to a recent authority, but Morgan's "Canadian Men and
Women of the Time " says he was born at London, Ontario, in 1861, and
went to the States in youth.
MoGAHEY, JOHN. — Will o' the Wisp, a Legend of Little Britain, with an
illustration by Kenny Meadows, London, 1857.
MoGARRAHAN, WILLIAM.— Born in Sligo about 1859, and educated at
Castleknock College, Dublin. Wrote verse from an early age, and it
was one of his pieces in the Nation which led to his engagement on the
the staff of that paper. He afterwards became connected with the Daily
Express and Irish, Times of Dublin. In 1872 he emigrated to U.S.A.,
and joined the New York Times, but left it about 1877' for the Herald
of the same city, and remained on that paper until his sudden death on
March 7, 1889.
McGEE, COL. JAMES E. — Irish-American poet, who is said to have been
a relative of Thomas D'Arcy MoGee. One account states he was born in
1825 at Carlingford, but was mere probably born in 1830 at Cushendall,
Co. Antrim, and educated at a, leading academy in the North.
In 1847-48 he was, according to D. P. Conyngham, "Irish Bri^sde,"
sub-editor of Nation and secretary of one of chs Confederate
clubs. Went to America soon after the year 1848, and became connected
with the Press. He joined the Volunteer service of the U.S. and com-
manded Company F of the 69th Regiment in the Civil War, and became
its lieutenant-colonel in 1865. He is said to have been editor of McGee's
Illustrated Weekly, and wrote poems for it. Among his works are "The
Men of '48," " The 'Glories of Ireland," " Illustrious Sons of Irishmen,"
"The Irish Soldier in every Land," etc. He died in Francis' Hospital,
New York, after a long illness, on February 21, 1880.
MoGEE, THOMAS D'ARCY. — Canadian Ballads, and Occasional Terses,
Montreal, 1858, 8vo ; The Poems op T. D. MoGeb, with notes and
biography by Mrs. Sadlier, London, 1869, 8vo ; New York, 1870, 8vo.
One of the most remarkable of the Young Irelanders, and author of
various admirable works, such as " Irish Writers of the I7th Century "
(1847), "History of Ireland," "History of the Irish Settlers in
America" (1851), "Memoir of C. G. Duffy" (1845), "Life of Bishop
Maginn" (1856), "Historical Sketches of O'Connell and his Friends"
(1845), "Eva McDonald, a tale of the United Irishmen and their times"
a844), " Life of Art McMurrough " (1847), etc. Born in Carlingford,
Co. Louth, on April 13, 1825, and educated at Wexford, where his father
was in the Custom House. In 1842 he went to America, where he
became editor of the Boston Pilot. He returned to Ireland soon, how-
ever, and was parliamentary correspondent of The Freeman's Journal,
and joined the Young Ireland party, writing constantly for the Nation,
not only then, for he kept up the connection all through his life, writing
numberless poems over various signatures, such as " Montanus,"
"Amergin," " Amhergin," " Sarsfield," " Feargail," " Gilla-Patrick,"
"Gilla-Erin," " M.," " T. D. M.," " An Irish Exile," etc. Towards the
end of 1848 he went to New York, and established there The American
Gelt, for which he wrote many poems, and The Nation. After a few years
he removed to Canada, and started The New Era. finally settling in Mon-
ireal. He was elected M.P. for that city in 1857, and gradually became
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one of the most prominent public men in Canada, noted everywhere as a
statesman and orator. But his hostility to the Fenians caused him to
be considered a traitor, and he was assassinated in the streets of Ottawa
on April 7, 1868. He was President of the Executive Council at the time
of his death. Owing to his very dark complexion, he was jocularly called
" Darky McGee " by his Young Ireland comrades. There are three of his-
poems in Eev. E. H. Dewart's Canadian Anthology. A memoir of him
by Mrs. Sadleir appeared in Nation, March 29, 1890, et seq. The present
writer has prepared a selection of his poems for publication.
MoGEOGHEGAN, THOMAS J.— Born in Dublin in 1836, and educated at
Mount Melleray and at All Hallows College, Dublin. Went to U.S.A.,
and in 1889 was on the staff of The New York Press. He has written a
good deal of national verse, and is represented in " The Poetry and Song
of Ireland." Many of his poems appeared in Boston Pilot and Louisville
(Ky.) Daily Democrat over the signature of " Mel."
McGHEE, ANDREW.— Vicissitudes of Life, a poem, Dublin, 1819, 8vo.
McGILL, PATRICK. — Gleanings from a Navvy's Sokap-Book, poems,
Greenock, 1911.
Born in Glenties, Co. Donegal, on January 1, 1891. Was educated at
the local National school, and wrote a few verses for Derry Journal.
AVent to Scotland at an early age, and worked as a navvy^ and is thus
known as the "navvy poet." His little book has Been so well received
that he has given up his calling, and is now employed on the staff of the
London Daily Express.
MoGINLEY, PETER TONER.— Born in 1857 at Breenagh, Glenswilly, Co.
Donegal, and was educated at the French College, Blackrock. In 1877
he entered the Customs service, and in 1878 passed into the Excise. Be-
tween 1880 and 1883 he wrote poems for Young Ireland (over signature
of " Mao ") and for Nation, WeeMy News (Dublin), Derry Journal, etc.
He has written in Gaelic and English. In 1883 he edited and published
in Derry a " Donegal Christmas Annual," which contains several of his
and his sister's poems. Most of his later writings are in Irish. He is a
prominent member of the Gaelic League. See under Gallagher, Bridget.
MoGINN, ROBERT COOPER.— Born in Ireland in 1832. Was a well-known
educator in Maryland, U.S.A., and author of some poems, of which at
least one has found a place in American school books.
McGINNIS, JOHN J. — ^An Irish-American poet, represented in John Boyle
O'Reilly's "Poetry and Song of Ireland." Born at St. John, New
Brunswick, on July 24, 1864. Was taken by his parents to Boston, and
in 1875 to Ireland. For a time he taught school in Ireland, but returned
to U.S.A., became a purnalist in New York, was on the staff of The
Catholic News, a weekly paper, and wrote verse and prose for other
journals.
MoGIYNEY, JOHN S. — The Bringing Home of Bell and Burial, a poem,
London, 1893, 8vo.
Is a native of Co. Louth.
MoGLENNON, FELIX.— The Star Song Book, Manchester, 1888, fol.
Author and composer of many successful music-hall songs, Irish and
otherwise. He is in business as a music and song publisher in London.
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MoGOYERN, JOHN. — A Pastoral Poem and otheb Pieces, Chicago, 1882,
16mo; John McGovbrn's Poems, 1902.
An Irish-American poet and story writer, resident in Chicago, but born
at Troy, New York, February 18, 1850. Was successively compositor,
proof reader, and night editor of Chicago Tribune. In July, 1884, he
began to write editorials for The Current, a paper of that city,
and in July, 1886, became editor of it. From October, 1887, to
October, 1889, he was a principal writer for Chicago Herald. Among
his works may be mentioned "Daniel Trustworthy" (1887), " Burritt
Durand " (1887), " The Golden Censor " (1881), " An Empire of Informa-
tion " (1878), and "The Toiler's Diadem," essays (1882).
MoGRADY, JAMES. — A frequent contributor to the Wexford Independent
many years ago. His numerous poems generally appeared over signatures
of " The Talking Man " and " Shemus of UUinagh." He died in Lime-
rick in 1855. See George Griffith's " Wexford," p. 380.
MoGRANAHAN, JAMES.— Songs of the Gospel, London, 1880, 16mo, edited
by J. M.
Born in United States, I believe, of Irish parentage, and author of
" The Gospel Male Choir," Cincinnati^ and part-author of " The Choice,"
and " The Harvest of Song," glee-books, Cincinnati. Was a composer and
conductor, and died in 1907.
MoGRATH, JOHN. — A well-known Dublin journalist, formerly sub-editor of
The Freeman's Journal, and later assistant editor of United Ireland.
Born at Portaferry, Co. Down, about 1864. Between 1881-1884 he con-
tributed various poems to Young Ireland and Belfast Weekly Examiner,
over the signature of " Cuan." He joined the Press in 1885, and for four
years (1886-90) was on the staff of Freeman's Journal. He rejoined its
staff some years ago. Hfe wrote several articles for Westminster Eeview,
one of which attracted special notice from Mr. Gladstone.
MoGREEVEY, REY. JAMES.— Wheaths of Roses, a Tkibute to Maey, poems,
Belfast, 1885, 8vo.
McGROARTY, JOHN STEYEN.— The Poets and Poetry op the Wyoming
Valley, edited by J. S. M., 1885; Wander Songs, 1908.
Is the son of Hugh McOroarty and Mary McGinty, and was born in
Luzerne Co., Pa., August 30, 1862. Was admitted to the Bar in 1894,
and settled in Los AngeloB, Cal., 1901. He has written various poems
for Boston Pilot and other American papers.
McGUIRE, MARY. — Born at Mystic, Connecticut, and is the sister of
the following writer. She is a teacher, and has written much verse for
the Boston Pilot, Boston Transcript, Youth's Companion, Waverley Maga-
zine, etc. In the Magazine of Poetry (Buffalo) for January, 1895, there
are five of her poems. She is represented in " One Hundred Choice Selec-
tions for Readings and Recitations," Philadelphia.
MoGUIRE, WILLIAM YICTOR.— Born at Olneyville, Rhode Island, May 1,
1865, and educated at Brown University, Providence, R.I. He died
suddenly at Eastport, Long Island, December 16, 1894. He was a teacher,
and contributed verse to Boston Transcript, Waverley Magazine, The
Brunonian (Brown University Journal), The Westerly Weekly, etc. His
sister, above mentioned, published some of his poems in a collection,
entitled "College Oil Cans and other Poems," which was privately dis-
tributed. He is represented in " One Hundred Choice Selections for
Readings and Recitations," Philadelphia.
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McHALE, L . — The High Street Mystery, operetta in one act, 1885,
8vo; John and Jeanettb, operetta adapted from Labiohe's " Frisette,"
1885, 8vo; Little Jessie's Dream, juvenile operetta, written and com-
posed by L. M., 1889, 8vo ; A Very Bust Night, comic operetta in one act,
1890, 8vo.
McHALE, REY. M. J. — Irish Priests and Irish People, Dublin, 1878 ; Songs
POR Freedom, London, 1880, 12mo ; Michael Davitt, Land League
Leader, a poem (by " A Country Curate "), Dublin, 1881, 8vo.
Nephew of the famous prelate, "John of Tuam." Born about 1845
at Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, and was, after his ordination, I understand, a
curate in the same parish. He used to write for the papers over the signa-
ture of "A Country Curate," or over his full name, and his pieces
appeared in Unitsd Ireland and other leading journals. He died in New
York, August 8, 1887.
McHALE, RICHARD. — Poetical Attempts, 1880 (over , signature of
" Ricardo ").
A relative of preceding, his mother being a niece of Archbishop McHale.
Born in Liverpool in 1862, and educated at Christian Brothers' School at
Westport, Co. Mayo, and at St. Jarlath's College, Tuam. He wrote
verse for Weekly News, Young Ireland, and other papers, over signature
already mentioned. Was connected with The Daily Telaphone, of Liver-
pool, for a while, and in 1882 went to U.S.A., where he was a con-
tributor to Irish World, Boston Pilot, Scranton YoutK, etc. Is represented
in O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song of Ireland."
McHENRT, GEORGE. — The Hellbniad, an epic poem, London and Liver-
pool, 1850, 8vo; Time and Eternity, a poem, San Francisco, 1871, 8vo.
McHENRY, JAMES, M.D. — The Bard of Erin, and other poems, mostly
national, Belfast, 1808, 12mo; Patrick, a poetical tale of 1798, Glasgow,
1810, 12mo ; The Pleasures oe Friendship, and other poems, Philadelphia,
1822, 12mo; The Blessings op Friendship, and other poems (a reprint of
preceding), London, 1825, 12mo; Waltham, an Aaierican Revolutionary
tale in three cantos. New York, 1823, 12mo ; Which shall I Marry, or
WHO Loves Best, a musical interlude ; Gertrude op Wyoming, a drama ;
Genius, a comedy; The Usurper, historical tragedy in five acts, and in
verse, Philadelphia, 1829 (first acted in December, 1827) ; The Jackson
Wreath, or The National Souvenir, prose and verse (addressed to
General A. Jackson), Philadelphia, 1829, 8vo ; The Feelings op Age, and
The Star op Love, poems, second edition, Philadelphia, 1830, 8vo ;
Brittannia, an ode, London, 1S39, 8vo ; The Antediluvians, or the
World Destroyed, a poem in ten books, London, 1839, 12mo.
Author of various novels or romances, once very popular and still read
in Ireland, such as " O'Halloran, the Insurgent Chief," three volumes,
1824 ; " Hearts of Steel," three volumes, 1825, and one or two others which
he published anonymously, or over the signature of " Solomon Second-
sight." Born in Larne, Co. Antrim, on December 20, 1786, educated in
Dublin and Glasgow, and after obtaining his degree commenced practice
in Larne and then at Belfast. Went to America in early life. In 1814
he edited a Philadelphia periodical called The American Monthly Maga-
zine, and it was in that periodical his " O'Halloran " first appeared. In
his youth he contributed to Irish papers over signature of " Mac-Erin."
Died at Larne, his native place, on July 21, 1845.
MoHUGH, JOHN A.— A contributor to Celtic Monthly, New York, and is
represented in ' ' Gleanings from our own Fields ; being selections from
Catholic American Poets," edited by G. P. Phelan, New York, 1881.
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MoHUGH, KEY. RICHARD J. — The Knight of Aohenthal, and other
Poems, Boston, 1894.
Was the son of Christopher and Johanna McHugh, and was born at
Watergrasshill, Co. Cork, on August 28, 1862. Three years later his.
family took him to America, where they first settled at Pittsfield, Mass.,
thence removing to Jersey City, and thence Great Barrington, Mass. R.
J. McHugh graduated in the High School at last-mentioned place, and
afterwards at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass. He was ordained
July 31, 1887. He died on February 25, 1894, from the results of a fall
from his horse. He was looked upon by John Boyle O'Reilly and others
as one of the most promising of the younger poets. His best pieces
appeared in the Pilot and the Ave Maria, and a couple of them are in
" Carmina Mariana," second series, 1902. His oratorical powers were
also thought highly of. His published volume was posthumous.
McILYAINE, CLARA. — Echoes of the Past (edited by her daughter,
Mrs. L. M. Moore), Louisville, Kentucky, 1891.
Wrote largely for the Press over her initials, " C. L. M." Died about
McILWAINE, REY. WILLIAM, D.D. — De^^th Conqtteeed, and other poems^
London, 1842, 8vo; A Vision of Italy, a ipoem, London and Belfast, 1861,
8vo; Heotha and Mblbch, and other poems, London and Belfast, 1870,
8vo; The Thistle, Rose, and Shamrock, in commemoration of March
21st, 1871, London, 1871, 8vo ; Lyra Hibbrnica Sacra, compiled and edited
by W. M., second edition, Belfast, 1879, 8vo.
Sch. T.C.D., 1829; B.A., 1832; M.A., 1841; B.D. and D.D., 1868. Con-
tributed to Kottabos, and was a, member of the Royal Irish Academy.
Died a few years ago, and was buried in Belfast Borough Cemetery, where
a Celtic cross was erected over his grave. There is also a chancel to his
memory in St. George's Church, Belfast, of which he was rector.
MoKANE, JAMES NIALL.— Born at Derrygonnelly, Co. Fermanagh, in 1849,
and in his youth went to U.S.A. Was educated there, and was called to
the American Bar. He contributed to The Nation, in the sixties, over
signature of "J. N. McK." His best-known poem, '• McMahon's.
Defiance," is in "Irish Penny Readings" and Connolly's "Household
Library of Ireland's Poets." He died in September, 1878.
MACKAY, JOSEPH REILLY.— Born in 1849, and died December 18, 1889.
Was the son of the Rev. J. W. Mackay, a King's County man, and wrote
various poems, plaiys, and other things. He was also a clever black-
and-white artist. See Boase's " Modern English Biography."
MACKAY, JOSEPH WILLIAM.— Born in Belfast in 1850, and brother of
William and Wallis Mackay (q.v.), and son of the late Rev. J. W. Mackay,
President of Methodist College, Belfast. Was a clever journalist and
dramatist, author of " Peggy,"' an Irish comedy produced at the Royalty,.
"Hawk's Nest," "Boys will be Boys," etc., and part-author with H.
Herman of " Carysfold," and with Sydney Grundy of "The Novel
Reader." He wrote for various papers, and is declared by his friends to
have been a true poet. Some of his pieces appeared" in Mirth, St.
Stephen's Beview, Illustrated Sporting and Bramaiic yews etc. He
died on December 18, 1889, 'aged 39.
MACKAY, PATRICK. — A Kilkenny man, and author of some poems in Irish-
man of 1849, and Nation of 1850, signed by his initials. He wrote a goodly
amount of verse, which it is now difficult to trace.
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MACKAY, WALLIS.— Brother of J. W. Mackay (q.v.) and of William Maokaj-
(g.u.). An artist, author and journalist, connected at different times with
Punch, Illustrated London jSews, Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic 3r'e^t■^■
(of which he was the original ''Captious Critic "), and the heading of which
is his design. Hie was born in Belfast in 1852. His comedietta, "The
Way of the Wind," had a good run at the Globe Theatre some twenty
years ago. AVas author of a work on " Chili," illustrated by himself.
Committed suicide in April, 1907.
MACKAY, WILLIAM.— Brother of preceding, and born in Belfast in 1846.
Is a novelist and journalist of some repute, and is connected with Society
and other journals. Has written verse for World, Society, etc., etc., and
has published the following stories ; "Pro Patria," "The Popular Idol,"
" Beside Still Waters," and " Unvarnished Tales."
MoKEEVER, HARRIET B. (?) .—Twilight Mlsings, and other poems, Phila-
delphia, 1857.
Also various stories for juveniles.
MACEEN, JOHN. — 'Minstbel Stolen Moments, or Sheeds of Fancy, Dublin,
1814, 8vo ; The Harp op the Desert, containing the Battle of Algiers and
other poems (over pseudonym of " Ismael Fitzadam "), London, 1818;
Lays on Land (over pseudonym of " Ismael Fitzadam "), London, 1821.
Born at Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, in or about 1784, being the
son of Richard Macken of that place. Some doubt exists as to his ever
having been an able seaman, as he calls himself in his second volume, for
according to his autobiographical letter to A. A. Watts, given in latter 's
" Poetical Album " (1828-29), and certain poems of his, it would appear
he was never in the navy. Nor was he so unsuccessful as some accounts
imply, as the same letter and Watts' inquiries show. He dedicated his
second volume to Lord E'xmouth, commander at the battle of Algiers,
who took no notice of it. Macken wrote for various annuals and other
periodicals, such as The Literary Gazette (London), generally over his
assumed name of "Ismael Fitzadam." Henry Nugent Bell, the genealogist,
was a great friend of his, and introduced him to Jordan, the editor of
The Literary Gazette, who took a deep interest in the poet. After leaving
London, a disappointed man, Macken became editor ol The Erne Pack&t
or Enniskillen Chronicle, and wrote for it constantly. He died on the
7th of June (his monument says May), 1823, aged 39, and was buried in
Aughaveagh Parish Church, where there is a memorial to him. A poem
entitled " Xapoleon Moribundns " has been erroneously attributed to
Macken, and several correspondents to Notes and Queries (third series),
praised him very highly on account of it. It was, however, written by
Thomas McCarthy (q.v.). For references, letters and poems, see Jordan's
"Autobiography" (Vol. III., pages 39-45, and appendices C and B),
Literary Gazette (1823), etc. The well-known poetess, Letitia E. Landon,
wrote some lines on his death.
MoKENNA, ANDREW JAMES. — A noted Ulster Catholic journalist, born at
Cavan, November 1, 1833, and died at Holywood, near Belfast, April 4,
1872. Wrote various poems for the Nation over his initials, "A. J.
McK.," "A. J. M.," and probably as " M. K." Went to Belfast in
1862 to edit the Ulster Observer, and on its failure founded the Northern
Star and the Weekly Observer. He married a Miss McHugh, and had only
one child, a daughter, whose death in 1871 hastened his own. Besides the
verse in the Nation, he wrote poems for other papers. His popularity
was great, and a public monument was placed over his grave in Friar's
Bush Cemetery, Belfast.
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McKENNA, MAURICE.— Ella Lee, and other poems, Chicago, 1868 ; Poems,
Rhymes and Verses, Tond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1890, 12mo.
Born of Kerry parentage, at Springfield, Mass., on May 31, 1846.
When ten years old he went to Fond du Lac, Wis., and was educated there.
He served in the Civil War, and was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Fond du Lac at its close, and was subsequently admitted to the Bar.
He is now a well-known lawyer in the North-West. His first poem
appeared in Boston Pilot when he was fifteen years old.
McKENNA, THEOBALD, M.D. — ^Author of various political tracts, and repre-
sented as a poet in Edkins' collection, li789-90, over signature of " Dr.
McK." He was a strenuous supporter of Catholic rights, but in national
affairs was inclined to conservatism, being in favour of the Union. He
died in Dublin on December 31, 1808.
MACKENZIE, ANDREW. — Poems and Songs on Different Subjects (with
portrait), Belfast, 1810, 12mo ; The Masonic Chaplet, with a few other
poems, Belfast, 1832.
Born at Dunover, Co. Down, in 1780, and for many years worked as a
weaver, and, being evicted by his landlord, J. M. Allen (who lived about
five miles from Donaghadee), suffered great privation. His earliest
effusions appeared in Belfast News Letter over signature of " Gallius," or
" Gaelus." He died on May 13, 1839, aged 59, and was buried in Shank-
hill Churchyard, where a handsome stone was put over him by the exertions
of Wm. McComb, the printer and poet.
MACKENZIE, ROBERT SHELTON, M.D., LL.D.— Lays ce Palestine,
London, 1828.
Was the son of Captain Kenneth Mackenzie, author of a volume of
Gaelic poetry, and was born at Drew's Court, Co. Limerick, on June 22,
1809. Educated at Fermoy and Cork, and graduated as M.D. in Dublin,
but never practised his profession. He is not in Todd's List of Dublin
University Graduates. Wrote verse for JDuhlin University Magazine
(1837-38, etc.), Porget-Me-Not (1839, etc.), and was " Sholto " of DnAlin
and London Magazine (1825-27), and Lady's Magazine-, and " R. S. M."
of London Magazine. He was connected with the London Press for some
years, and eventually went to U.S.A., where he wrote for a number of
papers, chiefly upon Irish matters. He died in Philadelphia on November
30, 1880. Among his works are his editions of " Xoctes Ambrosianes "
(five volumes), Dr. Maginn's works (also in five volumes), and Shell's
" Sketches," Sheridan Knowles' plays, and Lives of Curran, Sir Walter
Scott, and Charles Dickens. He projected works on "The Poets and
Poetry of Ireland," "The Men of '98,''' and "Actors and Actresses," but
did not live to publish them.
MACKENZIE, THOMAS.— Dreams op Poesy, Dublin, 1879.
MACKENZIE, WILLIAM HENRY.— A clever young writer, «ho committed
suicide on March 18, 1883, in Dublin. He \\as the only son of Wm.
Mackenzie, a Civil servant in Dublin, and was educated at Foyle College,
Co. Derry, and became classical master of the High School, Harcourt
Street, Dublin. He was editorially connected with Pat and The Irish
Diamond, and his suicide was partly caused, according to the evidence
at the inquest, by his dismissal from his post at the school. In the Free,
man's Journal of March 20, 1883, there is over a column about the inquest.
He was aged only twenty-one. He wrote for Froth, and other Dubhn
periodicals, mostly humorous verse, over the signature of " Skez." He
was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.
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MoKEON, JAMES FELIX.— Songs of the B.I.C, Worcester, 1893, 8vo.
Son of Thomeis McKeon, of Annagharah, Co. Armagh, and born at
Borrisoleigh on May 5, 1858. His father was a farmer on the Oaledon
estate, and he was educated at Roscrea School. Is now a supervisor in
the Inland Revenue service. Has published a small collection of prose
sketches called " Ormond Idylls." His poems often appeared in King's
County Chronicle,. Monaghan Argus, Worcester Herald, and Lancashire
Catholic.
MACKEY, JAMES. — Compositions in Vebse, with an essay on female educa-
tion, Dublin, 1819, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1796.
MACKEY, MARY. — The Sckaps of Nature, poems, with portrait (printed
for the authoress), 1810, 12mo.
McKIBBIN, JOHN. — The Downshihe Famier, verse, London, 1888; 16mo;
The Down Side op Mourke, or Footlines op a Rustic Holiday, verse,
London, 1889, 16mo.
A native of Co. Down, at one time resident in London. See, for several
references to him, " The Life of William Carleton," vol. 2, 1906, by D. J.
O'Donoghue.
MACEIE, KEY. GEORGE, D.D.— The Eclogues op Virgil, translated into
English verse, line for line, Dublin, 1857.
McKIM, JOSEPH. — ^William the Silent, an historical sketch in verse, Lon-
don, 1881, 12mo; Poems, London, 1888, 8vo.
Author of some stories, one of them Irish. A native of Co. Sligo, prob-
ably of Collooney.
MoKINLEY, CLARE S.— Born at Belcoo, Co. Fermanagh, on May 5, 1853,
and was educated at the school of Peter Magennis, the Fermanagh poet.
After leaving it, he wrote for Impartial Beporter (Enniskillen), and after-
wards edited The Advertiser, of same town. He next joined the Con-
stabulary, his father being a head-constable, but soon left it. He finally
went to Glasgow, and was a contributor to some papers of that city,
gaining the prize offered by one of them for the best poem on Napoleon —
this effort being considered his best. He died in Glasgow on September
19, 1887.
McKINLEY, JOHN.— The Giant's Causeway, a poem, Belfast, 1819, 8vo ;
Poetic Sketches, Belfast, 1819, 8vo; The Giant's Causeway, a novel
poem, with The Travellers Benighted in Mourne, Dublin, 1821, 8vo;
Time and Eternity, a poem, Ballymena, 1834, 12mo.
Is stated to have been an ancestor of the late President of the United
States, William McKinley, who was of Antrim stock.
MACKINTOSH, HON. CHARLES HERBERT.— Welcome to H.R.H. the
Prince op Wales, 1860 (presented to the Prince when he went to Canada) ;
O'CoNNELL, a poem for centenary in Ottawa, 1875 (gained gold and silver
medals).
Born in London, Ontario, of Wicklow parentage, in 1843. His father,
Capt. William Mackintosh, went to Canada as an Ordnance Survey official,
and became while there county engineer in Ottawa. In 1868 his son
married a Miss Cooke, having six years earlier entered the profession of
journalism. He edited the Ottawa Daily Citizen and other papers, and
wrote many poems for them. Finally entered political life. Was Mayor
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of Ottawa, 1879 ; M.F. for the city in 1882, and in 1893 became Lieutenant-
Governor of Manitoba. Died a few years ago, I think.
MACKLIN, CHARLES.— Hekky VII., or The Popish Ijipostok, a tragedy,
1746.
Author of the successfiil plays, " The Man of the World," and " Love-
a-la-Mode," etc., and a great actor. Born in Co. AVestmeath, probably
in 1700, though 1690 has been given as the date. His father was a William
McLaughlin, of Co. Down, it is said, and commanded a troop of horse
at the Battle of the Boyne, on the Stuart side. His mother was, it
appears, a Miss Alice O'Flanagan, of Blackcastle, Co. Westmeath. These
statements are made in Whitelaw and Walsh's "History of Dublin."
He ran away to London in youth, and went on the stage, where he had,
eventually, few equals, and where his innovations stamped him as an
epoch-making actor. He played up to a great age, if the date of his
birth is correct, leaving the stage finally in 1789. His comedies, above
mentioned, were produced respectively in 1780 and 1793. He died July
11, 1797, at the age, it is said, of 107, and was buried in St. Paul's,
Covent Garden. The dramatic history of the 18th century largely con-
cerns him. There is a brochure, " Zanga's Triumph, or Harlequin and
Othello at War" (Dublin, 1762, 8vo), by n Charles McLaughlin, which
refers to the rivalry between Barry and Woodward, the actor.
MACKLIN, HUGH GEORGE. — Poems on Vakious Subjects (over his initials
only), 1804, 8vo — privately printed.
A North of Ireland man, the eldest son of James Macklin, a school-
master, of Derry city, and educated at Derry School and T.C.D. Sch.,
1793; B.A., 1795. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in May, 1800, and
subsequently attained the position of Attorney-General of Bombay. Died
there in October, 1819. Is mentioned on page 28 of Rev. C. Forster's
" Life of Bishop Jebb " as " an able, but eccentric man."
MoKOWEN, JAMES. — A clever and popular Ulster poet, born at Lambeg,
near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, February 11, 1814, and received an elementary
education in the district, and at an early age was placed in a thread
manufactory. He afterwards obtained employment at the bleach works
of Messrs. Richardson, Belfast, and there spent the remainder of Iiis active
life. About 1840 he began to contribute verse to Ulster papers, especially
The yorthern Whig, over the signature of " Kitty Connor," and became
a. great favourite as a poet. To The Nation soon after he sent a few
poems signed "Curlew." He died on April 22, 1889, and his poems,
which were never published in book-form, were entrusted to his friend,
Mr. Robert May, of Belfast, who at one time hoped to publish them.
McKowen is represented in Connollv's "Household Library of Ireland's
Poets " (where it may be mentioned his name is mis-spelled), by a poem
or two, and in Varian's " Harp of Erin," 1869, by nine pieces. McKowen's
most famous piece is his humorous song, " The Ould Irish Jig."
Mclaughlin, EDWARD a.— The L.^ws of the Deep, a poem, etc., Cincin-
nati, 1841, 12m.o.
Born in North Stamford, Connecticut, on January 9, 1798 — bis parents
being Irish. Was at different times a printer and a sailor, and died in
New York on November 15, 1861.
Mclaughlin, CHARLES O'CONOR.— Edmukd and Maeion, a tale of the
old times, in verse. Dublin, 187-, 8vo.
Was later a resident of the U.S.A., where he edited an advanced paper
called The Irish Bepuhlic.
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Mclaughlin, james bawn. — gems feom the Heathekj and songs op
Donegal, Letterkenny, 1903.
Announces on cover another book, " Strange Subjects in Song, and
Laughable Rhymes," but I think it has not appeared. He conducted
annuals called "Hibernian Gems," "The Bards' Own Annual," and
" Irish Gems, or the Puzzler's Guide," for the years 1906-1909.
Mclaughlin, key. JOHN.— one Fkiendly glass, or Giles Fleming's Two
Christmases, verse, London, 1873, 8vo; Squire Hardman's Daughter,
verse, London, 1874, 8vo ; The Storm, and Random Rhymes, London and
Birkenhead, 1879, 8vo.
A Catholic priest, and author of other works; A priest of the same
name, and also an author, died February, 1904, aged 73. He was possibly
the poet. His most popular book was, " Is one Religion as good as
another? " He was a native of Rasharkin, Co. Antrim.
Mclaughlin, Patrick O'CONOR.— a frequent contributor between 1870-
93 to various Irish papers, of stories, articles and poems. He was for part
of that time living in London and Paris. Most of his poems have appeared
in Irishman, Nation, Shamrock, Young Ireland, etc., sometimes over
signature of " MacL." He was born in Derry on September 2, 1851, and
was educated there. He is the possessor of a remarkable vein of satirical
humour, as may be seen in his " Threatening-Letter Writer and Irish
Loyalist's Companion," and many able contributions to The Evening
Press, Dublin, about 1889-91. He wrote, I understand, a collection of
humorous papers called "Retrospective Reviews."
MACLEAN, ANNA JANE.— Conviction, a poem, Dublin, 1851, 8vo ; Eman
More, a tale of Killarney, a poem, Dublin, 1852, 8vo.
There is a poem by her on " Smith O'Brien " in Nation, September 18,
1852. There was a writer with the initials " A. J. M.," who wrote a poem
on the Immaculate Conception, in Nation of December 10, 1859, but this
was doubtless A. J. MoKenna (q.v.).
MACLISE, DANIEL, R.A.— Bom in Cork, probably on February 2, 1806. He
made a local reputation as an artist before going to London, where he
first became most notable by his brilliant drawings of celebrities for
Eraser's Magazine, for which Maginn wrote the letterpress. The
originals of these drawings are in the Forster collection. South Kensington
Museum. They, with his magnificent cartoons in the Houses of Parlia-
ment, are universally considered his finest productions. He was ofltered
the Presidency of the Royal Academy, but refused it. He died on Apri)
25, 1870, and was buried in Kensal Green. His claim to mention here
rests on his lengthy poem, " Meriy Xmas in the Baron's Hall," which
appeared in Fraser's Magazine for May, 1838. There is a biography of
him by his relative, W. J. O'Driscoll.
McLOGHLIN, JAMES. — Moybtirg, a poem, Dublin, 1835, 12mo.
The poem refers to scenes in the Co. Roscommon.
McM., J. — My Boyhood Hours, or Miscellaneous Pieces, Cork, 1845, 8vo.
McMAHON, DENNIS. — Poems on Various Subjects, Enniskilleu, 1840, 8vo.
MoMAHON, GEORGE YIELDING.— Vathek, a dramatic poem [c. I860.] The
Dream of the Captive City, and other poems, London (?), 1860.
A barrister, and a contributor to the Irish People (1863-5), over signa-
ture of " Mac." Was a Limerick man, and about 1860 was a student with
John O'Leary at Queen's College, Galway. Went about 1864 or 1865 to
Mauritius as classical professor, and died there about 1886.
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MoMAHON, HEBER. — A contributor during the seventies to the Nation and
to United Irishman (of Liverpool) over signature of " Celticus " and
" Skian." His first poem in the Nation was signed " Cam Noham " (his
name reversed). Born at Liscard, Cheshire, December 4, 1851, and died
of consumption at Birkenhead on October 13, 1880. He was a nephew of
Dean MoMahon, of the diocese of Clogher, to which his family belonged.
MoMAHON, SIR JOHN (pseud.?). — Mac the First, a poetical epistle from
Mac of the Moon to John Bull of Britain, a satire (MS. notes in British
Museum copy), London, 1814, 8vo.
McMAHON, PATRICK JAMES. — A poet well-known in Glasgow as a writer
in the Scotch dialect, but born at Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, in 1860.
Was taken to Scotland in 1864, and since 1874 has been engaged in busi-
ness in Glasgow. He first published verse in The Bailie about 1880, and
since then has published many poems, mostly in The Glasgow Weekly
Herald, Scottish Cyclist, Scottish Nights, Glaswegian, Glasgow Observer,
Glasgow Weekly Mail, Scottish Sport, People's Friend (Dundee), Govan
Press, etc., and in Nation and United Ireland, of Dublin, frequently over
the signature of " Mack Mahn," etc. Has won several prizes for poems
on cycling, and is included in D. H. Edwards' " Modern Scottish Poets "
(Brechin).
MacMANUS, ANNA.— The Foue AVinds or Ehinn (by " Ethna Carbery "),
Dublin, 1902, 12mo (with portrait).
This admirable volume, made more notable by the premature death of
its charming and patriotic author, has run through many editions. Mrs.
MacManus, who was a Miss Anna Isabel Johnston, of Belfast, was born
in Ballymena on December 3, 1866, her father being a weU-known mer-
chant of the North. She wrote many poems for the Irish Monthly,
Nation, Irish Fireside, United Ireland, Young Ireland, Shamrock, and
especially for the Shan Van Vocht, a small journal published in Belfast
in 1896-99, by her and Miss Alice Milligan. Over her name and her
pseudonym, "Ethna Carbery," many beautiful verses appeared in the
papers. Her earlier pieces were signed "Ethna" only. She died, to
the great regret of all who knew her, on April 2, 1902, not long after
her marriage to Seumas MacManus (q.v.). Some of her short stories and
sketches have been collected into two small volumes, " In the Celtic
Past " and "The Passionate Hearts."
MoMANUS, EMILY. — Born at Bath, Ontario, and educated at Bath Public
School, Kingston Collegiate Institution, and Queen's University, Kings-
ton. She graduated M.A. in 1894, at the latter institution. Besides a
novel entitled " The Old, Old Story," she has published many poems,
most of which have appeared in Toronto Week, Canadian Magazine,
Dominion Illustrated, and Queen's University Journal, etc. She is
included in W. D. Lighthall's " Songs of the Great Dominion," 1889,
and "Patriotic Songs for Schools," published under the direction of the
Hon. Mr. Ross, Minister of Education for Ontario.
MACMANUS, SEUMAS. — Shitileiis from Heathy Hills, prose and verse (by
"Mac"), Mountcharles, Donegal, 1893, 8vo; Ballads op a Coxtntrt Boy,
Dublin, 1905, 12mo.
This well-known Irish writer is the son of a peasant farmer, and was
born at Mountcharles, Co. Donegal, in or about 1870. Was for some
years a National school teacher, but resigned his appointment when he
found himself able to live by literary work. There are few Irish papers
and magazines to which he has not contributed his amusing stories, and
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he has written for many of the leading English and American periodicals,
including the Century, Harper's, Lippincott's, McClure's, Pearson's, and
other magazines. His best known volumes are " 'Twas in DhroU
Donegal," "The Humours of Donegal," "Through the Turf Smoke,"
" The Leadin' Road to Donegal," " The Bend of the Road,^' " In CJhimney
Corners," "A Lad of the O'Friels," and "Donegal Fairy Tales." An
admirable little Belfast magazine called The Shan Van Vocht, conducted
by Alice Milligan and Anna Johnston (whom he married in 1901), made
his early efforts known. Her sad and early death left a great void in
Irish literature. MacManus is favourably known as a lecturer in America,
which he visits very often.
McMANUS, PATRICK.— A clever young poet of Co. Down, who died at an
early age. He was born at Kearney, near Portaferry, Co. Down, on
March 17, 1863, and was the son of a carpenter, following the same trade
himself for a time. He wrote largely for Nation, Weekly News, Belfast
Examiner, and other journals, principally in Ulster, over the signature
of " Slieve Donard" as a rule, but in the Nation, at times, over that of
"Sunbeam." He went to America in 1886, and died there in August
of the same year. An article on his life and poems, by John McGrrath,
appeared in Young Ireland many years ago, and another by the same in
Irish Monthly, March, 1890.
McMANUS, THEODORE FRANCIS.— Born of Irish jjarentage in Buffalo,
New York, about 1870, and after an education in the public schools,
began to write for the Press, and after a time became city editor -of the
Morning Commercial, of Toledo, Ohio. He has written much verse^ and
is represented in the Magazine of Poetry of January, 1894, by five poems.
MoMASTER, REY. ROBERT. — My Seven Punishments fob getting Dettnk,
verse, — .
An Antrim man, included in W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets,"
Vol. 2.
MoMECHAN, VILLIAM.— The Lady of Motjrnb, a ballad of Ulster, Dublin,
1847, 8vo ; The Emblems of Ekin, an historical ballad, Dublin, 1861.
B.A., T.C.D., 1829. Was a lawyer who went the North-East circuit,
of Ireland, and is still remembered as " Counsellor MoMechan " in
Belfast. Succeeded Isaac Butt as editor of Ulster Times. Wrote various
books.
McMillan, GEORGE. — Poems, Satirical and Moral, Belfast, 1830, 12mo..
MoMULLAN, WILLIAM JOHN. — The Brigand, Death of Gerstein, SoNoa
OF the Captives, and other poems, Belfast, 1830, 12mo; The Heir of
AvoNMORE (relating to the Yelverton case), Belfast, 1861.
This volume was dedicated to Sir Wm. F. McNaghten, a benefactor of
the poet. McMuUan was born in Belfast in 1813, and was educated at
Brown Street School, and Academical Institution, Belfast, as a free pupil.
He ran away to sea, and sailed about in a coasting vessel for ijine months,
and then learned the printer's trade, often composing his own verses in
• type without writing them. He wrote street ballads and contributed to
various journals, including Ulster Magazine (1860, etc.), over signatures
" Paddy Soot the Piper," and "Hector Oge." He died on February 16,
1863, and was buried in Shankhill churchyard, Belfast. He was popular
as a poet in his native province.
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MoMULLEN, MARY ANNE.— The Naiad's Wbeath, a csoUection of poems,
London, 1816, 8vo; Cresoekt, a national poem, to commemorate the
glorious victory at Algiers, London, 1816, Svo; Beitain, or Fbagmentb
OF Poetical Abereation, Iiondon, 1818, Svo; Dioeamic Sketches, verse,
1853, 12mo.
Other works, including " The Wanderings of a. Goldfinch," 1816.
MoMULLEN, MARY ANNE.— See under Ford, M. A.
MoNAGHTEN, CAPTAIN E. C— Poems, Calcutta, 1824, 12mo.
When above volume was published the author was only a Iieutehant.
A poetical contributor to Amulet (1829, 1836), Comic Offering (1832-35),
and Forget-Me-Not (1828-34). May have been the B.A., T.C.D., who
graduated 1811. ,
MoNAGHTEN, HUGH.— Poems op Catxtllits, selected and edited by H. M.
and A. B. Ramsay, London, 1899 ; Ave Regina and other poems, London,
1904.
The translations of Catullus by McNaghten in the first-named volume
are thought to be good. The translator is a master at Eton College.
MoNALLY, LEONARD. — The Apotheosis oe Pitnoh, in one act, and in prose
and verse, with a monody on the death of the late Master Punch (over
signature of "Plunder"), London, 1779, Svo; Retaliation, a farce in
two acts, 1782, Svo ; Prelude foe Covent Garden (not printed), 1782 ;
Tkisteam Shandy, a bagatelle in two acts, London, 1783, Svo ; Coalition,
a musical farce (not printed), 1783; The Ruling Passion, comio opera
(not printed) ; April Fool, a farce (not printed) ; R.obin Hood, or Sher-
wood Forest, comic opera, 1784, Svo; new edition with alterations and
additions, 1787, Svo; Fashionable Levities, comedy in "five acts, 1785,
Svo ; Richard Ccbue-de-Lion, comic opera, from the French of Sedaine,
1786, Svo; Critic upon Critic, a domestic medley in three acts, with
songs, 1792, Svo ; The Cottage Festival, an opera (not printed), 1796.
Other works, including pamphlets, legal books and separate songs, such
as the well-known "Lass of Richmond Hill," which he inoontestably
wrote. For the evidence in his behalf, see the early volumes of Notes and
Queries. It is difficult to conceive that it belongs to anybody else. A
piece of negative evidence not hitherto mentioned in favour of McNally's
authorship is, that in " Myrtle and Vine," a collection of songs edited
by C. HI Wilson (where, there are about a, dozen songs of Upton,
the reputed author of "The Lass of Richmond Hill," whom Wilson
probably knew, for he seems to have got the songs direct from the author),
the lyric about which there has been so much dispute is given anonymously.
If Upton had written it his name would presumably have been put to
it as to the others by him. Sir Jonah Barrington, without doubt
erroneously, says Lysaght wrote some of the songs in " Robin Hood,"
but a glance at them and at Barrington's statement, is sufficient to
disprove the assertion. McNally was born in Dublin in 1752, and was a
member of the Irish and the English Bar. He was the trusted friend
of many of the United Irishmen, but infamously betrayed them and was
receiving a pension from the Grovernment for his treachery, even while
in closest intimacy with them. See W. J. Fitzpatrick's works, notably
his " Secret Service under Pitt," and the works of Dr. Madden and Sir
Jonah Barrington, for numerous references to McNally, who died in
Harcourt Street, Dublin, on February 13, 1S20, and was buried in Donny-
brook Church.
MACNAMARA, FRANCIS. — Marionettes, poems, London, 1909.
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MoNAMABA, JAMES. — One of the Irish-American poets represented in Eljot
Ryder's '"Household Libnary of Catholic Poets." A contrthutor of
verse to several Catholic journals.
MoNAMARA, WILLIAM FRANKLIN.— Born in Camden, Maine, U.S.A.,
December 1, 1855, of Mayo parentage on the paternal side. His father
was a farmer, and the son now lives in the Aroostook, in North Maine,
and writes to the Press over the name of " Harry Hazelton." Several
of his poems are given, with a notice, in Magazine of Poetry, Buffalo,
January, 1893.
MoNKIL, JAMES. — ^A Dublin man of this name wrote about 1824, " Chances
and Changes," and " The Agent and Absentee," two dramatic pieces.
He was possibly the James McNeil who wrote verse for Duhlin Magazine
and G-sneral Bepository, 1820.
McNEYEN, WILLIAM JAMES, M.D.— This well-known United Irishman was
author of various poems, some of which are in John MoCreery's (g.i».)
collection of Irish airs. He was born near Aughrim, Co. Galway, on March
21, 1763. He was educated abroad, chiefly in Prague and Vienna, and
graduated in the latter city in 1783, returning to Dublin and starting his
medical practice in 1784. After the rebellion, he joined the French Army,
but eventually emigrated to New York, where he had a very successful
career, and where he died July 12, 1841.
McNEVIN, THOMAS. — Gtekald, a national dramatic poem in three acts,
founded on the invasion of Ireland by Henry III., Dublin, 1831, 8vo
(24 pp.).
This poem was dedicated to Daniel O'Connell. In 1836 the author
published " An Address delivered before the College Historical Society,"
of which he was treasurer in 1834-5, auditor in 1837-8, and president in
1838-9. He was a leading Young Irelander, and wrote for his party his
"Confiscation of Ulster" and "History of the Irish Volunteers." He
was born in Co. Ga,lway in 1810, and died in an asylum at Bristol on
January 8, 1848.
McNIYEN, MRS. C. (?). — ^Ailben, a poem, IngersoU, Upper Canada, 1865.
Born in 1823, and died in 1865.
McPHELIM, EDWARD J. — Born at Boutouche, New Brunswick, in 1861,
and is, or was, a reporter on the Chicago Times. He has written a good
deal of verse, and is included in Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic
Poets."
McQUADE, JAMES. — Born in Utica, New York, of Irish Catholic parents
on April 27, 1829 ; died there on March 26, 1885. Entered the U.S. army,
and became a major-general of volunteers in the Civil War. A writer of
popular songs, notably " The Loyal Legioner."
MoQUILLAND, LOUIS J. — There are six poems by this poet in " Sung by
Six," a collection of poems by six Belfastmen, Belfast, 1896, 8vo. He has
contributed to WeeHy Sun, United Ireland, and various other papers.
He is a journalist in London.
McQUIN, ABBE ANGE DENIS. — Tabblla Cibakia. The Bill of Faee, a
Latin poem, implicitly translated and fully explained in copious and
interesting notes, relating to the pleasures of gastronomy, and the
mysterious art of cookery, London, 1820, 4to (anonymously).
A contributor of prose and verse to London Literary Gazette, and
mentioned on pages 103-111, vol. 3 of Jerdan's "Autobiography," as
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such. He was possibly of Scotch parentage, and was born at Meaux, in
France, in 1756, and died at Southwark, July 17, 1823, and was buried
in the Catholic Church of Horselydown. He became a priest in France
and narrowly escaped the guillotine, and had to flee from Paris to London,
where he was given an appointment as heraldic designer in the College of
Arms. He was reinstated in his property in France in 1814, but did not
remain there. He was a friend of Beckford, the author of "Vathek, "
and used the signature of " The Gleaner " in his contributions to
periodicals. He was the author of several learned and interesting works,
and wrote a poem on " Memory " in 1789.
MACREADY, CATHERINE F. B. — Leaves erom the Olive Mount, poems,
1860, 8vo ; Cowl and Cap, or The Rival Churches, and minor poems,
1865, 12mo.
MACROE, — (?). — The Patriot Chief, a, tragedy in verse, Philadelphia, 1784,
8vo.
UACRUM, JAMES MARIUS. — Solitary Hours of Fancy and Feeling, and
other poems, Dublin, 1846, 12mo.
McSORLEY, REY. HUGH.— Lays of Ancient Israel, etc., London, 1869,
8vo; Hymns of Praise, London and Tottenham, 1872, 32mo.
Born at Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, on August 13, 1819. Became a
Protestant before he was sixteen. Educated at Royal School, Dungannon.
Sch. T.C.D., 1847; B.A., 1850; M.A., 1865. Ordained in 1850, for curacy
of St. George's, Belfast; appointed in 1853 to a chaplaincy in Royal
Navy, which he resigned for curacy of All Saints, Gordon Square, London.
Became Vicar of St. Paul's, Tottenham, London, in 1861. Died
November 26, 1892.
McSPARRAN, ARCHIBALD.— Norman De Burgos, a romance, Loudon, 1869.
An author mentioned in notes to a poem by Samuel Perry (q.v.). The
above work embodies a legend of County Derry. Wrote in America "Tales
and Stories of the AUeghanies," and " The Hermit of the Rocky Moun-
tains," in verse. In Coleraine Constitution for March 31, 1906, is a notice
of McSparran by J. H. Eakin. Born in Drumseerin, Co. Derry, in. 1795,
went to U.S.A. in 1835, and died there May 2, 1848.
MoSWEENEY, MYLES.— Two Visions ; The Pope and Old Nick, The Pan-
Anglican Synod and Bishop Colbnso, verse, London, 1867, 8vo.
Also published " Moses and Bacchus, a mythological parallel," London,
1874. Probably a Belfast man. Was a well-known lecturer associated
with the late Charles Bradlaugh in the seventies.
MoSWEENY, JOHN GERALD.- Born in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, in 1858,
educated at Queen's College, Galway, and joined the Freeman's Journal
editorial staff whilst studying medicine in 1882. He afterwards acted
as sub-editor of The Evening Telegraph (Dublin), going to America in
1885, and subsequently writing for New York Star, Boston Pilot, New
Torh Pre>ss, and other .papers. He returned to Ireland and was first
editor of The Tipperary Nationalist, and in 1887 took up the editorship
of the Dublin Weekly Freeman, which position he held till his appoint-
ment as an Inspector under the Irish Local Government Board in 1908.
Be has written many poems for Irish papers, including The Weekhj
Freeman and its sketch books, and The Weekly Irish Times. He also
wrote largely in prose and verse for Pat, the Dublin comic iournal
(1879-80).
MoSWINEY, OWEN.— The Quacks, or Love The Physician, comedy, 1705,
4to; Camilla, opera, 1706, 4to; Pyrrhus and Demetrius, opera, 1709, 4to.
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Sometimes called MacSwiny, MacSwinny, or Swinny. Born in Ireland
abovit 1670, and became manager of Drury Lane Theatre, and afterwards
of Queen's Theatre, Haymarket. Was appointed Keeper of the King's
Mews, and died on October 2, 1754, leaving all his large fortune to Peg
Woffington.
MoSWINEY, PAUL. — Amergin, an opera, words and music, produced in
Cork, 1880 ; Bman, a tragedy in five acts, New Yorl:, 1888.
A promising Irish musical composer, born in Cork in 1856. Soon after
1880 he went to London, and contributed verse to some of the periodicals.
In 1883 he went to New York, and in 1884 produced there an Irish opera
entitled " An Bard 'gus an Fo " (The Bard and the Knight) under the
auspices of the Gaelic Society of that city. He also wrote "Nirvana,"
a novel; "Alexander," a musical drama; "The Faii-ies' Dell," an Irish
romantic drama, and at the time of his death, which occurred in New
York, November 17, 1890 (another account says November 16, 1889), was
preparing a cantata, " John McHale, " which was to have been performed
at the centennial celebration of that famous prelate in 1891. Some of
MoSwiney's songs became popular in America.
McSWINEY, STEPHEN MYLES, M.D.— An able Dublin physician and
medical writer, who died July, 1890, and who wrote poems for the Nation,
etc., over the signature of " Lancet." He became a member of the Royal
College of Surgeons in 1844, and graduated M.D. at St. Andrew's in 1847,
and was a professor at the Catholic University. Was buried in Glasnevin.
McVEAGH, CHARLES STUART. — The Plaint of a Broken Hbabt and other
poems, Dublin, 1837, 12mo.
A gifted young poet, born in Dublin in 1817. He was a pupil at Clon-
gowes about 1830. Went to Spain in 1835, but returned soon after.
Shot himself in Dublin, March 10, 1837, and died next day. His brother,
who was living in 1907, wrote an article for the Clongownian of June
in that year, in which the young poet is referred to.
MoYEY, EDWARD.— Stray Lines, Dublin, 1869, 8vo.
MoWATTY, ALICIA. — Poems on Various Subjects, Newry, 1815.
MoWILLIAM, HUGH. — Poems and Popular Ballads, Belfast, 1795, 8vo;
Poems and Songs, Belfast, 1816.
A native of Glenavy, Co. Antrim, and Avas a schoolmaster at Bal!y-
sallagh, near Newtownards, Co. Down.
MADDEN, BERNARD JOSEPH. — The Biblical' s Crusade, or arrogance
and fanaticism combated, a satirical poem, Dublin, 1824, 8vo, over the
signature of "An Irish Helot" ; Farnham Hall, or The Second Refor-
mation in Ireland, a poem, second edition, Dublin, 1827, 8vo; Conser-
vated Insanity, or The Low Church Firebrand, a poem (anonymously),
Dublin, 1834, 8vo.
MADDEN, CHARLES.— Sacred Melodies, Part I., Bonn, 1858, 8vo.
MADDEN, RICHARD ROBERT, M.D.— Poems by a Slave in the Island ob
Cuba, recently liberated (translated from the Spanish), London, 1841 ;
Breathings of Prayer (only twenty copies printed for private circula-
tion), Havana, 1838; (edited) The Easter Offering, 1850, reprinted,
Dublin, 1888; A Hudibbastic Epic Poem (unpublished).
This well-known historical writer was born in Dublin in 1798, and died
at Booterstown, Co. Dublin, on February 6, 1886. It is not necessary
to describe in detail here all his literary efforts, and a mere
reference may be made to his useful " Lives of the United Irishmen "
(7 vols., 1842-46) ; "Life of Lady Blessington " (3 vols.) ; " History of the
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Penal Laws " (1847) ; " Literary Remains of the United Irishmen " (1888),
and "History of Irish Periodical Literature" (2 vols., 1867). He con-
tributed verse to the Nation, over the signature of " lerne," and was
" R.R.M." of The Citizen (1842-3). Much of his verse is in his " Literary
Remains of the United Irishmen" and his "Memoirs" (edited by his
son, also a well-known Dublin physician), 1891. His " Bishop of Ross "
is quoted in u, couple of collections of Irish verse.
MADDEN, REY. SAMUEL. — Themistocles, a tragedy in verse, London,
1729, 8vo (other editions) ; Boulter's Monument, a panegyrical poem,
Dublin, 1745, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on December 23, 1686. B.A., T.C.D., 1705; D.D., 1723.
Became Rector of Drummully, near Newtownbutler, Co. Fermanagh, in
1721. Died there on December 31, 1765. Author of various productions
of merit, including "Memoirs of the Twentieth Century," 1732. He
wrote another tragedy, which he left to Thomas Sheridan, the actor.
He is chiefly remembered by his benefactions to the Royal Dublin Society.
MADDEN, WILLIAM BALFOUR.— Bbmeisle, a poem, London, 1761, 4to.
MADDEN, WILLIAM MERRIES, M.D. (?).— The Maettbs op Provence,
a poem, Edinburgh, 1842, 8vo.
Author of several medical works.
MAFFETT, HUGH.— Born in Clough, Co. Down, and was a noted lawyer, it
is said. See Knox's " History of Co. Down " (p. 497), which refers to him
as having translated Horace into English verse and written other poems.
MAFFIT, REY. JOHN NEWLAND.— Tears op Contrition (biographical
sketches of J.N.M. with poems). New London, 1821, 12mo; Poems,
Louisville, 1839, 12mo; Ireland, a poem, Louisville, 1839, 12mo.
Born in Dublin on December 28, 1794; became a Methodist preacher
in America, and was noted for his eloquence. Died at Mobile, Alabama,
May 28, 1850. Wrote various other works. His son was a distinguished
officer of the U.S. Navy, and is the subject of an exhaustive biography.
MAGEE, JOHN. — A famous Irish journalist who enters largely into the poli-
tical history of Ireland during the Union and post-Union period. W. J.
Fitzpatrick calls him "the Irish Cobbett." He was born in Belfast, and
founded in Dublin the Evening Post and Magee's Weekly Packet, for
which he wrote various satirical squibs and poems. He had a stormy
career, being constantly in trouble with the authorities for his outspoken-
ness in Catholic and other matters in opposition to the Government. He
died in Dublin in November, 1809.
MAGEE, WILLIAM K.— This very able essayist, known as " John Bglinton,"
has written, besides his " Essays on the Remnant " and " Pebbles from a
Brook," various poems, which'appeared in All Ireland Review and other
periodicals. He is represented as a poet in W. B. Yeats' " Book of Irish
Verse," 1894. Ho is an Ulster man, and is one of the assistant librarians
of National Library, Dublin.
MAGENNIS, BERNARD.— The Red Hand, and other poems, Dublin, 1888;
Anti-Humbug, or Mansion House Banquets 'midst Ireland's Poverty,
etc., with notes and comments, Manchester, 1890, 8vo; The Catapult,
a satire, Dublin, 1897.
Brother of Mrs. Forrester, and therefore uncle of the other poets of
that name in this book. Born at Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, in February,
1833, and was at first a National teacher. Wrote verse for many years,
and it appeared in Dundalk Democrat, Universal Nexcs (London)^
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CasseU's Family Paper, Irishman, Northern Whig, Young Ireland, The
Light of Erin (London, 1859-60), Kilkenny Journal, etc., frequently over
the signatures of " Iveagh," " B. MoG," "Hofer," etc. Was a pro-
minent temperance advocate, and edited a Dublin paper called The Social
Mirror and Temperance Advocate. Lived in New York for some time,
and also in Lancashire, and wrote for the Press of those centres. He
died on January 5, 1911, in Dublin.
MAGENNIS, DANIEL, M.D.— Fugitive Pieces.
A connection of the Magennis or Guinness (now Iveagh and Ardilaun)
families. Probably born in the North of Ireland. Was hanged in 1783
in London for the murder of a hosier in Newgate Street. He was known
as a wit. Published one or two medical works over the name of Magenise.
See Notes and Queries, vol. 2, 6th series.
MAGENNIS, PETER.— Poems, Enniskillen, 1844; Poems, Bnniskillen, 1888,
8vo; London, 1889, 8vo.
A retired National School teacher, and author of several stories, such
as "The Ribbon Informer, a tale of Lough Erne," 1874; and " Tully
Castle, a tale of 1641," 1877. He was born near Derrygonnelly, Co.
Termanagh, on January 15, 1817, and was the son of a farmer. Many
years ago he won a prize of £10 offered by The Freeman's Journal for
the best story sent in, by his " Mary Stuart O'Donnell." He wrote
many stories and poems for Fermanagh and other papers. He died at
Derrygonnelly on September 16, 1910, aged 93.
MAGENNIS, S. DAVENPORT. — A Poem on the Death of . . . Feedeeick
Duke oe Albany, etc., Dublin, 1827, 8vo.
Of the General Post Office, Dublin.
MAGILL, REY. ROBERT; — The Thinking Few, a poem (anonymously),
Belfast, 1828, 8vo (several times reprinted) ; Poems on Various Subjects,
chiefly religious, Belfast, 1834.
Born on September 7, 1788, at Broughshane, educated at Glasgow
University, ordained in 1820, and married in 1823. Began to write
verse while at Glasgow, where he won a prize for an ode on " The Taking
of Algiers." Died on February 9, 1839, and is buried at Donagore, Co.
Antrim.
MAGIN, JOSEPH. — Of Donaghcloney, Co. Down. He wrote a quantity of
verso over his name or initials for the Ulster periodicals of the early part
of the century, and is included in a collection of verse published at Belfast
in 1806. He may have been one of the writers who used the initials
of "J. M." {q.v.).
MAGINN, WILLIAM, LL.D. — Eneas Eunuchus (published while at Trinity
College, Dublin), — ; Homeeic Ballads, London, 1850, l&mo ; Miscel-
lanies IN Pbosb and Verse, 2 voJs., London, 1835, 8vo.
This great wit and scholar was born on July 10, 1793, in Dean Street,
Cork, where his father, John Maginn, author of a "Compendium of
Rhetoric," Cork, 1801, and a "Latin Grammar," Cork, 1812, who died
in 1822, kept an academy. He was educated there and at T.C.D., where
he graduated B.A., 1811 ; LL.B. and LL.D., 1819. He began to write for
the English Press at an early age, having previously contributed a little
to some Cork periodicals. While a boy he had entered into a controversy
with John England, afterwards Bishop of Carolina, about the Jesuits.
For some years after 1818, he was one of the mainstays of Blachwood's
Magazine, to which he contributed an immense quantity of prose and
verse, over various signatures, such as " Morgan O'Doherty," " M. O'D.,
"R. T. S.," "Olinthus Petre, D.D.," "Rev. E. Hincks, F.T.C.D.,"
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" Morty Macnamaxa Mulligan," "Philip Forager," "Richard Dowden,"
"Wm. Holt," "An Irish gentleman lately deceased," "Bob Buller,"
"Giles Middlestitch, " "Thomas Jennings, Soda Water Manufacturer,"
"Blaize Fitztravesty, Esq.," " E,ev. J. Barrett, D.D., F.T.C.D.,"
"B.F.P.," " Augustinus," " P.T.T.," " W. Seward," "Ralph Tuckett
Scott," "J. T n," etc., etc. Just before settling in London he
married Ellen, daughter of Robert BuUen, of Mallow, by whom he had
one son and two daughters. His productions comprised translations from
different languages, critical essays, dialogues, parodies, stories, reviews,
and maxims, the last-named being afterwards collected and published in
1849 as "The Maxims of Sir Morgan O'Doherty." He also wrote for
Bsntley's Miscellany, John Bull, Literary Gazette, Age, Argus, and many
other journals, and was the sub-editor of The Standard for a time. In
1850, owing to a quarrel with Blackwood, the publisher, he left him, and
became editor of Fraser's Magazine, and wrote largely for it, mostly
anonymously. Among his assumed names in Thei Literary Gazette were
" Dionysius Duggan," "P. P. Grossman," " P.P.P.," "P. J. Cross-
man," and " O. O. Grossman." His scholarship and wit were the wonder
of his contemporaries, who praised him to an extravagant extent. Some
of his brilliant papers have been published in book-form, such as
" Shakesperean Papers — Pictures Grave and Gay," 1859; which were
reprinted from Bentley's Miscellany, and in 1840 he brought out his
" Miscellanies " in ten parts, but these do not seem to have brought him
much benefit. He published in 1827 a satirical novel called " Whitehall,
or the Days of George IV.," a parody on a work of Horace Smith's, and
several other novels are attribiited to him, such as " The Red Barn "
(1828), "John Manesty " (1844), and "Tales of Military Life" (about
1841), the last of which aJone bears his name on the title page. A copy
of the work is in the Westminster Public Library, and a perusal of it
suggests that Maginn never wrote it at all. One or two other
publications by "the author of 'Tales of Military Life,' " are wrongjTy
considered his. Maginn wrote a good deal of the famous " l^octes
Ambrosianae," of which he conceived the idea, and most of these dialogues
have been reprinted and edited by Prof. Ferrier and Br. R. S. Mackenzie
(q.v.). Maginn's clever letterpress to Maclise's fine portraits of the
Fraserians, which appeared in Fraser's Magazine, was also reprinted
and edited by William Bates. He died at Walton-on-Thames in poverty,
after an ill-spent and reckless life, greatly admired, nevertheless, by all
who knew him, on August 21, 1842, and was buried there. Dr. Kenealy
was the only friend present, and it was he wrote the lengthy article on
Maginn in Dublin University Magazine for 1844. Dr. Mackenzie edited
" The Miscellanies of Wm. Maginn " (5 vols.), published in America in
1857, and in 1885 a couple of volumes of selections from his works
were issued in London. Maginn's poems are mostly scattered
through the pages of Blackwood's, Fraser's, Bentley's, and other maga-
zines, and a few will be found in Irish anthologies, and in " Bentley
Ballads" (1858). Some were contributed to Fisher's Drawing Boom
Scrap-Booh (1836-1839), which was edited by Letitia E. Landon, better
known as " L.E.L." It is almost certain that he wrote the stories
in Croker's "Fairy Legends," entitled respectively ''Daniel O'Rourke,"
" The Legend of Knockshegowna," " Fairies and no Fairies," and " The
Legend of Bottle Hill." For information concernins; Maginn, see Irish
Quarterly Beview, Vol. 2, 1852, Dod's "Annual Obituary" for 1842,
Barham's '• Life of Hook," " Life of Alaric Watts," the biographies of
John Banim and Gerald Griffin, Mrs. Oliphant's " House of Blackwood,"
Smiles' "Life of John Murray," "Recollections of R. P. Gillies," the
memoirs of J. F. Clarke, D. M. Moir, Richard Oastler, W. E. Aytoun,
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J. G. Lockhart, James Hogg, Robert MacNish, and John Wilson. His
nephew, Rev. Charles Maginn, now of Shrewsbury, is meditating the
publication of a biography of the famous wit.
MAGINNESS, WILLIAM.— Wak with the Devil, or The Young Man's
Conflict with the Powers op Dabknbss, a dialogue, Cookstown, 1838.
MAGRATH, ANNA JANE. — Blossoms of Genius, poems on various subjects,
Dublin, 1834, 12mo; A Changed Heakt, a poem, Dublin, 1840.
The first-named volume was published, it would seem, when the
authoress was only 13. She dramatised Carleton's novel, " Fardarougha,
the Miser," and her version ran at a Dublin theatre for some time, but
Carleton did not like it, and an acrimonious correspondence ensued. See
present writer's " Life of Carleton."
MAGUIRE, ANNIE P.— A Wbeath, poems, Dublin, 188—, 16mo.
A native of Dublin.
MAGUIRE, BRYAN.— In "Irish Rebel Songs of '98," published by Fisher
Bros., of Philadelphia, some years ago, there are a dozen poems by this
writer. Most of the songs appear to be modern.
MAGUIRE, MRS. JOHN FRANCIS.— Beauty and the Beast, a play in three
acts and in verse, with a new version of old fables, Dublin, 1878, 8vo.
Wife of John Francis Maguire, M.P. for Cork. Published "Young
Prince Marigold and other Tales," and died about 1905.
MAGUIRE, PATRICK IGNATIUS.— Born near Enniskillen in 1861, and
educated by the Christian Brothers there. Entered the Civil Service
(Inland Revenue) in 1880. He wrote a goodly amount of verse for
Impartial Beporter (Enniskillen), Cork Examiner, Young Ireland, Irish
Fireside, etc., and proposed at one time to collect and publish his poems
in a volume.
MAGUIRE, REY. ROBERT.— Sir Ego's Dream, and other temperance
poems, London, 1865, 12mo ; Lyra Evangelica, hymns, original and trans-
lated, London, 1872, 8vo ; Sighs and Songs or Earth, and other poems,
London, 1873, 8vo ; Melodies of the Fatherland, translated from the
German, London; 1883, 8vo.
Born in 1827, probably at Cork, though some notices say Dublin.
B.A., T.C.D., 1847; M.A., 1855. Became Rector of St. Olave's, SoutV
wark, and was a noted controversialist, and author of a great many works
of a religious character. He died on September 3, 1890. He is represented
in Rev. O. Roger's "Harp of the Christian Home."
MAGUIRE, THOMAS, LL.D.— A celebrated Catholic professor at T.C.D.,
where he graduated B.A., 1855; M.A., 1861 ; LL.B. and LL.D., 1868, and
Fellow, 1880. He was born in Dublin on January 24, 1831, the son of a
Catholic merchant, who afterwards became a stipendiary magistrate in
Mauritius. He wrote many poems and trajislations for Kof.tahnx. " Dublin
Translations," etc. He died suddenly in London, February 26, 1889, having
journeyed to England to give evidence before the Parnell Commission.
He was a very distinguished scholar, and wrote several valuable works.
He was appointed Professor of Latin in Queen's College, Galway, in 1869,
and was subsequently Professor of Moral Philosophy in T.C.D.
MAGUIRE, THOMAS. — Author of numerous songs of a popular music-hall
type. In October, 1907, he and his wife were charged with obstruction
of the thoroughfare in London, as, having fallen on evil days, they played
and sang his songs in the streets, selling a penny book of them at the
same time. He was then an old man. The London papers of the week
ending October 19, 1907, name some of his more successful songs.
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MAHANY, ROWLAND BLENNERHASSETT.— Born of Irish parentage at
Niagara Falls, New York, September 28, 1864, and was educated in the
public schools in that city and at Hobart College, and graduated with
high honours in Harvard in 1888. He has contributed many poems,
including versions from the Greek, Latin and German, to leadiqg
American periodicals. In the Magazine of Poetry for 1890, Vol. 2, there
is a sketch of his career with selections from his poems. Was appointed
Secretary of Legation to Chili in 1890, and U.S. Minister to Ecuador in
1892. He is represented in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's
Poets."
MAKER, WILLIAM. — This personage is named by J. E. Walsh in his
" Ireland Sixty Years Ago " (1847) as the probable author of the famous
song, " The Night before Larry was Stretched." Walsh gives various
details coHoerning him, says he was a Waterford clothier, and wrote
several convivial lyrics, but the question of authorship of the notable
Dublin slang song referred to is still a doubtful one. Dean Burrowes
(q.v.) still remains the most likely author.
MAHON, ANTHONY. — London as it was and is, and other poems, London,
184], 12mo.
MAHON, MICHAEL. — John or Gaunt, a comedy opera in three acts, 1890,
8vo.
MAHON DE MONAGHAN, EUGENE.^Reves et Realites, poems, Paris
and Abbeville, 1875, 12mo.
Also various other works, such as " La Comedie au Coin du Feu," Paris,
1861; "Etudes Critiques sur I'Angleterre," Paris, 1863, etc., etc.
MAHONY, AGNES. — ^A Minstrel's Hotjks op Song, with notes, London,
1825, 12mo.
Daughter of Col. John Mahony, of Dromore Castle, Co. Kerry, one of
the Irish Volunteers, who was a delegate at the Dungannon Convention
in 1782. She became Mrs. Conway Hickson, of Formoyle, Co. Kerry, in
1831, and died somewhere about 1840. She wrote the poem, " Off, off,
says the stranger!" Her volume is dedicated to her brother. High Sheriff
of Kerry. She was aunt of R. J. Mahony (q.v.).
MAHONY, REY. FRANCIS SYLYESTER.— Rbliques of Fatheb^ Prout, prose
and verse, 2 vols, 1836, 12mo ; 1849, 8vo ; The Works of Father Prout,
(edited by C. Kent), London, 1881 (1880), 8vo ; Final Reliques op Father
Prout (edited by Blanchard Jerrold), London, 1876 (1875), 8vo.
This well-known writer and author of the popular song, "The Bells
of Shandon," whose pseudonym is better remembered than his real name,
was born in Cork in 1804, of a well-to-do Kerry family settled in that
city, and was educated for the priesthood at Amiens and Paris. After his
ordination as a Jesuit, he became a master at dongowes College
in 1830, and had among his pupils John Sheehan (q.v.). Mahony
began to write for Fraser's Magazine soon after its inauguration, and
in April, 1831, the first of the celebrated " Reliques ' ' appeared over the
well-known signature of " Father Prout, P.P., of Watergrasshill, Co.
Cork." Mahony may also have been " Oliver Yorke " of the same
magazine. His learned and witty papers were collected and published
in 1836, with exquisite drawings by " Alfred Croquis " (Daniel Maclise,
R.A.). He was assisted in some of his polyglot translations by Francis
Stack Murphy (afterwards serjeant-at-law). Mahony gave up his sacred
calling to all intents and purposes for the busy life of a journalist, and
contributed to The Daily News a series of eleven letters, as Roman
correspondent, which were republished in 1847 as the work of " Don
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Jeremy Savonarola." He also wrote for Bentley's Miscellany, CornhiU
Magazine, and became Paris correspondent of The Globe, which he partly
owned. He used the signature of " Teddy O'Dryskull, schoolmaster," in
Bentley's Miscellany several times. He died in Paris on May 18, 1866,
and was buried in Cork.
MAHONY, MIRA M. — A Oalifornian poetess of Irish extraction who is
represented by nine poems in Crowley and Doyle's " Chaplet of Verse by
Oalifornian Catholic Writers " (San Francisco), 1889.
MAHONY, RICHARD JOHN.— Eldest son of Eev. Denis Mahony, of Tralee,
Co. Kerry. Born in Co. Kerry, January 15, 1828, and educated at
Worcester College, Oxford, where he matriculated November 13, 1845.
B.A., 1849. Was a J.P. and D.L. of his native county, and High Sheriff
in 1853. Wrote various poems for private circulation, some of great
merit, and contributed to The Kerry Magazine (1854-6). Was a nephew
of Agnes Mahony (q.v.) Died in 1892. He was a great friend of J. A.
Froude, and is said to be the original of the Chief in the latter's Irish
novel.
MAKIN, THOMAS. — ^Encomium Pbnnsylvaniae, a poem, 1728; In Laudes
Pennstlvaniae Poema, seu descbiptio Pennsyivaniab, 1729.
According to McGee's "History of the Irish Settlers in America,"
Makin was an Irishman. He was one of the earliest of the poets of
America, having been born about 1665, and one of the first settlers
in Pennsylvania. He was usher of a school, and became master of it
in 1690. He died in Pennsylvania in 1733. See for his second poem
Proud's " History of Pennsylvania," 2 vols., 1797-8. His name, sometimes
spelt Makins, seems a corruption of Macken.
MALCOLM, REY. ANDREW GEORGE, D.D.— Psalms, Hymns, and
Spiritual Songs, Newry, 1811.
There are twenty-three of his own hymns in above collection. He was
born in 1782, was minister of Newry, Co. Down, and died in 1823.
MALCOLM, H. D.— The Eclectic Poem-Book, Magherafelt (Co. Derry), 1854.
MALLEY, ARTHUR Y. — Garravogue Papers, prose and verse, [circe 1880.]
Was editor of Sligo Independent.
MALONE, EDMUND. — Ode on the Marriage or His Majesty George III.,
Dublin, 1761.
The great Shakesperian scholar wrote other verse, including a prologue
for Jephson's "Count of Narbonne." See Prior's "Life of Malone."
The above ode runs to over dne hundred and fifty lines. It was published
with others by Rev. John Kearney, Southwell, Hussey, Rev. John Chet-
wood, and other T.C.D. students. He was born in Dublin in 1741, and
died in 1812.
MALONE, REY. J. L. — An Irish priest now in Australia, who contributed
many poems at one time to United Ireland, Shamrock, Irish Fireside,
and other Irish papers. Was educated at Clonliffe College, and went to
Australia a good many years ago. He has also written verse for the
Press of Melbourne.
MALONE, JOHN. — ^Born in Massachussetts of Irish parents, and taken to
California while an infant. Was educated at the Jesuit Colleges of St.
Ignatius (San Francisco) and Santa Oara, and graduated at latter
college in 1872. Was admitted to the bar in 1874, and for a time edited
the San Jose Daily Herald. In 1879 he went on thei stage, and has
played with Edwin Booth, W. E. Sheridan, Sahirni, Mrs. Langtry, etc.
Has written much prose and verse for Boston Pilot, Century Magazine,
Catholic World, Cosmopolitan, and other American periodicals.
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MALONE, KEY. MICHAEL.— Wrote prose and verse for Duffy's Firesuie
Magazine over signature of " M.," and contributed articles on French
and Italian poets, with translations, to Temple Bar. Was parish priest
of Qlyn, Co. Limerick, and a native of that county. He died about 1891
in the Mater Misericordice Hospital, Dublin.
MALONE, ROBERT L.— The Sailor's Dkeam, and other poems, 184-5.
Born of Irish parents at Anstruther, in Fifeshire, in 1812, his father
being a sea-captain. He followed the naval calling himself until ill-health
compelled him to give it up. He died at Greenock on July 5, 1850. Some
of his songs are written to Irish airs.
MALONE, WALTER.— Claribel and other poems, Louisville, Ky., 1882; The
Outcast and other poems, Cambridge, Mass., 1885, 12mo; Narcissus and
other poems, Philadelphia, Pa., 1893, 16mo; Ponce De Ebon and other
poems, Buffalo (N.Y.), 1894, 8vo; Songs of the Dusk and Dawn, Buffalo,
1895, 8vo ; Songs of December and June, 1896 ; The Coming of the King,
1897; Songs of North and South, 1900; Poems, 1904; Songs of East and
West, 1906.
Born in De Soto Co., Miss., U.S.A., on February 10, 1866, graduated
Bachelor of Philosophy from IJniversity of Miss., 1887, and in the same
year was admitted to the bar. He practised his profession in Memphis,
Tennessee. His first volume, " Claribel," was apparently reprinted in
Oxford (Miss.) in 1883.
MANDEVILLE, EDWARD M.— Miscellaneous Poems, Waterford, 1798, Syo.
Contributed at least one poem to Sentimental and Masonic Magazine
(Dublin, 1792-5). There are .poems of his (from Waterford) in Walker's
Hibernian Magazine for March, 1795, and April, 1796. He died at
Carrick-on-Suir in August, 1801.
MANGAN, JAMES CLARENCE.— Oerman Aj^thology, poems from the
German, two vols., Dublin, 1845, 8vo; Poets and Poetry or Munsteb,
translated by J. C. M., and edited by John O'Daly, Dublin, 1850, 8vo ;
The Tribes of Ireland, a satire by Aengus O'Daly, with poetical trans-
lation by J. C. M., Dublin, 1852, Svo ; Poems (Nation supplement), 1852;
Poems (edited with biographical memoir by John Mitohel), New York,
1859, Svo; Essays in Prose and Verse (edited by Rev. C. P. Meehan),
Dublin ; Irish and other Poems, a selection, Dublin, 1886, 12mo ; Poems,
selected by Louise Imogen Guiney, with a study, Boston and London,
1897, 8vo; Life and Writings of James Clarence Mangan, by D. J.
O'Donoghue, Edinburgh and Dublin, 1897, Svo; The Poems of James
Clarence Mangan, centenary edition, Dublin, 1903, Svo, edited by D.
J. O'Donoghue (containing many hitherto uncollected pieces); Prose
Writings of James Clarence Mangan, centenary edition, Dublin, 19(M,
edited by D. J. O'Donoghue.
Born in Dublin on May, 1, 1803, and wrote at an early age for the
Dublin almanacs, and then for The Comet, over the signature of " Clar-
ence," which has since been added to his name. On the starting of the
Nation, he immediately began to contribute to it, first as " Terrae Filius,"
and " Vacuus" (both these signatures appearing in second number of the
paper, October 22, 1842), and then under a variety of names, such as
" Monos," "A Yankee," " The Man in the Cloak," " J. CM.," " Lageni-
ensis," " The Mourne-r," etc. He wrote much for The Nation until its
suppression in 1848, and in the following year he contributed many poems
and a series of biographical papers on eminent Irishmen, to The Irishman.
He also wrote constantly between 1834-48 for The Buhlin University Maga-
zine, and for Irish Penny Journal, United Irishman, and Irish Tribune
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while they lasted. All these years he was living a wretched life,
first as a scrivener, and then as a clerk in the office of the
Irish Ordnance Survey, a post obtained for him by Dr. Petrie. He never
wrote a line for any English paper or magazine, and much of what he
wrote consists of translations from various languages. He led a some-
what miserable life, and died under sad circunnstances in a ,Dubliri
hospital on June 20, 1849. See John McCall's " Life of J. C. Mangan "
for facts of his early life, and Hercules Ellis's " Ballads and Romances,
of Ireland " for original poems. The present writer may claim, by his.
" Life of Mangan " (1897), his edition of the poems and the prose
writings of-this great poet (1903-4), to have done much to obtain for him
the recognition which is now accorded to him. A memorial to the poet
was erected a few years ago in Stephen's Green, Dublin, by the National
Literary Society of Ireland.
MANGIN, REY. EDWARD. — The Deserted City, a poem (over the signature^
of " E.M."), Bath, 1805, 4to; Hectoe, a tragedy in verse from the French
of Luce de Lancival, Bath, 1810, 8vo ; Vagaeies or Verse (anony-
mously), 18315.
Son of Samuel Henry Mangin of Dublin ; matriculated at Balliol
College, Oxford, June 9, 1792, aged 19. B.A., 1793; M.A., 1795. Was.
Prebendary of Dysart (1798-1800); of St. Patrick's, Dublin (1800-3); and
of Rath (in diocese of Killaloe), from 1803 till death, which occurred on
October 17, 1852, aged 80. He wrote various other works. See Moore's
"Diary," vol. 5, page 55, and also the appendix to Eorster's "Life of"
Goldsmith."
MANNERS, LADY CATHERINE REBECCA.— Review op Poetey, ancient
and modern, a poem, London, 1790 ; Poems with Poetrait, London, 1793,
8vo ; second edition, 1793, 4to ; London, 1794, 8vo.
Daughter of Thaddeus Gray, of Lehina, Co. Cork, and wife of Sir Wm.
Manners, Bart.
MANNERS, HENRY (?). — The Linnet and Goldfinch, a fable in verse,.
addressed to J. D. Latouche, Esq., London (reprinted Dublin, 1750, 8vo).
MANNING, AGNES M. — Born in Ireland, but spent some of her infancy in
England. From Ireland, to which she had returned, she was taken to
U.S.A., eventually settling in California, and is now principal of one of
the largest schools in San Francisco. She is a member of many of the
scientific and literary societies of that city. Her earliest signed contribu-
tions appeared in The Overland Monthly when Bret Harte was its editor.
She is represented in "A Chaplet of Verse by Californian Catholic
Writers," edited by Rev. D. O. Crowley and C. A. Doyle. She has con-
tributed to various Californian periodicals.
MANNING, PATRICK M. — A farmer, living at Riverstown, near Ardee, Co.
Louth, who wrote many poems on local political and social subjects for the
Dundalk Democrat, generally over the signature of " M. M. P." He was
the local laureate of the Home Rule movement in the Louth election of
1874. His verse is still remembered in his native district for its point and
humour.
MANNING, MRS. R.— In Mbmoeiam. Veey Rev. T. N. Burke. O.P., died
July 2, 1883, dedicated to his brethren of the order in Dublin, donmel
(Co. Tipperary), Chronicle office, 1883, 8vo.
This is a sixteen-page pamphlet in verse by a Clonmel lady.
MANNING, WILLIAM (?). — The Legend oe St. Christopher, verse, London,.
1883.
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MANNIX, MARY E.— An Irish-American poetess who contributed to the Irish
National Press in America. Born in New York in 1846, of Irish parentage,
her maiden name being Walsh.
MANT, RT. REY. RICHARD (Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore).— Thjb
SuN-DiAL OF Akmot, a poem in Latin and English, Dublin, 1847.
An Englishman, borii at Sovithampton, February 12, 1776, and died
November 2, 1848.
MANT, REY. WALTER BISHOP. — Christophkros, and other poems, Lon-
don, 1861, 8vo.
Son of the preceding writer, and born June 25, 1807 ; graduated at
Oxford, was ordained in 1831, became Archdeacon of Down^ 1834, and
died April 6, 1869.
" MARAUDER." — Two Epistles in Vbbsb on Irish Aitaies, London, 1825.
MARKHAM, ALEXANDER. — McDonald, or the Avenged Bride, a tale of
the Glens, in four cantos, with notes, Belfast, 1833, 8vo ; McDonaid, etc.,
with DuNLtroE, a poem, Belfast, 1875, 8vo.
Was sometime editor of Ulster Times, and lieutenant in the Antrim
Militia. Became coroner for Carrickfergus, and died about 1878.
KAQUAY, GEORGE PAUL. — The Royal Progress, an ode on the King's
journey and happy arrival in Ireland, Dublin, 1821, 8vo.
MARLAY, RT. REY. RICHARD (Bishop of Waterford) .— In the "Life of
Grattan, " by the latter's son, there are various references to Marlay (who
was uncle of the statesman) as a poet. See for example, vol. 1, p. 41. lii
"The Private Theatre of Kilkenny," 1826, will be found a prologue of
his, and in Jephson's " Epistle to J. E. Howard " he is described as a com-
bination of "the light poetaster and flimsy divine." He was born in
Dublin, and was the son of Chief Justice Marlay. Graduated B.A.,
T.C.D., 1749; M.A., 1752. Was rector of Lough Gilly, Armagh diocese,
1772; Dean of Ferns, 1769, and appointed Bishop of Clogher in 1787, and
of Waterford, 1796. Voted against the Union, and died at Celbridge on
July 1, 1802.
MARRYOTT, THOMAS, M.D.— The Sattric Mtjse, a poem, Belfast, 1771, 4to;
Sentimental Fables, designed chiefly for the use of the ladies, Belfast,
1771, Svo.
Presumably this is the Dr. " Marriott " referred to in Benn's " History
of Belfast." O'Keeffe mentions him in his "Recollections " as "a large,
well-looking man in black." He published another edition of "Fables"
in 1778 in Belfast (anonymously).
MARSHALL, META.— Poetical Fancies, by an Irish Girl, Dublin, 1910.
"MARSHALL, JOHN. — The Charmers, a poem humbly inscribed to the Honble.
Lady Gore (anonymous), Dublin, 1748, 4to.
MARTIN, HON. ALEXANDER.— A distinguished Irish-American, who be-
came successively a member of the State Senate (1779) and Governor of
North Carolina (1782 and 1789.) His father was James Martin, a native
of Co. Tyrone, who went to America in 1721. Alexander Martin was born
in New Jersey about 1740, and died in November, 1807, at Danbury,
Rockingham Co., North Carolina. Wheeler's "History of North Caro-
lina " speaks of some of his poems, which appeared in the North Carolina
University Magazine.
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MJ^RTIN, GEORGE. — Marguerite, or The Isle op Demons, and other poems,
Montreal, 1887.
Was at one time considered one of the leading poets of Canada. Born
near Kilrea, Co. Derry, in 1822, and was taken to Canada when only ten
years of age. Was first a medical student, then a photographer, and in
1852 went to Montreal. In 1886 he engaged in mercantile affairs in that
city, where he permanently settled. He wrote largely for the Canadian
Press, and is included in Dewart's " Selections from the Canadian Poets "
(1864).
MARTIN, JAMES. — Translations from Ancient Irish MSS., and other
poems, 1811, 8vo; Poems, sold by the author, Cavan, 1813, 12mo; Poems
ON Various Subjects, Cavan, 1816, 12mo ; second edition (including poems
addressed to him by Michael Leonard, Trim; James Murphy, Phill
O'Reilly, and Henry Ireland), Cavan, 1816, 16mo; Cottage Minstrelsy,
or poems on various subjects, Kells, 1824-31 ; second series, Kells, 1841 ;
A Poetical Letter addressed to the Independent Blbctors of the Co.
OE Meath, 1831, 8vo ; The Wounded Soldier, a tale of Waterloo, in verse,
and a Dialogue between a Totaller (sic) and the Bottle, second edition,
Kells, 1841, 12mo; The Medal and Glass, a poem (over pseudonym of
"Philip O'Connell"), Kells, 1841, 8vo; The Truth-Teller, or Poems on
Various Subjects, Kells, 1842, 8vo; Man's Final End, a poem on the Last
Judgment, from the Irish, 1823; Paddt the Politician, or The Tithe
Cant, a comedy dedicated to Mr. Patrick Lalor, Queen's Co., Carlow, n.d. ;
The Repealer, or The Bane and the Antbdote of Ireland, Cavan (?),
1844, 12mo; Reformation the Third, or The Apostate N — l — n [Nolan]
and the Pbrvmits of Athbot, a poem in four cantos (over pseudonym of
" Thady McBlab "), Dublin, 1838, 8vo; Death and the Poet, a dialogue,
Kells, n.d. ; A Dialogue between John Bull and Granu-Wailb. Kells (?),
1845, 8vo (86 pp.) ; Edmund and Marcella, in four cantos, Kells, 1849,
8vo; The Mass, etc., 1853; John and Mart, a modern Irish tale, etc..
Trim, 1855; The Dirge op Erin, translated from the Irish (over pseu-
donym of "Owen Clarke") — ; Imitation op Dean Swift, — ; Poem on
the Immaculate Conception. — ; Miscellaneous Verses, — ; The Irish
Bard, — ; Dialogue between an Irish Agent and his Tenant, — .
Born at Millbrook, near Oldcastle, Co. Meath, in 1783 ; died there in
1860. A frequent contributor to the Dublin almanacks, and is said to have
published a couple of dozen of his little volumes. In the preface to his
1818 volume he says he was never at school in his life. John McCall (q.v.)
wrote a very full account of him for the Irish EmeraM some years ago.
MARTIN, REY. JOHN HENRY.— Is represented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra "
by two poems. Sch. T.C.D., 1852; B.A., 1857; M.A., 1860. Was Rector
of Rasharkin, in the diocese of Down and Connor.
MARTIN, JOSEPH W. — The Landscape, etc., a poem, Belfast, 1855.
MARTIN, M. E.— A lady who wrote, over the initials " M. E'. M.," a good
many poems in the Dublin University Magazine and in the Irish Metro-
politan, Magazine (1867-8), and also published a little book, " Rathmore
and its Traditions," Trim, 1880.
MARTIN, ROBERT JASPER. — Days of the Land League, etc., verse (over
signature of "B. J. M."), 1882, 8vo; Days of the Land League, and
other poems (over initials only), 1884, 8vo; Bits op Blar^^et, stories and
poems, London, 1899, 8vo.
A well-known sporting journalist and song-writer of the day, whose
songs, "Killaloe," " Ballyhooley," etc., were at one time extremely
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popular. Wrote for The Sporting Times over signature of " Ballyhooley. "
Was a Galway man, and wrote many songs for Gaiety burlesques, etc.
Died September 13", 1905.
MARTIN, T .— L'Edropamanib, Do-ut-des, 1886 et 1887; Diagnose
KEMEDE, ET GUEEISON PAR UN MedECIN POLITIQUE, DE L'EcOLE " LoYALE "
d'Irlandb, etc., verse, Guernsey, 1886, 8vo.
The author describes himself as "of Connemara."
HARTLEY, JOHN. — Pbagments in verse and prose (posthumous), Dublin,
1883, 8vo.
One of the cleverest of the writers in Kottahos, and for a time assistant
editor of it. Born at 15 Haroourt Street, Dublin, on May 15, 1844, being
the third son of Henry Hartley, Q.C., afterwards a judge of the Landed
Estates Court, Ireland. Educated at Cheltenham College, St. Columba's
College, Rathfarnham (under Rev. John Gwynn, D.D.), and entered
T.C.D. in 1862, B.A., 1866. Called to Irish Bar in 1875, but did not
practise, as he got an appointment in Landed Estates Court. Married
in 1881 a Miss Frances Howorth, and died of consumption on August 25,
1882. He wrote for Froth, a Dublin periodical (1879), one of his poems
appearing over the signature of " Coelebs in search of a wife."
MARTLEY, ROBERT HENRY.— Elder brother of preceding, and also a con-
tributor to Kottahos. B.A., T.C.D. , 1863.
" MARY." — See Downing, Ellen, and St. John, Mary.
MASON, HENRY JOSEPH MONCK, LL.D.— The Lord's Day, a poem,
Dublin, 1829j 8vo.
Wrote one of the prologues in " The Private Theatre of Kilkenny " (1825,
4to). Sch. T.C.D., 1796; B.A., 1798; LL.B. and LL.D., 1817. Among his
works are a " Life of Bishop BedeU," a " Grammar of the Irish Language,' '
and an "Essay on the Antiquity and Constitution of Parliaments in
Ireland." He died in Co. Wicklow, April 14, 1858, aged 79.
MASON, ST. JOHN. — Olithona, a, poem humbly attempted from Ossian,
London, 1857.
An Irish barrister and a relative of Emmet, whose cause he defended
and in whose rebellion he was implicated. When the above poem was
published, he was a very old man.
MASSAREENE, YISCOUNT.— See under Skeffington.
MASTERSON, THOMAS P.— An Irish-American poet, born in Ireland. Has
contributed many poems to Boston Pilot, Celtic Monthly (N.Y.), and
Emerald (N.Y.), etc. Held a position in the Comptroller's Office, New
York, 1876.
MATHERS, THOMAS.— An Ulster poet, referred to in Robert Young's
" Poetical Works," 1863, as " The Bard of Castlewellan." Young (q.v.}
wrote an elegy on Mathers, who apparently died somewhere about 1860.
MATHEWS, REY. LEMUEL. — A Pandarique (sic) Elegie upon the Death
OP Jeremy [Taylor], late Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore,
Dublin, 1667, 4to.
MATTHEWS, GEORGE.— Fragments, selected from the papers of the late
" G. M., Esq." (printed for private circulation), Dublin, 1848, 8vo.
Of Springvale, Co. Down. Was lost in the wreck of the "Tweed" in
the Gulf of Mexico, February 12, 1847, being then only 29 years of age.
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MATURIN, REY. CHARLES ROBERT.— Bertram, or the Castle of St.
Aldobrand, a tragedy in five acts and in verse, London, 1816, 8vo (five
editions in same year) ; Manuel, a tragedy, London, 1817, 8vo ; Fredolfo,
a tragedy, London, 1819, 8vo ; The Universe, a poem, London, 1831, 8vo.
The last-mentioned work was not by him, although it bears his name.
It was by the Rev. James Wills, who allowed him to reap the profit of the
work. (See Notes and Queries, 6th Series, Vol. 3, and Bublin Penny
Journal, January 5, 1830, for statements to that efi:eot.) Maturin wrote
various stories which gained him much reputation, and which are now
mostly forgotten, " Mehnoth the Wanderer " being the only one still
reprinted. Byron and Scott were great admirers of his dramatic genius,
and the laiter meditated editing his works. Maturin was born in Dublin
in 1782, and was educated at T.O.D., where he graduated B.A., 1800.
Entered the Church, and was appointed to a curacy at Loughrea, and
afterwards to one in Dublin, where his income was small, and he wrote
his works with a view to adding to it. Some of his stories first appeared
over the name of " Dennis Jasper Murphy." Several of them were Irish
in subject, but these are entirely forgotten. "The Albigenses " and
" Melmoth " are said to be his best works, and yet their author was con-
sidered to be mad, so wild and strange are they in some respects. He
died in York Street, Dublin, on October SO, 1824. He is represented in
Hercules Ellis's " Songs of Ireland."
MATURIN, E. M. — ^Letters to a Friend, with Epitaph (verse?), Boundwood
(Co. Wicklow?), 1818, 12mo.
MATURIN, EDWARD.— Lyrics of Spain and Erin, Boston (U.S.A.), 1850,
12mo.
Son of above Rev. C. R. Maturin, and born in Dublin in 1812. Educated
partly at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1832. Went to U.S.A. with
letters of introduction from Thomas Moore and others, and became first a
barrister there, and then Professor of Greek in South Carolina College.
Married in Columbia, and went to New York afterwards, where he taught
Greek and Latin for over thirty years. Was one of the American revisers
of the Bible, 1850. Wrote several works, and died on May 28, 1881, at
New York.
MAUNSELL, REY. GEORGE EDMOND.— Poems, London, 1861.
Matriculated at Christ Church College, Oxford, December 11, 1834,
aged 18; B.A., 1838. Was Rector of Thorpe Malsor, North Hants, from
1841 till his death, October 29, 1875.
MAXWELL, JAMES. — The Transfer of the Crown, and other poems, Bel-
fast, 1887, 8vo; Hymns and Poems, Belfast, 1891, 8vo.
MAXWELL, SOMERSET RICHARD (8th Lord Parnham) .—Wrote various
hymns and poems. Some of them are in his "Atonement, the only
efficient exponent of God's Love to Man," 1866, and " The Wells of
Salvation," 1865. Was born in 1803, and died June 4, 1884.
MAXWELL, REY. WILLIAM HAMILTON.— The Hamilton Wedding, a,
humorous poem on the marriage of Lady Susan (anonymously), 1833, 8vo.
This well-known novelist wrote various poems, four of them being
given in Hercules Ellis's "Songs of Ireland" (1849). He was born at
Newry, Co. Down, in 1794, and died in Scotland on December 29, 1860.
Educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1812, and was ordained
about 1819. His novels are highly exciting at times, and very popular,
the best known being " Wild Sports of the West," " Hector O'Halloran,"
"Captain Blake," and " Stories of Waterloo."
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MAYNE, DANIEL HAYDN (?).— Poems and Fbagmbnts, Toronto, 1838.
MAYNE, THOMAS EKENHEAD.— Blackthohn Blossoms, Belfast, 1897,
8vo.
Was the son of a well-known bookseller of Belfast, and was rapidly grow-
ing in reputation when he died March 12, 1899, aged 32. A small volume
of his stories was published after his death.
MEAGHER, JAMES G.— A pretty frequent contributor of stories and poems
about twenty years ago to Nation, United Ireland, Irish Catholic, Catholic
Fireside, Shamrock, etc. Is a Waterford man, I believe, and was born
somewhere about 1856. He was in the Civil Service, and resided in
London.
MEAGHER, JOHN FRANCIS.— Songs for Campaignbes (edited by J. F. M.),
Dublin, 1889, 4to.
Born in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, on June 24, 1848, and educated
at St. Nicholas' Christian Brothers' Schools. Was imprisoned in 1866 on
charge of Feniauism. From 1869 to 1876 was on the stafiE of Irishman,
and wrote poems, stories and essays for that paper, and also for Shamrock,
Irish Fireside, Young Ireland, etc., sometimes over the signature of
" Slievenamon." There are six poems of his in above-mentioned volume.
Was the author of a small history of Carrick, which he proposed to enlarge
and republish.
MEAGHER, PATRICK J.— Zedechias, a Hebrew Tale, and other poems, Cork,
1827.
A native of Bantry, born in 1810, and a contributor to Bolster's Maga-
zine and other Cork periodicals. Became a special correspondent in France
and Spain of The Times, and joined the volunteer army organised in 1835
for the support of the Infanta of Spain. Was a Captain and Paymaster
of the force, and a Knight of San Fernando and a Knight of San Carlos.
In 18S7 he married Mdlle. Adelaide de Brumont, of Bayoune, and went
to London at the end of the Carlist Rebellion, and wrote for various
papers on Spanish subjects. Later, he became Madrid correspondent of
The Times, and in 1856 was transferred to Paris. In 1869 he was super-
annuated, and in 1880 he died at Bayonne. He called himself O'Meagher
in his last years. See J. C. 0 'Meagher's book, " The O'Meaghers of
Ikerrin." See for poems of his and references. Bolster's Magazine for
1827, and Dublin and London Magazine for same year, page 637. He is
referred to in the " Life of J. T. Delane," the famous Times editor.
MEAGHER, THOMAS FRANCIS.— Born of wealthy parents in Waterford,
on August 3, 1823, and entered the national movement of 1848, becoming
its leading oraixDr. After his transportation to Australia for treason-
felony, and his subsequent escape, he went to America and rose to a high
position in the army there during the Civil War. He was drowned in the
Missouri on July 1, 1867. His speeches were published in 1853, and a
" Life," which was written by Gen. W. F. Lyons, came out in 1870. He
wrote a good deal for the Press at different periods of his life, and several
of his poems have found their way into anthologies, such as Connolly's,
Varian's, etc. He is said to have written poems while in Australia,
which appeared in the Sydney Freeman's Journal. In America he wrote
for Harper's Magazine over pseudonym of " Cornelius O'Keeffe." In the
Irish Monthly a few years ago there was an article on him, which quotes
some of his verse. A full biography of Meagher was published in
Worcester (Mass.), by his friend, Michael Cavanagh, in 1892. Three of
his poems are to be found in "Echoes from Parnassus," Cork, 1849, a
collection of pieces republished from the Cork Southern Reporter'.
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MEANY, STEPHEN JOSEPH.— Shreds of Fancy, poems, Ennis, 1841, 8vo;
Shells fbom the Shannon, — (printed in America).
Born at New Hall, near Ennis, Co. Glare, in December, 1825, and became
a journalist in early life, being connected with. The Glare Journal. Joined
the staff of the Freeman's Journal, and wrote for several Dublin papers
over signatures of " Abelard " and "Werner." In 1847 (according to
John Savage) he started The Irish National Magazine, but it did not last
long. He wrote for Irish Tribune of 1848. In this year he was arrested
and imprisoned for eight or nine months; then became connected with
English journalism, and wrote for Liverpool Daily Post for several years,
and was first President of the Press Association of Liverpool. Went to
U.S.A. about 1860, and edited and owned The Commercial, of Toledo,
Ohio. Returned to England again, and was arrested in 1867 on a charge
of Fenianism, and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. He died in
New York, February 8, 1888. He is said to have written loyal and ultra-
British songs, such as "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue," and
in 1856 published " Songs of Progress," with music by Henry Russell.
He wrote also a novel called " The Terry Alt, a Tale of 1831," three
volumes, 1841. He had edited Limerick and Clare Examiner, and Drogheda
Argus. John Rutherford, in his " History of Fenianism," quotes a violent
attack upon him from, the Ulster Observer of A. J. McKenna (g.r.), and
says Meany was connected with Northern Whig. After leaving Daily
Post he started the first Catholic paper of England outside London — The
Lancashire Free Press. J. A. 0' Shea wrote a life of Meany for the
Irishman, which was reprinted in Dublin in 1869 (12mo, 108 pp.).
HEARS, AMELIA GARLAND. — Idylls, Legends and Lyrics, London,
1890, 8vo; Sketches op Life, tales of West Hartlepool (prose?), ^.
Also "The Story of a Trust, and other Tales," London, 1893, which
contains a biographical notice of her. Daughter of John Garland (q.v.), a
schoolmaster, and was born at Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, but was taken
to England in early life,. She married a West Hartlepool merchant in 1864.
MEEHAN, ALEXANDER S.— Lays of Modern Derby (Derry.?), 1848, 8vo.
A contributor to The Nation, who is represented in Hayes' " Ballads of
Ireland," and other collections. He was a Derry man and a barrister,
and became Recorder of Derry. He was not related to the succeeding
writer. He died from the effects of an accident at Omagh while on circuit.
Was " Astroea " (Derry) of Nation, November 5, 1852, and " The Spirit of
the Nation."
MEEHAN, REY. CHARLES PATRICK.— Born in Dublin, but probably of
Leitrim family, on July 12, 1812, and died there on March 13, 1890. I
have seen a statement that his father came from Ballymahon, Co. Long-
ford. A distinguished historical writer, and author of many valuable
works, such as "The Fate and Fortunes of Hugh O'Neill," etc. (1868);
" The Rise and FaU of the Irish Franciscan Monasteries " (1869), " The
Confederation of Kilkenny" (1860); "The Geraldines," translated by
C. P. M. (1847), etc. Edited and collected some of Mangan's fugitive
writings, and was one of that poet's most intimate friends. He wrote
verse for The Nation soon after it was started, his first piece,
" Boyhood's Years," appearing in it on November 5, 1842, with the pseu-
donym of " Clericus." He published various translations over this
signature, also in The Nation, but some of his pieces were signed
" D. M'L.," and one " C. P. M." He wrote for Duffy's Fireside Maga-
zine over signatures of "Sister Mary" and "Father Charles."
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MEEHAN, PATRICK. — A relative of the above priest, and a native of
Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, born in 1866. Educated in St. John's
Seminary, Sligo. He contributed some poems to the local papers, and
in 1885 went as paymaster on the U.8.S. " Marion," with which he
travelled to China, etc. In Shanghai he published an account of his
travels, which was very successful. He now resides in the United States,
and contributes verse and prose to several American journals.
MEEHAN, THOMAS. — A Clare poet and teacher of mathematics at Ennis.
See John Lloyd's " Short Tour in Clare " (Ennis, 1780), and O'Looney's
"Collection of Poems by the Clare Poets" for verse by him. He was
doubtless the "T. M." who addressed the poem to Patrick O'Kelly, which
is given in the latter's " Killarney " (1791).
MEEK, MATTHEW.— See Ramsay, Richard.
MEIKLE, WILLIAM.— Don Rodemck, a Spanish tale, in verse, Dublin, 1868.
MEILAN, REY. MARK ANTHONY (?).— Northumbeeland, a tragedy in five
acts and in verse, London, 1771, 8vd ; The Advbntuhes of Telemachus,
an epic poem from the French of Eenelon, with alterations, in heroic
couplets, 2 vols., London, 1776; second edition, 1792-4; The Dbamatic
Works of M. A. M., London, 1780, 8vo; Sermons for Children, with
Hymns, 3 vols., London, 1789, 12mo.
Wrote other works, chiefly religious in subject. Possibly of Irish origin,
born about 1743, and died somewhere about 1816.
MERCER, COL. EDWARD SMYTH.— Mount Carmbl, a poem, London, 1866,
8vo; The Mercer Chronicle, in verse (by " An Irish Shannachy "), Lon-
don, 1866, 8vo.
The last-named work is a rhymed history of the Mercer family, with
learned notes attached. He was the son of Col. E. S. Mercer (who died
December 24, 1847, and is buried in Lisburn Cathedral), and was prob-
ably a native of Co. Down, like his father.
MEREDYTH, REY. FRANCIS.— Arca, a repertory of original poems, sacred
and secular, London, 1875, 8vo ; Zarah, a romaunt of modern life, London,
1879; The Trial by Fire, libretto of a cantata, composed by Stanislaus
Elliott, Limerick, 1884, 8vo ; .33olia, libretto of a cantata, Limerick, ,
8vo; Victoria, a Jubilee poem (1887?).
A distinguished Irish clergyman, sometime Precentor of Limerick Cathe-
dral. Born at Killester, Co. Dublin, about 1824. B.A., T.C.D., 1844;
M.A., 1854. Contributed to Kottahos, Church of England Journal, and
to Major De Renzy's " Poetical Illustrations of the Achievements of
Wellington." Wrote "In Base Durance; or. Reminiscences of a Prison
Chaplain," and is represented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra," and by five
poems in W. J. Paul's " Modern Irish Poets." Died in July, 1905.
MEYLER, WALTER THOMAS. — Reminiscences of a Transatlantic
Traveller, 1835, 12mo ; Triples in Poesy (over initials of " W. T. M."),
Dublin, 1840, 12mo ; The Tribune, prose and verse, Dublin, 1868, 8vo ;
Ballads, Odes, Stanzas, and Lyrics of the Great American War (1861-
1865), Dublin, 1868, 8vo.
A somewhat eccentric individual, judging by his rambling book of recol-
lections, " St. Catherine's Bells," published in two volumes in the seven-
ties. It contains, however, a good deal of information about the Dublin
of the past.
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MICHAEL OF KILDARE. — A monk of this name wrote a collection of .poems
in Latin and English about the fourteenth century. He was a mendicant
friar. He is mentioned in Croker's "Popular Songs of Ireland" (1839),
where his "Entrenchment of Eoss " is given, translated hy Letitia E..
Landon. An article on him will be found in Ulster Jov/rnal of Archaology.
In the "Bonner Beitrage zur Anglistik," 1904, W. Heuser has a mono-
graph on " Die Kildare Gedichte."
MICHELBURNE, COLONEL JOHN.— Ikbland Pbeseeved, or The Siege ov
LoNDONDEEEY, a tragi-comedy, 1705, fol. ; 1707, 8vo; Dublin, 1738-9, 8vo;
Belfast, 1744, 8vo (" by a gentleman in Derry "), etc., etc.
This writer was one of the governors of Derry during the siege, and
was of English descent. He died near Derry on October 1, 1721, aged
75, and was buried at Clondermot, where a monument has been erected
to his memory and that of the other defenders of Derry.
" MILES."— The Royal Barb4cks, i^ poem, Dublin, 1869, 8vo.
MILLIGAN, ALICE L.— Heeo-Lays, Dublin, 1908.
Miss Milligan, who was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, wrote many poems
for United Ireland, the Shan Van Vocht (an admirable little paper
founded by her and " Ethna Carbery," afterwards Mrs. MacManus, in
Belfast), and other periodicals over the pseudonym of "Iris Olkyrn. "
Her early ballads showed great strength and vigour, but less art than
the fine poems, which are included in "New Songs," edited by "M "
(George Russell, q.v.), in 1904, and those in her " Hero-Lays." She
is the daughter of Mr. Seaton E. Milligan, of Belfast, a noted Irish
antiquary, and was educated at the Methodist College of Belfast
and King's College, London. She has written various songs, set to
mUsic by her sister, Mrs. Milligan Fox, several plays, includ-
ing " The Feast of the Fianna," played by the Irish National Theatre
at the outset of the Irish dramatic revival, and a political novel entitled
"A Royal Democrat." She collaborated with her father in "Glimpses
of Erin," published in 1888. She has written largely for Sinn Fein and
United Irishman.
MILLIGAN, ERNEST.— Up-Bye Baliads, Belfast, 1907, sq. 16mo (over pseu-
donym of " Will Carew ").
Many of the above were published over the author's name in Northern
Whig, of Belfast. He is a brother of Miss Alice Milligan.
MILLIGAN, JAMES (?). — Thk Hills and Vales of Cleveland, and other
poems, London, 1868.
MILLIGAN, SOPHIA. — Oeiginal Poems, with translations from the Scandin-
avian and other poets, liondon, 1856, 8vo.
MILLIKEN, EDWARD J. — Chilue Chappie's Pilgeimagb, inverse (reprinted
from Punch), London, 1886, 16mo ; Romps all the Year Round, verse,
(illustrated by Harry Furniss), London, 1886, 4to.
Died August 26, 1897. For many years a member of the staff of Punch
in which appeared his celebrated " 'Arry " poems.
MILLIKEN, RICHARD ALFRED. — The Riveesidb, a poem in three cantos,
Cork, 1807, 4to; Macha, a tragedy, — ; Daeby in Aems, dramatic
piece, — ; Dermid, a poem, — ; The Gebaldine, a ballad, — ; Poetical
Fragments op the Late R.A.M., with portrait and an authentic memoir
of his life, London 1823, 8vo.
This popular writer also wrote " Anaconda," and " Dongourney in
Egypt," two dramatic pieces, and "The Slave of Surinam," a prose
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story published in Cork in 1810. He wrote some famous pieces, such as
"The Groves of Blarney," and " De Groves of de Pool," which are
not in his posthumous volume. In " Harmonica " (Cork, 1818), there are
over a dozen poems of his, several of which are not in his volume either.
He was born at Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, on September 8, 1767, and was
educated at the Rev. James Reed's School at Middleton. He became an
attorney, and his first artistic leanings were towards painting, some
specimens of his work gaining him a good local reputation. He was also
a musician of some skill, but finally devoted himself to literature. In April,
1797, he started, in conjunction with his sister, authoress of some novels, a
periodical in Cork entitled The Casket or Hesperian Magazine, but it
only ran till February, 1798, when he joined the Royal Cork Volunteers
and actively assisted in putting down the rebellion. In 1816, twenty-two
of his pictures were exhibited in Cork. On December 16, 1815, he died,
and was buried at Douglas, Co. Cork. Among the subscribers to the
volume of 1823, were Maginn, Henry Bennett, John Toleken, and Henry
Kirchhoffer (q.v.)-
MILLINGEN, JOHN GIDEON, M.D.— Love in Limbo, a farce (not
published), London, 1815; The Illusteioxjs Stkanger, a farce (in con-
junction with James Kenney) ; Ladies at Home, or Gentlemen, We Can
Do Without You, a female interlude in one act; Who'll Lend Me a
Wife? a farce in two acts; The Beehive, a musical farce, 1811, 8vo ;
Borrowed Feathers, a farce; The Miser's Daughter, a drama in two
acts, London, 1855, 12mo.
Born in Westminster, September 8, 1782, and died in 1862. Implies
in his writings that he was Irish in some way, though his father was of
Dutch extraction. A contributfOr to Bentley's Miscellany. Wrtote
various works, including "Stories of Torres Vedras," 1839;
"Adventures of an Irish Gentleman," 1830; "History of Duelling,"
2 vols., 1841; "Recollections of Republican France," 1848; " Sketches of
Ancient and Modern Boulogne," 1816; "Curiosities of Medical
Experience," 2 vols., 1837; "Jack Hornet, or the March of Intellect,"
3 vols., 1845.
MILLS, FRANCIS. — Judith and other Poems, London, 1859, 8vo.
MILLS, REY. THOMAS. — ^Htmns and Songs (some of which have been set
to music) ; The Giant in his Causeway, verse, Dublin, 1896, 8vo. -
Born near Granard, Co. Longford, in January, 1825, and died in
Dublin, on January 27, 1900. Graduated in T.O.D. in 1852, and some
time after ordination became Rector of St. Jude's, Dublin, where he
remained for forty-three years. A memorial window to his memory is
placed in St. Jude's. He wrote verse for the Nation at one time — one
of the pieces being called "The Exile's Farewell."
MILNE, PRANCES MARGARET.— For To-Day, poems, Boston, 1894, 16mo;
A Cottage Gray, and other poems, Buffalo, 1895, 18mo; Our Little
Roman, verses of childhood, 1902.
Daughter of Isaac W. Tener, of Tattykeel, Co. Tyrone, and born June
30, 1846. Went to U.S.A. in 1849 with her parents, who first settled in
Pennsylvania, but in 1869 removed to California, where she has been
librarian of the Free Public Library of San Luis, Obispo, since 1899. She
was educated in Pennsylvania, and began to write for the papers in early
life. Her poems appeared in the San Francisco Star and many other
Pacific Coast papers. She is known as a strong supporter of and writer
upon the single tax movement. In the Cincinnati Christian Standard a
great deal of her writing has been published, frequently over the signa-
ture of " Margaret Prances."
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MINAHAN, DANIEL L. — A frequent contributor of poems for many years to
The Limerick Reporter and other papers. He also gained prizes for
poems in The Weekly Freeman about 1880-2. He was a teacher in
Limerick, where he was born, and died some years ago, aged about 70.
He usually signed his poems with his initials.
MINCHIN, GEORGE MINCHIN.— Naturae Vebitas (Stellar Visits); The
Revelation feom; Allebaean, verse, London, 1887, 8vo.
Author of various scientific works, and F.R.S.
MITCHELL, JOHN P. — ^A popular song-writer and composer who died in St.
Vincent's Hospital (Dublin?) about 1891. He wrote " Gilhooly's
supper party " and many other songs which had a vogue in the London
variety theatree. H© was an Irishman and wrote chiefly for Irish
comedians.
MITCHELL, SUSAN L. — Aids id the Immortality oe certain Persons in
Ireland, charitably administered by S. L. M., Dublin, 190B; The Living
Chalice, poems, Dublin, 1909, 12mo.
A Sligo lady connected with the Irish Komesteadi. Some of her pieces
are in "New Songs," edited by " M," Dublin, 1904.
" MOFFETT, WILLIAM."— Hespbbi-neso-Graphia, or a description of the
Western Isle, Dublin, 1724; 1725; The History of Ibeland in verse, or a
description of the Western Isle (over initials of " J.K."), Dublin, 1750,
8vo; Thei Irish Htjdibras, etc., London, 1755, 8vo; Dublin, 1791, 8vo;
Hespeei-neso-Graphia, etc. (over the initials " W.M."), Monaghan, 1814,
16mo.
There are other editions and reprints of above^ which is the same work
under different titles. One of them is signed " J. Keenan." Moffett,
the alleged author, was a schoolmaster, and his name is only given on 1724
and 1725 editions. The real auihor of these satires was almost certainly
Walter Jones {q.v.).
" MOI-MEME."— Poems oe the Past, Dublin, 1890, 8vo; new edition, 1911.
This is said to be Sister Mary Coveney, an Irish nun, who has written
verse over the same pseudonym in Cork Examiner.
MOLESWORTH, ROBERT (YISCOUNT) .— This Irish nobleman, who was
born in Dublin in 1656, and died on May 23, 1725, was a verse-writer.
See Horace Walpole's "Noble Authors," Ritson's "English Songs," vol.
1, and Gentleman' s Magazine, for August, 1740. He was a notable poli-
tician and publicist. He edited his daughter's poems in 1716. See under
Monk, Hon. Mary.
MOLLOY, CHARLES. — The Perplexed Couple, a comedy, 1715, 12mo ; The
Coquet, a oomedy, 1718, 8vo ; The Hale-Pay Officer, farce, 1720, 12mo ;
Songs, Duets, Choruses, &c., in Wives in Plenty, or The More the
Mebriee, a comedy, London (1793?), 8vo.
Born at Birr, King's Co., and married a lady of fortune. Was a
barrister, and ediixjr of a couple of journals in London, and died on July
16, 1767. He is not to be confused with another writer of the same name,
who was born in King's Co. in 1646, and died in 1690.
MOLLOY, JOSEPH FITZGERALD.— Songs of Passion and Pain (over
pseudonym of " Ernest Wilding "), London, 1881, 8vo.
A well-known novelist and miscellaneous writer. Born at New Ross,
Co. Wexford, in 1859. Left Ireland when he was twenty years old, and
acted as private secretary for a time to S. C. Hall and Sir C. G. Duffy.
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Was in the London office of the Agent-General for New Zealand for four
years. Among his works may be mentioned " Famous Plays " (1886),
" Royalty Restored " (2 vols., 1885), " Court Life Below Stairs " (4 vols.,
1882-3), "The Life and Adventures of Edmund Kean " (2 vols., 1888),
"The Life and Adventures of Peg Woffington " (2 vols., 1884), "The
Romance of the Irish Stage" (2 vols., 1897), " The Most Gorgeous Lady
Blessington" (2 vols., 1897), "The Life of Laurence Sterne," etc., etc.
Died March 19, 1908.
MOLLOY, JAMES LYNAM.— One of the most popular Irish composers and
song-writers of recent times. His "Kerry Dance," " Thady O'Flynn,"
"Darby and Joan," "Just a Song at Twilight," and "Bantry Bay,"
have had, or have, great vogue. He was the son of Dr. K. J. Molloy, of
Oornolare, King's County, and was born there August 19, 1837. Educated
at Catholic University, Dublin, London University, and at Paris and
Bonn. He was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple, London, in 1872,
but did not practice. He wrote the words of a large number of songs,
and in 1879 published a work entitled " Our Autumn Holiday on French
Rivers." Died in February, 1907.
MOLONEY, PATRICK, M.D. — A physician of Melbourne, Victoria, who has
written a good deal of verse for Australian magazines, especially The
Australasian, over the signature of " Australis." He is represented in
Douglas Sladen's "Australian Poets."
MOLONY, HENRY. — The Magic Mirror and other Poems, Glasgow and
London, 1874.
There ^are many Irish poems in this bulky volume. An article on his
work appeared in T.P.'s Weekly, October 10, 1909. "Was a Clare man.
MONAGHAN, JAMES. — Was born near Delvin, Co. Westmeath in June,
1862. Wrote a good deal of vers^ from 1882 onwards. Went to New
Jersey, U.S.A., in 1887, and was employed in the Central Railway there.
Author of various poems which will be found in Young Ireland, Weekl'^
Neivs (Dublin), etc., about thirty years ago. One of them is given in
"Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
MONAGHAN, R. — Ireland Delivered from Bondage, or the Conversion of
the Nation from Gentilism by St. Patrick, th« Apostle, Patron and
Primate of Ireland, given in heroic verse, with notes, Omagh, 1824, 8vo.
MONCK, MARY C. F.— See Munster, Mary C. F.
" MONCKTON."— A writer using this signature and that of " Moncton,"
contributed Irish poems to The Dublin Magazine and General Bepository
(1820), and to The Literary Register (London, 1823).
MONCKTON, HON. CHARLOTTE.— Lines written on several occasions,
1806 (privately printed), oblong, 12mo.
The third daughter of the fourth Viscount Galway, and died on April
26, 1806. Her volume was published posthumously.
MONK, HON. MARY. — Marinda, poems and translations, etc., by M.M.
(edited by Viscount Moleswoijth), London, 1716, 8vo.
Daughter of Lord Molesworth {q.v.), and born in Dublin in or about
1677. She married George Monk, Esq., and died at Bath in 1715, aged
thirty-eight. She was something of a scholar, and some of her pieces are in
" Poems by Eminent Ladies," 1755. Her name is sometimes written
Monck.
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MONSELL, REY. JOHN SAMUEL BEWLEY, LL.D.— Hymns and Miscel-
laneous Poems, Dublin, 1837, 12mo ; Parish Musings, in verse, London,
1850, 12mo ; Parish Musings, enlarged, London, 185 — ; seventh edition,
1863, 12mo; Verses on a Cross, London, 1854; 24mo; Daughter op
Christian England (a poem on Florence Nightingale's Mission), London,
1854, 12mo ; Spiritual Songs, London, 1857, 8vo ; second edition, London,
1859, 8vo; His Presence not His Memory, 1855; poems, third edition,
London, 1860, 8vo; Hymns of Love and Praise, etc., London, 1863, 8vo;
second edition, London, 1866, 8vo ; No Sect on Earth, etc., verse, London,
1864, 32mo; The Passing Bell and other poems, second edition, London,
1869, 16mo ; Nursery Carols, London, 1873, 8vo ; The Parish Hymnal,
(edited by J. S. B. M.), London, 1873, 16mo; Simon the Cyrenian, and
other poems, London, 1876, 16mo ; Near. Home at Last, verse, London,
1876, 16mo. Other editions of most of these.
Was the son of the Eev. T. B. Monsell, Archdeacon of Derry, and was
born in Derry on March 2, 1811. B.A., T.C.D., 1832; LL.B., and LL.D.,
1856. Wrote a number of prose works, and died at Guildford, of which
he was Rector, on April 9, 1875. There are eight of his pieces in " Lyra
Hibernia Sacra."
" MONTGOMERIE, ROBERT."— The Rose of Rostrevor, a poem, London,
1855, 8vo.
Written by Robert M. Alloway {q.v.).
MONTGOMERY, ELIZA.— The Fallhead Trophy, poems, Belfast, 1874.
The preface is addressed from Ballymena, but the authoress seems to
have been familiar with E'nniskillen.
MONTGOMERY, MRS. A. Y.— The Rose and the Fire, poems, London, 1908 ;
Angels and Symbols, poems, London, 1911.
MONTGOMERY, REY. G.— The Legend of St. Patrice, in verse, Wednes-
bury, 1869, 8vo.
MONTGOMERY, HENRY R.— Specimens of the Early Native Poetry of
Ireland, translated by different authors (edited by H.R.M.), Dublin,
• 1846, 16mo ; new edition, Dublin, 1892, 8vo.
This author did not write verse, I believe, but his volume must be
mentioned here. He wrote other works, such as a " Life " of Thomas
Moore, etc., and died about 1900.
MONTGOMERY, JAMES. — The Wanderer of Switzerland and other poems,
London, 1806, 8vo (other editions'! ; Poems on The Abolition of the
Slave Trade (by J.M. and others), London, 1809, 4to ; The World before
the Flood, in ten cantos, and other poems, London, 1813, 8vo (other
editions) ; The West Indies and other poems, third edition, London,
1814, 8vo (later editions); Abdallah and Labat, a poem,, 1821, 8vo;
Songs of Zion, being imitations of the Psalms, 1822, 8vo ; The Christian
Psalmist, selected and original poems (edited by J.M.). 1825, 8vo ; The
Christian Poet, selected and original poems (edited by J.M.). 1827. 8vo;
The Pelican Island and other poems, second edition, London. 1828, 12mo ;
Hymns for the Opening of Christ Church, Newahk-on-Trent, 1837,
London, 1837, 8vo ; A Hymn For The Wesleyan Centenary, 1839, London,
1839. 12mo; A Poet's Portfolio, or Minor Poems, in three books,
London. 1835, 12mo ; The Poetical Works of J.M. collected by himself,
4 vols., London, 1841, 8vo; Our Saviour's Miracles, six original sketches
in verse (printed on tinted paper), Bristol, 1840, 16mo ; Original Hymns,
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etc., London, 1853, 12mo ; Sacked Poems and Hymns, etc.. New York,
1854, 12mo.
His works have been collected and reprinted many times, and his life
has been written by several persons. He published other works; such as
" Prose by a Poet " (1824), " Lectures on Poetry, etc." (1833). Though
born at Irvine, Ayrshire (on 4th of November, 1771), Montgomery should
be mentioned here, as his parents came from Antrim, and his father, one
of the Moravian preachers, had gone to Scotland as such, just before
the birth of the poet, who received his earliest education from a rural
schoolmaster in Co. Antrim, whither his parents returned while James
was still an infant. As the poet pleasantly remarked, he " had a
narrow escape of being an Irishman." He was taken to England while
very young, and, after his parents' death, he became a clerk in the office
of The Sheffield Begister. He wrote for the paper, too, and when it
ceased publication, founded The Sheffield Iris, the first number of which
appeared on July 4, 1794. In the following year he was arrested and
imprisoned for three months and fined for seditious libel. In 1796 he
also received six months' imprisonment and was fined for a similov
offence. He was always an advanced thinker, and lover of freedom. He
wrote numerous articles and poems, and published a good many works on
different subjects, and was exceedingly popular. In 1825 he sold The
Iris, and in 1835 he was granted a Civil List pension of £150 a year. He
died on April 30, 1854, and was accorded a public funeral in Sheffield.
MONTGOMERY, JOHN WILSON.— Rhymes Ulidian {Becorder Office),
Downpatrick, 1877; EiKESiDE Lyrics {Becorder Office), Downpatrick,
1887.
A zealous antiquary of Co. Down, and clerk to the Board of Guardians,
Downpatrick, which post he held for more than twenty years. He con-
tributed very frequently to The Doxcn Recorder, etc., generally on local
antiquities, and is a member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, Ireland.
He was born at Billis, Virginia, Co. Cavan, his father being a farmer.
He was originally in the police force, I believe, and wrote a book under
an assumed name on his experiences of it. This was published by Messrs.
Cameron and Ferguson, of Glasgow. Died at Bangor, Co. Down, on
June 4, 1911, aged 76. In 1850 he was appointed master of the workhouse
at Bailieborough, in his native county. He is referred to as " Sweet
Bard of Bailieborough" in David Herbison's "Children of the Year,"
where there is a poem addressed to him, and also one by him. His
daughter, Mrs. A. A. Needham, is the well-known composer.
MOONEY, E. M. — Miscellaneous Prose and Verse, Melbourne (Victoria),
1870.
MOONEY, JOSEPH J. — A Miscellany of Verse, London, 1911.
MOONEY, ROBERT GERALD.— The Vision of Constantine and oteeb
Poems (over his initials), Dublin, 1828.
Sch. T.C.D., 1823; B.A., 1825; M.A., 1832.
MOONEY, THOMAS. — Author of an enormous history of Ireland, which
contains a great deal of curious matter, including some poetry of Ms
own, and he seems to have composed music as well as to have written
verse. He was famous as a virulent opponent of English rule in Ireland,
and some of his incendiary articles, signed "Transatlantic," were often
quoted in Irish political trials.
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MOORE, AUGUSTUS MARTIN.— Son of the late George Henry Moore (q.v.),
and born in Co. Mayo in the fifties. Was a well-known London journalist
and has written a great deal for society papers. He was editor of a now
defunct weekly paper called The Hawh, and wrote much verse at various
times, some of it appearing in The Irish Monthly for 1878. In 1885 he
edited a Christmas Annual entitled " Walnuts and Wine." Died in
London, December 27, 1910.
MOORE, D. D. ( ?) . — The Hour of Retribtition and other Poems, London,
1837, 12mo; The Devoted One, a tragedy, and other poems, London,
1839, 8vo.
MOORE, EDWARD. — Solomon, a serenata, dramatic piece, 1742, 8vo ; Fables
EOR THE Female Sex, verse, 1744, 8vo ; Fables, etc. (in conjunction with
Henry Brooke), 1746, 8vo ; The Trial oe Selim the Persian, verse (anony-
mously), 1748, 4to ; The Foundling, a comedy, 1748, 8vo (many editions) ;
Gil Blas, a comedy, 1751, 8vo ; The Gamester, a tragedy, 1753, 8vo
(many editions); New Fables Invented eor the Amusement of "£oung
Ladies (anonymously), 1754, 12mo ; An Ode on the Death of Mr. Pelham
(anonymously), 1754, fol. ; Poems, Fables and Plays, London, 1756, 4to;
Dramatic Works, etc., London, 1788-84, 8vo (with an account of the
author's life) ; Poetical Works (collected and printed many times).
His works are in various collections of English poetry, edited by Dr.
Johnson, Chalmers, etc., etc., and some of his productions, especially the
fables and his famous play, " The Gamester " (which still holds the stage),
have been translated into various languages. He was the brother of
Mrs. Frances Brooke {g.-v.), and was, I believe, of Irish parentage. His
father was a dissenting minister, and he was born at Abingdon, in Berk-
shire, in 1712. Was first a linendraper, but devoting himself to literature,
became editor of The World, a periodical in the style of Steele's Tatler
and Spectator. He died on February 25, 1757.
MOORE, FRANCIS FRANKFORT.— Flying from a Shadow, a work of
wanderings, in verse, London, 1872, 8vo; Dawn, verse, — ; The Queen's
Room, a play in one act and in verse, 1891; The Mayflower, a play in
four acts and in verse (not published), 1892; Oliver Goldsmith, a one-act
play, 1892 (produced in Dublin, July, 1892, and not published).
Born in Limerick, May 15, 1854, being the son of Mr. John Moore, of
High St., Belfast, and was educated at the Royal Academical Institution.
Was connected with The Belfast News-Letter for some years, and has
written ' other plays and many popular novels. A good many poems by
him appeared in Belgravia, London Society, Graphic, etc. Mr. Moore
is one of the leading novelists of the time, and one of the most prolific.
In his earlier days he wrote some political satires, such as '' Larry
O'Lannigan, J. P., his Rise and Fall," and "The Diary of an Irish
Cabinet Minister." His " Queen's Room " was performed with success
at Opera Comique Theatre, London. He was the first playwright to
present a copy of his work to the audience on its first production.
MOORE, GEORGE. — Montbard, or The Buccaneer, a tragedy, London, 1804,
8vo.
Also wrote " Observations on the Union, etc." (which contains some
verse), Dublin, 1799, 8vo. A George Moore published "The Minstrel's
Tale and other poems," London, 1826, 8vo, who may have been the same
writer, and possibly both were identical with the George Moore who was
admitted to Gray's Inn, November, 1798, and was the fifth son of John
Moore, of Summerhill, Dublin.
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MOORE, GEORGE.— Flowers of Passion, poems, London, 1878, 4to; Pagan
Poems, London,, 1881, 8vo.
One of the most talked-of literary men of the time, best known as a
novelist. He has written much dramatic and art criticism, the latter
being chiefly done for The Speaker. He is the son of the late George
Henry Moore {q.v.), and was born in Co. Mayo in 1852. His books have
been condemned and praised by various schools of thought, and some of
the earlier writings read like poor translations of Zola, but with "Esther
Waters " his reputation as a writer has steadily risen. Some years ago
he settled in Dublin for a time, intending to take part in the Irish literary
revival, but after ten years of residence he came to the conclusion that
his presence was not welcomed. His books, "The Lake," "Evelyn
Irones," " Sister Teresa," and " Memories of my Dead Life," were con-
ceived and written in Dublin, and their literary style is certainly superior
to that of his earlier works.
MOORE, GEORGE HENRY.— Father of preceding and of Augustus M.
Moore, and was born in Co. Mayo in 1811, being the son of George Moore,
of Moore Hallj in that county. Was educated partly at Oscott College,
Birmingham, where he stayed eight years, and at Cambridge, which he
entered in 1827, but where he does not seem to have graduated. He was
one of the editors of The Oscotian (1828-29), and for it wrote various
poems over the signatures of " G. Moore," " G.H.M.," and " M." To
The Dublin and London Maqazine (1825-27) he also contributed poems,
generally over his initials. His verse was thought very highly of by
several of his contemporaries. He married in 1851 Miss Blake, of Ballinaf ad,
Co. ]\Iayo ; entered Parliament in 1847 as M.P. for Mayo, and was
unseated in 1857 on petition. He was re-elected in December, 1868. He
was largely concerned in the land movements of his time, was highly
popular with most of his countrymen, and respected by everybody. He
died in April, 1870.
MOORE, GERARD. — Published in Mexico in 1725 a Latin elegiac poem in
hexameter verse on the death of Queen Maria Aloysa Gabriela, Princess
of Spain and Consort of Philip the V. of Spain. The author is described
on the title-page as " Gerardus Morus, Diugliensis Hibernus" — Gerard
Moore or More of Dingle, Co. Kerry. He appears to have been a
Licentiate of Law of Paris University, and to have held high legal
appointments in Mexico, under the Duke de Linares, Spanish Viceroy.
MOORE, JANE ELIZABETH.— Genuine Memoirs of J. E. M., written by
herself, to which is prefixed a poetical index, three vols., London, 1785
(?), 12mo; Miscellaneous Poems on Various Subjects, Dublin, 1796, 8vo.
This lady is referred to in Moore's "Life and Correspondence," as
boring him with her poems, which she read to him. There is one of her
poems in The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine for August, 1795. She
was apparently English, and only resided in Ireland for a few years.
MOORE, REY. JOHN, D.D.— A contributor of verse to TSs Oscotian (of
which he was one of the editors), Dublin and London Magazine, Catholic
Miscellany and other Catholic magazines in the twenties. Became Presi-
dent of Oscott College, and possibly Irish, though born in Wolverhampton,
1807. He entered Oscott College in 1821. He died June 21, 1856. Used
the signatures of "Jonas Brandy," "The Hermit in Oscott," " Pleon,"
" Romeo," etc. Is referred to in Carlyle's " Recollections of my Tour in
Ireland " (edited by Froude), page 132.
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MOORE, JOHN SHERIDAN. — Spring Songs, Lyrics, and Australian
Melodies, Sydney, 1865; Moss-Rose-Rose-Lea vbs, Lauiiceston, 1880.
Represented in Douglas Sltfden's "Australian Poets," and has been a
frequent contributor to the Sydney Press. Wrote several other works
and edited one or two periodicals. Was probably a, native of Trim, Co.
Meath.
MOORE, SAMUEL. — A native of Ballymena, Cki. Antrim, who settled in
Queiiec, and died there towards the close of 1889. He published a volume
of poems in Montreal some years ago. Is mentioned in Peter Magennis's
volume of Poems.
MOORE, THOMAS. — The Odes of Anacreon, translated into English verse,
with notes, London, 1800, 4to (many editions) ; The Poetical Works as
THE Late Thomas Little, Esq., London, 1801, 8vo; third edition (with
initials of " T.M."), 1803, 8vo (more than twenty editions of the work
before 1833) ; The Gipsy Prince, a musical piece (not printed), 1801 ;
Epistles, Odes, and other poems, London, 1806, 4to (often reprinted) ;
Corruption and Intolerance, two poems, with notes, addressed to an
Englishman by an Irishman, London, 1808, '8vo (anonymously) ; The
Sceptic, a philosophical satire (anonymously), London, 1809, 8vo; M.P.,
or The Blub Stocking, a comic opera, London, 1811, 8vo ; Intercepted
Letters, or Twopenny Post Bag, etc. (by " Thomas Brown the younger "),
London, 1812, 8vo (14 editions sold in a year) ; Irish Melodies, with sym-
phonies and accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson, Mus.Doc, and char-
acteristic words, Dublin, 1808, et seq; 1 to 5, 1813, fol. ; 6 to 9, words only,
1822, 8vo; illustrated by Maclise, 1845; countless other editions; National
Melodies, 1815 (often reprinted) ; A Series op Sacred Songs, Duets and
Trios, words by T. M., music composed and selected by Sir J. Stevenson and
T.M., 1816; A Selection oe National Airs, with symphonies and accom-
paniments by H. E. Bishop, words by T. M., 1816 (?); Lalla Rookh, an
Oriental romance (containing The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, Para-
dise AND THE Peri, The Eire- Worshippers, and The Light oe the
Hahem), London, 1817, 4to — numerous editions; The Fudge Family in
Paris (edited by " Thomas Brown the younger," author of The Twopknny
Post Bag), London, 1818, 8vo ; Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress, with
a preface, notes, and an appendix, by "One of the Fancy," verse, Lon-
don, 1819, 12mo ; Trifles reprinted, verse ; Fables for the Holy
Alliance, Rhymes on the Road (by "Thomas Brown the younger");
London, 1823, 8vo; The Loves of the Angels, a poem, Loudon, 1823,
8vo (other editions) ; Miscellaneous Poems, by members of the Poco-
curante Society ; Evenings in Greece, poems with music, London, 1825 ( ?),
fol. ; Odes Upon Cash, Corn, Catholics, and Other Matters (anony-
mously), London, 1828, 12mo ; Legendary Ballads, with music, London,
1830 (?), fol. (?); The Summer Fete, a poem, London, 1831, fol.; The
Fudges in England, being a sequel to The Fudge Family in Paris, Lon-
don, 1835, 8vo; The Epicurean, a tale (in prose), with Aloiphron, a poem,
illustrated by J. M. W. Turner, London, 1839, 8vo; Poetical Works
(edited by himself), 10" vols., London, 1840-41, 8vo; Songs, Ballads, and
Sacred Songs, London, 1849, 8vo ; One Hundred and Thirty op Moore's
Songs and Irish Melodies, London, 1859, 16mo ; Favourite Poems of
Moore, Boston, Mass. (U.S.A.), 1877, 16mo.
It is almost superfluous to give an account of Moore's life here, so
familiar are its chief incidents. Still, a short summary may not be out
of place. He was the son of a grocer, was born in Aungier St., Dublin, on
May 28, 1779, and was educated by Samuel Whyte (q.v.), the teacher of
Sheridan, and one of Moore's earliest pieces was addressed to him. It
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appeared in The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, in 1795,
and was afterwards reprinted among Whyte's poems. It called forth a
poem by a lady, who in addressing Whyte, said ;
"While every plant a genius shows
Beneath whose forming hand it rose.
Your pupil Moore delights me more
Than ever schoolboy did before ;
The votive lay to you consigned
Has force with classic ease combined."
This poem is also in Whyte's volume. Moore's earliest poems appeared in
Anthologia Eihernica (1792-1795). He entered T.C.D., and graduated
B.A. in 1799. In the same year he left Dublin, and studied law for a
while at the Middle Temple, meantime publishing some of his first works.
It was his "Irish Melodies" (the first number of which Mr. Andrew
Gibson, of Belfast, an acknowledged authority, has proved was not pub-
lished till 1808 — not 1807) that placed him among the leading poets of his
time, and on account of their being practically the first attempt to preserve
and popularise the ancient Irish airs, by providing them with suitable
words, Moore has been given a position at the head of Irish poets which
many consider hardly his due. Dr. Shelton Mackenzie calculated the
remuneration he received for the 124 " Melodies," as averaging £121 per
song, or £6 per line. In 1805 Moore went to America; in 1811 he was
married to Miss Bessie Dyke at St. Martin 's-in-the-fields, London; in 1832
he was asked to stand as M.P. for Limerick ; in 1836 was granted a civil
list pension of £300, and on February 25, 1852, died at Sloperton Cottage,
near Devizes. He was buried at Bromham, not far oflE. His life was
mostly one long round of calls on the nobility. His character was unim-
peachable and his popularity remarkable, and he was constantly being
feted in great houses. His chief poetical works were reprinted number-
less times, and have been frequently translated into foreign languages —
in France by Madame Tastu, Louise Belloc, T. Gautier, V. Wilder, J.
Ostrowski, H. Jousselin, etc. ; in Italy by I. Supiuo, G. Flechia, A. Maffei,
A. Messedaglia, and 6. Camisani; in Germany by A. Hiurichsen, De La
Motte Fouque, G. C. Dieffenbach, F. Oelckers, J. Rodenberg, Wollheim,
etc. ; and in other countries by C. Nyblom, W. Maleokiej, A. Bypinski,
J. Van Lennep, L. Arnell, E. Lemboke, and so on. The best books written on
Moore are the " Study," by Gustave Vallait, a French writer, and the mono-
graph by Stephen Gwynn, among his other biographers being Lord John
EusseU (8 vols., 1853-6), H. R. Montgomery, James Burke, J. P. Gunning,
A. J. Symington, William Howitt, etc. Besides his poetry, Moore wrote
"The Life of R. B. Sheridan " (1825), " Memoirs of Captain Rock " (1824),
"The Life of Lord Byron" (1830), "The Life of Lord Edward Fitz-
gerald " (1831), " Travels of an Irish Gentleman in search of a religion "
(1833), and a " History of Ireland " (1839-46). He also began a " Life of
Sydney Smith," but did not complete it, and in 1830 was announced in
Dublin Monthly Magazine as preparing a " Life of Petrarch ' ' for
Lardner's "Cyclopedia." There have been three "Moore Birth-day
Books" (1877, 1879, and 1891). For other references to Moore, see
Jordan's " Autobiography " (vol. 4, p. 91), and a valuable little brochure
by Andrew Gibson, of Belfast, on the first editions of the poet. In 1879
the poet's centenary was kept in Dublin, when a small catalogue of Moore
relics was compiled and printed by Thomas Sexton, afterwards M.P.
MOORE, WILLIAM GARDEN (?).— A Dream of Life, or Attgushts akd
Geealdine, a poem in five parts, London, 1837, 12mo ; Poetic Effusions,
183—, 12mo.
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MORAN, EDWARD RALEIGH. — Eaklt Thoughts, a collection of original
poems, with a ievr translations, Limerick, 1823, 8vo.
This volume was dedicated to Thomas Moore. Moran was a friend
of Thomas Davis's, and was born in Co. Limerick. He was a prominent
journalist in London, and for years sub-editor of The Globe, and was
connected with The Traveller. He died suddenly in Old Kent Road,
London, on October 6, 1852. There are some large scrap books in the
British Museum full of matter concerning Tom Moore, and collected by
Moran.
MORAN, F. J. — A contributor of poems, to which he signed his name, to th&
Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature, 1842-3. I have
not seen his signature elsewhere. See N., M. R.
MORAN, JOHN. — A contributor of verse to Boston Pilot, Lippincott's Maga-
zine, and other American periodicals. He edited the large and authentic
collection of the " Poems of Rev. A. J. Ryan" (q.v.).
MORAN, MICHAEL. — A celebrated character in Dublin, known as " Zozimus,"
who used to recite in the Dublin streets. He was a beggar, but had, it is
said, a certain talent in verse composition, and some of his alleged recita-
tions have found much popular favour, such as his " Whiskey and Water,"
and his "Birth of Moses." He was born in Dublin in or about 1794, of
very poor parents. He became blind when two weeks old. His chief
recitation was the " St. Mary and Zozimus " of Bishop Coyle (q.v.). He
died on April 3, 1846, at his lodgings, 15 Patrick Street, Dublin, and was
buried in Olasnevin. His burial certificate gives his age as 43. See the
"Memoir of the Great Original Zozimus," by Gulielmus Dublinensis
Humoriensis, 34 pp., Dublin, 1871, published by Joseph Tully, who is said
to have been the author of the little booklet.
MORGAN, McNAMARA. — Philociea, a tragedy in five acts and in verse,
London, 1754, 8vo ; Dublin, 1754, l^mo ; The Sheep-Sheaeing, or, Flobizel
AND Peedita, a pastoral comedy taken from Shakespeare's " Tempest,"
1767, 12mo.
An Irish barrister who died in 1762.
MORGAN, MICHAEL. — ^Kilgobbin CASitE, or The Gold-Findees, a poem,.
JJublin, 1824, 8vo.
MORGAN, SYDNEY (LADY).— Poems, Dublin, 1801, 8vo; Twelve Oeioinal
Hibernian Melodies with English words, 1805, fol. ; Lays op an Irish
Habp, or Metrical Fragments, London, 1807, 8vo ; New York, 1808, 8vo ;
The First Attempt, or The Whim oe the Moment, a comic opera (with
music by Thomas S. Cooke), London, 1807, fol. ; Verses to Marianne
Howard, etc., 1818.
This well-known authoress was the daughter of Robert Owenson, an Irish
actor and singer, and was born about 1778 in Dublin, or probably at sea as
has been suggested. All the above-mentioned works, except the last, were
published over her name of Owenson. She successfully resisted all
attempts, even after becoming famous, to discover her exact age, and even
W. J. Fitzpatrick, who has written a somewhat unsatisfactory biography
of her, does not give any positive date. But it must have been before 1780.
She was governess to a Miss Featherston Haugh, of Bracklyn, Co. West-
meath, when she wrote her " Wild Irish Girl." (See Skeffington Gibbon's
"Recollections," pp. 142-4). In 1812 she married Sir T. C. Morgan, M.D.,
and during her long life published a large number of works, including
" O'Donnell," "Florence McCarthy," and other novels, besides books on
France, Italy, etc. She was very diminutive in person, like Crofton Croker,.
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Samuel Lover, and Thomas Moore. Her death took place at 11 William
St., Lowndes Square, London, S.W., on April 13, 1859, and she was buried
in Brompton Cemetery, where a monument was erected to her memory,
which has been since despoiled of some of its ornament. She was in
receipt of a Civil List pension of ^£300 at the time of her death. The
song of " Savourueen Deelish," so often attributed to her, was not hers,
but was written by George Colman, the dramatist, and it will be found in
his piece, "The Surrender of Calais." Over the signature " S. 0." she
wrote a reply to J. W. Croker's " Familiar Epistles," 1804.
MORIARTY, ELLEN A.— A contributor of verse to C. G. Halpine's Citizen
over signatures of "Lucy EUice " and "Evangeline." Was of Irish
parentage, but probably born in England.
MORIARTY, REY. PATRICK EUGENE, D.D.— An Irish-American priest,
born in Dublin on July 4, 1804, and died in State of Philadelphia on
July 10, 1875. Wrote poems in Catholic periodicals in U.S.A., over signa-
tures of " Ermite " and " Hierophilos." Became an Augustinian, and
left Dublin for missionary work in India in 1835. In 1839 he went to
America.
MORRELL, JOHN.— The Life of Man, a poem in four stanzas, Belfast, 1882,
16mo.
By "stanzas ' the author evidently meant "parts," for it is in four
parts, and has thirty-five stanzas. Morell is a Donegal man, and a, civil
engineer, and lived for a long time at Duntocher, Scotland.
MORRES, HENRY. — Lines on the Eecoveky of His Excellency, Eabl
Whitwokth, Dublin, 1817, 8vo.
MORRES, HERYEY REDMOND (2nd Yisoount Mountmcrres) .— The Pko-
DIGAL, a comedy (anonymously), 1794, 8vo.
Born about 1746, and was educated at Oxford. Took a prominent part
in Irish aflfairs, and wrote some valuable works relating to Ireland, and is
evidently the poet referred to several times by John O'Keeffe (" Recollec-
tions," vol. 2, p. 289, for example) as "Lord M ." Was unmarried,
and shot himself in Loudon on April 18, 1797.
MORRIS, CAPTAIN CHARLES.— A Collection of Songs by Captain M. Part
1 and 2, London, 1786, 8vo ; The Songs of Captain M., thirteenth edition,
with additions, and a portrait, London, 1793, 8vo ; Lyra Uebanica, or the
Social Effusions of Captain C. M., 2 vols., London, 1840, 12mo.
This famous song-writer, who died at Brookham Lodge, Dorking, on
July 11, 1838, aged 93, has been claimed as an Irishman, possibly on
slender grounds. There are references to him in Moore's ""Life
and Correspondence" (Vol. I., page 8, etc.), and in "Private
Theatre of Kilkenny" (1825, 4to). There is an Irish song by
him, entitled, "The Red Nightcap," in seven verses, in "Paddy's
Resource." In The Northern Star for September 29, 1794, the song is
given in twenty-five verses, with the following note : — " The following
most excellent song by the celebrated Captain Morris, an Irishman, was
published in London on Monday last." Capt. Morris had a brother,
Thomas, also a captain (1732-1806?) who wrote songs, and contemporary
with both was another Capt. Morris, of some convivial repute who was
doubtless Irish. '
MORRIS, JOHN.— Poems on Various Subjects, etc., MonaEhan 1822 12mo
Of Rockcorry. & > ,
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MORRISON, FIELDING.— Prize Poem of T.C.D. on the Coronation of H.M.
King Gboegb IV., Dublin, 1821, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1821; M.A., 1825.
MORRISON, HANNAH.— Poems on Various Subjects, Newry, 1817.
In The Newry Magazine (2 vols., 1815-16), there is a poem taken from
th.e then forthcoming volume of her poems.
MORRISON, HANS. — Poems, with a memoir of his life, by R. Morrison, Lon-
don, 1870, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on April 20, 1842, and educated primarily in England.
Entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1858; B.A., 1862; M.A., 1868.
Entered Middle Temple, London, in 1861. Died on August 5, 1869. Was
a distinguished member of the College Historical Society, where he was
noted as a speaker. See Irish Times, August 17, and September 19, 1869,
for references to him.
MORRISON, JOHN, M.D. — 'Esjhk, an historical tragedy in five acts, and in
verse (MS. notes in British Museum copy). Dublin, 1834, 8vo.
MORRISON, JOHN.— Forest Flowers, poems. Belfast (7), 1830.
Lived at Carnmoney, Co. Antrim.
MORRISON, ROBERT.— Poems, Belfast, 1846.
MORRISON, SAMUEL. — Curraghmoeb, the seat of the Marquis of Water-
ford, with other poems, Waterford, 1826, 12mo ; British Genius, » vision,
with other poems, Manchester, 1846, 12mo.
Was a bookbinder in Cathedral Square, Waterford.
MORRISON, WILLIAM HENRY.— Born in Enniskillen on September 21,
1834. Contributed a number of poems to Fermanagh papers, such as The
Impartial Beporter, Fermanagh Times, and Ennishillen Advertiser, which
his daughter (living in Dungannon) proposed to collect and publish in
due course. He was clerk of the Enniskillen Union for more than 27 years,
and was largely identified with many local movements of a religious and
philanthropic character. He was highly esteemed by his fellow-townsmen.
His death took place in Dungannon, after a long and painful illness, on
November 8, 1889, and he was buried at Rosorry, Enniskillen.
MORSE, REV. EDWARD. — Thoughts in Rhyme on the Hope op Resurrec-
tion, AND THE Bishopric op Jerusalem, Dublin, 1842, 8vo; Lucy, ob
Scenes on Lough Neagh, and other poems, Dublin, 185S, 8vo; Self, a
satire in five cantos. London, 1858, 4to.
B.A., T.C.D. , 1841. Was curate of Castledermot, Co. Kildare, in 1858.
MORTON, JAMES.— Ireland, a poem, Dublin, 1846, 8vo.
A customs ofiicer in Nova Scotia when above was published.
MOSSE, T.— The poems published by " T. M." (q.v.) are generally attributed
to a writer of this name.
MOWATT, JAMES ALEXANDER.— Temperance Glee Book, a collection of
songs, 1875.
Born at Manorhamilton^ Co. Leitrim, about 1834, and was a newspaper
reporter for some years, acting for the Cork Daily Beporter, Belfast News,
and Irish Times, of Dublin. He became. a temperance lecturer, and
travelled over Ireland in that capacity, and in 1872 went to U.S.A., where
he continued his lectures. He took up the editorship of The Common-
wealth, of Newhaven, and wrote stories for several papers, including the
Boston Pilot. Some of the songs in his " Temperance Glee Book " have
been reprinted.
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MOYNAN, LEWIS.— Under which Guide, a satirical poem. Manchester,
18&3, 8vo.
MUIR, MARION.— An Irish-American poetess of this name is represented in
Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets," by four poems, aijd
also in Eliot Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic Poets." Born in
Chicago of Irish parentage, her father, the Hon. W. T. Muir, being a
prominent figure in the State of Colorado. She wrote much verse for
Boston Pilot. She married some years ago a gentleman named Richardson.
MULCAHY, DENIS DOTHLING, M.D.— Born near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary,
in or about 1833, and was the son of a farmer. He became sub-editor of
The Irish People, to which he contributed occasionally. He wrote various
poems in the Irish and American papers, and lectured in English towns
on the national question. He was sentenced to ten years penal servitude
in 1866 for Eenianism. After his release, he went to America, and prac-
tised in New Jersey, U.S.A., and was preparing a dictionary of Irish
Biography for some years before his death, which took place about 1904.
MULCHINOCK, WILLIAM PEMBROKE.— Ballads and Songs of W. P. M.,
New York, 1851, 12mo.
Bom in Tralee, Co. Kerry, about March, 1820 (was baptised on March
5 of that year). In his early years he was a poetical contributor to the
Cork Southern Reporter, in whose "Echoes from Parnassus," published
from its columns in 1849, he is represented by six poems. Contributed to
The Nation for several years over signatures of " W. P. M.," " M.," and
" Heremon?' He went to U.S.A. in 1849. but returned in 1855. He con-
tributed to The Literary American, The Knicherhocker (New York), The
Boston Weekly Museum, and The Model Courier (Philadelphia). He was
literary editor of The Irish Advocate, which was started in America in
1850, with P. J. Smyth as political editor. His volume was dedicated to
Longfellow. He died in September, 1864. O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song
of Ireland ' ' makes the curious statement that he died at the age of 25.
MULGAN, MASON, LL.D. — Tentamina Pauca Latina Caemina Rbddbndi
Abies (translations into Latin from Shelley, Gray, Croly, etc.), Armagh,
1845.
Was second master of the Royal School of Armagh. Sch. T.C.D., 1825;
B.A., 1828; LL.B. and LL.D., 1840. His name is given as Mulligan, in
Todd's List.
MULHOLLAND, J. J. — ^Wanderings by the Abbey, and other poems, Belfast,
183'6.
Contributed poems to Belfast News Letter.
MULHOLLAND, ROSA.— See under Gilbert, Lady.
MULLALY, MARY. — Born in Belfast, and emigrated to America. Has
written a good many poems for the Irish-American papers, and is included
in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
MULLANY, PATRICK FRANCIS.— Well-known -in America as "Brother
Azarias," his pen-name. Born in Co. Tipperary in 1847, and died at
Plattsburgh, New York, August 20, 1893. He was the author of several
works, and wrote largely for the American Catholic Press. He is repre-
sented as a poet in Eliot Ryder's " Household Library of Catholic Poets,"
J. O'Kane Murray's "Prose and Poetry of Ireland," "Irish Literature"
(10 vols., Philadelphia, 1904), etc.
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MULLEN, BESSIE.— PoBTKT by Bessie Muephy (Mrs. Mullen), with:
preface by John Denvir, Liverpool, 1885.
Born of Irish parentage at Birkenhead in 1857, and did not visit Ireland
till 1872, or thereabouts. Her father seems to have come from TuUy-
donnell. She married a Mr. Patrick Mullen in 1878, and died on December
17, 1880, aged 23. Her poems appeared chiefly in Nation, Weekly News,
and one or two other Dublin papers.
MULLEN, LYLE. — The Lands op the Moon, and other poems, Dublin, 1907.
MULLEN, REY. MICHAEL. — An Irish priest and poet, author of the well-
known poem on " The Celtic Tongue," which appeared in Nation of
August 5, 1854, over signature of " OUamh Fodhla," and is in several
collections. Born at Kilmore, Co. Galway, in 1S33, went to U.S.A. in
1864, and died at Chicago on April 23, 1869. Wrote in Duffy's Fireside
Magazine over signature of " M. C." His name is sometimes spelt
Mulling, and probably that was his real name, but the above is as generally
given. He was a professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy in one of
the Catholic seminaries of Troy, New York. He Wrote for the Ave Maria,
Catholic World, etc., and edited the Young Catholic Guide of Chicago.
MULLIGAN, HUGH. — ^Poems, chiefly on slavery and oppression, London,
1788, 4to.
Was a friend of Wm. Hoscoe, and one of the first to denounce the slave
trade. See Liverpool Daily Post for July, 1891.
MULLIN, JAMES, M.D. — Genius, a poem, Cookstown, — ; Llandafp, a poem,
Cardiff, 1889 (?) (both anonymously).
Born in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, in 1846, his mother being an O'Hagan.
His father was a labourer, who gave him the best education he could afford.
He was finally able to enter Queen's College, Galway, where he graduated
B.A., 1874; M.D., 1880; M.Ch. and M.A., 1881. During his stay in
'Galway he wrote largely in verse for Galvxiy Express, and many
of his early poems appeared in The Irishman, Shamroch, Irish
People, and Flag of Ireland. He settled in Cardiff, Wales, in
1883, as a physician, and when the Eisteddfod offered £10 for
the best poem on a national subject he entered the competition and won
the prize with his poem of " Llandaff." He has risen by his own exertions
from the position of a herd to that of a successful physician.
MULOCK, DINAH MARIA.— Poems, 1869 ; Thirty Yeaes, poems, 1880.
Daughter of Thomas Mulock, and born at Stoke-on-Trent, April 20,
1826, and went to London about 1846. Became in 1864 the wife of Pro-
fessor George Lillie Craik, the well-known critic. She was a very popular
novelist, her most famous novel being " John Halifax, Gentleman." Died
near Bromley, Kent, October 12, 1887.
MULOCK, THOMAS.— Born in 1746 in King's Co., and died March 20, 1827.
Was a writer of verse, for specimens of which see Sir Edmund Bewley's
book on " The Family of Mulock."
HULOCE, THOMAS. — He was a descendant of the above Thomas Mulock, and
was born in Dublin in 1789. Thomas Moore refers to him in his " Diary "
as a poet and lecturer (see vol. 2, p. 188), where he is referred to as "a
pedantic young Irishman, . . . who, having tried literature and place-
hunting without success, became a merchant in Liverpool, and by natural
process a bankrupt." He matriculated at Oxford, and was private
secretary to George Canning for a time. He wrote various pam-
phlets, and was a frequent contributor to the Press. Moore, who refers to
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him several times (see pp. 166, 169, 178, vol. 3, of his " Diary ") refers to
him as lecturing in Paris, in 1820, on English poetry, and mentions that he
had a high opinion of himself. He died in Stafford, August 11, 1869.
His daughter was Dinah Mulock, afterwards Mrs. Craik, the well-known
novelist (q.v.).
MULYANEY, REY. THOMAS.— Born at LisdufE, Co. Cavan, in 1849, and
educated at its National school ; at an academy in Virginia, Co. Cavan,
and at Cavan College. He afterwards went to Canada, studied for the
priesthood, and was ordained at Montreal in 1870. He became a professor
at St. Francis' College, Brooklyn, New York, and wrote various poems in
the American papers. He died in New York on January 10, 1892.
MULYANY, REY. CHARLES PELHAM.— Lyeics of History and of Life,
Toronto, 1880, 8vo.
Mulvany was born in Dublin on May 20, 1835, and was sent to
T.C.D. at an early age, graduating B.A., 1856. He began to write verse
early in the fifties, several appearing in The Nation over the signature of
" C. P. M., Sch." He also contributed verse to Irish Metropolitan Magt>
zine (1857-8), and about the same time was editing The College Magazine.
He became first a surgeon in the English navy, and afterwards took orders
in the Church of England. In 1872 he went to Canada. He wrote a great •
many poems for Kottahos (T.C.D.), and was considered one of its leading
poets. He published a "History of Brant," Ontario (1883), "Toronto,
Past and Present " (1884), " History of the North- West Rebellion of 1885 "
(1886), and was preparing a " History of Canadian Liberalism " at the
time of his death, which took place on May 31, 1885.
MULYANY, ELIZA.— Thoughts in Veese, etc., London, 1878, 8vo.
MUNCE, JAMES. — Poems, Glasgow, second edition, enlarged, 1881, 8vo.
Born at Carrickmannon, near Saintfield, Co. Down, early in the 19th
century. Was the son of a Presbyterian farmer, and went to Glasgow
while a young man. Several of his poems deal with the district of the
Ards, Co. Down. On the title of above book he is called " author of ' The
Three Kirks."-
MUNKITTRICK, RICHARD KENDALL^— Farming, 1891 ; The Moon Prince
AND OTHER NABOBS, 1893 ; The Aceobatic Musb, 1897 ; The Slambangaeee,
1898.
Born in Manchester, of Irish parentage, on March 5, 1863. Is a journa-
list of New York, and has written much verse for American papers. Was
on the staff of Puch from 1880 to 1889, and editor of Judge from 1901 to
1905. He is represented in several collections of American humorous
verse, and is also in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
MUNSTER, MARY C. F.— Waifs and Strays, London and Belfast, 1879, 8vo.
Wrote two excellent poems for the Burns Centenary, both of which are
in Finlay and Anderson's collections of the centenary pieces (Glasgow,
1859). Her maiden name was Monck, and it was over that name many of
her poems were contributed to Vuhlin University Magazine (1855-58, in
which she also used the signature of " Tiny "), AU the Year Bound, Bent-
ley's Miscellany , Household Words, Chambers' Journal, and Colburn's New
Monthly Magazine. She was the eldest daughter of Richard Monck, of
Banagher, King's County, and was born there about 1835. Married
Alfred M. Munster, Danish Consul for Ireland, in 1858, and resided at
Holywood, near Belfast, till her death on January 16, 1892. She is repre-
• sented in Jennings's " Readings from Irish Authors," is in Connolly's
collection also, where her name is given as " A. D. Munster," and in Hayes'
" Ballads of Ireland " as " Tiny."
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MURDOCE, JOHN. — Joy Houes, or Poems, Essays, and Ltbics, 1885, 8vo.
Was a telegraph clerk of Portarlington, Queen's County, and a con-
tributor of poems to Young Ireland, Weekly Irish Times, etc.
MURPHY, ANNA, — ^A Short Account or a few op the most Rbmabkablb
Tbbbs and Plants, to which are added miscellaneous poems, London, 1808,
8vo.
MURPHY, ARTHUR.— The Orphan of China, tragedy, 1759, 8vo ; The Desert
Island, dramatic poem, 1760, 8vo ; A Poetical Epistle to Samuel John-
son, A.M., London, 1760, 8vo ; An Ode to the Naiads of the Fleet Ditch,
London, 1761, 4to ; The Examiner, a satire in verse (originally called The
Expostulation, but altered on the title-page), 1761, 4to ; A Letter from a
Ex. Hon. Person, etc., a political Satire, in verse, A Letter, etc. (verse),
to the anonymous writer of The Monitor, London, 1761 ; Zenobia, tragedy,
1768 ; The Grecian Daughter, tragedy, 1772, 8vo ; Alzuma, tragedy, 1773,
8vo; Works of A. M., 7 vols., London, 1786, 8vo; The Rival Sisters,
tragedy, 1786 ; Seventeen Hundred and Ninety-One, a poem in imitation
of Juvenal, 1791, 4to; The Game of Chess, a poem from the Latin of
Vida, 1791 ; another edition, Amsterdam, 1876, 12mo ; Arminuis, tragedy,
1798, 8vo ; The Bees, a poem from the 14th Book of Vaniere's Proedium
Rusticum, 1799, 8vo.
He also wrote lives of Dr. Johnson, Fielding, and Garriok, translated
Tacitus and Sallust, and produced numerous prologues and epilogues.
It is his comedies and farces, however, that will preserve his name, for some
of them are excellent, such as "The Apprentice" (1756), "The Uphol-
sterer" (1758), "The Way to Keep Him" (1760), "All in the Wrong"
(1761), "Three Weeks after Marriage" (1776), and "Know Your Own
Mind " (1778). He was the brother of James Murphy, mentioned farther
on, and was born at Clooniquin, Co. Roscommon, 1727. His mother was
one of the Frenches of that county, and his father was a Dublin merchant,
who died while the future dramatist was an infant. He was educated at
St. Omer College, where he remained about six years, entering it about
1740. He then became a clerk, first in Cork and then in London, but gave
up business for journalism, starting in 1752 The Gray's Inn Journal, which
ran till 1764. Went on the stage after its decease, and succeeded fairly
well. Studied law, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1762.
He edited two other papers called The Test and The Auditor, and became a
leading figure of the literary world, his intimacy with Dr. Johnson being
one of the features of his career. Several of his works have been trans-
lated into foreign languages. He was appointed a commissioner of
bankruptcy in 1798, and died at Knightsbridge, London, on June 18,
MURPHY, ARTHUR C— Author of various birth-day odes to George III.,
which did not, apparently, obtain him any important preferment. He was
a barrister, holdine an ofiicial appointment in Senegambia in Africa, and
died on May 4, 1817.
MURPHY, BESSIE.— See Mrs. B. Mullen.
MURPHY, C. D. — ^A young poet of this name was a frequent contributor
to Cork Southern Beporter previous to 1849, in which year a selection of
verse from that paper was published in Cork under the title of " Echoes
from Parnassus." Twenty-two of his poems are in this collection. Murphy
was a friend and fellow-student of T. F. Meagher (q.v.), and died of typhus
on June 2, 1849.
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MURPHY, CORNELIUS T.— Poems, Detroit (Michigan), 1890.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, of Irish parentage, in 1834, and was long
resident in Chicago. He is the author of several successful dramas,
entitled "Ivy Leaf," "The Fairies' Well," and "Killarney."
MURPHY, DENIS. — An Ode to Her Majesty on heb Accession to the
Throne, Dublin, 1837, 8vo.
Late of the Lay College, Maynooth.
MURPHY, FITZGERALD.— Born in 1869 at Caherciveen, Co. Kerry, and is
an Irish speaker. Was educated by the Christian Brothers, and in 1881
went to U.S.A. Meeting John Boyle O'Reilly, the latter employed him f.s a
printer's devil on the Pilot. He afterwards contributed many poems to
the paper. About 1889 he became a reporter on the New York Morning
Journal, and afterwards an actor. Later, he was on the reporting staff of
the New York World, and was for a, time secretary ix) Richard Mansfield,
the actor. He has written u, number of Irish plays, which have been quite
successful in the States.
MURPHY, FRANCIS STACK.— A well-known lawyer and wit, and contributor
to Eraser's Magazine. Born in Cork in 1807, being the son of Jeremiah
Murphy, a rich Cork merchant, whose brother was the then R.C. Bishop
of the city. He was a cousin of Jeremiah Daniel Murphy {c[.v.), and
was partly educated at Clongowes Wood (Jesuit) College, and T.C.D.,
where he graduated B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832. He studied law, and was
called to the English Bar in 1833, and from 1837 to 1853 represented Cork
in Parliament. He became Serjeant-at-Law and a Commissioner of
Bankruptcy, and died on June 17, 1860. His powers as a, wit were well-
known, and for anecdotes about him the " Reminiscences " of Serjeants
Robinson, Ballantine, etc. , should be consulted, as well as Sir C. 6. Duffy's
'"League of North and South." He collaborated to some extent with
"Father Prout " (Rev. F. S. Mahony), and is considered to be the author
of the Greek version of " The Groves of Blarney," that of " Wreath the
Bowl," the Latin rendering of " Hohenlinden , " and the greater part of
"Father Prout's Carousel" — all which are in the famous " Reliques " of
Mahony. He was known as "Frank Cresswell," of Furnival's Inn (of
which he was a member).
MURPHY, REY. GEORGE MOLLETT.— Anti-Alcohol, a warning voice to
drunkards from a prison, a poem, London, 1852, 12mo ; Popular Melo-
dies AND Hymns for Temperance, Band oe Hope, and Social Meetings,
Loudon, 1870, 16mo; second edition, London, 1872, 16mo.
Born in Chelsea, London, of Irish parents, September 9, 1823. Enlisted
as a soldier when only fifteen, and on leaving the army became a force in
the temperance movement. His eloquence and evangelical fervour soon
gained him popularity, and he entered the church as a dissenting minister.
Hfe died July 17, 1887. His "Life" was published in 1888.
MURPHY, MRS. H.— Wrote a good deal of verse in Boston Pilot in the sixties
over the name of " Eveleen Stanley," and afterwards over her proper
name. Lived at Elizabeth City, N.C., U.S.A.
MURPHY, HENRY. — The Conquest oe Quebec, an epic poem in eight books,
Dublin, 1790, 8vo; Ethicks, poems. Book 1, Dublin (?) — ; Book 2 (dedi-
ca,ted to Rt. Hon. David Latouche), — 8vo; Book 3 (dedicated to Rev.
Walter Blake Kirwan) — 8vo ; A Complete System oe PobticaIi Ethicks,
verse, in several books, Dublin, 1792, 8vo.
Was blind from the age of five. Was brother-in-law of Abraham New-
land, a well-known Dublin merchant.
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MURPHY, HENRY CRUSE. — Anthology oe the New Netherlands, or transr
lations from the early Dutch poets of' New York, with memoirs of their
lives, New York, 1865.
An eminent American lawyer, politician, and book-collector. Born of
Irish parentage in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 5, 1810, and died there on
December 1, 1882.
MURPHY, REY. HUGH DAYIS.— One of his poems is quoted in " Favilla,"
by Rev. T. J. Corr (q.v.) Born on June 8, 1849, in Coi Antrim. Educated
at T.O.D., and was at one time a poetical contributor to Dublin Univer-
sity Magazine, and other magazines. Married a Miss Burgess, April 26,
1879. Has been for some years Rector of St. George's Church, Belfast.
MURPHY, JAMES. — A writer of this name contributed a goodly quantity of
verse to Weekly News, Young Ireland, etc., a few years ago, over the
signature of " Shemus O'Murchadha " (his name in Irish). He was the
brother of the Rev. Peter Murphy (g.f.), and was born at Maryborough,
Queen's County.
MURPHY, JAMES. — Lays and Legends oe Ireland (not published), Dublin
188-, Svo; Lays and Legends, Dublin, 1911.
The first-named volume (148 pages) was never published, but a few copies
were printed,, the work being suppressed by the author. There are
thirty-six poems in it, chiefly historical ballads, which were contributed to
Irishman, Nation, Irish Fireside (which he edited). Young Ireland, Sham-
rock, etc., over signatures of " M.," " J. M.," and "St. Molaing." He
is a well-known Irish novelist, author of "The Forge of Clohogue," " The
House on the "Rath," etc., and was born in Glynn, Co. Carlow, in 1839,
and entered the Training College for Teachers, Dublin, 1858. In 1860
he became Principal of the Public Schools at Bray, Co. Wicklow, and
remained there for some years.
MURPHY, JAMES. — Known as James Murphy French, and elder brother of
Arthur Murphy the dramatist. He was an intimate friend of Garrick,
and author of " The Brothers," a comedy, and " The Conjuror," a farce,
neither of which was fjrinted. He is said to have been the real author
of " High Life Below Stairs," the celebrated farce (see Watty Oox's
Magazine for September, 1809, where will also be found a poem of his).
He wrote for his brother's paper. The Gray's Inn Journal. He was born
in Dublin in September, 1725, and became a barrister of the Middle
Temple, London. He went to Jamaica to practice his profession, but
died there soon after his arrival, January 5, 1759.
MURPHY, REY. JAMES J. — A noted Irish priest, and poet, who contributed
many poems to Nation, etc., between 1864-71, over signature of " Fion-
barra.' Born in Co. Wicklow, and educated at Maynooth and at Clon-
liffe College. Became Professor of Moral Theology and Ecclesiastical
History in Diocesan Seminary of Holy Cross, Clonliffe. He gave
up his holy orders and went to London, where he wrote for Fraser's
Magazine, and made the acquaintance of Thomas Carlyle. In 1871 he
published in London a collection' of "Sermons on Various Subjects."
After a while he repented of his conduct and was received back into his
order, and retired to Paris for a short period. He next went to America
and there became a Jesuit, but soon left that order and became a secular
priest. He was lecturing in Canada when his tragic end occurred — he
was burnt to death in a Montreal hotelon December 4, 1875. Hispoems
are sometimes very powerful, especially his "Oremus, " "Vinegar
Hill," etc.
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MURPHY, JEREMIAH DANIEL.— Contributed good Latin and other verse
to the early numbers of Blackwood's Magazine. He was born in Cork in
1806, and died on January 6, 1824. He was an extremely gifted young
man, and an excellent scholar, and there is an obituary notice of him in
Blackwood's for 1824, vol. 1, page 250. He was a cousin of F. S. Murphy.
MURPHY, JOHN. — Wild Flowbbs oe Emn, or miscellaneous poems, Dublin,
1811, Svo.
Of Belfast, but speaks of a place called Springhill as though he came
from it. In his volume there are poems in honour of Mary Balfour (q.v.),
Arthur O'Neill, the harper, etc., and much description of places around
Belfast. At the end of the book are some prose translations from the
Irish.
MURPHY, REY. JOHN ALBERT, D.D.— Born on January 24, 1837, in
Davidson Co., New Brunswick, and was educated at Catauba College,
Newton, N.B., which gave him his doctor's degree in 1889. He was a
Protestant pastor in Missouri and Texas for twenty-two years, and later
at Harwood, Mo. He contributed many poems to American periodicals,
and four of them wiU be found in the Magazine of Poetry for July, 1892.
He is also represented in Herringshaw 's " Local and National Poets of
America."
MURPHY, JOSEPH.— Published two volumes of verse, one about 1830 and
another (in Enniskillen) about 1860, which I have not been able to see,
and of which I can only approximately fix the dates. Murphy was born
in Enniskillen, and in later life was an itinerant bookseller.
MURPHY, JOSEPH JOHN. — Sonnets and other poems, chiefly religious,
London, 1890, 8vo.
Author of one or two works of a religious or philosophical character,
and residing at Old Forge, Belfast. Contributed a good deal in prose and
verse to The Spectator, and is represented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra "
by four poems. He was a mill-owner and merchant, and retired from busi-
ness about 1870. He was for some time President of the Linen Hall Library.
In his early life he was a Quaker, but became an active member of the
Church of Ireland. He died in Belfast, January 25, 1894, aged 67.
MURPHY, KATHARINE MARY.— Born in the village of Ballyhooley, Co.
Cork, in 1840 (though some accounts give 1825 as the date), being the
daughter of a respectable tradesman, who failed in business and
died in difficulties, leaving his wife and children in poverty. His
wife did not long survive him. In order to support herself Miss
Murphy opened a small shop, but it did not pay, and she had to
eke out her living by writing for the Irish papers. She contributed many
poems and stories to The Nation, Boston Pilot, Cork Examiner, Young
Ireland, etc., over signatures of " Brigid " and " Elizabeth Townsbridge "
— principally the former, by which she became well-known to Irish readers.
Her best known story, entitled "Shane the Proud," appeared in Yotrng
Ireland. Her most popular poem is a very powerful one, entitled
" Sentenced to Death," and came out in The Nation, and it has been often
reprinted. One at least of her humorous poems, it is said, gained admis-
sion to Punch. In the winter of 1884 her health gave way, and she was
obliged to go into the South Infirmary, Cork, where she died on April 10,
1885, of cancer, just as she had entered her 45th year. She was buried in
Killavullen Churchyard, Co. C«rk. She was much loved by all who knew
her. -^
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MURPHY, LOUISIANA. — Dunmobe, or the Days of the Land League, an
Irish dramatic episode of our own times, Dublin, 1888, 8vo; Cektenaby
Ode— Father Mathew, October 10, 1890, Dublin, 1890, Bvo.
Has also written a dramatic piece entitled " Myra, or Filial Devotion,"
occasionally performed at schools, etc., but not yet printed. Is the
daughter of Hugh Keenan, an Ulster man, wlio was a lawyer in
America, and afterwards ac\ed as the United States Consul for Dublin
and Cork. She was born in Dublin, and married many years ago an officer
of Excise. She is represented in O'Reilly's " Poetry and Song of Ireland."
MURPHY, REY. M. A.— The Last Supper, a poem, Dublin, 1902
MURPHY, MICHAEL JOHN.— Born in the City of Waterford on February
18, 1863, and was taken to America in 1865. After leaving school, he
became a blacksmith, but having a good voice he went on the stage,
joining an operatic company. When only about twenty years old he man-
aged various concerts in New York. He travelled all over the States as
principal baritone of American operatic companies and as manager of
several dramatic troupes, and acted in many pieces. His own plays have
been successful, including "The Rat-catcher of Hamelin," " The Rose of
Connaught," "The Doctor," "Shawn O'Dheer," etc. He has written
a good many articles, poems, and stories (chiefly Irish in subject) for the
Irish-American and American Press, has translated much poetry from the
German, Danish, and Hungarian writers, and is well-versed in Irish. He
published in Chicago about 1899 a collection of " The National Songs of
Ireland," with music.
MURPHY, REY. PATRICK. — Longfellow, a memory (verse?), with facsimile
letter, London, Liverpool, 1882, 12mo.
Formerly parish priest of St. Anthony's,. Liverpool. Contributed
poems to The Nation. In Denvir's "Irish Library '| a series of penny
pamphlets relating to Ireland, and published at Liverpool, there are
various poems by this writer.
MURPHY, REY. PETER. — A priest who wrote a good many poems in
Nation, Weekly News, Shamrock, Young Ireland, etc., over signature of
" Peadar O'Murchadha." He was born in July, 1864, at Maryborough,
Queen's Co., and was twenty years old when he left Ireland, and was
connected for a time with St. Thomas's Seminary, Hammersmith, London.
He died on June 7, 1889. Is represented in the larger edition of
Sparling's "Irish Minstrelsy." His brother James is noticed above.
MURPHY, WILLIAM EMMET.— Born in Cork in 1812, and in 1820 was
taken to United States, where he stayed till 1834. He died of con-
sumption in 1836, leaving behind him a collection of poems in MS., entitled
" The Beggar's Concert, with a Legend of Glanmire, and other poems,"
which he had intended to publish. I saw it some years ago in the posses-
sion of his brother, the late Mr. James Murphy, of Cork, who was a
veritable mine of information on all subjects connected with Cork and
Corkmen.
MURRAY, GEORGE.— A well-known Donegal poet, born in July, 1834, at
Ramelton, on the shores of Lough Swilly. His father was a schoolmaster
near Derry, and the poet was a teacher for a time in Belfast. He was
educated at the national school of his native place, and after leaving his
occupation as a teacher, went to Glasgow and entered on a mercantile
career. He wrote poems early in life, his first pieces appearing when he
was thirteen years old, in Smyth's Belfast Almanack. Since then he has
written numerous poems for the Irish and Scotch papers, and his name is
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familiar to the readers of the Belfast and Derry journals. He is included
in A. G. Murdoch's and D. H. Edwards' collections of Scottish poetry,
but he is an ardent Irishman, and writes chiefly upon Irish themes,
though he has been living many years in Glasgow. He was for a short
time sub-editor of The Berry Journal, previous to settling in Glasgow.
Some of his songs have been set to music -by Dugald McFadyen (g.i>.) and
others. He proposed some years ago to coWect and publish his poems.
MURRAY, JOHN.^Regia Natalitia, the Latin prize poem of the Dublin
University on the birth 'of the Prince of "Wales, Dublin, 1842, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1840; M.A., 1843; LL.B. and LL.D., 1852. Wrote a
brochure on Wellington's birth-place, entitled "A Blot on the
Escutcheon." Was probably the John Murray who published "Homer's
Iliad," Book I, in English hexameters, 1862, 12mo.
MURRAY, JOHN FISHER.— A distinguished Irish satirist and poet, born
in Belfast on February 11, 1811, his father being Dr. James Murray, a
well-known physician, afterwards knighted for his discovery of Fluid
Magnesia. He was educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1830;
M.A., 1832, and wrote for Blackwood's Magazine during some years, con-
tributing to it several series of amusing and instructive articles on " The
World of London," "Environs of London," etc.^ and a clever novel
entitled " The Viceroy," dealing with Dublin official life, and satirising it
unmercifully. All these works were reprinted and published in volumes.
He also wrote many poems in the same periodical, in Dublin University
Magazine, Nation, United Irishman (1848), etc., and some articles to
latter journal, his " War with Everybody," appearing in the third num-
ber of The Nation, and being republished in " The Voice of the Nation "
(a collection of articles from the paper, issued in 1844). His poems in
The Nation were generally signed "J. F. M.," and " Maire." He is
represented in Hayes' "Ballads of Ireland" and other collections. He
died in Dublin on October 20. 1865, and was buried in Glasnevin Ceme-
tery. He wrote a biting attack on the people who unjustly accused Lady
Flora Hastings of misconduct, and signed himself " John Fisher Murray,
M.D."
MURRAY, JOHN O'KANE, LL.D.— The Pkose and Poetry op Ireland— a
choice collection of litera-y gems from the great Irish writers, New
York, 1877, 8vo.
This bulky collection is simply a selection from the foremost Irish poets
and prose-writers, and as such is mentioned here. Dr. Murray was born
in Co. Antrim, December 12, 1847, went to U.S.A. in 1856, and died in
Chicago on July 30, 1885. He was educated by the Christian Brothers
and at public schools, and graduated at St. John's College, Fordham
(New York). From early youth he wrote for the Catholic Press, and
published several works, including a History of English Literature. Some
of his poems appeared in Ave Maria, of Notre Dame, Ind., and two are
given in his collection of Irish literature.
MURRAY, REV. PATRICK A., D.D.— Spousa Chhista et Mater, a poem,
with notes and illustrations, Dublin, 1858; Pbosb and Verse, London
and Dublin; 1867, 8vo.
Born at Clones, Co. Monaghan, on November 18, 1811. Was a great
theologian and author of various able works, and became Professor of
Theology at Maynooth. He contributed to Dwhlin Bevisw, Duffy's Catholic
Magazine (1847-48), and other leading Irish periodicals, and died at
Maynooth on November 16, 1882. He was buried in the College Ceme-
tery. Is represented in Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland," and other collec-
tions.
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MURRAY, THOMAS C— A schoolmaster in Co. Cork. He has contributed
various poems to New Ireland Beview, United Ireland, Shan
Van Vocht, Irish Weekly Independent, the Cork papers, Weekly Sun,
etc. Was born at Macroom, Co. Cork, on January 17, 1873, and educated
at his native place and St. Patrick's C(DlIege, Drumcondra. Is represented
in W. J. Paul s " Modern Irish Poets," vol. 2. He has recently written a
powerful and highly successful play, " Birthright," for the Abbey Theatre,
Dublin.
HUSGBAVE, J. W. — A contributor of poems to The Lamp, an English
Catholic periodical, about 1873-6, chiefly on Irish subjects. He wrote
poems for other journals also, such as The Irish Fireside and The Weeldy,
Freeman, in which he won prizes for the best poems. Resided at Stock-
ton-on-Tees.
MUSGRAYE, THOMAS MOORE (?)— Ignez de Castro, a tragedy, from the
Portuguese of A. Ferreira, 1825, 12mo ; The Lusiad, translated from
the Portuguese of Cameons, 1826, 8vo.
Born 1777, and died in 1854.
MUSHET, WILLIAM BOYD, M.D.— The Age of Clay (^tas Argillacea).
1, Morals. 2, Religion. A rhythmic satire, London, 1883, 8vo; The
WoBKHousE, a poem ; Hyde Park, — .
Author of some medical works, and doubtless a relative of Dr. Wm.
Mushet, an eminent Irish physician of a generation or two ago. He was
an M.D. of London, and practised in Cheshire, and died about 1887.
HUSEERRY, MARE. — ^A Bundle oe Ballads, and other poems. New York, — ,
The author was said to be an Anglo-Irishman of the landlord class.
HUSEERRY, WILLIAM. — ^A dramatic author, who wrote many plays of
various kinds, including melodrama, burlesque, and extravaganza, which
were performed at several London theatres, but do not appear to have
been printed.
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N
m., C. — A Poem on the Happt Union between England and Scotland, Dublin,
1707, 4to.
U., M. L. — Stray Leaves eeom my Note-book, prose and verse, written and
compiled by M. L. N., second series, Dublin, 1881, sq. Svo.
N., M. R. — There was a poet (of Dublin) who used to write poems for Dublin
and London magazine, 1826, and Captain Bock in London, of the same
time, over above signature, and from a reference in the latter journal, it
seems likely that his name was Moran. He wrote a series of songs to
neglected Irish melodies. Possibly he was the F. J. Moran who was
writing verse in Irish papers at that time.
NAGHTEN, FREDERICK.— A Metbical Version of the Song op Solomon,
and other poems (over the signature of " A Late Graduate of Oxford"),
London, 1846.
Born in 1822; graduated B.A. at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1843, and
died in 1846.
NAGLE, RICHARD. — The Populab. Poets and Poetry op Ireland, edited and
published by R. N., with introduction by Mrs. M. E. Blake (g.i>.), and
portrait, Boston, 1887, 4to.
JNASH, WILLIAM. — Fugitive Poems (over signature of " Endymion "),
Cork, 1832, 8vo.
Wrote for Cork papers over above nom ds guerre, and afterwards went
to London and edited The Patriot there. Was born in Cork early in the
century.
NASH, WILLIAM NEWENHAM.— Sabbath Hours, a. collection of original
poems and melodies, "London, 1851, 12mo; Thoughts by the Wat, verse,
London, 1856, 32mo.
Also edited several works. It is possible that he was the writer men-
tioned in preceding note.
"NATHAN, BEN SEDDI."— Pranceriana, a select collection of fugitive
pieces, published since the appointment of the present Provost of the
University of Dublin (Rt. Hon. John Hely Hutchinson, known by the
soubriquet of Harlequin Praucer), etc. (edited by B. S. N.), Dublin, 1775,
etc., 12mo.
This may have been by the notorious Dr. Duigenan.
NEALE, MISS (or MRS.) A.— Biblical Sketches and Hymns, London, 1854,
8vo.
An Irish lady, and a Quakeress, of Coleraine, Co. Derry.
NEALE, M. A. (?). — Smiles and Tears, a collection of pieces in verse, Lon-
don, 1834, 16mo.
NEDLEY, THOMAS, M.D.— A Dublin physician, who was born about 1819,
and received his medical degree at Aberdeen in 1856. He is known as the
author of "The Lower Castle Yard," "Mrs. Smyly," popular Dublin
songs, and of other effusions. He was medical officer to the Dublin
Metropolitan Police and to the Board of National Education, and died
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in Dublin on April 25, 1899, aged 80. He married a niece of Lord
O'Hagan, who survived him for a few years. He was a famous raconteur
and wit.
NKEDHAM, MARY P. — Ieish Legends, Poems and Verses, Dublin, 1904,
8vo.
Fourth daughter of Rev. George Needham, of Ballynure, Co. Wicklow,
and died November 7, 1907.
NEIL, J. CRAWFORD. — The Heavenly Horseman and othek Poems, Dublin,
1912.
Is an assistant in the National Library, Dublin, and contributes occasion-
ally to Dublin periodicals.
NEIL, JAMES (?).— The Bridal Song, 1892 (?), 4to.
Printed in blue ink.
NELIGAN, JAMES.— The Psalms A'ersified, Dublin, 1820.
Also a work called " The Bible in Miniature " (1808, 4to).
NELSON, HENRY. — A New Poem on the Procession of Journeymen^
Taylors, etc., Dublin, 1727, fol. sheet; The Obdee of the Procession, or
THE Journeymen Builders, Plaisterees, Painters, and Freemasons,
etc., Dublin (?), 1729 (?), fol. sheet; A Poem in Praise oe the Loyal and
Charitable Society of Journeymen Taylors, etc., Dublin, 1729 (?), fol.
sheet; A Poem on the Procession op Journeymen Taylors, July the 28th,
1829, Dublin (?), 1729 (?), fol. sheet; A Poem in the Honour of the.
Antient Loyal Society of the Journeymen Taylors (signed " H. N."
only), Dublin, 1726, fol. sheet.
Styled " bricklayer " on title-pages of above poems.
" NEMO."— See Gordon, Francis.
NBSBITT, A. A. IRWIN.— Virgil's ^neid, Book IV., translated, 1890, 8vo;
Virgil's j3Eneid, Books 7-10, translated, 1889, 8vo; Virgil's jEneid,
Book 2, translated, 1890, 8vo.
NESBITT, REV. JOSEPH JOHN, LL.D.— Born in the North of Ireland about
1865, and was educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1892; M.A.,
1895; LL.B., 1904; LL.D., 1905. After being ordained, he was curate in
several parts of Ireland, was for a time incumbent of Bethesda Church,.
Dublin, and eventually became rector of Bodmushan, in Kent. He was
notable in Dublin as a reciter and elocutionist, and compiled a couple of
books of recitations. Wrote various poems himself also. He died on
November 17, 1906, aged about 42. He had not been long married to a
wealthy widow named Twopenny.
NETHERCOTT, HENRIETTA. — Poetical Pieces of Religion and Nature
(over signature ot "Henrietta"), Dublin, 1856, 8vo ; The Traveller's
Dream, and other poems (over same signature), Dublin, 1859, 8vo.
NEYILL, WILLIAM.— A Psalm of Life, verse, Dublin, 1861, 8vo.
NEVILLE, J. P.- A Monody on the Death of H.R.H. the Princess Ch.\r-
LOTTE OF Wales, Dublin, 1817, 8vo.
NEYIN, REV. EDWIN HENRY.— Carmina Cordis, poems, 1889.
Son of Major David Nevin, and born in Pennsylvania State, May 9,
1814. Was President of Franklin College, Ohio, and was living m 1888.
His hymns are in various American collections, and he wrote several
religious works.
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NEWBURGH, BROCHILL.— Essays, Poetical, Moeal, and Cbitical (includ-
ing translations from Horace), Dublin, 1769, 8vo ; Pabticulaes belatino
TO THE Life and Character oe B. N. (MS. poem at end of British Museum
copy), Dublin, 1771, 8vo.
Born in or about 1678, educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A.
1716, M.A., 1719, and died in 1760 (1761), aged 82. His first name is
sometimes given as Brockhill. Was incorporated at St. Edmund's HaU,.
Oxford, in 1728. He was the second son of Thomas Newburgh, and grand-
son of the Col. Newburgh who founded the Irish branch of the family.
His mother was a Miss Mary Taylor, and he married Mary, daughter of
Colonel William Moore. The 1769 edition of his poems in Halliday collec-
tion (R.I.A.) is anonymous. The account of his life in same collection
is dated 1761. He was chairman of the Dublin Linen Board, and lived in
style at Glassmauogue. See Pockrich, Richard.
NEWBURGH, COL. THOMAS.— Essays, Poems, Life, etc., Dublin, 1769.
This entry is taken from the catalogue of the Malcolmson Library, sold
in Dublin in May, 1892. There seems much confusion between Thomas
and Brochill Newburgh. Perhaps the latter's first name was Thomas.
" Brookiana " tells us that T. N. was educated at Oxford, then went
abroad, staying in Rome for a couple of years. He came into the estate
of Ballyhays, Co. Cavan, on the death of his father. He married a Miss
Blacker, who was much younger than he, and she married after his death
the Rev. Dr. Cradook, Dean of St. Patrick's. He knew Swift, Chester-
field, Henry Brooke, etc., and died in 1779, aged 90. A Thomas Newburgh,
son-and-heir of T. N., of Ballyhays, was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1673.
" Brookiana " mentions his having published a volume of poems — transla-
tions from Horace, etc., which would seem to imply that the poems of
Brochill Newburgh have been attributed to T. N.
NEWELL, TEMPLE.— Episodes of Joy, poems, London, 1898.
Author evidentlv Irish.
NEWPORT, REY. MATTHEW, M.D., D.D.— Dox Emmanuel, a poem in three
cantos, with notes, London, 1813, 4to.
B.A., T.C.D., 1811; M.B., 1814; M.A., M.D., and D.D., 1847.
NEWSOME, JAMES CLARENCE, LL.B.— The Vision or Qitaesitor, etc.,
Belfast, 1870, 8vo.
A clever Ulster poet, who had a distinguished career at T.C.D. and
Queen's College, Belfast, where he graduated B.A., 1866; M.A., 1867. Is
a linguist and mathematician of much ability, and resided near Belfast.
Some of his poems, which were mostly contributed to Belfast papers, are
national in tone. He entered the Chinese Consular Service.
NEWTON, HENRY.— The Vale of Tempe and other Poems, Dublin, 1830.
The Dublin Literary Oazette says this author was a Greek by birth. He
graduated B.A., T.C.D. , 1821; M.A., 1S32.
NEWTON, REY. HENRY.— The Fall of Babylon, an epic poem, London,
1856, 8vo; The Anglo-Fenian, poems and art-pieces, London, 1891, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D. Rector of St. Michael's, the Borough, London, when
latter volume was published.
NEYMO, P. A. O. — Similitudes of the Israelites, the Scotch, and the Irish,
prose and verse, second edition, Galway, n.d., 12mo.
Author of " Historical Flowers " — possibly verse P
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NICHOLL, ANDREW.— A notable Irish artist and member of the Royal
Hibernian Academy, who wrote articles and poems for Duilin University
Magazine and elsewhere. See his " Sketching Tour of Five Weeks in the
Forests of Ceylon," November and December, 1852 (Duhlin University
Magazine). Born in Belfast in 1804, and died in 1886.
NICHOLSON, REY. HORATIO LANGRISHE, D.D.— The Appendix
Htmnal (compiled as an appendix to "Hymns Ancient and Modern"
to Chope's "Hymnal," and that of the Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge), 1886.
In the above work there are about a score of Dr. Nicholson's hymns.
B.A., T.C.D., 1855; D.D., 1880. Ordained in 1856, he held various
curacies and appointments, and was Vicar of St. James's, Forest Gate,
Stratford, Essex.
NIVEN, NINIAN. — Redemption Thoughts, a poem in nine cantos, together
with a few poems written in early life, etc., Dublin and London, 1869, 8vo.
Of the Garden Farm, Drumcondra, Dublin, and author of a book on
the Irish potato crop. Died February 18, 1879, aged 79.
NIXON, WILLIAM. — Ballads and other Poems, chiefly lyrical, Dublin, 1823,
8vo.
NOEL, ELLEN. — Moonlight Thoughts, Kingston, 1859.
An Irish-Canadian authoress, daughter of Mrs. J. V. Noel, who pub-
lished " The Abbey of Rathmore," and other tales (1859), at the end of
which volume the above "Moonlight Thoughts" are printed. Both
mother and daughter wrote for the Canadian Press.
NOEL, HON. RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY.— Behind the Veil,
AND OTHBB PoBMS, London and Cambridge, 1863, 8vo; Beatrice, and other
Poems, London, 1868, 8vo ; The House op Ravbnsbueg, drama in verse,
London, 1877, 8vo; A Little Child's Monument, verse, London, 1881, 8vo;
A Modern Faust, and other Poems, London, 1888, 8vo ; Livingstone in
Africa, a poem, London, 1874, 16mo; Poor People's Christmas, a poem,
London, 1890, Bvo; The Red Flag, and other Poems, London, 1872, Svo;
Songs of the Heights and Deeps, London, 1885 (1884), 8vo; Poems, a
selection, with introduction by Robert Buchanan, London, 1892, 8vo;
My Sea, and other Poems, edited by Stanley Addleshaw, London, 1895,
8vo; Selected Poems, edited by Percy Addleshaw, with portraits, etc.,
London, 1897, Svo.
Was the youngest son of the Earl of Gainsborough and of a daughter
of the Earl of Roden. Considered himself largely Irish through his
mother's influence. Was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, where he
graduated M.A. Travelled a good deal in the East, after taking his degree.
Besides his poems, he published a life of Byron, " Essays on Poetry and
Poets " (1886), and edited Spenser, Otway, etc. An admirable lecture by
him on the poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson was delivered in London and
Dublin. In his correspondence with the present writer he expressed a
desire to be regarded as an Irish poet. In Mill's " Poets and Poetry of the
Century " there is an excellent notice of his work by John Addington
Symonds.
NOLAN, EDWARD. — Agamemnon at Home, etc., a burlesque, Oxford — ^no
date; Iphigenia, or the Sail! the Seer! and the Sacrifice I etc., a
burlesque, Oxford, 1866 ; Romeo and Juliet, op. the Shaming of the True,
etc., a burlesque, Oxford, 1868 (all three anonymous).
Son of Rev. Thomas Nolan, of Liverpool, and born in 1846, matriculated
at Oxford, 1864, and died October 4, 1870.
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NOLAN, REV. JOHN.— ^sop's Fables in Vbesb, Dublin, 1897, 4to.
Were published in Shamrock in 1896-7. The author was a Carmelite
and a notable Irish scholar, and one of the pioneers of the Irish language
movement. He died a few years ago.
NOOTH, CHARLOTTE.— Original Poems, including ballads, " written in the
dialect of the Northern parts of Ireland," with a play, — .
Referred to by W. H. Patterson in the "Bibliography of the Dialect
Society," 1873.
NORCOTT, WILLIAM.— On pp. 3 and 888 of Buhlin University Magazine for
1848, this writer is named as the author of " The Metropolis," " The Seven
Thieves," and " The Law Scrutiny," satires written by Andrew Carmichael
{g,.v.). The explicit statement is contradicted in number for June, 1848,
by a friend and relative of the author then living, and the contradiction
is corroborated by the editor. J. W. Croker (q.v.), Thomas Grady (g.v.).
Rev. R. Prizelle (q.v.), and W. P. Lefanu (q.v.), have aU been credited
with one or other of these works. Norcott was a remarkable char-
acter in many ways, and is mentioned by Sir Jonah Barrington
and other authors who wrote about Irish affairs in the Union
days. He was well known as Counsellor Norcott, being an able
lawyer. He was born about 1770, and was educated at T.C.D., where he
graduated B.A., 1795; LL.B., 1801; LL.D., 1803. Norcott got into diffi-
culties in Dublin and had to leave it, finally ending his days in Constan-
tinople, where he had become a Mahommedan, and where he was beheaded
for reverting to Christianity. See Sheil's " Sketches of the Irish
Bar" and Rev. R. Walsh's "Residence at Constantinople" for further
references to his unhappy career. The satires mentioned were
published by J. Barlow, of Bolton Street, who printed Croker 's " Familiar
Epistles." Part 1 of "The Metropolis" is dedicated to J. W. Croker.
Part 2, to Thomas Moore; "The Law Scrutiny" is dedicated to George
Ponsonby, Lord Chancellor of Ireland; and "The Seven Thieves" to
Henrj- Grattan.
NORRIS, DAYID J. — An Irish-American poet, whose poems have frequently
appeared in the New Y oik Celtic Weehhj, Boston Pilot, BIcGee's Illus-
trated Weekly (New York), and other periodicals. He is a native of Co.
Cork.
NORRIS, JOSEPH W. S.— Flowers of M.\rt, poems, — .
Included in G. F. Phelan's " Gleanings in our own Fields, being selec-
tions from Catholic American poets," New York, 1881, and in Eliot Ryder's
"Household Library of Catholic Poets." Is on the staff of New World,
Chicago, and has contributed to Boston Pilot.
NORTON, HON. CAROLINE E. S.— The Soehows of Rosalie, and other
poems (anonymous), 1829, 8vo; Poems, Boston (U.S.A.), 1833, 8vo; A
Voice from the Factories, etc., verse, London, 1836, Svo ; The Undying
One, and other poems, London, 1830, 8vo ; new edition, 1853, Svo; The
Dream, and other poems, London, 1840, 8vo ; The Child of the Islands,
a poem, London, 1845, 8vo ; Fisher's DRAwiNG-Roo^n Scrap-Book, with
poetical Illustrations by Mrs. N., London, 1846-49, Svo; Aunt Carry's
Ballads for Children, London, 1847, Svo; The Martyr, a tragedy in
verse, 1849, Svo ; Tales and Sketches in Prose and Verse, London 1850
Svo ; The Lady of La Garaye, a poem, London, 1862, Svo ; Home Thoughts
AND Home Scenes, etc., poems (anonymously), 1865, 4to.
Born in 1807, being the daughter of Thomas Sheridan, and sister of
Lady Duffenn, in conjunction with whom she published a. work entitled
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"The Dandies' Rout." Married iu 1829 the Hon. George Norton, a
worthless individual who treated her very badly. She wrote novels,
sketches, articles, etc., some of the first-named being very popular,
and was a welcome contributor to The Times, as well as to the leading
literary periodicals. Her first husband died in 1869, and early in 1877 she
married Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell, and died in June of the same year.
NOWLAN, WILLIAM E. — Eadbtjhga, Qdben of Wessbx, and other poems,
Boston, 18S2.
NUGENT, EDMUND C. — Andebleigh Hall, a novel in verse, London, 1866,
8vo.
NUGENT, HON. ERMENGARDA GREYILLE.— The Rueing oe Gudrtjn, and
other poems, London, 1884.
NUGENT, FRANCIS.— Born in what is now Peabody, Mass., in 1868, of
Limerick and Waterford parentage. Was educated at the High
School of his native town and at Montreal. He has written
a good deal of verse and many articles for various Massachusetts
papers, and the present writer is indebted to him for much information
concerning Irish-American writers. The information given here about
him is chiefly taken from the Catholic Friend, of Richmond (Va.), Feb.
19, 1898.
NUGENT, GEORGE NUGENT TEMPLE GREYILLE (BARON NUGENT).—
PoETUGAL, a poem, in two parts, London, 1812, 8vo.
Born in 1788, and died in 1850, when the title became extinct. Wrote
a good deal of prose and verse for some of the annuals, especially The
Gem, etc. He was the author of some important works, such as a " Life
of John Hampden," a review of which is among Maoaulay's " Essays."
NUGENT, MICHAEL. — There was a contributor to The Sentimental and
Masonic Magazine (1792-5), who wrote a good deal of verse over the signa^
ture of " M.N-g-t," and I venture to identify him as the Michael Nugent
who became a parliamentary reporter for The Times, and was one of the
earliest and best known of the fraternity. He was silso a dramatic critic
of repute, and part-author (with E. S. Barrett?) of a novel called " Six
Week's at Long's." He died on March 6, 1845, and was buried at Kensal
Green, where there is a monument to him, with bust, by J. E. Carew.
NUGENT, ROBERT CRAGGS (EARL). — An Essay on Justice, a poem,
London, 1737 ; An Essay on Happiness, a poem, London, 1737, fol. ; 1738 ;
An Ode to Mr. Pulteney, 1739, fol. ; Odes and Epistles (anonymously),
1739, 4to; Faith, a poem (anonymously), 1774, 4to; The Genius of Ire-
land, a poem (addressed to Lord Clare), 1775, 4to ; Life and Select Poems
(printed in all the early and large collections of "The British Poets,"
such as Sanborn's, Park's, Chalmers', etc.).
Was the son of Michael Nugent, of Carlanstown, and Mary, daughter
of Lord Trimlestown, and was born in 1702. His father died in 1739,
and his mother in 1740. He was married three times, first
to Lady Estelle Plunkett, daughter of Lord Fingaill, in 1730; secondly
to the sister of James Craggs, Secretary of State, in 1736;
and lastly in 1757, to the Dowager Countess of Berkeley. Born
in Co. Westmeath, early in the 18th century, and was brought up as
a Catholic, but became a Protestant. He was thrice M.P. for Bristol,
was created Viscount Clare in 1767, and Earl Nugent in 1776. His
■" hooked nose and wise countenance ' are referred to by John O'Keeffe
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in his " Recollections. " His daughter became the Marchioness of Bucking-
ham. He was a favourite of Frederick, Prince of Wales. Mrs. Pilkington
says that the poem on " Happiness " was really written by the Rev. James
Sterling (g.r.)— see her " Memoirs," vol. 2, pp. 176-178. Nugent may
have been the author of " Merit, a satire," Dublin, 1746, 8vo. Portrait
and biography of him in European Magazine, 1784. Died 1788.
NULTY, BERNARD.— The Patriot Chief, and other poems, Newark, New
Jersey (U.S.A.), 1880.
Was living in Newark at the time of publication of above work, which
was well praised by some critics. He wrote poems for New York Celtic
Monthly. Was the founder of the first branch of the Fenian Brotherhood,
and a great friend of John Boyle O'Reilly (q.v.). He was Clerk of the
Essex Board of Health, N.J., and died in'that city, December 29, 1892.
NUN, RICHARD. — There are a couple of poems by this writer in Samuel
Whyte's " Poems on Several Occasions," 1795, and he may probably have
been the " R. N. Trinity College," of Sentimental and Masonic Magazine,
1793. Soh. T.C.D., 1803; B.A., 1804. Was a barrister.
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0., E. A.— The Lays of Emn, Dublin, 1844, 8vo.
A member of tbe Bepeal Association, and most of bis pieces, some of
wbich appeared in Freeman's Journal, are on O'Connell and Repeal.
O'BEIRNE, HENRY P.— Born May 1, 1851, in Co . Monaghan, and was
educated by tbe Jesuits. He emigrated to Texas and joined tbe Texas
Rangers, scouting between 1870-80. In 1883 be settled among tbe C9ioo-
taws, and then edited the national organ of tbe Cboctaws and Cbickasaws
for five years. After extensive travelling among tbe various tribes, be
published " Tbe Indian Territory — ^its chiefs, legislators, and leading men."
Is now editor of The People's Paper, Paris, Texas. Wrote verse for
Chambers' Journal many years ago, and for American^ papers since. Is
included in Herringshaw'e " Local and National Poets of America,"
"Gems from a Texas Quarry," Bevis' "Golden Thoughts of American
Writers," etc.
O'BEIRNE, RT. REY. THOMAS LEWIS, D.D. (Bishop of Meath).— Thb
Cetjcifixion, a poem, London, 1776, 4to; The Generous Impostor, a
comedy, 1781, 8vo; Ode to Lord Northampton.
Was the son of a farmer, and was born in Co. Longford in 1748, and was
partly educated in St. Omer's, but renounced tbe idea, of becoming a
priest, and became a Protestant, and was ordained in that church, while
his brother, who was a Catholic, eventually became parish priest in
bis diocese of Meath. The present subject was made chaplain to
the fleet under Lord Howe, at the commencement of the American war,
and was afterwards private secretary to tbe Duke of Portland in Ireland.
He was also chaplain to Lord Fitzwilliam, Viceroy of Ireland. Was made
Bishop of Ossory in 1795, and in 1798 was translated to Meath. He pub-
lished several works, political and religious, and died on February 15,
1823. Wrote portion of " Tbe Rolliad " and " Probationary Odes." See
Moore's " Diary," vol. 2, pp. 298 and 304. He was given tbe honorary
degree of D.D. by T.C.D. in 1795. He married a niece of tbe Earl of
Moray. It has been said that he never received orders in any church, and
was known as " tbe mitred Layman. "
O'BOYCE, JOHN C. — ^A Donegal poet who has contributed much verse to
Berry Journal and the Donega;! papers. He is included in " Tbe Donegal
Christmas Annual," edited by P. T. McGinley, 1883.
O'BOYLE, GRACE. — ^An Irish-Canadian poetess, born in Ottawa, and is a
school teacher by profession. Many poems of hers have appeared in tbe
Montreal True Witness, Irish-Canadian (Toronto), Donahoe's Magazine
(Boston), Pewman's Journal and Judd's Journal (Chicago).
O'BOYLE, JOHN D. — Born near Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. Early in the
eighties be wrote a good many poems for the Dublin almanacs, and after-
wards for Belfast Morning News, Weekly Examiner, and the Nation. He
was employed on tbe Morning NeiM.ior ten years, being its manager for
the last three years of its existence. He is included in Daniel MacAleese's
" Red Hand of Ulster," a collection of poems, published in Belfast a good
many years ago.
O'BOYLE, JOHN W. — The Western Rover, etc., poems, 1880 (?)
A Mayo man, and a National teacher.
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O'BRIEN, . — Lord Edward Fitzgerald, a tragedy, Dublin, 1842.
Suppressed by the Grovernment.
O'BRIENi ARTHUR W.— Old Songs op Ireland, a collection, London, 1866,
4to.
I bave not seen this volume, and cannot say whether it is an anthology
or merely a musical collection.
O'BRIEN, ATTIE.— See Frances Marcella O'Brien.
O'BRIEN, CHARLES. — ^A Dialogue Between the Poei and His Friend, a
satire in verse. London, 1755, 4to.
O'BRIEN, CHARLOTTE GRACE.— A Tale oe Venice, a drama, and
lyrics, London, 1881, 8vo; Lyrics, London, 1887, 8vo; Cahirmoyle, or
The Old Home, verse. Limerick, 1888; Charlotte Grace O'Brien, Selec-
tions FROM HER Writings and Correspondence, with a memoir by
Stephen Gwynn, Dublin, 1909.
Daughter of William Smith O'Brien, and born in 1845 ; and well-known
for her eflforts to improve the lot of the emigrant to America, her labours
in that direction leading to better accommodation on board the Atlantic
steamers. She wrote verse for Nation, United Ireland, etc., and published
a clever novel not long ago, entitled " Light and Shade." Wrote various
tales for children. Became a Catholic in. later life, and died June 3, 1909.
O'BRIEN, MOST REY. CORNELIUS (Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia).—
Aminta, a modern life-drama, narrative poem, New York, 1890.
Also wrote a novel entitled " After Weary Years," and other works.
Born of Irish parents at New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, on May 4,
1843. Ordained in 1871, created Archbishop in 1882, and died March 10,
1906. Contributed much verse to Boston Pilot and other papers.
O'BRIEN, DILLON.— Born on July 1, 1817, at Kilmore, Co. Roscommon, and
was educated at St. Stanislaus' College, TuUabeg. Went to U.S.A., and
settled in St. Paul (Minn.). Published several novels between 1866 and
1881, and wrote much verse for the Catholic American Press. A serial
of his ran through Irish Monthly in 1882. He died on February 12, of
latter year. See Clonfjowniaii for 1905 and Irish Monthly for 1882, pp.
662-664, for biographical notices of him.
O'BRIEN, PITZJAMES.— The Poems and Stories op F. O'B. (edited by
William Winter, with portrait and memoir), Boston, 1881, 12mo.
Winter also edited a separate edition of the stories, which was reprinted
in London. O'Brien was born in Limerick in 1828, and was educated at
T.O.D., where he did not graduate. He was left £8,000, and spent it in
London in two years. He became a journalist, and wrote for several
papers, and in 1852 went to America, where he wrote for The Lant^n,
Home Journal, New York Times, and American Whig Review. His fine
stories appeared in Scribner's, Harper's, and Atlantic Monthly magazines,
as did many of his poems. His play, " A Gentleman from Ireland," was
written for the actor Wallack, and was very successful. In 1861, after
leading a somewhat Bohemian life, he joined the army, and on February
26, 1862, received a wound in a skirmish, which carried him off in Anvil
of the same year. His eanliest poems appeared in the Nation and Dublin
University Magazine, and he is represented by two pieces in "Hayes'
Ballads."
O'BRIEN, PRANCES MARCELLA.— Commonly called " Attie O'Brien,"
over which name most of her poems and stories appeared. She
contributed to Irish Monthly, Nation, Weekly Freeman, Young Ireland,
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Tinsley's Magazine, etc., especially to the first-named, in which some of
her posthumous works have been printed. She was born at Peafield, near
Ennis, Co. Clare, on June 24, 1840, and died in Dublin, on April 6, 1883.
A memoir of her has been written by Mrs. Morgan O'ConneU, with the
title of " Glimpses of a Hidden Life."
O'BRIEN, JAMES BRONTERRE.— Ode io Lobd Palmeksxon, London, 1856,
16mo ; An Ode to Louis Napoleon Bonapabtb, London, 1857, folio sheet ;
An Elegy on the Death of iRobbspiebke, with life, etc., London, 1857,
16mo; A Dissertation and Elegy on the Life and Death of the
Immortal Maximilian Robespiekee, etc., London, 1859, 12mo; A Vision
OP Hell, or a Peep into the Realms Below, alias Lord Ovbrgbown's
Dream, etc., a poem (chap-book), London, 1859, 8vo.
Author of one or two other political works, and a celebrated Chartist.
Was, in fact, the "brains " of that movement. He was a native of
Granard, Co. Longford, was born in 1805, was educated at Edgeworths-
town School, graduated B.A. T.C.D., 1829, entered Gray's Inn as a
student, and died in poverty December 23, 1864.
O'BRIEN, JAMES NAGLB.— Brother of William O'Brien, M.P., and born
at Mallow, Co. Cork, in 1848. He was the eldest son, and on the day
of his birth, there was to have been a search of his father's house for
arms, but this was not carried out. He grew up with a fine physique,
and very pronounced national feelings, and was a most active Fenian.
He was a great favourite, and had literary gifts of no mean order. Over
the signature of " Shamus," he contributed songs to The Irishman,
Shamrock, etc., and some of these became popular in Cork and elsewhere.
He was constitutionally weak, if physically strong, and died in 1879 of
consumption, anotheV- brother dying on the same day, of the same dread
disease, and an only sister u fortnight later. See William O'Biren's
" Recollections."
O'BRIEN, M. E. — ^A very frequent contributor of verse to Sentimental and
Masonic Magazine, Dublin, of 1794-5. There is a. portrait and biography
of him in the number for May, 1795. He was the son of Thomas O'Brien,
of Clare, but was born in Dublin on September 22, 1772. His father going
abroad, his mother, an Englishwoman, deserted him. His father and
mother both died before he was thirteen years old, and he made his own
way in the world. He wrote for various Dublin and London periodicals,
mostly over his full name. He may have been the "^O'B." of Sentimental
and Masonic Magazine, 1794.
O'BRIEN, MARGARET E. — Irish-American poetess and novelist, born in
Montgomery, Alabama, on November 19, 1870. Her father, Mr. Frank
O'Brien, is the editor of a leading Alabama journal, and Her grandfather
was a well-known Dublin journalist. She was educated in the Loretto
Convent, Kentucky, and much of her work was done for The Age Herald,
her father's paper, to which she has contributed in prose and verse. She
has also written for New York Journal, New York Beview. and The
American. Her chief work is " Judith, the daughter of Judas," pub-
lished in 1892, but written when she was eighteen. In the American
Magazine of Poetry for January, 1892, there is a notice of her writings.
O'BRIEN, MARY.— The Pious Incendiaries, etc. ("by a lady"), verse,
Dublin ? 1783, 8vo; The Fallen Patriot, a comedy, 1790, 8vo; The
Political Monitor, or Regent's Friend, Dublin, 1790, 8vo.
Wife of a Patrick O'Brien, and author of a novel called "Charles
Henley " (2 vols.). Presumab^ the Mrs. O'Brien mentioned in list of
Irish poets given in Sir John Carr's "Stranger in Ireland," 1804.
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O'BRIEN, REY. PATRICK.— The Emerald Isle, a poem, Cleveland, Ohio,
1891.
O'BRIEN, VERY REY. RICHARD BAPTIST.— A distinguished Irish priest,
•who was Dean of Limerick, and author of several popular stories, such
as " Jack Hazlitt," " The D'Altons of Crag," etc., some of which contain
verse. He also wrote poems for the Nation, etc., over signature of
" Baptist." He was born at Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, on Septem-
ber 30, 1809, and died on February 10, 1885. He was an active promoter
of Catholic young men's associations, and kindred bodies, and weld known
in other philanthropic movements.
O'BRIEN, RICHARD W. — The Odes oe HobacEj translated into English
verse, Dublin, 1858.
O'BRIEN, ROBERT DONOGH.— A contributor to Kottahos, and a son of
William Smith O'Brien. Has written other poems besides those in
Kottahos, of which report speaks highly. Born September 25, 1844.
B.A., T.O.D., 1867.
O'BRIEN, STAFFORD AUGUSTUS.— A Knock at the Door, ob Worsted
Works Wonders, a play (in conjunction with the late Lord Houghton,
and the Marquis of Northampton), 1848.
This piece is a parody on the return of Ulysses, and was acted at Castle
Ashby on January 2, 1848? It is a very clever production, and, according
to Notes and Queries (7th series, vol. 11, p. 106), the best things in it
are by O'Brien. He was born in 1811, and died in Dublin on November
15, 1857, aged 47. He was buried at Blatherwycke, Northamptonshire,
where his family still live, and there is a window to his memory in the
church of that village, besides a couple of mural tablets. He published
soma political speeches, one of them being on " The Battle of Native
Industry" (1846), and there are two poems by him in "The Tribute," a
collection edited by the Marquis of Northampton, in 1837. He was M.P.
for North Northamptonshire from 1841 till his death, and was known as
Augustus O'Brien Stafford. He was secretary to the Admiralty in 1853.
His death is supposed to have been the result of arduous labours in the
Crimea. Some of his speeches were much appreciated. See for references
to him Aubrey De Vere's " Recollections," Mrs. Oliphaut's " House of
Blackwood," Walpole's "Life of Lord John Russell," etc. The last-
named book (see vol. 2, p. 102) says he wrote in 1849 an. extravaganza,
" The Babes in the Wood."
O'BRIEN, THOMAS.— Songs oit Liberty (over signature of "Clontarf"),
Dublin, 1889, 8vo.
A contributor to the national journals for some years, over the nom-de-
guerre of "Clontarf." Is represented in "Emerald Grems " (Dublin,
1885). Born on May 1, 1851, and took part in the Fenian movement
while a boy. Was a small farmer, and died at Julianstown, Co. Meath,
November 9, 1906.
O'BRIEN, THOMAS.— The Mountain Spirit, or Erin as She Was, a poem,
Dublin, 1832, 8vo.
O'BRIEN, SIR TURLOUGH.— Author of an admirable little poem on the
flyleaf of " The Shepherd's Calendar," and quoted in The Gem for 1830.
It is dated 1593, and is addressed to Lady Elinor Britten, who was after-
wards buried with him in the church of St. Comin, Holy Island, Co. Clare.
The poem has been set to music by several composers.
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O'BRIEN, mriLLIAM. — An Epick Poem on William Leigh, inventor of the
stocking-frame in 1589, Dublin, 1727, folio sheet.
O'BBIEN, WILLIAM. — Cross Pcbposes, farce, 1772, 8vo (various editions) ;
The Duel, comedy, 1773, 8vo; O'Brien's Lusoeium, being a collection
of convivial songs, lectures, etc., entirely original in various styles, etc.,
London, 1782, 8vo; The Ltjsobium being a collection of convivial songs,
etc. (anonymously), London, 1783, 8vo ; The Lusorium:, a collection of
facetiae (over pseudonym of " Larry Lusus, Esq."), London, 1798, 8vo.
Supposed to belong to the Inchiquin family, and born about 1740.
Went on the stage in 1768, at Drury Lane Theatre, and was very successful
as a comedian. He was noted for his handsome presence, and he married
in 1764 Lady Diana Strangeways, daughter of the Earl of Ilchester —
one of the few instances on record of an actor marrying a lady of title.
He became Receiver-General of Dorsetshire. Was living there in 1816,
according to " Dictionary of Living Authors," published in that year,
but Ryan, in his "Worthies of Ireland," says he died in September, 1815.
It is charitable to suppose that another author of the same name wrote
" The Lusorium," or that somebody unscrupulously used his name.
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM.— Younger brother of James Nagle O'Brien (q.v.), and
a famous politician of the present day. He was born at Mallow,
Co. Cork, in 1852, and was for some years a reporter on Cork
papers, and on The Freeman's Journal, and editor of United Irela/nd.
Was first elected M.P. for Mallow, and has since been member for South
Tyrone and Cork (for which Jast he now sits). In 1890 he published
" When We Were Boys," a novel, which was most cordially received,
and later "A Queen of Men," another successful novel, and in earlier
days wrote several stories for Irish journals. He has written various
poems and songs, one of which latter (in his "When We Were Boys")
became popular, no fewer than five diiferent airs being composed for it.
Most of his verse appeared anonymously in United Ireland during his
editorship.
O'BRIEN, WILLIAM SMITH.— Wrote several poems in The Nation, one of
them, the best known, appearing in that journal for July 22, 1848,
signed " W. O'B." It has been reprinted several times, as in "Irish
Penny Readings " (four vols., Dublin, 1879-85), for instance. In his
" Personal Recollections," which ran through the paper referred to in
1857, there are several poems by him, and he is said to have written verse
whilst in Australia, and to have published it in The Sydney Freeman's
Journal. In The Irishman of September 10, 1863, there is a poem
apparently by him. He was the son of Sir E. O'Brien, and was born in
Co. Clare, on October 17, 1803, educated at Harrow and Cambridge, and
entered Parliament in 1826 as member for Ennis. Became the leader of
the national party, and was sentenced in 1848 to transportation for life,
and was sent to Tasmania. After some time he received a ticket-of-leave,
and in 1856 a free pardon. He died in Wales on June 16, 1864. He
published in 1856 a work in two volumes on "Principles of (Jovemment."
O'BRYEN, DENIS. — Lines Written at Twickenham, 1788, 4to ; A Friend in
Need is a Friend Indeed, comedy in four acts, 1873 (not published).
. An intimate friend! of Rt. Hon. C. J. Fox, and a political writer of
some repute, several of his pamphlets being considered very cogent. The
prologue to his play, written by himself in verse, is given in WaXker's
Hibernian Magazine for 1783, p. 440. He was born in Ireland in or about
1755, was originally an apothecary, and was perhaps the Denis O'Brien
of T.C.D., who graduated B.A., 1786 (his name being sometimes spelt
thus). Be became Pasrmaster-General in 1806, and died at Margate on
August 13. 1832, aged 7?.
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O'BYRNE, CATHAL. — In thb Land of the Thrushes, poems (with Cahir
Healy), Dublin, 1907 (?), 12mo.
" O'BYRNE, DERMOT."— Seaeoam and Fieelisht, London (Orpheus Press),
n.d. [1911?]
The above name is said to conceal the identity of an English poet with
Irish sympathies.
O'BYRNE, GEORGE ALOYSIUS.— The Flight into Egypt, verse, Notting-
ham, 1886, 8vo; Robert Browning — In Memoeiam — ^An Epioedium, etc.,
verse, Nottingham, 1889, 4to; A Poetical Febvorine on Byeon, etc.,
third edition, Nottingham, 1889, 8vo ; Centenaby Ode on Mooee, with
music, Nottingham, 4to ; The Immortal Memory oe Bobeei Bubns, verse,
Nottingham, 1890, 4to ; Miscellaubous Verses ; A Hundeed Poems on
THE Noble ; Roses and Thistles ; The Gobdon Souvenir ; The Memory
OF Henet Kieke White.
A Catholic, resident in Nottingham, and author of various other
separately printed productions. Wrote verse for a small Catholic peri-
odical. The Nottingham Monthly Magazine.
O'BYRNE, M. C— Nyssia, an old-world story, Toronto, 1905.
O'CALLAGHAN, D. E. — The Woodland Queen and othee Poems, London
and Dublin, 1869, 8vo.
O'CALLAGHAN, HON. GEORGE.— A Selection of Irish Melodies, with
symphonies a'ld accompaniments by Sir John Stevenson, Mus.Doc, and
characteristic words by the Hon. G. O'C. , No. 1, Dublin, n.d.
Published by William Power. O'Callaghan, who was the son of the
first Viscount Lismore, and Frances, daughter of Rt. Hon. John Ponsonby,
was born in September, 1787, and wrote other verse. The above collection
was probably issued in or about 1812.
O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN CORNELIUS.— The Green Book, or Gleanings from
the writing-desk of a literary agitator, prose and verse, Dublin, 1841,
12mo ; second edition with additions and improvements, Dublin, 1845, 8vo.
Author also of "The Irish at Home and Abroad," "History of the
Irish Brigades in the service of France," "The Irish in the English
Army and Navy," etc. Born in Dublin in 1805. Was a member of the
famous Comet Club, and wrote for The Comet over the signatures of
"Carolan " and "J. O'C." He wrote afterwards for The Irish Monthly
Magazine, started by those who left The Comet in 1831 or 1832, and also
for The Nation over the signature of " Gracchus," a poem by him over
that signature appearing in first number of the paper. He died on April
24, 1883.
O'CALLAGHAN, MATILDA SOPHIA.— The Glories oir Jesus, etc., trans-
lated from the French of V. Huby, Dublin, 1835, 16mo.
She translated other works from the French. The above volume con-
tains some verse.
O'CALLAGHAN, THOMAS O'DONNELL.-The son of Innocent O'Callaghan
and Mien 0 Dounell, was born in Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, in 1845 and
was a school teacher there. He was Kilmallock correspondent to the
Irish PeopJe of Dublin, over the signature of "Libertas," and wrote
poems for The Irishman. He was connected with the Fenian movement
before he went to the States in 1866. He has contributed largely to New
York papers, especially the DaUy News of that city. It is said he intends
to publish his collected poems in a volume. He is maternally descended
trom Shaun 0 Dwyer a-Granna, and is a cousin of Dr. P. W Joyce (g v )
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O'CALLAN, P. — Of Blackrockj Co. Dublin. Wrote a good deal of verse for
Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1800-1801.
O'CARROLL, LOUIS ELY. — ^A oontributor of poems to Young Ireland, etc.,
and a member of the Pan-Celtic Society of Dublin. In " Lays and Lyrics
of the Pan-Celtic Society " (Dublin, 1889), there are one or two of his
poems, one of them being signed " Claude Hopper." Born in Dublin
about 1864, graduated at the Royal University, was called to the Irish
Bar, and has been for some years Secretary of the Dublin Technical
Schools.
O'CARROLL, PATRICK. — The Jubilee Guide to Jersey, in rhyme (over the
signature of " A Modern Troubadour "), Jersey, 1887, 8vo.
O'CONNELL, DANIEL.— Lyrics, San Francisco, 1881, 8vo; The Red Fox,
an Irish play, ; Bluff King Hal, a comic opera, — — ; The Con-
spiracy, a play, ; Songs from Bohemia, edited by Ina D. Coolbrith
and William Greer Harrison, San Francisco, 1900.
Born at Liscannor, Go. Clare, in 1849, and a resident of San Francisco,
where he edited several papers. He is represented in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets." Seven of his poems are in
Crowley and Doyle's " Chaplet of Verse from Californian Catholic
Writers." Oiscar Wilde, in a lecture on Irish poetry in San Francisco,
praised his verse. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co.
Kildare, 1863-4, and died in February, 1899.
O'CONNELL, DANIEL J.— Born at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 12, 1860, of
(.nrk parentage. Is self-educated, and for a time taught a school. He
went to Iowa, where he became editor of the Daily and Siunday Democrat
of Ottumwa. Was in 1894 managing editor of North-Western Catholic,
of Sioux City, Iowa. He has written much prose and verse for North-
western papers; two of his poems are in Herringshaw's "Local and
National Poets of America," a very rubbishy collection.
O'CONNELL, JAMES J.— Born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1865. Studied
at St. Mary's College in that city. Early in life went to Brooklyn, where
he edited an amateur journal called The Firefly, afterwards changed to
The Phoenix. Published a volume of poems in Brooklyn about 1886. Is
a printer by trade.
O'CONNELL, JOHN.— Second son of the Liberator, Daniel O'Connell,
M.P., and his chief adviser in his latter days. He published a collection
of his father's speeches in 1846, with memoir, and in 1849, " Recollections
and experiences during a Parliamentary career from 1833 to 1848," 2
vols. He was born in 1811 and died on May 24, 1858. He contributed to
The Nation one or two poems, which are reprinted in " The Spirit of the
Nation," over signature of " M. P.," but were first anonymous. In The
Irish Monthly of a few years ago will be Tound an article referring to
him and quoting some of his poems. He also wrote for Duffy's Fireside
Magazine and for Irish Monthly Magazine (1832), over signature of " Y."
O'CONNELL, JOHN.— Of Kerryhill, Blackpool, Co. Cork. Was the author
of " Wh«n this Old Hat was New," a famous song, in which 1840 is com-
pared with 1798. He wrote other verse, some of it clever, for the Cork
Press over the signature of " Matthew Roche." He died unmarried in
or about 1860.
O'CONNELL, JOHN A.— A contributor of excellent verse to Nation, United
Ireland, Shamrock, and Liverpool Nationalist, over signature of
"Aloysius." He was a native of Co. Limerick, and formerly resided in
London, and was a member of the Southwark Irish Literary Club.
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O'CONNELL, MAURICE.— Eldest son of the Liberator, and born about
1802. He contributed tales and poems to Irish Monthly Magazine in
1832-3 over signatures of " Fion," "Patrick O'Doggerell," "Patrick
O'Taffrail," and " Denis McFinn," and lie also wrote the anonymous piece
on p. 139, vol. 1, of same periodical. He may possibly have been " Fion,"
of The Nation, and he certainly wrote for the paper over signatures of
" Ith," and " M. O'C." His "Recruiting song of the Irish Brigade,"
and poem on the death of Thomas Davis, are in severail collections of
Irish poetry. He also wrote for Comet, Catholicon, etc. Was admitted
to Gray's Inn in January, 1823. Became M.P. for dare in 1831, for
Tralee in 1832, etc., and married a Miss Soott, a Clare lady, in 1832. He
died suddenly in Pall Mall, Loudon, June 17, 1853. He wrote a poem
called " Dunkerron Castle," and was the compiler of the "Personal
Narrative of the Rebellion," by Thomas Cloney.
O'CONNELL, MAURICE JOHN.— Nephew of Daniel O'ConneU, the Liberator,
and born in or about 1822. Educated at Oscott College, and in 1836,
when only fourteen, read publicly an admirable poem " On Man," which
was reprinted in The Catholicon of Birmingham, in The Dublin Beview
(being the only original poem ever reproduced by that periodical) and
also in a broad sheet. It is quoted in full in Notes and Queries (3rd
series, vol. xi., p. 359). See also page 427 of same vol., where his versa-
tility is alluded to. He died at the age of 17, on November 22, 1836, and
was buried at Oscott.
O'CONNELL, PHILL.— Nationai Poems, Monaghan, 1829, 8to.
The author was a peasant of some talent.
O'CONNER, MORGAN.— Poems, Pastokals, and Dialogues, Dublin, 1726,
8vo.
O'CONNOR, A.— The Ibish Pilgrim, a poem, Dublin, 1813 (?), 8vo (32 pp.)—
printed for the author.
O'CONNOR, BARRY. — An Irish-American writer, who has published a volume
of Irish stories called "Turf Fire Tales" (New York), and has written
many poems in New York Daily News and other papers.
O'CONNOR, BARTHOLOMEW.— The Irish Land-Agent, a comedy in five
acts, with songs, Dublin, 1873, 8vo.
O'CONNOR, FRANCIS.— Son of a stone-cutter, and born at Clonmel, Co.
Tipperary, on May 13, 1833. Was taken to America in 1836, and was
taught his father's trade. He has executed stone-carving in Albany,
Rochester, and Ithaca, New York. Has written stories and poems, one of
the former being in the volume devoted to "Romance" in the "Little
Classics " series, edited by Rossiter Johnson, while one of his poems,
"Country Courtship," is well-known as a recitation, and is in several
collections of " Readings."
O'CONNOR, JAMES.— Works oi' James O'Connor, the deaf poet, with a
biographical sketch of the author, by A. Br Douglas, New York, 1879, 8vo.
Of Irish extraction, born at Andes, New York, on January 26, 1835.
Was a printer and farmer successively, and was living in 1879. Some of
his poems are partly Irish.
O'CONNOR, JOHN.— loH Dien, verse, Melbourne, 1872.
O'CONNOR, JOSEPH.— Poems, New York, 1895, 16mo.
Born at Tribes Hill, Montgomery Co., New York, December 17, 1841,
and educated in the common free schools and later at the Rochester Free
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Academy and its University, graduating in 1863. Married in 1877 Miss
Evangeline Mary Johnson, an authoress. Was first a teacher, and later
was admitted to the Bar, but eventually entered on a journalistic career,
in which he has been very successful. After writing for some time for
minor papers, he joined the New York World in 1875, and remained there
for four years. He afterwards edited the Buffalo (New York) Courier,
and the Rochester (New York) Post Express. He wrote many poems,
which competent judges thought very good. He is represented in various
American anthologies. In Magazine of Poetry for August, 1894', there is
a notice of him, with selections. He died in 1908.
O'CONNOR, MICHAEL.— Brother of Joseph O'Connor Iq.v.). Was born in
Orange Co., New York, in 1837. He learned a trade, and worked at it
for some years, but in 1862 he enlisted in the army and became sergeant
of the 140th Regiment. Hte died in the same year, of typhoid fever, after
three months' service. He is represented in EJiot Ryder's "Household
Library of Catholic Poets," and Cormolly's " Household Librarv of Ire-
land's Poets."
O'CONNOR, MURROGH.— A Pastobal, in imitation of the first eclogue
of Virgil; inscribed to the provost, fellows, and scholars (sic) of T.C.D.,
Dublin, 1719, 4to ; another edition, with notes, by T. C. Croker, Lopdon,
1843, 8vo (for the Percy Society).
O'CONNOR, PAUL. — ^Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, of Irish parentage, about
1845. He went through the Civil War, and afterwards followed the
trade of wood carver. He wrote a good many poems for Catholic
periodicals, notably the Catholic World, of New York. He lived at
Covington, Kentucky, and hence was called "the Covington Poet."
O'CONNOR, R. — Another Lay of the Last Minsthel (anon.), London, 1810,
8vo (76 pp.).
Dedicated to Sir F. Burdett.
O'CONNOR, RUTH A.— Wild Flowees, poems, New York, 1885.
Contributor to Catholic World, New York, and other Catholic
magazines.
O'CONNOR, RODERIC. — A Historical Genealogical Memoir of the
0 'Conors, Kings of Connatjght, and their Descendants ... an argumen-
tative dialogue in verse on the assumption of the modern epithet or title
of Don, Dublin, 1861, 8vo.
O'CONNOR, RODERICK.— Moore, in his "Diary," vol. 4, p. 106, refers to a
poet of this name, who called himself "last of the bards," and who
appealed to him for help and sent him verses in 1823. Moore describes
him as " a drunken scribbler of Cork." I cannot say whether this is
Daniel Roderick O'Conor (q.v.), or the W. Roderick O'Connor who follows.
O'CONNOR, W. RODERICK.— The Town as it is, a moral, satirical picture
of the city of Cork, Cork, printed for the author, 1802, 8vo; The New
Cork Gtjide, No. 1, verse, Cork, 1803.
Possibly the William O'Connor, of Cork (q.v.).
O'CONNOR, REY. TIMOTHY CLIFFORD.— Night Voices, poems, Dublin,
1869; Selections from Poems and Ballads of Protestantism, Dublin,
1886 ; Wycliffe Ballads, — .
B.A., 1875; M.A.^ 1889. Is a well-known clergyman in Dublin.
O'CONNOR, WILLIAM.— The Mabdykib, a poem, Cork, 1796, 8vo; The
Meddler, 13 numbers, Cork, 1795, 8vo ; The Qttiz, 8 parts, Cork, 1794.
In prose and verse. (See W. Roderick O'Connor.)
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O'CONNOR, WILLIAM DOUGLAS.— A notable Irish-American journalist and
official, born in Boston, U.S.A., on January 2, 1833. Has written many-
good poeias, which have not been collected. He was a close friend of
Lafcadio Hearn (g.u.), the famous writer on Japan, and there are letters
to him in Mrs. Bisland's "Life and Letters" o'f Hearn. He was em-
ployed in the American Marine Department, and died in 1889. He was
the author of some clever novels, and of a work on his friend, Walt
Whitman, entitled, " The Good Gray Poet."
O'CONOR, CHARLES PATRICK.— Fifty Odes from Horace, done into
lyrical English; Songs or a Life, etc., Deptford, 1875, 12mo; New Irish
Melodies ;• Bird and Flower ; Bella Dhtj 0 ; Wreaths of Fancy, London,
1870; Songs for Soldiers, London {?), 1882, 16mo.
A frequent and clever contributor to Irishman, Nation, Pat, Shamrock,
etc., often over signatures of " Cairn Thierna," and " Cahal Mor." Born
in Co. Cork, in or about 1837, of poor parents, and came to England in
his youth, and wrote largely for the papers. He penned various songs for
music, and numerous poems, and was granted £50 a year by Mr. Gladstone
in recognition of his literary merit. Was appointed to a Government clerk-
ship in Canada by the late Sir John Macdonald, but soon retired, owing
to ill-health. His collected poems have been illustrated by several eminent
artists. He lived at Lewisham for many years, and is mentioned as a
Kentish poet in Howell's '' Kentish Note-Book."
O'CONOR, DANIEL RODERICK.— The Works of D. R. O'C, consisting of
moral, sentimental, pathetic, and descriptive pieces in prose and verse.
Also odes on the Creation, etc., a description of Looh-Lene, the celebrated
Lake of Killarney, as well as a select and critical abstract of Irish history,
two volumes, Cork, 1800 (?), 8vo. (See under Roderick O'Connor).
O'CONOR, REY. JOHN FRANCIS XAYIER.— Lyric and Dramatic Poetry,
Boston, 1883; Dante, a drama, — .
Born in New York, August 1, 1852, and author of various literary works.
He was educated in London, Louvain, and the John Hopkins University.
He wrote a good deal of verse.
O'CONOR, REY. JOHN HENRY.— Imperial Loyalty, etc. (with poems), Lon-
don, 1886.
Was Dean of Cashel, and Rector of Emly, and wrote other works.
O'CUIRC, HENRY.- See Henry Quirke.
O'DEA, JAMES. — Daddy Longlegs, a book of songs for children, 1900;
JiNGLEMAN Jaok, verses for children, 1901.
A well-known American song writer and librettist. Born at Hamilton,
Canada, December 25, 1871, and educated at public schools there. Since
1897 he has written over SOO songs, some of which have been immensely
popular.
O'DELL, REY. WILLIAM BUTLER.— Born at Mount Aylmer, Co. Limerick,
author of several poems, and mentioned in Ferrar's "History of
Limerick." He graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1774. In 1783 he published a
work called "Thoughts on Party and Parliamentary Reform," and in
1792 an anonymous pamphlet in answer to Dr. Priestly.
O'DOHERTY, MOST REY. JOHN (Bishop of Derry).- Derriana, essays and
occasional verses, chiefly relating to the diocese of Derry, Dublin, 1902.
Born September 25, 1833, at Derry; ordained 1861, created Bishop of
Derry in 1890, and died February 25, 1907.
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O'DONEGAN, PATRICK. — A Drogheda schoolmaster and a verse-writer. In
the collection of verse by Drogheda poets, issued as a supplement to the
Argus, the local newspaper, in or about 1855, he is given a place.
O'DONNELL, DANIEL KANE. — The Song op Ieon, and the Song or Slaves,
with other poems, Philadelphia, 1863.
Born of Irish parentage in Philadelphia, in 1838, and died there on
September 8, 1871. He was a well-known journalist and dramatic critic,
with some ability as a musician. He wrote words and music, it is said,
of the celebrated song, "Rock me to sleep, mother." He is included
in Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
O'DONNELL, FRANCIS HUGH.— New Pagaisiism, a satire in verse
(over pseudonym of " Dryden Minor"), London, 1878; The Message ot
THE Mastebs, a legend of Aileach, in verse, London and Edinburgh, 1901,
8vo; second edition, London, 1904.
A well-known writer, who was formerly M.P. for Dungarvan, to
which he was elected in 1877. He was born in 1848 in Co. Donegal, and
was educated at St. Ignatius' College and Queen's University, where he
graduated M.A., 1868. Wrote various poems for Nation over signature
of " Llenodo." He was M.P. for Galway in 1874, and was a journalist
by profession. He is the author of several books on Irish education,
and of some onslaughts, in pamphlet form, on W. B. Yeats' literary views.
O'DONNELL, JESSIE.— Heabt Ltkics, New York, 1887, 12mo.
Born in the Sta1;e of New York, and was daughter of Hon. John
O'Donnell, a prominent American politician. She was educated at her
native place (Lowville, N.Y.), Saratoga, etc., and oontril5uted poems to
The Boston Transcript. She also wrote short stories, and in 1890 edited
" Love Poems of Three Centuries," which were published in two volumes,
She died at Brooklyn, N.Y., April 3, 1897.
O'DONNELL, REY. JOHN. — A contributor of poems to Irisliman, Shamrock,
United Irishman (of Liverpool) about 1874, etc., over the signature of
" Moy." He was a Mayo man, and died at an early age in June, 1874.
There is an elegy on him in the volume of poems by Rev. M. J. McHale
(q.v.).
O'DONNELL, JOHN FRANCIS.— The Emerald Weeath, prose and verse
(over signature of "Caviare"), Dublin, 1865, 8vo; Memories of the
Irish Franciscans, verse, Dublin, 1871, 12mo ; The Flight of the EAHiS,
a poem, n.d. ; Poems (with introduction by Richard Dowling), London,
1891, 8vo.
Born in Limerick in 1837, and contributed verses to The Kilkenny
Journal as early as 1851, generally over the signature of " John
O'Donnell." He also wrote for The Tipperary Examiner about this time.
He contributed to various journals over signatures of "Caviare,"
"J. F. O'D.," "MoncktonWest," and once to 7ris?i Peopls over pseudonym
of " P. Monks." His pieces also appeared in Limerick Beporter (1854),
Nation (1854, etc.); Duffy's Fireside Magazine, SousehoTd Words, The
Lamp (18Y2-73), Universal News (London), and numerous other journals
and magazines. He became a regular journalist very early in life, and was
a reporter on The Munster News, a Limerick paper, and went thence to
The Tipperary Examiner, which he edited, and for which he doubtless
wrote the pieces signed " C." in 1860. In 1861 he went to London and
joined the staff of The Universal News, a Catholic paper very Irish in
tendency, and after a time became its editor, but it was a comparatively
short-lived paper. In the year last mentioned, he commenced to write
for All The Tear Bound. He also wrote for The Dublin Illustrated
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Journal, was on the staff of The Nation (going to Dublin in 1862), was
editor of Duffy's Hibernian Magazine in the same year, and wrote a good
deal of verse for it, some of it signed " C." and " Emily French." Much
of his work also appeared in Irishman, Shamrock (the early volumes),
Boston Pilot', Chambers' Journal, Dublin Beview, Fun, etc., and he was
sub-editor of The Tablet (London) for three years. In September, 1873,
he obtained an appointment in the Agent-General for New Zealand's office,
through the influence of Lord O'Hagan. He died on May 7, 1874, aged 37,
and was buried in Kensal Green. His " Poems " were selected by John
T. Kelly (q.v.), and published by the Southwark Irish Literary Club, in
the hope of getting sufficient means to erect a monument to him over his
grave, which was sadly neglected till Mr. Michael McDonagh called atten-
tion to it in his " Irish Graves in England " (which see for further informa-
tion and portraits of O'Donnell). In ShamrocTc for April 1, 1882, there
is a fine poem of his — " Let us Pray."
O'DONOGHUE, JOHN.— Author of an " Historical Memoir of the O'Briens "
(Dublin, 1860, 8vo). Wrote various songs, some of which were set to music,
and also a good many poems in Freeman's Journal, and in Irishman of
1849, generally over signature of " S.T.C.D." He was the eldest son of
Daniel O'Donoghue, of Killarney, near which he was born in 1813, and
became a sizar of T.C.D., Sch., 1881; B.A., 1833. Erom 1838 to 1871 he
was connected; editorially or otherwise, with the Freem,an's Journal. He
was called to the Irish Bar in 1837, but rarely practised, I think. He is
represented in Samuel Lover's " Poems of Ireland " (18S9), and there
the five pieces of his in Hercules Ellis' " Songs of Ireland " (1849). He
was for more than thirty years on the staff of the Freemari's Journal, and
was, I believe, its editor for some time. He was also Irish correspondent
of The Daily News. In W. M. Downes' " Poems " (1840?) there is a piece
addressed to him. He died suddenly on March 22, 1893. For the Dublin
University Magazine he wrote poems and some sketches of the Irish Bar.
According to the Freeman' s Journal obituary notice, he seems to have
published a volume of sketches on that subject in or about 1840.
O'DONOGHUE, NANNIE POWER.— Spbing Leaves, poems, London, 1877,
8vo ; Rhymes pob Readers and Reciters, Dublin, 1595, 8vo.
Youngest child of Charles Lambert, of Athenry, Co. Galway, and prob-
ably born there. She is one of the most notable lady journalists of her
time, and has written for many years for most of the best women's and
other papers. There are few good papers to which she has not con-
tributed. She has written novels and short stories, and a book on
horsemanship for ladies. She married the late William Power
O'Donoghue, Mus.Doo.
O'DONOHOE, HUGH.— A student of Blackrock College about 1880, and a-
frequent contributor of poems to the journals published at that institu-
tion (The French College Library Journal). Died at Leeds, July 19, 1910.
O'DONOHOE, JOHN.— Born in Dublin, about 1842, and in 1862-3 was a clerk
in the Registry of Deeds Office. He published a poem called " An Incident
of the Siege of Charleston," in 1866, and in 1870 was a contributor to
Blarney, and in 1872 to Zozimus. Wrote " The Quilp Essays " for Ireland's
Eye, and in 1878 a series of " Tales and Fables " for Weehly Irish Times.
He wrote a good deal of verse, including prize poems, for Irish Fireside
of 1881-2.
O'DONOYAN, DENIS.— HoRAE Juveniliae, Cork, — .
Bom on August 23, 1846, in Co. Cork, and was educated privately in
Ireland and France and at the Sorbonne. In 1874 he became librarian
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of the Queensland Legislature, and resigned the post in 1902. Received
various distinctions for public services. Published " Memories of Rome,"
and other books. Died in 1911.
O'DONOYAN, JEREMIAH.— The History op Ireland, in epic verse, Pitts-
burg (U.S.A.), 1854, 8vo.
Mso an " Account of Irishmen in United States," published at Pitts-
burg in 1864.
O'DONOYAN (" ROSSA "), JEREMIAH.— This very well-known opponent of
English rule in Ireland, was more of a literary man than people imagine.
He was connected with ]'ournalism in Ireland and America for many years,
and wrote a work on " Prison Life " and various poems, Irish and English,
scattered through his book, or buried in newspapers. He was " Jer "
of Irish People, 1865. There is a novel entitled "Edward O'Donnell"
which bears his name, but he is supposed not to have written a word of it.
He is represented in one or two collections of Irish poetry. Was
born at Rosscarbery (whence his name Rossa, to distinguish liim from
numerous others of the same name) in Co. Ciork, September, 1831. Was
arrested in 1865 on charge of treason-felony, and sentenced to imprison-
ment for life. Was released some years after, and lived mostly in New
York, where he edited the United Irishman. In the Northern Whig for
October 25, 1865, there is a very interesting account of Rossa reproduced
from Skihhereen Eagle of about that date.
O'DONOYAN (" ROSSA "), MARY JANE.— Ieish Lyrical Poems, New York,
1868.
Born in Clonakilty, Co. Cork, on January 27, 1845, her maiden name
being Irwin. She wrote for Iris?!. People over signatures of " M. J. I."
and " Cliodhna," and has been also a contributor to Irish People, of New
York, and to The Emerald, of same city. She _is the third wife of the well-
known Fenian leader above named.
O'DOWD, BERNARD PATRICK.— Dawnwakd, Sydney, 1903, 8vo; The
Silent Land, and other verses, Melbourne, 1905, 8vo; Dominions op the
BouNDAUT, verse, Melbourne, 1907, 8vo.
The son of Bernard O'Dowd, a Monaghan man, and Anne Mulholland,
of Co. Antrim, and born at Beaufort, Victoria, April 11, 1866. Educated
at Victoria State Schools, and Grenville College, Ballarat; graduated
B.A., LL.B., and was called to the Bar. Has written several law books,
and is now assistant librarian of the Supreme Court, Melbourne. Was
married in 1889 and has six sons. He was a friend and correspondent of
Walt Whitman, and contributes largely to the Australian Press.
O'DOWD, JAMES. — Claee Island, or The Lovers oe the West, and other
poems, Dublin, 1824, Svo.
O'DOWD, JOHN. — Lays of South Sligo, a few wild flowers of national poetry,
Dublin, 1888, 12mo.
Born at Goldfields, Co. SUgo, on February 13, 1856, and is a farmer's
son, engaged in business in his native county. Has written poems oyer
signature of " Adonis " for Sligo Champion, Albany (N.Y.), Evening
News and Sunday Press, and The Worcester !(U.S.A.) Daily Times,
and The Shamrock, Young Ireland, Flag of Ireland, and Weekly News,
of Dublin. He was imprisoned as a suspect in 1881-2, under the Coercion
Act, and over the signature of ''A Sligo Suspect," contributed to Sligo
Champion and Dundalh Democrat. In 1892, though selected as parlia-
mentary candidate for South Sligo, he withdrew his name, but now repre-
sents the division. He spent a short time in the United States.
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O'DWYEE, MICHAEL JOHN.— The Soldier's Marriage, a musical drama,
Dublin, 1861, 8vo.
O'FARRELL, DENIS.— Poems by the late D. O'F., Queenstown, 1907, 16mo.
Only twenty copies printed by James Coleman. Born at Ballydulea,
August 28, 1857 ; died June 5, 1890.
O'FARRELL, MARTIN. — The Times, a Hudibrastic poem, Limerick, 1820,
8vo.
The author is described as a philomath.
"'OFFICER OF THE LINE, AN."— Sketches, Scenes, and Narratives,
verse, chiefly of a religious character, Dublin, 1828, 8vo.
Contributed poems to Dublin Monthly Magazine (1830).
■O'FLAHERTY, CHARLES.— Poems, Dublin, 1813; Poems and Songs (two
volumes?), Dublin, 1821; Triples in Poetry, etc., Dublin, 1821, 8vo;
Retrospection, or A Lover's Lapses and a Poet's Love, being an attempt
to illustrate the tender passion, with other trifles in poetry and prose,
including a few rough rhymes and a couple of sketches of Donnybrook
Fair, taken on the spot in the autumn of 1822-3 (over signature of " Rory
O'Reilly, stonecutter "), Dublin, printed for the author, 1824.
Also wrote "Hermit Minstrelsy," but this was probably not a separate
Tolume. He was the son of a pawnbroker in Ross Lane, Dublin, who died
while he was still young. He was apprenticed to a bookseller in Parlia-
ment Street, and began to write verse for the Morning Post, afterwards
joining its staff. He stayed on it for several years, and in 1826 went to
Wexford to edit the Evening Post, dying there (probably) in May, 1828,
aged 34. He was the author of "Judy Rooney," "Biddy Maguire of
Ballinaclash," and other songs once popular. He was also undoubtedly
the author of " The Humours of Donnybrook Fair," so constantly and
wrongly attributed to Lyisaght, and it is in his 1821 volume. His first
volume was dedicated to 'Thomas Moore. He was doubtless the " C. 0. F."
who wrote verse for the Duhlin and London Magazine, 1825-26.
O'FLANAGAN, EDWARD.— Original Songs, Glasgow (1880?).
O'FLANAGAN, THEOPHILUS.— Advice to a Prince (by " Thady Mac-
Brady "), with an English translation in verse, and a Latin prose version,
London, 1808, 8vo ; Deirdre, or the Lamentable Fate op the Sons op
TJsnaoh, translated into English verse, London, 1808, 8vo.
Born near TuUa, Co. Clare, about 1762, and baptised Thadeus. Was
educated at school of John Nunan, who was considered the best classical
scholar in Munster. Was Sch. T.C.D., 1787; B.A., 1789, and started an
academy at Birr, afterwards getting a position in the G.P.O., which he was
obliged to give up on account of his propensity to alcohol. He went to
Kerry, and there taught in a seminary. In 1812heremovedto Limerick, and
managed an Irish "Institute" there. He died January 4, 1814, aged 32.
Some time before his death he married a'sister of Col. Henry Morres, and
became entitled to property which, after a law-suit, he managed to secure.
Besides the above-mentioned works, which form part of the " Transactions
of the Gaelic Society " of Dublin, of which body he was a prominent mem-
ber, he published a translation of Lyncli's book on Giraldus Cambrensis
("Cambrensis Refuted," translative, with occasional notes and observa-
-tions, by T. O'F.), Dublin, 1795, 8vo. A full account of him will be found
in Warburton Walsh's " History of Dublin," vol. 2, pp. 981-2.
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OGDEN, JOHN. — Gems feom Ould Ireland, a collection of songs, London,
1860.
A few of the songs are by this writer, who was best known as an Irish
vocalist. He was born in Manchester in 1828, and died on August 10,.
1864, at Philadelphia, aged 36.
OGILBY, SIR DAVID. — Born at Newtownlimavady on August 3, 1755, and was-
a soddier of great distinction in India, where he spent twenty-two years.
On his retirement from the army he was knighted, and settled in his native
place. He wrote a good deal of verse, including translations from the
Malapar and Tamil tongues (one of these is given in Walher's Hibernian
Magazine for February, 1804, where there is also a long notice of his-
career, and a portrait.
OGLE, GEORGE. — The Loves of Heed and Leander, from the Greek of
Musaeus, by Mr. Sterling, to which are added some new translations front
various Greek authors, vK., Anacreon, Sappho, Julian, Theocritus, Bion,
Moschus and Homer, by ****** **** (that is, George Ogle), Dublin,
1728, 12mo; Basia, or the Kisses, from Latin of Secundus, 1731, 12mo>
Epistles op Horace imitated, 1735, 4to; The Legacy Hunter,
the fifth satire of second book of Horace imitated, Dublin, 1737,
12mo; Antiquities Explained, being a collection of figured gems
illustrated by descriptions taken from the classics (Volume I.),
London, 1787, 4to ; The Miser's Feast, the eighth satire of second book
of Horace imitated, 1737, fol. ; The Eleventh Epistle op First Book op
Horace imitated, 1738, 4to ; The Third Epistle op First Book op
Horace imitated, 1738, 4to; Gualtherius and Griselda, or the Clerk
OF Oxford's Tale, from Boccace, Petrarch and Chaucer. To which are-
added a letter to a friend, with the clerk of Oxford's character, etc. The
clerk of Oxford's prologue from Chaucer ; the clerk of Oxford's conclusion
from Petrarch ... a letter in Latin from Petrarch to Boccace, London,
1739, 4to; The Canterbury Tales op Chaucer, modernised by G. 0., etc.,
1741, 8vo; another edition, 1742, 12mo ; Cambuscan, or the Squire's Tale
OF Chaucer, modernised by Mr. (Samuel) Boyse . . . continued from
Spenser's " Faery Queen," by Mr. Ogle, concluded by Mr. (James) Ster-
ling, Dublin, 1785, 8vo.
Was the father of succeeding writer, and the first volume in above-
list was dedicated to him by Sterling (see Sterling, Rev. James). In the-
preface to it he is termed "an ingenious young gentleman." He was a
clever translator, and his rendering is likely to have influenced Moore's
translation of Anacreon. John Bull for September 12, 1824, has a three-
column article charging Moore with plagiarising from some of his
versions. One of this name was M.P. for Bannow in the Irish Parlia-
ment, and High Sheriff of Co. Wexford in 1737 — presumably this writer.
See Moore's "Diary," vol. 4, pp. 243-244.
OGLE, RT. HON. GEORGE.— Son of preceding, and born in Wexford on
October 14, 1742, and died on August 10, 1814. (These dates are taken from
the statue to him by John Smyth in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin ; other
accounts give 1739 as the date of his birth). Became a member of the-
Irish Parliament and represented Wexford for twenty-eight years. In
1798 he became M.P. for Dublin. He is the author of the well-known
songs, "The Banks of Banna," or "Shepherds, I have lost my love,"
and "Molly Mo Store" or " Gramachree," whfoh are given in many
collections. See for less-known pieces by him, CroKer's " Popular Songs-
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of Ireland " (1839), Ellis' " Songs of Ireland " (1849), and " Poetical
Amusements at a Villa near Bath " (1775, 8vo).
OGLE, THOMAS ACRES.— Wild Flowers of Poetry, Dublin, 1865; Thb
EosB OF THE Forest, a metrical romance, — .
Also a work called "The Irish Militia Officer." He was a militia
captain, and resided at Logan-Shade, Carn, Co. A\ exford, and was a
descendant of the two preceding writers.
■O'GRADY, ELEANOR.— There are two poems by this lady in " The Tnique
Reciter," by Rev. J. J. Nesbitt, which are quoted from her " Select
Recitations," a. book I have not seen.
■O'GRADY, STANDISH.— The Eiiigraxt, a poem in four cantos, Montreal,
1841, 8vo.
O'GRADY, STANDISH.— One of the most eminent of living Irish writers,
and author of the notable " History of Ireland's Heroic Period '' (1878-
80), various romajices, including "Red Hugh's Captivity," (1889), and
some political works. Born on September 18, 1846, at Castletown
Berehaven, Co. Cork, of which his father was rector, and is
connected with the family of Lord Guillamore. Educated at home
and in Tipperary, and at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A.,
1868. Was called to the Bar and went circuit for a time, but has
devoted himself almost wholly to journalism and literature. Married
about 1872 a Miss Fisher, of Co. Cork, by whom he has three sons. For
some years he was on the staff of one or two of the leading Dublin
journals, and his literary articles were much admired. He has also pub-
lished volume I. of a "History of Ireland, critical and philosophical."
Has written excellent verse, a little of which appeared in Kottabos and
some in his historical master-piece. His other works include : " The Bog
of Stars," "TJlrick the Ready," "The Chain of Gold," "Finn and his
Companions," "The Queen of the World" (under pseudonym of "Luke
Netterville "), " In the Wake of King James," " The Gates of the North,"
and " The Chieftain's Last Rally," etc. He founded, and edited for some
years the All Ireland Beview. There is a notice of him by Michael
McDonagh in Irish Society, 1892.
O'GRADY, STANDISH HAYES.— Adventures op Donnchadh Ruadh Mac
CoN-MABA, ETC., translated from the Irish into English verse (over signa-
ture of " S. Hayes "), Dublin, 1853, 8vo.
Mr. O'Grady is a splendid Gaelic scholar, and a lifelong student of
the ancient literature of Ireland. I believe he wrote poems in The
Celt, etc. His " Silva Gadelica " is one of the most important works ever
done in Irish scholarship. He was born about 1830, of Clare parentage,
and probably in that county.
O'HAGAN, FRANCIS.— Born at Bytown, Carleton County, Canada, in 1833,
being the son of Hugh O'Hagan (a native of Derry, who was born in 1788,
went to Canada in 1799, became a school teacher at Bytown, a J. P. for St.
Mary's, Carleton County, and died in 1865.) Was intended for the priest-
hood, but entered the journalistic profession instead. He became an
editor in New York, Chicago, etc., and on his return to Ottawa, wrote for
Ottawa Times and Citizen. He wrote some poetry, which has been highly
commended, and died of consumption in 1872, in his 39th year, leaving a
wife and two children. He was buried in the Catholic churchyard of
Gatineau Point.
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O'HAGAN, JOHN. — The Song of Roland, translated from the French, by
J. O'H.j London, 1880, 8vo ; 1883, 8vo ; The Children's Ballad-Rosary,
London, 1890.
A distinguished Irish writer of the '48 period, and one of the leading
members of the Young Ireland party. Wrote a good many poems for The
Nation, either anonymously or over signatures of " O.," " J. O'H.,"
" Sliabh Cuillinn," and "Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia." Some of these
have been included in most collections of Irish poetry. He also wrote
critical and other articles for The Nation, and in later years for The Irish
Monthly, in which his articles on " The Poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson "
(afterwards reprinted in a small volume in 1887) first appeared. He also
wrote articles for the same magazine on Sir Thomas More, etc., and
various poems, including "The Children's Ballad-Rosary" above
referred to. There was also at least one poem of his in The Spectator, and
it was given in The Irish Monthly after his death. There are twenty-one
pieces by Mm, signed "O." in " Dublin Acrostics " (second edition, 1869).
He was born at Newry, Co. Down, on March 19, 1822 ; was called to Irish
Bar in 1842 ; married the youngest daughter of Lord O'Hagan in 1865 ;
made Q.C. in same year; was appointed a judge in 1881, and died on
November 12, 1890. He graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1842; M.A., 1865.
O'HAGAN, THOMAS.— A Gate of Flowers, and other Poems, Toronto, 1887,
16mo (with portrait) ; In Dreamland, poems, 1893 ; Songs op the Settle-
ment, — .
One of the leading Irish-Canadian poets. Born near Toronto, March
6, 1853, and was educated at St. Michael's College in that city and at
Ottawa University. In 1874 he became a teacher, and was during the
next nine years principal of several of the chief Catholic colleges in his
native province. From 1883 to 1888 he was classical master of several high
schools of Ontario, and in 1882 and 1885 respectively, the Ottawa Univer-
sity conferred on him the degrees of B.A. and M.A. He has contributed
a good many poems to the Canadian Press. Is represented in Eliot
Ryder's "Household Library of Catholic Poets," Notre Dame, Indiana,
U.S.A., 1881. Is a popular lecturer, and has contributed to many of the
leading American and Canadian periodicals.
O'HALLORAN, ROSE. — An Irish lady in California, who has won some recog-
nition as an astronomer, and is also known as a poetess. She is
represented by four poems in the R«v. D. O. Crowley's and C. A. Doyle's
" Ohaplet of Verse by Californian Catholic Writers ' ' (San Francisco,
1889).
O'HANLON, YERY REY. JOHN. — Legend Lays op Ireland (over signature
of " Lageniensis "), Dublin, 1876; The Buried Lady, a Legend op Kil-
KONAN, verse (over signature of " La,geniensis "), Dublin, 1883; Poetical
Works or Lageniensis, Dublin, 1893, 8vo.
Author of a great work on " The Lives of the Irish Saints " (1875,
etc.), and of numerous other valuable productions, including an edition
of Molyneux's "Case of Ireland Stated," with memoir and portrait of
that author (1892 — ^the last edition previously having been published in
1782) and an edition of Monck Mason's work on the Irish Parliament.
Born in Stradbally, Queen's Co., April 30, 1821, and educated first in
his native plaoe, then at Ballyroan, and again at Stradbally, obtaining
a first class classical education. Entered Carlow College in 1840, and
stayed there till May, 1842, when he went to Quebec with some relatives,
proceeding thence to United States. His experiences in the States are
told in his "Life and Scenerv in Missouri," published over the signature
of "An Irish Missionary Priest." He was ordained by Archbishop
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Kenrick in 1847, and returned to Ireland in 1853. Held various appoint-
ments in Dublin, and in 1885 was made Canon by Ai-ohbishop Walsh, in
1891 be went to tbe States to assist in the golden jubilee of the Archbishop
who had ordained him. Canon O'Hanlon was one of the most eminent of
Irish scholars and hagiologists. He died on May 15, 1905.
O'HANLON, MARY.— See Mary I. Kelly.
O'HARA, ARTHUR J.— Catilenb, an historical play in blank verse. New York,
1883?
O'HARA, CASSIE M.— Saint Tbkesa or Jesus, a Poem in four cantos,
London, 1883, 8vo.
The above poem won the prize offered at the Tercentenary of St. Teresa
thirty years ago. Lives near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, and has written
much for The Irish Monthly and The Catholic Fireside. Is the author of
one or two stories.
O'HARA, CHARLES.— See "Brookiana," edited by C. H. Wilson (g.r.) for
poem of his. Born in Co. Louth in 1738, being the son of Patterson
O'Hara. His first wife was a Miss Hargrave, his second a Miss Eleanor
Smith.
O'HARA, HUGH.— Vebses Humbly presented by H. O'H., etc., Dublin,
1768, folio sheet.
O'HARA, JOHN BERNARD. — Songs of the South, London first series, —
12mo; London, second series, 1891, 8vo; Lyrics op Nature, — ; A Book
OP Sonnets, — ; Odes and Lyrics, — .
Is, as far as I can discover, a teacher or schoolmaster, or engaged in
the teaching profession. He is an M.A. of one of the Australian Univer-
sities.
O'HARA, JOHN MYERS.— Twilight Songs, Chicago, 1898, 8vo; Sonnets
AND OTHER PoEMS, 1896, 8vO.
Born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1870, and graduated at St. Ignatius
College, Chicago, afterwards studying law at the North Western Univer-
sity, Illinois. He was admitted to the Bar in June, 1892. Many of his
poems have appeared in the Chicago Citizen.
O'HARA, KANE.— Midas, burletta, 1764, 8vo; The Golden Pippin, burletta,
1773, 8vo; The Two Misers, burletta, 1773 (not published); April Day,
burletta, 1777, 8vo ; Tom Thumb, burletta, 1780; 1805, 8yo.
The above have been played and reprinted numberless times. There is a
Cork edition of "Midas," 1770. O'Hara is considered to have been practi-
cally the founder of burlesque in England. He was not a Dublin man, as
frequently stated, but almost certainly a native of Co. Sligo, where his
family were settled for centuries. The conjunction of Kean (which was his
real christian name) and O'Hara has been observed in the family during
many generations. His portrait is preserved at Annaghmore, Co. Sligo,
the family seat. They were connected with Lord Tyrawley's family (see
Archdeacon O'Rorke's "History of Sligo"). He entered T.C.D., and is
said to have graduated B.A. and Mus.Bac. there, but the only name
resembling his in Todd's List is that of Kene O'Hara, who graduated
B.A., 1732, and M.A., 1735. This was probably the dramatist. He died
on June 17, 1782, in Dublin, at a very advanced age. He was a capable
musician, and one, at least, of his pieces is still well remembered. He
was so tall, that he was nick-named " St. Patrick's Steeple," and Mr.
Gilbert, in his "History of Dublin," records that a popular Italian glee
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of his day, containing the line, " Che no hanna crudeltk," was corrupted
by the Dublin populace into " Kane O'Hara's cruel tajU." J. D. Herbert's
"Irish Varieties," deliberately but erroneously credits him with the
authorship of " De nite before Larry was stretched.''
0'HAR&, P. K. — The Maid of Millbwa, an Australian poem, Melbourne,
1879.
O'HABA, COL. THEODORE.— Born in Kentucky, of Irish parentage, on
February 11, 1820, and died on June 6, 1867. He has written two of the .
best elegiac poems, according to some authorities, that America possesses
(see Professor G. W. Ranok's work on O'Hara, 1876). His poetical pro-
ductions are few in number, but they are good, notaHy his "Bivouac of
the Dead," famous all over America. He is included in Connolly's and
other collections. His father's name was Kean O'Hara, and he was
possibly a descendant of the famous dramatist.
CHARE, TERESA BEATRICE.— Songs at Twilight, 1897, second edition,
1898.
Born in Dublin, being the daughter of a Wexford man named Barry.
After her marriage she went to America and settled in Evanston, Illinois.
Her poems have appeared in the Boston Pilot and Weekly Bouquet and
other periodicals.
O'HEABN, REY. FRANCIS, D.D.— A distinguished Flemish poet, born at
Lismore, Co. Waterford, in 1753. Educated at Louvain, and rose to a
high position there as first Professor, member of the Council of the Faculty
of Arts of the University, and Rector of the Irish College. He was one
of O'Connell's masters at Louvain. He was an eminent theologian and
scholar, and specially proficient in Flemish, in which he made a reputation
as a poet. He travelled much and was personally very popular. When
the revolution broke out in the Belgian provinces of Joseph II., he took
the popular side, and finally when the Irish College was made a powder
magazine, left the country. He was exiled in Germany for a while, but
returned to Ireland, where he became P.P. of St. Thomas's, Waterford,
in which city he died, in 1801. A paper was read on him and his poems,
giving extracts from the latter, before the Royal jClemish Academy, by
Edward Van Even, 1890, and this was afterwards published in pamphlet
form in the. same year (see Tablet, October, 1890).
O'HERLIHY, DANIEL. — A Cork man who contributed various poems to
Young Ireland, Irishman, Weekly News, etc., and who went to America
some years ago. He is included in " Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
O'HERLIHY, PATRICK.— A native of Muskerry, Co. Cork, and was probably
the "P. O'H." of Nation, December 9, 1843. Is represented in Ralph
Varian's collection of 1864, by a translation from the Irish, " McAuliffe's
Prophecy." This poem, from the Irish, appeared in The Harp (1859).
He also translated into Irish Davis's " Proud were the chieftains of Green
Innisfail," " She is a rich and rare land," and Sigerson's "The Heather
Glenn," for Irishman and Nation.
O'HIGGIN, HUGH. — ^Eglantine, or a reoobd op Courtesy, sonnets, Dublin,
1855, 8vo; Songs eoe Soldiers, etc., Dublin, 1855, 8vo.
O'HIGGINS, BRIAN.— Songs of Irish Ireland (Irish and English), 1906; A
BtJNOH OF Wild Flowers, religious poems, Dublin, 1906; The Voice of
Banba, songs and recitations, Dublin, 1907; The Hill of the Road,
poems, Dublin. 1909.
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O'HORAHAN, M. J.— A Westmeath man, I believe, and contributor of many
poems to Nation, Weekly News, Young Ireland, etc., a few years ago.
He is represented in "Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
O'K., ANNE M.— A writer using this signature, and also that of "Anne
M. K.," contributed many poems to Irishman, etc., m the sixties of
last century.
O'KANE, JOHN.— The son of a gentleman farmer, he was born at Temple-
moyle, Co. Derry, in 1837, and died in Boston August 27, 1877. He went
to U.S.A. about 1869^ and after some educational work in Boston joined
the staff of the Boston Pilot. His translations from Boileau received
much praise from Longfellow, who included him, moreover, in his ' ' Poems
of Places."
O'EANE, TULLIUS CLINTON.— Jaspbh and Gold, a collection of song gems
for Sunday Schools, social meetings, etc., 1877, oblong, 8vo; Sacred Songs
AND Solos, 1878 ; Songs for Music, 8vo ; Songs for Worship, New
York, .
Born on March 10, 1830. A Protestant hymn-writer, some of whose
hymns are popular. Is perhaps still living in America.
O'EEEFE, JOHN W.— A frequent contributor of verse to Boston Pilot in
Boyle O'Reilly's time. O'Reilly had a good opinion of his work, and when
he first discovered him the poet was a stage carpenter at the Boston
Theatre. About 1892 he left Boston to take up a position on The Morning
Journal, New York. He also wrote verse for Donahoe's Magazine.
O'KEEFFE, ADELAIDE.— National Characters, verse, — ; Original Poems,
calculated to improve the mind of youth, and to allure it to virtue,
London, 1808 ; A Trip to the Coast, or poems descriptive of various
interesting objects on the sea-shore, London, 1819, 12mo; Poems fob
YOUNG CHILDREN, London, 1849, 12mo.
Also "Patriarchal Times, or the land of Canaan," in seven books, 2
vols., London, 1811, 12mo ; 1820, 12mo; do. (MS. notes and corrections
in British Museum copy), London, 1826, 8vo. Third child and only
daughter of the celebrated dramatist, and was born in Eustace Street,
Dublin, on November 5, 1776. She acted as her father's amanuensis for
many years, and died somewhere about 1855. There are thirty-four
poems by her in the Taylors' " Original Poems for Infant Minds, by
several young persons," signed " Adelaide," 2 vols., London, 1804 (see
Notes and Queries, 7th series, vol. 3, p. 361). Wrote some tales, etc.
O'KEEFFE, REY. ARTHUR.— A priest who, while at Blackrook College, wrote
a good many poems for The French College Library Journal, a periodical
connected with that institution.
O'KEEFFE, ARTHUR F.— Born about 1860, probably in Killarney, and died
in 1883. Contributed poems to Irish Monthly, WeeJcly Freeman, etc. la
represented in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
O'KEEFFE, CHRISTOPHER MANUS.— Author of a work in two volumes on
" The Life and Times of O'Connell," and an Irish historical novel entitled
" The Knights of th« Pale," etc. The latter contains some verse by him,
and he also wrote verse for The Irishman in the sixties. He was sentenced
about 1866 to penal servitude, for Fenianism, and after his release, about
1877, went to U.S.A., and died in Brooklyn in 1891. He wrote articles
for The Catholic World and poems for The Celtic Monthly. The novel
already referred to first appeared in The Celt (1857).
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O'KEEFFE, HENRY EDWARD.— Irish-American poet, born in New York,
on October 10, 1867. Educated under Dr. MoGIynn, and at the Jesuit
College in his native city. Contributed poems to and edited The Xavier,
a. periodical published at the college above referred to. His poems have
also appeared in The Catholic World (New York).
O'KEEFFE, JOHN. — The Son-in-Law, musical piece, 1779, 8vo; The Deai>
Alive, comic opera, 1781 ; 1783, 8vo ; The Agreeable Surprise, musical
piece, 1781 ; 1786, 8vo ; The Banditti, comic opera, 1781 (not published) ;
Lord Mayor's Day, pantomime (not published), 1782; The Maid the
Mistress, burletta, 1783 (not published) ; The Birthday, musical piece,
1783, 8vo; Friar Bacon, pantomime, 1783 (not published); Harlequin
Teague, pantomime ; The Definite Treaty, interlude ; The Loyal
Bandeau, opera ; Olympus in an uproar, burletta ; The Eleventh of
June, or the Daggerwoods at Dunstable, interlude; All to St. Paul's,
interlude ; The She-Gallant, opera ; Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp,
pantomime; Colin's Welcome, pastoral; 'Tony Lumpkin's Rambles,
musical piece ; A Beggar on Horseback, musical piece, 1785, 8vo ; Omai,
pantomime, 1785 (not published) ; The Siege op Curzola, comic opera,
"1786 (not published); Peeping Tom op Coventry, comic opera, 1787, 8vo;
The Fugitive, musical piece, 1790 (not published) ; The Irish Mimic,
musical piece, 1795 ; 1798, 8vo ; The Lad op the Hills, comic opera, 1796
(not published) ; Alfred, drama, 1798, 8vo ; The Basket Maker, musical
piece, 1798, 8vo ; The Castle of Andalusia, comic opera, 1798, 8vo (many
editions) ; The Czar Peter, comic opera, 1798, 8vo ; Merry Sherwood,
pantomime, 1795, 8vo ; Oatlands, or The Transfer of the Laurel, a
poem, 1795, 4to ; The Magic Banner, musical piece, 1796 (not published) ;
The Farmer, musical piece, 1798, 8vo ; Fontaineblbau, comic opera, 1798,
8vo ; Lb Grenadier, pantomime, 1798, 8vo ; Love in a Camp, or Patrick
IN Prussia, musical piece, 1798, 8vo; The Highland Reel, 1798, 8vo;
The Man-Milliner, musical piece, 1798, 8vo ; The Poor Soldier, comic
opera, 1798, 8vo; The Dramatic Works op J. O'K., 4 vols., London, 1798,
8vo ; The Blacksmith of Antwerp, comic opera, 1798, 8vo ; The Positive
Man, musical piece, 1798, 8vo ; A Nosegay op Weeds, interlude, 1798, 8vo ;
Sprigs op Laurel, comic opera, 1798, 8vo; The Wicklow Mountains,
opera, 1798, 8vo; A Father's Legacy to his Daughter, poems, London,
1834, 12mo (posthumous).
Besides above pieces, all of which are partly in verse, O'Keeife was the
author of various plays in prose, including " Wild Oats," " Tony Lumpkin
in Town," etc., the first of which still keeps the stage, and is a stock piece
of some companies. Many of his songs, notably, " I am a Friar of Orders
Grey," "The Ploughboy," "The Wolf," "The Thorn," etc., were
exceedingly popular and are still sung. He was the most prolific of Irish
dramatists, and wrote nothing else but plays, with the exception of his
lively and most entertaining "Recollections" (2 vols., London, 1826,
8vo), and some poems. He was born in Abbey Street, Dublin, on Jiune
24, 1747, his father being a native of King's Co. and his mother one of
the O'Connors of Wexford. Was carefully educated by a famous Jesuit,
named Father Austin, and evinced great aptitude for drawing, and indeed
(like his brother) showed proficiency as u portrait painter, and exhibited
at the Royal Academy, London, his future success being predicted. But
his defective sight and his love of the drama and thirst for reading and
writing soon attracted him away from the easel, and he began to write
for the theatres. He acted for a time in Dublin, first in tragedy and
then as a comedian, and proved that he had considerable ability in that
direction. :6at writing; plays was more remunerative, and he gave up his
whole time to it, contributing a few poems now and again to the Morning
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Berald after his migration to London, wliicli took place about 1780. He
lost his sight completely after some years in the English metropolis, ana
had to avail himself of his daughter's help in the composition of his plays
After the publication of his "Recollections," he received a pension ot
100 guineas from the king, which he enjoyed a few years, dying at
Southampton on February 4, 1833. He is buried m that town the
inscription on his tomb recording that he died " a pious member ot the
Holy Roman Catholic Church."
'O'KEEFFE, KATHARINE A.— An Irish-American poetess, born in Kilkenny,
and taken to America while an infant. She was educated at Lawrence
(Mass.), was a teacher at the High School of that place, and is known as
a lecturer. She has written several books and is a contributor of prose
and verse to Boston Pilot, Sacred Heart Bevi»w (Cambridge, Mass.), and
other periodicads. Married a few years ago an official of Lawrence City
(Mass.) named O'Mahony.
O'KEEFFE, M. J.— Wrote poems for The ydtion over the signature of " O'K."
between 1843-8. One of these, entitled " The Forlorn Hope," has been
reprinted in several collections. It first appeared in The Nat ton during
its early years.
O'KEEFFE, WILLIAM. — The Promptings of the He.\et, Poems, Stoke-
upon-Trent, 1858, 8vo.
The author was a workingman residing at Stoke, but born near Donny-
brook, Dublin.
O'KELLY, EDMUND WILLIAM.— Stbarita, an Operatic Poem, Dublin—;
An Ode to the Cextenaey op O'Connell (inscribed to Isaac Butt), Dublin,
1875.
The ode runs to about 200 lines.
O'KELLY, GIOVANNI EMANUELE.— Il Saceo Libro de Tobia, poemate,
Pistoja, 1804, Bvo.
O'KELLY, PATRICK.— KiLLARNEY, a descriptive poem, Dublin, .1791, 8vo;
Poems on the Giant's Causeway and Killarney, with other miscellanies,
Dublin, 1808, 8vo; The Eudoxologist, etc., verse, Dublin, 1812, 8vo;
The Aonian Kaleidoscope, poems, Cork, 1824, 8vo ; Hippoceene, a collec-
tion of poems (with portrait), Dublin, 1831, 8vo.
An extraordinary character, born in 1754, probably in Loughrea, Co.
Galway, though Roscommon, and Macroom (Co. Cork) have also been
suggested, and he himself, in one of his poems, seems to imply that Lahinch
(Co. Clare) was his birthplace. He is the author of "the celebrated
" Doneraile Litany," which is in his 1812 volume, and was written in July,
1808. _ It is said to have been suggested, if not partly written by, Hugh
Harkiu (q.v.) O'Kelly was a, plagiarist, but some of his poems are clever,
and his volumes are very curious. He wrote for various periodicals, and
there is one of his pieces in Watty Cox's Magazine for September, 1810. In
each of his volumes there are poetical eulogies written upon him by other
bards. Thus in " Killarney," there are verses by T. M. (eehan?), R a
M s (a young lady?), D. C. and J. B. In his "Eudoxologist" there
are poems by P. S. (Dr. Patrick Sharkey), Philaretus, J. D. B., Bunker's
Hill (is this John Daly Burk? (q.v.), J. A. K. •(Ballinasloe), L. C.
(Loughrea), W. W. (Mount Talbot), and O. Maguire (Killarney), and D. C.
(as before). In his "Aonian Kaleidoscope," there are pieces by Dr. P.
Sharkey and J. J. Callanan (q.v.); and in his " Hippocrene," by Rev.
Horace Townshend, Hugh Harkin, Joseph O'Learv, J. R. C, Philaretus,
A. Mahony (Dingle), and D. C. (See Michael McCarthy).
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O'KELLY, PETER BELGRAYE, — ^A contributor to Dublin almanacs, between
1870 and 1882. Probably a native of Co. Kildare, and died in Dublin
on December 27, 1883.
O'KELLY, WILLIAM D. — Histoeioa Dbsoeiptio Hibbkniae, prose and verse
(reprint?), Dublin, 1844; Historia Bipaetita Hibebniae, prose and verse,
1700?
Born at Aughrim about 1670, and died about 1750. He was a Latin
poet and a learned writer on Ireland, a;tid occupied the post of professor
at the court of King Leopold of Austria in 1699.
O'KENNEDY, REY. RICHARD. — Born near Shanagolden, Co. Limerick, in
April, 1850, and now parish priest of Fedamore in the same county. He
is the author of several religious works, and has contributed many excel-
lent hymns and poems to Irish Monthly, Catholic World (New York),
Ave Maria (Indiana), etc. He also wrote a good deal over his initials
in prose and verse for The Dublin Illustrated Monitor, now defunct, and
writes occasional articles for Irish Ecclesiastical Becord. Some of his
tales and sketches have been received with much favour in America.
OLAHAN, P. J.— Born near Dalkey, Co. Dublin, about ia36 ; went to England
and joined the Salford police, in which he eventually became a sergeant.
He was afterwards a clerk in the police court of the town. About 1879-82
he wrote largely for Weekly Freeman, Weekly News, Young Ireland, etc.,
and various almanacs, some of his poems being very racy.
OLDEN, ROBERT.— Soap Bubbles.
A barbtr or hair-dresser of Daunt's Square, Cork, mentioned by Oroker
on pages 160, 165-166 of Croker's "Popular Songs of Ireland," 1839.
Perhaps the above title of his volume is a joke by Croker or some of the
Cork wits. I have never met with another reference to it.
O'LEARY, ARTHUR. — Lays of Cotjntet, Home and Friends (his sister's
volume), Dublin, 1891, 8vo.
Nearly all his poems appeared in Nation of 1852, etc., signed "A. O'L.
(Tipperary)." He was the brother of succeeding writer, and died at an
early age about 1854. He was only about twenty years old when his
Nation poems appeared.
O'LEARY, ELLEN. — Lays op Country, Home and Friends (edited by T. W.
Rolleston), with portrait and memoir, and introduction by Sir C. G.
Duffy, Dublin, 1891, 8vo.
Sister of John O'Leary, the well-known Fenian leader, and one whose
own share in the Fenian movement was considerable. She is given a good
place in Miles's " Poets and Poetry of the Century " (10 vols.), where
there is an article on her by W. B. Yeats. She is also represented in
several Irish anthologies. She was born on October 31, 1831, ia Tipperary
(like her brother), and wi-ote for his paper, The Irish People /1863-6.5), over
signatures of " Lenel ' ' and " Eily." Also wrote for Nation, Irish Monthly,
Irish Fireside, Irishman, Boston Pilot, etc. She died at Cork on October
16, 1889.
O'LEARY, REY. JAMES. — The Last Babd op Limerick, an Original and
National Poem in Spenserian Stanza, Dublin, 1865, 8vo.
Born at Cool, parish of Milford, Co. Cork, and while a professor at
Clonliffe College took part in the Fenian movement and was obliged to
leave. Went to U.S.A., where he published several works. Was editor
of New York Tablet at his death, which occurred about 1878, at the age of
35. Presumably was the editor of E. L. Swift's "Treatise on sixteen
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names of Ireland," "Lives of St. Patrick" (both published 1874). Was
a Professor in St. Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork.
O'liEAKY, JOSEPH.— The Teibute, a collection of pieces in prose and verse
(anonymously), Cork, 1833, 8vo; Odes to Anacbeon (c. 1840).
This clever journalist and humourist was born in Cork about the begin-
ning of last century, and hardly anything is known of his early years. It
would seem that he became a strolling player in his youth, and suffered
many hardships, if the account given in above-mentioned volume be truly
autobiographical. He began to write for the Cork papers somewhere about
1820, especially to the notorious Freeholder, which was edited by a clever
writer named John Boyle, of whom there is a slight sketch in O'Leary's
volume. The motto of the paper (which died in 1832 with its editor, but
was revived again, and finally passed out of existence in 1842) was the
couplet by Pope : —
" Yes, I am proud! I must be proud to see
Men not afraid of God, afraid of me ! "
O'Leary's contributions have been declared by Mr. Denny Lane to be
almost worthy of Swift. He edited The Cork Mercantile Chronicle for a
while, and wrote for The Bagatelle, a short-lived Cork periodical. To Cap-
tain Bock in London and The Dublin and London Magazine (1825-27) two
papers edited in London by Michael James Whitty, he contributed various
poems signed "O.," " O'L.," and '' O'L. (Cork)," and some sketches
signed " Denis Murphy." His well-known song, "Whisky, drink divine,"
had appeared years before in The Freeholder, and was reproduced in The
Dublin and London Magazine, and in O'Leary's volume. In 1825 an anony-
mous article by him appeared in the magazine just referred to (p. 328),
entitled " Bettheen-a-Vryne," describing scenery around Araglen, Co.
Cork, and concluding with his " Glenfinnishk, " a song which has appeared
in several collections of Irish poetry. O'Leary also wrote a little for
Bolster's Cork Quarterly B'lagazine (known amongst Cork wits as "The
Cork Screw," because its proprietor's liberality in the matter of remune-
ration to contributors was questioned), and in 1826 was said to be
preparing a translation of Tibullus, which was presumably never published
(see R. Ryan's "Poets and Poetry" (3 vols., 1826). In 1830 O'Leary
published a pamphlet " on the late election in Cork," over the signature
of "A Reporter," and in 1834 left Cork for London, where he joined
the Parliamentary reporting staff of The Morning Herald. His move-
ments after this date are difficult to trace. It is said he was one of the
earliest writers for Punch, on which journal he is supposed to have been
allowed considerable latitude, and probably returned to Cork and died
there; but I have heard that he committed suicide in the Regent's Canal,
London, in the forties. I have not been able to corroborate or refute the
statement, though I have taken some trouble in the matter. O'Leary was
one of the poetical band who extolled Patrick O'Kelly (see the latter's
" Hippocrene," 1831, pp. 115-119, where there four poems bv him). He
has been confused with "The Irish Whiskey-Drinker," John Sheehan
(q.v.), who translated " Whiskey, drink divine," into Latin. (There was a
Joseph O'Leary, a barrister, who was contemporary with him, and wrote
several law books, and who was the eldest son of Jeremiah O'Leary, of
Cork. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1820. Possibly the two are
identical.)
O'LOONEY, BRIAN. — A Hymn of Invocation to Jesus, translated from the
Irish, Dublin, 1894, 16mo.
Editor of " A Collection of Poems, Irish and English, composed by the
Munster Bards of the last century for the ancestors of Major Armstrong
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McDonnell, New Hall, Ennis," Dublin (privately printed), 1863, 12mo.
Was a native of Clare, and well known as an Irish scholar. Was for a
time Professor of Irish in the Catholic Univei«ity of Dublin. At the end
of ■' A Garland of Gaelic Selections," published by Patrick O'Brien in
Dubilin, 1894, there is a long poem in Irish by G'Looney. He died on
December 3, 1901, aged 74.
O'LEARY, KATE.— A Bresna fbom; Bbaxdon Hill, Wexford, 1901 [1900], 8vo.
Really issued in 1900, though dated 1901. A resident of Graigna-
managh, Co. Kilkenny, and wrote her verse for Weekly Freeman, Irish
Emerald, New Ross Standard, Shamrock, etc.
O'MAHONY, MARTIN JOSEPH.— Born in Cork on November 8, 1848, and
educated by the Christian Brothers. Was noted as an excellent singer.
In 1864 he was prosecuted by the Government as a Fenian, and went to
I'.S.A., settling in New York. He has written a good many poems and
stories for the American papers, and is represented in O'Reilly's " Poetry
and Song of Ireland."
O'MAHONY, REY. TIMOTHY J., D.D., D.C.L.— A Wreath of Song-
Souvenir OF A Course of Philosophy. Second edition, Dublin, 1881,
8vo; Wreaths of Song from Fields of Philosophy (anonymously),
Dublin, 1890, 8vo; Thought Echoes, poems (anonymously), second
edition, Dublin, 1891, 8vo.
Born in Cork in 1839 ; educated there and at St. Sulpioe, Paris, and
afterwards at Rome, where he graduated and was ordained in 1862.
Wrote poems for Melbourne Beview, Catholic World (New York), Catholic
Herald (Boston), Catholic Progress, Catholic Fireside, and Lamp,
generally over signature of " Mona." Is Professor of Theology in All
Hallows College, Dublin. Has written several prose works in Latin and
English, and has contributed to French periodicals.
O'MALLEY, CHARLES J. — The Building of the Moon and other poems,
Mount Vernon (Indiana, U.S.A.), 1895.
An Irish-American poet, born in Kentucky, on February 9, 1857, three
of whose poems are in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's
Poets." He was married in 1882, and has written for many American
journals. He was, and perhaps is, editor of The Angelus, a Catholic
magazine of Cincinnati.
O'MEARA, DANIEL A.— J. S. Knowles' " Brian Boroihme, or the Maid of
Erin " (1811), was founded on, or rather adapted from, a work by this
writer, who was the author of many songs set to music. I think he died
about 1870.
O'MEARA, DERMOT, M.D. — Oriionis, sive illustrissimi herois ac domini,
Thomae Butleki, Ormoniae et Osohiae Comitis, Visoomitis de Thurles,
B.4R0NIS DE Arckelo . . . coMMEMOBATis, ETC., a pocm in five ' books
in praise of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormonde, London, 1615, 12mo.
This poem is said to have been translated into English verse by Wm.
Roberts, Ulster King at Arms, reign of Charles I. O'Meara was a
notable physician, born in Tipperary in the 16th century, and died some
time in the 17th.
O'MEARA, HENRY.— Ballads of America, Boston, 1891.
An Irish-American poet, who was formerly for many years on the staff
of The Boston Pilot, and is now connected with The Boston Journal, of
which his brother, Stephen O'Meara, is editor. He was born in St. John's,
Newfoundland, September 1, 1850, and was educated at the Central
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Academy and St. Dunstan's College, Charlottetown, P.E. Island. His
family removed to Boston (Mass.), and he was employed in the book
department of the Pilot. He edited the Catholic HeraU of that city tor
a time, and dramatic critic of Boston Times. Much of his verpe has
appeared in Boston papers.
O'MUIiEENIN, RICHARD JOSEPH.— Born in Co. Roscommon about 1832,
being son of a. land steward. Was educated in different schools, and at
Catholic University, and graduated at T.C.D. B.A., 1891; M.A., 1894.
Taught languages on the Continent for some time, but for many years was
agricultural editor of Weekly Freeman. He wrote poems iovNa,tion, Toung
Ireland, Shamrock, Household Miscellany, and Omniius (Dublin, 1862-65),
and also for Shibbereen Eagle, sometimes over the signature of " Erion-
nach." He also wrote for The Gaelic Journal over the signature of " Clann
Conoobar," and was well known as a Gaelic scholar. He died October 28,
1906, aged 74.
ONAHAN, MARY JOSEPHINE.— Daughter of the Hon. William J. Dnahan,
Comptroller of Chicago, Illinois, a prominent Irishman in the States.
Miss Onahan is a graduate of the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Chicago,
and has written many articles for Vonahoe's Magazine, Catholic World
(New York), Boston Pilot, Irish Monthly, etc., and some pleasing poems,
which have appeared in Music and other American periodicals.
O'NEIL, C. — GiROFLE-GiHOFLA, an opera-bouffe, translated from the French,
1874, 8vo.
O'NEIL, HENRY NELSON, A.R.A.— S.^tiiiical Dialogues (verse), dedicated
to A. TroUope, London, 1870, 8vo ; The Age of Sttjcco, a Saiiee in Thkeb
Cantos, and Invocation to My Pipe, London, 1871, 8vo.
Author of one or two other works, and a distinguished painter. Born
in St. Petersburgh, in 1817, of Irish parents. Became a pupil at the
Royal Academy in 1836, exhibited for many years, and was made an
Associate in 1860. Died in Kensington, London, March 13, 1880.
O'NEILL, ALICIA JANE.— There are poems by this lady in The Keepsake
(1851-57, edited by Miss M. A. Power), and she also wrote for The Dublin
University Magaziiie, The Book of Beauty, New Monthly Magazine,
Athenceum, The Knickerbocker or New York Magazine, Literary Aspirant,
etc. Her maiden name was Alicia Jane Sparrow, and she was the daughter
of Edward Span-ow, of Killabeg, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. She married
a Mr. W. P. O'Neill, and died at a comparatively early age on September
30, 1858.
O'NEILL, REY. ARTHUR BARRY.— Between "W^hiles, poems, 1899.
An Irish-Canadian poet, who wrote much verse for bonahoe's Magazine
(Boston), Catholic World (New York), and other periodicals. Is a Pro-
fessor in the College of St. Joseph, Mentancook, N.B. There are ten of
his poems in Orby Shipley's " Carmina Mariana," second series, 1902.
O'NEILL, BERNARD.— Of Blackwatertown, Co. Armagh. A contributor of
verse to various Ulster papers, and to Currie's and Nugent Moore's
Almanacs. Was a farmer, and began to write verses about 1861.
O'NEILL, CHARLES S.— Born of Irish parents in Boston, April 15, 1858.
His father, Lieut. James O'Neill, was killed at Spottsylvania in May,
1864, in one of the Civil War engagements. He is a brother of Helen F.
O'NeiH (q.v.), and is a journalist in Boston. His poems and sketches have
appeared in Boston Pilot, Catholic Herald, Bepublic, Commercial Bulletin,
Donahoe's Magazine, and Neio York Ledger.
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O'NEILL, FRANCES. — Poetical Essays, being a Collection of Satibical
Poems, Songs, and Acrostics, London, 1802, 12mo.
O'NEILL, REY. GEORGE, S.J.— Born in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, in 1863,
and educated at Tullabeg College, Prague and Paris. Entered the
Society of Jesus in 1880. He is a graduate of the Royal University of
Ireland, and was a Fellow, and is now a Professor in University College,
Dublin. He has written several little books for the Catholic Truth Society
of Ireland, also two pamphlets on the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy,
and a number of poems, some of them of a high order of merit. Has con-
tributed frequently to Lyceum, New Ireland Beview, Irish Monthly, etc.
Some pieces by him will be found in "St. Joseph's Anthology" and
" Sonnets on the Sonnet," edited by Rev. Matthew Russell, S.J. (q.v.).
O'NEILL, HELEN P.— Born at Sandwich, Mass. (U.S.A.), in 1858.
Possessed of a fine contralto voice, she intended to join the musical profes-'
sion, but a lung trouble prevented her, and she turned her attention to
literature, for which she had some taste. She wrote for Detroit Free
Press, was on the staff of Boxhury Advocate, and became associate editor
of Boston Budget. Much of her verse, which was often Irish in subject,
appeared in Boston Pilot, etc. The New York Graphic testified to her
humorous powers when it called her " the only funny man in the country
who is a woman." She died at Canton, Mass., in July, 1890.
O'NEILL, HON. HENRIETTA.— Was the daughter of Charles Boyle, Viscount
Dungarvan, and was born in 1758. Married John O'Neill, of Shane's
Castle, Co. Antrim, in October, 1777, and died in Portugal on October
2, 1793. Her husband was made a Baron in 1793, and Viscount in 1795.
She had some reputation as a poetess in her day, her " Ode to the Poppy "
appearing in Anthologia Hihemica, November, 1793, as " perhaps the most
beautiful lyric production of the age." The poem was given in
" Desmond, " a novel by Charlotte Smith, who wrote a sonnet to the •
poetess. There is an epilogue by Mrs. O'Neill in " The Private Theatre
of Kilkenny" (1825, 4to), written for " Cymbeline," in which she and
Lord Edward Fitzgerald performed. She was an excellent amateuf
actress, and in its obituary notice The Anthologia Siiwnica calls hei'
" the rival " and " the first patroness " of Mrs. Siddons.
O'NEILL, HENRIETTA BRUCE.— Ntjgae CANOSiE, a collection of poems, Lon-
don, 1837; Dublin, 1847, 16mo.
One of the poems in her volume appeared in The Lim,arick Examiner.
Her second preface is addressed from Ijower Gloucester Street, Dublin.
She published also "Tales of the Sacred Heart," and "The Early
Doomed." She became the wife of Edward Wellington Boate (see under
Boate, Mrs. W.).
O'NEILL, HENRIQUE. — Fabulas, traduzidas liitteralmente en prosa e
imitados em verso, por H. O'N., second edition, Lisboa, Coimbro, 1883,
8vo.
This is a translation of Lessing's Fables.
O'NEILL, JOHN ROBERT. — Ali Baba, ob a Night with the Fohty Thieves,
a piece of Oriental extravaganza in two acts and in verse, London, 1852,
12mo. I
Other dramatic works, including "An Optical Delusion," a farce in
Lacy's " Collection of Plays " (1850, etc.). He was also a musician, and
wrote very frequently over the signature of " Hugo Vamp." He was born
in 1823, was a nephew of Miss O'Neill, the actress, was educated at
Oxford, and died in Chelsea on June 12, 1860, aged 37.
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O'NEILL, JOHN.— Hugh O'Neill, the Peixce of Ulsiek, a poem, Canto I.,
Dublin, 1859, 8vo; Canto II., Dublin, 1860, 8vo.
Born in Clonmel,, Co. Tipperary, about 1829. AVas probably " J. O'N.,"
of Irishman (1849)', and over signature of " L." wrote essays for Duffy's
Hibernian Magazine (1864, etc.). AVas at one time organist of the
Franciscan Church, Clonmel. Is now a professor of music at Boston,
U.S.A.
O'NEILL, JOHN. — Irish Melodies; The Sokrows op Mejioht; Alva, a
drama, 1821 ; The Dbunkaed, a poem, illustrated by George Cruikshank,
London, 1840, 12mo ; 1842, 8vo ; The Blessings oe Temperance, a poem,
illustrated by Cruikshank, with a sketch of the author's life and portrait,
London, 1851, 12mo ; The Triumph op Tempeeanoe, or The Desieuction
OF THE British Upas Tree, a poem in three cantos, London, 1852, 12mo.
Also wrote " Handerahan, the Irish Fairy Man, and Legends of
Carrick" (edited by Mrs. S. C. Hall London, 1854, 12mo.) "Was at one
time rather popular as a temperance poet, and was in many ways a
remarkable character, his life being a somewhat chequered one. He was
born in Waterford city on January 8, 1777 (or 1778), his parents being
very poor. At nine years of age he left school and was apprenticed to a
relative, a shoemaker. In 1798 he was living at Carrick-on-Suir, and in
the following year went to Dublin in search of employment. In 1800 he
was back in Carrick, and married there, though in very poor circum-
stances. Some of the songs he wrote at this time became popular, and
also a satire on certain master tailors, called " The Clothier's Looking
Glass." He next removed to London, where he lived for the rest of his
life. He was unsuccessful in many callings, and when his last volume was
published (1854) he was a poor shoemaker in White Horse Yard, Drury
Lane. He was befriended by many, including Cruikshank, whose famous
designs were suggested by O'Neill's poems, but though of excellent char-
acter and very abstemious, lie wa^ hampered by a very large family, and
was unfortunate in all his undertakings. He wrote eight dramas, and a
novel in three volumes entitled " Mary of Avonmore, or the Foundling
of the Beach."
O'NEILL, MICHAEL.— A contributor of verse to Nation in 1855. etc., over
the signature of " O'N." One or two of his poems have been several times
reprinted.
" O'NEILL, MOIRA." — Songs feom the Glens of Antrim, Edinburgh and
London, 1900, 8vo.
There have been several editions of this charming volume of poems,
which met with instant success when it was published. The authoress
is a Mrs. Skrine, and lives, I think, in Canada.
O'NEILL (DE TYRONE), YICOMTE.— Descendant of the O'Neills who fought
in the Franco-Irish Brigades, and born ia Martinique, September 14, 1812.
He translated a number of Irish poems (especially Davis's) into French, as,
for example, " Clare's Dragoons " (May 9, 1863), " Battle-Eve of the
Brigade " (May 23, 1863), "Death of Owen Boe " (September 5, 1863),
and " The Flower of Finae " (November 21, 1868). AH these appeared
in The Irishman (sent by J. P. Leonard), as did also his version of " The
Wearing of the Green " (April 22, 1876.) Other translations by him
include M. J. McCann's " Battle of iGlendalough." He held an official
position in Paris, and died in 1895 in his 83rd year.
O'NEILL, WILLIAM. — Lays op Leix, with other poems, by " Slieve-Margy,"
Dublin, 1903.
Born at Doonane, Queen's County, February 12, 1877, and educated at
National school. Apprenticed to grocery business in 1891, and is now
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employed in Carlow. Began to wiite verse when sixteen, and has con-
tributed to Irish Monthly, Gael (New York), St. Patrick's, Carlow
Nationalist, Weekly Nation, Weekly Freeman, United Irishman, Irish
Emerald, etc.
O'R.) H. — The Ceazy World, oe a Compendious Sketch oe Modeen Eccenteici-
TiBS, to which is added a Dramatic Ouriosa, by H. O'R., a private in the
Royal York Mary-le-Bone Volunteers (verse), two parts, London, 1804-3,
12mo.
O'BEARDON, . — ^About 1839 a writer of this name published a collection
of "Irish Melodies," the words being by him. T. D. McGee refers to it
with praise in Boston Pilot for December 10, 1842.
O'REILLY, SISTER AMADEUS.— Daughter of John Myles O'Reilly, and
born at Cork, December 24, 1864. Educated there in convent and private
schools, and wrote for the London Weekly Budget before going to U.S.A.
in 1882. Her poems have mostly appeared in Boston Glohe, Providence
Visitor, Philadelphia Catholic Times, New York People, New York Tribune,
etc., over signatures of " Shandonian " and "John Romaine." She
joined the Franciscan Order about 1899, and is now " Sister Amadeus. "
O'REILLY, EDWARD.— This eminent Gaelic scholar, author of the well-
known book on " Irish Writers " and the " Irish Dictionary," was born at
Harold's Cross, Dublin, according to Whitelaw and Walsh's "History of
Dublin" (p. 934), but in Co. Cavan, according to Gentleman's Magazine
obituary notice, and learned Irish mainly in order to study five sacks full
of Irish manuscripts which he had bought in 1794 from a man named
Wright. He wrote poems (chiefly translations) and sketches for Anthologia
Sihernica, etc., and died in August, 1829.
O'REILLY, EDWARD JAMES.— Born in Co. Cavan on July 27, 1830, and
went to U.S.A. in 1851. Became a journalist, writing for various papers.
Many of his poems appeared over the signature of " Clio. " He studied law
after some years of ]Ourna;lism, and became very popular as a lawyer and
highly esteemed for his geniality and kindness. He died on September
9, 1880, greatly regretted. He is included in "Poetry and Song of Ire-
land." The Boston Pilot says he was first a printer and then a reporter.
He was a compositor on the Boston Express for a time, before joining its
literary staff. He was also connected with the New York Sun, Herald,
Times, Mercury, World, etc. The Pilot, in its obituary notice of him,
describes him as a Dublin man.
O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE. — Songs peom the Southeen Seas, and other
Poems, Boston and Cambridge (Mass.), 1873, 12mo ; Songs, Legends and
Ballads, Boston, 1878, 8vo ; The Statties in the Block, and other Poems,
Boston and Cambridge, 1881, 8vo ; In Bohemia, poems, Boston, 1886, 8vo ;
Life of J. B. O'R., with his complete Poems and Speeches (by J. J. Roche),
London, etc., 1891, 8vo.
Author also of " Moondyne," a novel, and " Ethics of Boxing," and
edited the first edition of "The Poetry and Song of Ireland." The pub-
lishers of the work added a great deal of fresh and inferior matter in the
second edition, which he resented, especially when his name was still used.
He is undoubtedly the best known of the Irish-American poets, and was
born at Dowth Castle. Co. Meath, on June 28, 1844. His father was a
schoolmaster, named William David O'Reilly, and his mother's maiden
name was Eliza Boyle. After a private education, he went to England and
enlisted in a hussar regiment, where he disseminated Fenianism and
gained adherents for the cause. He was arrested and sentenced to trans-
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portation for treason-felony, and after some time in Australia managed to
escape on board a coasting vessel, and made his way to America. It should
be mentioned that while in England he contributed poems to The Dark
Blue, an Oxford University periodical. He soon acquired celebrity in the
States, where he not only attained a very high position as a, litterateur
and journalist, but also took an exceedingly prominent part in all Irish
movements. He was, besides, a distinguished citizen of his adopted
country, and was greatly esteemed for his abilities and character by ail
Americans. He became part proprietor and editor of The Boston
Pilot in 1876, and made it a notable exponent of Irish-American opinion,
and a high-class literary journal. He died suddenly on Sunday morning,
August 10, 1890, having taken an overdose of chloral to induce sleep. He
left a widow and four daughters. A fund was inaugurated for a public
statue to him in Boston, and a bust was placed in one of the Catholic
Universities. At his death he had two works in preparation — one entitled
" The Country with a Roof," and another on " The Evolution of Straight
Weapons."
O'REILLY, LAURENCE. — ^An Historical Elegy on the late Rev. Arthur
O'Leart, O.S.F. . . . L. O'R. composed this elegy, of Westmeath's, Ballin-
lough. Known family, Ireland.
The above is copied literally from the title-page of the work. Probably
printed in Dublin about 1803.
O'REILLY, MATHEW.— Poems, Dublin, 1833, 8vo.
Mostly sonnets.
" O'REILLY, MILES."— See C. G. Halpine.
O'REILLY, PATRICK.— See P. Reilly.
O'REILLY, PATRICK THOMAS.— Born at West Medway, Mass., U.S.A., 1876,
his father being a native of Cavan, his mother, of Galway. Educated at
West Medway public schools and at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.
He has written much verse for Boston Daily Globe, Worcester Spy,
Messenger of the Sacred Heart (New York), Munsey's Magazine, and The
Orphan's Bouquet. He sometimes uses the signature of " Aenid."
O'REILLY, ROBERT BRAY.— Armida, a serious opera, trans'lated by
R. B. O'R., 1791, 8vo.
" O'REILLY, RORY."— See O'Flaherty, Charles.
O'REILLY, THOMAS F.— Haws from the Hedges, poems, Dublin, 1872.
A contributor of occasionally good verse some years ago to Nation,
Weekly News, Young Ireland, Irishman, Shamrock, etc., over signature
of " Artane." He was born at Artane, Co. Dublin, and died on January
2, 1887. His name is given as Beilly on the title-page of his volume.
O'RIORDAN, CONAL HOLMES O'CONNELL.— Shakespeare's End and
other Irish Plats, London, 1912, 8vo.
A brilliant writer, well-known as "F. Norreys Connell," author of some
works of fiction which have been much talked about. "In the Green
Park" (1894), "The House of the Strange Woman" (1895), "The Fool
and His Heart" (1896), are among them, the last-named being a very
clever novel. He was born in Dublin in or about 1874, and is a son of
the late Daniel O'Connell O'Riordan, Q.C. He was educated at Olongowes
Wood, Co. Kildare, and went to London many years ago, adopting litera-
ture as his profession after a short spell of acting. He has written several
witty plays. His volume, above mentioned, contains "The Piper,"
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a mordant satire, a short and clever piece into which Tom Moore
and Robert Emmet are introduced, and a play in verse which gives its
title to the hook, which shows some vigorous writing and some excellent
portrait^ire. He has contributed to several of the literary and theatrical
journals, both in verse and prose. Some of his poems are scattered
through his books, and he has contributed others to Weekly Sun, etc.
Three of his shorter plays have been produced by the Abbey Theatre,
Dublin, of which he was for a time managing director.
O'RIOBDAN, MICHAEL S. — A somewhat voluminous writer of verse for
Dublin almanacs between 1783-1818, and also for similar publications of
Belfast, Cork, and Roecrea. He edited a Cork almanac between 1807-10,
and was a contributor to London almanacs. He was an excellent
mathematician, and was probably born at Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. His
death, due partb to intemperate habits, took place in James's Street,
Dublin, subsequent to 1825.
ORMSBT, A. S. (?). — ^Heaet-Whispees, in poems and prose, London, 1873,
8vo; IJondon (printed in Germany), 1888, 4to.
OBMSBY, JOHN. — Poema del Oid, translation into Enalish verse, London,
1879.
Born in Co. Mayo on April 25, 1829, and was educated at T.C.D. (B.A.,
1843) and at London University. His name is notable as that of one of
the best Spanish scholars of his time, and his translations of the " Cid "
and of " Don Quixote " (1885) are probably the best in English. He was
a well-known Alpine climber. He died unmarried on October 30, 1896.
ORMSBY, JOHN S.— Born in Dublin in 1869, was educated at Marlborough
Street Schools, and became a law clerk. In 1889 he went to U.S.A., going
to Niagara Palls, where he joined the staff of the Buffalo Courier, and
subsequently entered commercial life. His poems generally appeared
over the signature of " Stanley." Was some time ago about to bring out
a volume of poems. Has written much verse for Buffalo and Niagara
Falls papers.
ORMSBYE, ROBERT. — Cabmen heeoicum composittjm in memoeabilem
CONFiEDBEATOEUM PeINCIPUM CONTEA GaLLOS ET BaVAEOS LIBEETATIS
Etjeopae causa coNrLicTUM APUD BLENHEIM, ETC. (an heroic poem on the
battle fought at Blenheim, reprinted and translated into English verse),
Dublin, 1741, 4to.
The translation into English is by " L. W." — perhaps Laurence
Whyte (a-v.).
O'ROURKE, EDMUND.— Man's Mission, a Pilgeimagb to Gloet's Goal, a
poem (anonymou^y), Bolton, 1852, 8vo ; The Cagot, oe Heaet foe Hjbaet,
a play in five acts and in verse (anonymously), London, 1856, 8vo f The
Rose of Castile, libretto (in conjunction with A. Harris), 1857, 8vo;
Satanella, oe the Powee of Love, libretto (ditto), 1858, 8vo ; Chetsta-
BELLB, OR THE RosE WITHOUT A Thoen, extra vaganza in verse, 185 -, 12mo;
ViCTOEiNB, libretto, London, 1859, 8vo ; The Bequest of my Boyhood, a
poem, London, 1863, 8vo ; Muemueings in the May and Summbe of
Manhood ; O'Ruark's Beide, oe the Blood Spabk in the Emeeald, and
Man's Mission, London, X865, 8vo.
The third, fourth, sixth and last of above productions were signed
"Edmund Falconer," the weU-known pseudonym which he used as an
actor. He also wrote many plays, including comedies, farces and melo-
dramas, such as " Peep o' Day," etc., besides numerous songs for music,
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including the well-known " Killarney, " which was set to music by Balfe.
He was born in Dublin in 1813, and died on September 29, 1879. He is
buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. He was not only a dramatist, but an
actor and manager, and in 1858 and 1861 directed the Lyceum Theatre,
where many of his plays were produced. He created the pftrt of Danny
Mann in Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn " when it was produced at the
Adelphi Theatre.
O'ROURKE, REY. JOHN (Canon) .—Holly and Ivy fok Christmas Holidays,
verse, over signature of "Anthony Evergreen," Dublin, 187 — .
Author of a " Life of O'Connell," a " History of the Irish Famine, etc.
ORR, REY ALEXANDER BARRINGTON.— A contributor to KoUabos. Was
the son of the late Alex. S. Orr, B.L., of Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and of
Mary, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Mark Perrin, Rector of Athenry,
and Canon of St. Patrick's. Born in Dublin in 1846; B.A., T.C.D., 1870.
Was presented in 1887, by the Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, to the
living of Cononley, and in the same year to that of Denby, near Hudders-
field, by the Bishop of Ripon. He published a hymn for All Saints' Day,
with music, and several theological pamphlets, and wrote some short stories
for The Graphic, Yorhshire Weekly Post, etc. In 1875 a lengthy and amusing
poem by him, entitled " Our Provincial Entertainment," appeared anony-
mously in The Sligo Independent. He died on March 27, 1910.
ORR, ANDREW.— Author of many good poems, including a well-kripwn
piece, " The Sunny South is Glowing," etc., given in various Irish antho-
logies. He was born on March 15, 1822, at Derrydorough, about three
miles from Coleraine, Co. Derry. His father was employed at a linen-
bleaching establishment, and he was himself apprenticed to the trade, and
remained there until his departure for Australia about 1850. He wrote
poetry from an early age, much of it appearing in The Berry Standard
(edited by Dr. MacKnight) and Belfast Penny Journal, and a few pieces in
Nation, Irishman, etc., generally over the signature of "An Aghadowey
Man," or " Comberbach. " One of the pieces signed by the latter nom-de-
guerre is given in Hayes' "Ballads of Ireland," amongst anonymous
pieces. After his arrival in Victoria, he wrote poems for The Blelbourne
Leader, Examiner, and other journals. His first few years in Victoria
were spent in the gold-fields, and on leaving them, he and a friend started
a tri-weekly paper called The Grenville Advocate, which was not long-lived.
He obtained an appointment on The Ballarat Star, which he retained till
his death, a few years ago. His best-known poem, mentioned above, first
appeared in The Nation, and was afterwards reprinted in many Australian
journals.
ORR, JAMES. — Poems on Vabious Subjects, Belfast, 1804, 16mo; Poems,
with sketch of his life (by A. McDowell), Belfast, 1817, 8vo ; The Life or
J. 0. (by A. McDowell), Belfast, 1817, 8vo.
Born at Broad Island, Co. Antrim, in 1770, and followed the occupation
of a, weaver. Became a United Irishman, and wrote for The Northern
Star, the organ of that party. He fought at the battle of Antrim, and
had to take refuge in America, from whence he returned after the failure
of the insurrection. He worked as a weaver for the rest of his life, his
death taking place on April 26, 1816. There is a monument to his memory
in Templecolman churchyard, where he is buried. Many of his poems are
in dialect. His popular song, "The Irishman," commencing "The
savage loves his native shore," is not in his early volume, but it is given
in the 1817 collection. It was by some attributed to J. P. Curran. See
Madden's " Literary Remains of the United Irishmen " for some of bis
effusions.
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O'RYAN, EDMUND, M.D. — ^Among the Elect, a poem, London, 1888, ISmo.
A physician practising near Youghal, Co. Cork, and a brother of Julia
M. O'Ryan {q.v.). Wrote for Tablet, Nation, and was concerned with his
sister in much of her literary work, and wrote prose and verse for The
Lamp (London), and other periodicals. Graduated M.D. at St. Andrew's
in 1862. Died at Youghal, December 31, 1903, aged 78. He was married
to a Miss O'Plynn.
O'RYAN, FRANCIS M. — There are four poems by this writer in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets" (1887), at which time he
resided in New York, where he had been settled nearly thirty years as a
teacher. Was born at Carrigaliue, Co. Cork, was educated at Midleton
College, and was somewhat concerned with the '48 movement, as I find
he was one of the political prisoners of that period. He was doubtless the
"F: O'Ryan " who wrote verse for Cork Southern Reporter, and who is
included as such in " Echoes from Parnassus," Cork, 1849. He wrote a
metrical romance and made a translation of " Juvenal," but I cannot say
whether he ever published them. He was a frequent contributor to the
American Press, among his writings being a serial story and many prose
essays, as well as poems, for the Celtic Monthly and Celtic Magazine,
New York.
O'RYAN, JEREMIAH. — The Tippeeary Minstrel, being a Collection of the
Songs written by the late ... J. O'Ryan . . comonly {sic) known as
Darby Ryan, the Poet, Dublin, 1861, 8vo.
Among the pieces is Kickham's ballad of " Patrick Sheehan." It is
only a slight collection, but it contains the famous " Peeler and the
Goat," of which Ryan or O'Ryan was the author. He was a native of
Bansha, where he mostly resided, and died there in March, 1855, aged
85. He was buried in the local church.
O'RYAN, JULIA M.— Sister of Dr. E. O'Ryan (q.v.) and born in the City
of Cork, February 4, 1823. There are three of her poems in Connolly's
collection. She wrote much clever verse and some good stories for Irish
Monthly, Catholic World (N. Y.), Chambers' Journal, etc., and. may have
been the "J. M. R." (a Cork lady) who wrote for Dublin Journal of
Temperance, Science and Literature, 1841-2. She died on May 14, 1887.
OSBORN, JOHN, M.D.— Born of Irish parents in America in 1713, and died
May 31, 1753, at Middletown (Conn.). Wrote verse which was very
popular at one time, but N. F. Davin, who mentions him in his " Irishman
in Canada," gives no further particulars. I learn, however, that ho
was a graduate of Harvard, and was a clever physician and chemist.
His father, the Rev. Samuel Osborn, a Dublin man and a graduate of
T.C.D., kept a grammar school at Boston, and died at the great age of
ninety years.
OSBORNE, REY. HENRY. — The Palace op Delights and other Poems,
London, 1895, 8vo
Born in Derry and educated there and at Glasgow. Wrote for Glasgow
Citizen, Tait's Magazine, Chambers' Journal, etc. Presbyterian minister.
Graduated at Glasgow University in 1851, and in 1853 published a volume
of verse and prose in Glasgow, which I have not seen.
OSBORNE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER.— The Laboratory and other Poems,
1907.
Born at Holywood, Co. Down, August 26, 1873, being the son of B4v.
Henry Osborne (q.v.). Educated at Queen's College, Belfast, and Univer-
sity College, London, and is now Professor of Physiology in University of
Melbourne.
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" OSCAR."— The Vision ob Taba, a poem, 1831.
O'SHAUGHNESSY, ARTHUR WILLIAM EDGAR.— An Epic of Woman and
OTHER Poems, London, 1870, 8vo ; 1871, 8vo ; Lays of Fbanob, 1872, 8to ;
Music and Moonlight, poems, London, 1874, 8vo ; Songs of a Workee
(edited by A. W. N. Deacon), London, 1881, 8vo.
In conjunction with his wife, he also wrote " Toyland," 1876 (1874).
Was born in London, of Irish parents, on March 14, 1844. He obtained
in 1861 an appointment in the British Museum as a transcriber, but in
1863. was transferred to the natural history department, where he remained
till his death. He wrote many of his " Lays of France " for The Gentle-
man's Magazine, and contributed poems to The Athenoem. His papers
on zoology are considered good. He married a sister of Philip Bourke
Marston, the blind poet, and she died in 1879. His death occurred on
January 30, 1881. Palgrave, in the second series of his "Golden
Treasury," gives a, great number of pieces by O'Shaughnessy.
O'SHEA, JOHN. — Nbnagh Minstrelsy; One Day in Cain's Life, a poem;
and The Legends of Drominebr Castle, and Paul Sheshebeigh, prose
and verse, Nenagh (Co. Tipperary), 1838, 8vo.
Father of the well-known John Augustus O'Shea, one of the most brilliant
journalists of his day. Was connected with the Munster Press for very
many years. Over the signature of " Mount Atlas," he wrote poems for
Clonmel Advertiser (afterwards Nenagh Guardian), and other southern
journals. There is a poem addressed to him in Wm. Downes' first volume.
Among the subscribers to his poems was J. F. Corkran (g.i).), and among
the poems are nearly a dozen by local bards named P. Guilfoyie, T. King,
S. Taylor and James Raleigh Baxter. One of his own pieces is addressed
to a brother poet, John O'Donoghue {q.v.).
O'SHEA, JOHN J. — Formerly a member of the staff of Freeman's Journal
and United Ireland, and now a leading member of the staff of Catholic
World, New York. He left Ireland just after the split in the National
party under Parnell. He wrote numerous articles and stories for Weekly
Freeman, Catholic Fireside, Shamrock, etc., and occasional poems for the
Catholic World and Catholic OolumMan.
O'SHEA, WILLIAM. — ^Patrick's Armour, a poem, Irish and English,
Boston (Mass.), 1879.
Said to be the first book printed in Irish characters in New England.
O'SHEEL, SHAMUS.— The Blossoming Bough, New York, 1911.
O'SHERIDAN, MARY GRANT.— Conata, a collection of poems, Madison,
Wisconsin, 1881.
Bom in Michigan, and is the daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth
O'Sheridan. Was educated in Wisconsin University, and is a teacher
by profession. See Magazine of Poetry, October, 1895, for some of her
poems.
O'SULLIYAN, DANIEL. — Irlandb — Poesies des Bardes, Legendes, Ballades,
Chants, Populaires, etc., Paris, Vol. I., 1853, 8vo.
A professor in Paris for many yeai-s and author of various books.
O'SULLIYAN, DANIEL E.— In 1886 Robert Burns Wilson, a well-known
American author, wrote for Chicago Current a sketch of a "new" poet
of the above name, and quoted various poems of his. O'SuUivan was a
journalist and editor of Louisville Courier Journal and other publications.
Wrote verse for other papers.
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" O'SULLIYAN, DENIS BARRINGTON."— The most prolific and best-known
of all the versifiers of the Irish almanacs, and wrote over various signa-
tures, especially that given above, and " Peter Magrath." His pieces,
which number considerably more than a thousand, appeared in Lady's
and Farmer's Almanac (1826-1876), Belfast Almanac (1834-1862),
Nugent's (1851-1876), and Old Moore's (1854-1876). His real name was
William Beresford, and he was born near Tanderagee, Co. Armagh, about
the close of the 19th century, and was educated in Dublin. He was the son
of a Protestant clergyman, his mother being a Catholic, named Sullivan.
He became a teacher, but gave up his occupation, enlisted in the army,
and took to Bohemianism. He died in Naas workhouse on November 7,
1876, aged 80, and is buried in the cemetery attached to it, where a
monument was erected to his memory by his fellow almanac-writers. See
Irish Independent, July 29, 1905, for article on him by George MacDonagh.
O'SULLIYAN, DENNIS. — Populab Songs and Ballads of the Emeeald Isle,
New York, 1880 (edited by D. O'S.).
Born in Co. Cork, and now a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Founder
and editor of New York Irish People and the Emerald, and contributes
to the New York papers. Is a practical printer. In the collection
mentioned above, he gives one of his own poems, but his most popular
piece is founded upon an idea in Kickham's " Knocknagow," and entitled
"Will my soul pass through Ireland." There was a writer of this name
who published many serial stories in the Dublin Shamroclc.
O'SULLIYAN, J. S. — ^A writer of various poems in The Nation of 1843 and
onwards, over his initials. He was apparently editor for a, time of The
Freema7i's Journal — and may have been connected with M. J. O'SuUivan
(g.u.). In The Nation of June 17, 1843, he is called " a young poet of
Kilkenny."
O'SULLIYAN, MICHAEL JOHN.— The Peince of the Lake, or O'Donoghtjb
or RossE, a poem in two cantos (with notes), and miscellaneous poems
(over signature of " M. J. Sullivan"), London and Cork, 1815, 8vo; A
Faboicultts of Ltkio Verses, Cork, 1846, 8vo (with memoir and portrait).
Born in Cork in 1794, and educated at the Academy in that city, owned
by the father of William Maginn. Studied law and was called to the
bar, but after a time became a journalist. He edited The Freeman's
Journal from 1818, and also conducted for a time The Theatrical Observer,
The Star, The- Correspondent, etc. About 1820 he was made Poet Laureate
of the Freemasons in Ireland. He wrote several plays and operas, such
as "Lalla Rookh" (1815), which ran 100 nights (with Miss O'Neili in
the principal female part); "The Corsair" (1814, with Miss O'Neill in
it also), and many songs. 'The first two pieces were also made into operas.
He contributed to Fraser's Literary Chronicle (1836) over signatures of
" M. J. S." and " Paddy from Cork." He died in 1845. There are
various songs by him in " Harmonica'' (Cork, 1818), signed " M. J.
Sullivan." Among the works ascribed to him is an opera called "Clari,
the Maid of Milan," but this may be a mistake, unless he used the same
title as John Howard Payne.
O'SULLIYAN, SEUMAS.— See Starkey, James.
O'SULLIYAN, REY. THOMAS.— Lays op the Better Land, by " A Catholic
Priest," Dublin, 1862.
Born in the City of Cork, and educated and ordained in France, where
he held for a time a professorship in one of the colleges. He was an
accomplished French scholar. He was a curate in Kingstown for some
years before his death, which occurred in 1884,
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O'SULLIYAN, TIMOTHY.— An almanac "poet," rather above the average,
who contributed to The Lady and Farmer's Almanac, etc., from 1868 to
1872. He was an inspector in the Dublin police force, and died in
Brunswick Street, Dublin, on August 9, 1889.
O'SULLIYAN, YINCENT.— Poems, London, 1896, 8vo ; The Houses of Sin,
poems, London, 1897, 8vo.
Author of other works. Born in New York about 1870, and is the son
of Cornelius O'Sullivan of that city. Was educated at Stonyhurst and
Oscott Colleges and at Oxford.
OULAHAN, RICHARD.— Born in North King Street, Dublin, about 1825.
His father was John Oulahan, a Kildare man (who died in 1825), and
Richard went to New York in 1849, previous to which he had contributed
a few poems to Nation and other journals, generally over the signature
of " A Stranger," which is appended to his earliest known poem {Nation,
September 6, 1845), afterwards reprinted in " Spirit of the Nation."
In America he wrote many poems, which mostly appeared in The Irish-
American of New York, and several daily and weekly papers in the same
city. The Boston Pilot in 1868 announced his poems as ready for the
Press. He served in the 149th New York Volunteers (Irish Legion) during
the Civil War, holding the rank of first lieutenant, and in 1864 received
an appointment in the Treasury, Washington. He married a Miss Prand
in 1851. Some of his war-pieces are well known. He died on June 12,
1895, at Washington (D.C), where he had resided for thirty years.
OULTON, REY. ABRAHAM.— Born in Dublin in 1816,; B.A., T.C.D., 1840;
Curate of St. Anne's Chapel of Base, Belfast. Published some sermons,
and died on June 4, 1848. Is represented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
OULTON, WALLEY CHAMBERLAIN.— The Haunted Castle, musical piece,
1784, 12mo; The Happy Disguise, comic opera, 1784, 12mo; The Mad-
House, musical piece, 1785. 12mo; Poor Mabia, interlude, 1785 (not
published); The Rboeuiting Manaobe, prelude, 1785 (not published);
Hobson's Choice, or Thespis in Distress, burletta, 1787 (not published);
Pekseveeancb, musical piece, 17S9; 1793, 12mo; What's the Mattek?
burletta, 1789, 12mo; All in Good Humour, dramatic poem, 1792, 8vo;
Thb Irish Tar, musical interlude, 1797 (not published) ; Pteamus and
Thisbe, pantomime, 1798, 8vo; The Two Apprentices, pantomime, 1798
(not published); The Sixty-thied Letter, musical farce, 1800, 8vo;
Poems, chieblt Comic and Hudibrastic, 1809, 8vo ; The Death op Abel,
a, poem in five cantos and blank verse, 1814, 8vo.
Also wrote a " History of the Theatres of London, 1771-1795 " (2 vols.,
1796); "The Busy-body," a collection of essays (2 vols., 1789), several
guide-books, and some dramatic pieces in prose. Was born in DuMin
about the middle of the last century, and died somewhere about 1820. He
was of good family, and was educated by Dr. Bell, of Dublin, but very
little is known of his life.
OWEN, E.— Poetical Recollections, Waterford, 1826, 8vo.
OWEN, FRANCES MAY.— Essays and Poems (posthumously), London, 1887,
8vo.
Contains essays on Shakespeare, Browning, Wordsworth, etc. She
was born in 1842, at Glenmore, Co. Wicklow, her maiden name being
Synge. Married m 1870 Rev. James Owen, of Cheltenham College, and
died m 1883. Wrote for Academy, etc., and published books on Keats,
Washington, etc.
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OVENS, SAMUEL,— An Elegy, on the death of Mr. J. Lock, of Athyse, who
departed this life the 2nd of November, 1747, Dublin (?), 1747 (?), folio
sheet.
OWENSON, ROBERT. — Theatrical Tears, a poem occasioned by " Familiar
'Epistles to Frederick Jones " (over signature of " R. N. O."), Dublin,
1804, 12mo.
Father of Lady Morgan and Lady Clarke, both of whom are included
in this work, and was a clever actor, vocalist and musician. I have seen
the music of Lover's song, " Rory O'More," attributed to him. Born in
the barony of Tyrawley, Co. Mayo, in 1744. He was for many years on
the Irish stage, and is said to have changed his name from MacOwen to
Owenson. He died on May 27, 1812, at 44 North Great George's Street,
Dublin, the residence of his son-in-law. Sir Arthur Clarke, M.D.,
and was buried at Irishtown, near Dublin. SkefHngton Gibbon, in his
" Recollections," pages 142-144, says he was born in Sligo. He probably
wrote "The Land of Potatoes," in Croker's " Popular Songs of Ireland."
For further references see O'Keefle's "Recollections," and "Life of
Thomas Dermody."
OWENSON, SYDNEY.— See Lady Morgan.
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P., W. F. — The Touh, a poem, Dublin, 1854, 8vo.
PACK, MAJOR RICHARDSON.— MisoBLLANBOus Works in Verse and Peosb,
with some account of the author, Dublin, 1726, 12mo.
Of Kilkenny family.
PAGE, REY. JAMES AUGUSTUS.— Gatherbd Leaves, 1843; Protestant
Ballads, 1852.
B.A., T.C.D., 1845; M.A., 1865. Died March 25, 1880.
PAGET, ALEXIS.— The Teacher's Crown (with notes), and minor cadences,
Dublin, 1863, 8vo.
PANTER, REY. CHARLES RICHARD, LL.D.— Lays oe Leisure Hours,
Dublin and London, 1870, 8vo ; Political Cookery, including a Liberal
BILL OP pare, a satire in verse, London, 1882, 8vo ; Orpheus and Eurtdiob,
and other Poems, second edition, Dublin and London, 1882, 8to;
Granuaile, a Queen op the West, a poem in six cantos, London, 1901, 8vo.
Born in Dublin about 1850; B.A. and LL.B., T.C.D., 1873; M.A., 1879;
LL.D., 1881. Was for some time attached to St. Clement Danes, Strand,
London, and oflSoiated later at Pan, France. Died early in January, 1910,
aged 63.
PARKER, GEORGE. — Life's Painter of Variegated Characters in Public
AND Private Life, with political strokes on the ticklish times, by G
P , Librarian of the College of Wit and Humour, prose and verse,
Dublin, 1786, 8vo.
The book contains descriptions of Dublin society, with slang glossary.
May have been one of the several George Parkers who graduated a,i
T.C.D. between 1752-1791, but was more likely an Englishman.
PARKER, SARAH. — The Opening of the Sixth Seal, and other Poems,
Ayr, 1846, 12mo ; Miscellaneous Poems, second edition, with additions,
Glasgow, 1856, 8vo.
Known in Scotland as '"The Irish Girl." Was born in Newry, Co.
Down, of very poor parents, on May 15, 1824, and removed ixj Ayr in
Scotland while a little girl. She received but scant education, but wrote
verse from somewhat early years, chiefly to The Ayr Advertiser. Many
people took an interest in her welfare, including Mrs. S. C. Hall, and
she wrote frequently for Chambers' Journal and other high-class journals,
but she made an imprudent marriage, her husband being very intem-
perate, and she died in poverty in Scotland towards the close of 1880.
There is an Irish poem by her in Dublin University Magazine for July,
1846.
PARKES, WILLIAM THEODORE.— Tails and Ballids, Dublin, 186—, 8vo;
Napoleon's Christening Cake, an extravaganza of the war (verse),
Dublin, no date, 8vo ; Hooray ! ! ! The Royal Visit and St. Patrick's
Ruction (verse), Dublin, 1868 (?), 8vo; Queer Papers, etc. (prose and
verse), Dublin, 1868, 8vo ; Spook Ballads, illustrated by the author,
London, 1895, 8vo ; Lays op the Moonlight Men, etc., London, 1898.
All these were published over the signature of " Barney Bradey," not
Brady, as stated on page 25, ante. The author was a freqxient contributor
to Garlow College Magazine, Nation, Weekly Freeman, Irish Firesid,e,
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and other Dublin papers over his own name and one or two other signa-
tures. He was an artist and journalist in Dublin, and was later engaged
in London in a similar capacity. Died in or about 1908 in London. Was
a Dublin man.
PARKINSON, HENRY. — Fancies and Peelings, oeiginal Poems, collected
and edited by H. P., Dublin, 1857, 8vo.
These are the poems of the supposed editor, who was a barrister. B.A.,
T.O.D., 1854.
PARNELL, ANNA CATHERINE.— Tales Old and New, verse, Dublin, 1905,
sq. 12mo.
A sister of Fanny and C. S. Parn«ll, who was accidentally drowned in
Devonshire, in September, 1911.
PARNELL, FANNY.— Land League Songs, Boston (Mass.), 1882.
Born in Co. Wicklow about 1848, and died on July 20, 1882. She was
the sister of the late Irish leader, Mr. O. S. Parnell, and had many gifts.
She took a deep interest in Irish national politics, and was a< leading
figure in the early Land League meetings. In her youth she contributed
some verses to The Irish People, over signature of " Aleria," and also
wrote for Nation, Irishman, etc. Her few poems were collected and
published in America in pamphlet form (after her death, I believe), but
I have not been able to obtain the date or place of publication.
PARNELL, JOHN YESEY (Baron Congleton) .— The Psalms, a New Version,
1860, 8vo; 1875, 16mo.
Son of Henry Parnell, Lord Congleton, and died on October 23, 1883,
aged 78. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. He published one or
two other books. A biography of him, by Henry Groves, appeared in 1884.
PARNELL, REY. THOMAS. — Poems on Sevebal Occasions, etc., London,
1722, 8vo; Dublin, 1722, 12mo (many other editions); Homer's Battle
oe the Frogs and Mice, translated, 1725, 12mo; The Hermit, a poem,
London, 17 — .
This distinguished poet was born in Dublin in 1679, was educated at
Trinity College, and graduated B.A., 1697; M.A., 1700; B.D. and D.D.,
1712. He was ordained a deacon in 1700, and in 1705 or 1706 was
appointed Archdeacon of Clogher. In 1712 he lost his wife, and is said
to have given way to intemperance. Swift procured him the living of
Pinglas, Co. Dublin, in 1716. He died at the age of 38, in July of the
following year, at Chester, on his way home after a visit to London. He
was buried at Trinity Church, of the town mentioned, where a suitable
memorial has been erected. His life was written by Oliver Goldsmith.
PARNELL, WILLIAM. — This member of a famous family wrote several books,
including the often-quoted one on " The Penal Laws." He also wrote
verse. See under Smyth, William (q.v.), and also Moore's "Diary," vol.
7, 109-110. Died on January 2, 1821.
PARNELL, WILLIAM GUSTAYUS (?).— The Flights oe Fancy, consisting
of songs and poems, (Dublin?), 1804 (?), 8vo.
PATTERSON, ANNIE WILSON, Mus.Doc— A distinguished musician, and
the first lady to win the degree of doctor of music. Born in Lurgan, Co.
Armagh, about 1870, and was educated at Alexandra College, Dublin,
and Royal University, where she graduated Mus.Bac. and B.A. in 1887,
Mus.Doc, 1889. She has not only won a high position in Dublin, where
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she was an organist and teacher of music, but gained various premiums for
advanced knowledge of art and natural science at South Kensington, bhe
has written the libretti of her own compositions, and various poems tor
recitation, also several interesting volumes on music and musicians.
PATTERSON, MARY ELIZABETH.— Wife of succeeding writer, and daughter
of W. H. Ferrar, a Belfast magistrate. She is represented as a poetess
with her husband in " Selections from the British Poets " (vol. 2), issued
by the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (Dublin, 1849.)
She married Robert Patterson in 1833, and was the mother of eJeven
children. She died about 1890.
PATTERSON, ROBERT.— An eminent zoologist and a Fellow of the Royal
Society, who also wrote various poems, some of which will be found in
collection mentioned in preceding notice. He was the son of an iron-
monger, and was born in Belfast on April 18, 1802, published several
works on natural history, and died in Belfast on February 14, 1872.
There are some hymns by him in Beard's collection for Unitarians, and
in the Belfast collection, 1886. His son, W. H. Patterson, is a, distin-
guished Irish antiquary of the day.
PATTERSON, REY. ROBERT STEWART.— Nephew of preceding, and for
some time an army chaplain. He has had a most varied career, having
served in the Red River Expedition and the Ashantee War. He was
born in Belfast about 1830, educated there and at Carrickfergus, and
first held an appointment in Turkey during the Crimean War, afterwards
proceeding to Canada, where he took holy orders. Whilst there he wrote
many poems, etc., for the Press, most of which appeared in The Montreal
Gazette and the Hamilton Spectator (Ontario). Several of his poems
became widely known, and he is represented in Rev. E. H. Dewart's
" Selections from the Canadian Poets " (1864). In returning to Ireland,
he was shipwrecked, and many lives on board were sacrificed, his wife
afterwards dying (1859) from the effects of the disaster. His second wife
died in 1883. He edited, whilst in Cork, a military periodical, which
was afterwards merged into The Munster Joxirnal. In this appeared
(1888-9) many poems by him, including a series of translations of
Roumanian Love Songs, highly praised by " Carmen Sylva." In 1890
he received an appointment at Pembroke Dock. He has written histories
of various English and Irish Regiments, a history of Old Cork and other
works, and has acted as special correspondent for Detroit Free Press,
etc. He also edited The Canadian Charivari and The Camp Magazine
(Aldershot). His poems have never been collected, but in 1864 he was
credited with the intention of publishing them in book form. Both
Dewart and Morgan (" Bibliotheca Canadensis ") spell his name Paterson.
PATTERSON, MRS. W. H. — She was the daughter of the late John Crossley
Anderson, of Belfast, and was married in 1858 to a well-known anti-
quarian of Belfast, and was a clever poetess and musician. She is repre-
sented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
PATTON, ARTHUR ST, GEORGE.— Author of hymns and songs, some of
which have been highly praised. Was the son of the Rev. 6. A. F. Patton,
and was born in Dublin in 1853. He graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in 1876,
and was called to the Irish Bar. He was well-known in England, Ireland
and Scotland as a speaker and lecturer on Irish politics. He died in
London on October 20, 1892. His hymns are used in the Church of
Ireland services
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PAUL, W. J. — ^Emma's Entreaty and other Poems, Belfast (?) — .
Author of a work on "Modern Irish Poets," occasionally referred to ■
here, ana published in 2 vols, some years ago. He is a native of Bally-
mena, and his vorses are mostly in praise of temperance.
PAYNE, PERCY SOMERS.— Aji admirable contributor to KoUahos, and by
some considered to have written the best poem in it. He was the son
of the rector of Upton, Co. Cork, and died in 1874, aged twenty-four.
He was a student of T.O.D., and never graduated. The poem specially
referred to is entitled "Rest," and appeared in 1871. It has been
included in Brooke and Rolleston's " Treasury of Irish Poetry."
PEACOCK, IDA.— A daughter of the late Dr. Jolliffe Tufnell, sometime
President of Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland. Was born in Co.
Dublin, and married a Capt. P. L. Peacocke. Has published "Brought
to Light," a collection of short tales, " Casga," a romance, and some
occasional verse in the Press. See "Modern Irish Poets," by W. J.
Paul, Vol. 2.
PEARLE, MARY.— Born in Ireland on November 23, 1849, her father's name
being MoDonagh and her mother's McGreal. She was educated at
Kildare Place Training College, Dublin, and wrote a good deail of verse
for the Church of Ireland Parochial Magazine, etc., usually over the
signature of " M. M. D." In 1881 she went to America with her husband
and infant daughter, and settled in Erie, Pa., where she frequently
lectures on temperance and other subjects. She contributes to Erie
Dispatch, Graphic, Times, and the Cleveland Press. Three of her poems
are in Herringshaw's " Local and National Poets of America," Chicago,
1890.
" PEERADEAL, PAUL PUCK."— See Smith, Sir W. C.
PEERS, RICHARD. — Eour Small Copies or Verses made on sundry
OCCASIONS, 1667.
Compiled a work on Oxford Graduates, and wrote a " Description of
the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands." Was the son of a tanner
at Downpatrick, and was apprenticed to his father's trade, but gave it
up in disgust and fled to England. A relative sent him to a good school,
and afterwards into the famous Westminster School. Thence he went
to Oxford, where he graduated B.A., 1668, M.A., 1671. His place of
birth in matriculation register is given as " City of Down, Ireland."
He wrote various poems, and died near Oxford, August 12, 1690.
PEKIN, H.— See Picken, H.
PELLY, GERALD CONN.— Born on May 26, 1865, in Co. Galway. Was
educated at Summerhill College, Athlone, and at Blackrook College. His
first poems appeared in The Western News, and he afterwards wrote
frequently in prose and verse for Young Ireland, Shamrock, IrisTi Fire-
side, Dublin Journal, etc., over signatures of " Gerald," " G. Cieppe,"
"Nemo," and " Cill Tormer." He was the founder of the Pan-Celtic
Society, a Dublin literary body which lasted some years, and is repre-
sented in "Lays and Legends of the Pan-Celtic Society," Dublin, 1889,
8vo. He studied medicine and practised it in London and elsewhere.
Died in or about 1900.
PENDER, JOHN JUSTIN.— Is represented in a collection of poems by six
young Belfast writers entitled " Sung by Six," Belfast, 1896. Wrote
verse for United Ireland and the Belfast papers. Was, I think, a
Corporation inspector in Belfast, and died suddenly on September 25,
1906, aged 35. He was the son of the following writer.
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PENDER, MARGARET T.— Born in Co. Antrim, not far from Belfast, her
father being a farmer named O'Doherty. Wrote poems from an early
age, and was educated at home, and at Ballyrobin National School, and
at the Convent of Mercy, Crumlin Road, Belfast. After her marriage,
which took place soon after she left school, she contributed numerous
pieces to The Belfast Morning News, Nation, Shamrock, etc., etc., over
signatures of " M. T. P.," "Colleen," "Marguerite," and " M." She
*lso wrote for Weekly Freeman poetical competitions, and won many
prizes. In the prize competition in United Ireland in 1884, when £10
was offered for the best poem on Ireland, Mrs. Pender was second. For
the same paper she wrote a poem on " Miles Joyce," which was much
resented by Lord Spencer, and was copied into many English papers.
Her winning of the agSO offered by the Weekly FracTnan for the best short
story induced her to continue novel-writing, and she has since written
many Irish novels of an historical nature.
PENDLETON, HENRIETTA. — A Memoeial Sketch of the Life and Laboues
OF Mes. H. p., by A. C. Thistleton, Dublin, 1875.
This volume contains a selection of her poems. She was the daughter
of a Capt. Benson, and was born at Ardpatrick, Co. Loiith, in December,
1792, and died February 14, 1875.
PENNEFATHER, CATHERINE.— Rest in the Lord . . . with Verses
BY Mrs. C. p., 1890, 4to; Songs of the Pilgrim Land, poems (edited by
E. St. B. H.), London, 1886, 8vo; The Homeward Jotjrnet, a selection
of poems, illustrated, London, 1888, 4to.
Other works. Was the daughter of Admiral King (brother of Earl of
Kingston), and wife of succeeding writer.
PENNEFATHER, REY. WILLIAM.^Originai Hymns and Thoughts in
Verse, London, 1876.
Born in Merrion Square, Dublin, on February 5, 1816; B.A., T.C.D.,
1840; ordained 1841, and died April 30, 1873. In "Hymns original and
selected" (edited by him, 1872), there are twenty -five of his pieces. He
was the son of Baron Pennefather, the well-known Irish judge, find
married Miss Catherine King on September 16, 1847. A memoir of him
was published in 1878.
" PENTRILL, FRANK."— See Rafferty, Mrs. William.
PEPPER, GEORGE.— A writer of this name produced in New York in 1830 a
play entitled " Kathleen O'Neill : Ireland Redeemed, or The Devoted
Princess." He may have been the B.A., T.C.D., 1795. Thomas D'Arcy
McGee mentions in his ' ' Irish Settlers in America ' ' a George Pepper,
who soon after 1822 started a paper called The Irish Shield, in Philadelphia,
which was superseded by his Literary and Catholic Sentinel, published at
Boston. He was born at Ardee, Co. Louth, and wrote a " History of
Ireland." McGee says he was probably the first to initiate any literary
project in America exclusively for the Irish settlers. He died in Boston,
and was buried at Bunker's Hill, where a monument was raised to his
memory. " The only shamrock in the churchyard, some years ago, was
found growing on his grave." This was written about 1850. Doubtless
this Pepper was the dramatist above referred to.
PERCIVAL, WILLIAM.— The College Examination, a poem (MS. note in
British Museum copy), Dublin, 1734, 8vo.
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PERCY, WILLIAM. — ^Essays in Veksk on the following subjects .... New
Fashions . . . Glenwhebry or Kellswatbr, and Lough Nbaoh and its
Borders, Belfast, 1804, 12mo; another edition, Belfast, 1813, 8vo.
WiUiam MoOon^b calls him " a cracked poet " in his little guide to the
Giant's Causeway. '
PERRIN, REV. WILLIAM (?)— Hebrew Canticles, or a Poetical Commen-
tary, OR Paraphrase on the various Songs of Scripture . . . and a pew
Miscellaneous Poems, 1830, 12mo.
PERRY, SAMUEL.— Foes and Friends, a poetic Ulster tale of 1641, in four
cantos, Belfast, 1850, 12mo.
A native of Co. Derry, and father of the eminent engineer, John Perry,
F.R.S.
PERRY, THOMAS.— Poems, Belfast (?).
Of Aghadowey, Co. Derry.
PETERS, HENRY PLUNKETT.— A Waterford poet and eccentric, referred to
in Dublin University Magazine for January, 1834. It alludes to an article
on him by Dr. Edward Walsh in British Magazine for August, 1830. He
was described as a wit, a poet, and a mathematician.
PETRE, LADY CATHERINE,— See under Howard, Lady C.
PETRIE, GEORGE, LL.D.— This distinguished Irish scholar and artist, born
in Dublin in 1789, was the author of some translations from the Irish,
which will be found in his fine collection of Irish music, and in several
anthologies. His work on the Round Towers of Ireland and other produc-
tions are held in high estimation by authorities. He was a skilled
musician, and wrote much for The Dublin University Magazine, Irish
Penny Journal, etc. He died in Dublin on January 17, 1866. Hon.
LL.D., T.C.D., 1847.
PHAYRE, REY. RICHARD. — First Leaves op the Psalter— Mid Leaves of
THE Psalter, metrically rendered, 1863, etc., 8vo.
Also some other works, chiefly sermons. Probably the Sch., 1828; B.A.,
1830, and M.A., 1862, of T.C.D.
PHELAN, GEORGE F. — Gleanings prom our own Fields, being selections
from " Catholic American Poets," New York, 1881.
In this volume are included the following Irish writers (all mentioned
in the present work) : — John Boyle O'Reilly, John Savage, John Locke,
P. S. Cassidy, Rev. W. J. McOlure, Rev. Wm. Livingston, Mary E.
Mannix, J. W. S. Norris, Eleanor O. Donnelly, Katharine E. Conway,
Wm. Geoghegan, M. F. Egan, Rev. W. P. Treacy, John A. McHugh,
Mary C. Burke, Isabella Irwin, etc.
PHELAN, REY. JOSEPH. — The Poetical Works and Biographical Remarks
OF THE Rev. J. . . . p. . . ., with album scraps and Catholic poems, with
portrait, San Francisco, 1902, 8vo.
XJnmistakeable doggerel. Born (as his book informs us) at Knockshaw,
Rathdowney, Queen's Co., September 5, 1839. Went to Cailifornia in
1857, and was ordained in 1874.
PHILLIPS, CHARLES. — The Consolations op Erin, an eulogy, London,
1811, 4to; The Emerald Isle, a poem, London, 1812, 4to; 8th edition,
London, 1818, 4to; A Garland por the Grave of R. B. Sheridan, London,
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1816, 8vo ; The Lament of the Emerald Isle, a poem, London, 1817, 8vo;
Elegy on the Pbinoess Ohabloite, Newcastle-on-Tyne (MS. copy with it
in British Museum), 1817 16mo.
Also various speeches, a work on " Gurran and his Contemporaries,"
and " Sketches of the Irish Bar," etc. Was a noted barrister and politi-
cian, born in Sligo in 1789. He graduated B.A. at T.C.D. m 1806. Was
a very fluent and ornate speaker, and was not in very good odour with
some of his contemporaries. He wrote other poems besides those men-
tioned above, and two of them will be found in " Harmonica " (Cork, 1818).
For references to him see C. M. O'Keeffe's " Life and Times of O'Connell."
and also Jordan's " Autobiography " (Vol. III., page 278). He worked
as a journalist for some time, writing for London journals chiefly, and
died in Golden Square, London, on February 1, 1859.
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM.— Mount Sinai, a poem in four books, London, 1830.
Was a brother of the Charles Phillips above mentioned, and doubtless a
native of Sligo also. Was a barrister of the Middle Temple.
PHILLIPS, WILLIAM.— The Revengeful Queen, tragedy, London, 1698, 8vo ;
St. Stephen's Gbeen, ob the Generous Lovers, comedy, Dublin, 1700,
8vo ; Hibernia Freed, tragedy (dedicated to Earl of Thomond), London,
1722, 8vo; Belisabius, tragedy, London, 1724, Svo.
Son of George Phillips, a Derry gentleman (born about 1599, and died
1696), and probably a T.C.D. man, but there is no entry in Todd's List
that could apply to him. His father was a landed proprietor, and pub-
lished a couple of books in 1680 and 1689. William Phillips died on
Decembe, 12, 1734.
PHILLOTT, ALICIA C— The Rectory Garden and other Poems, London,
1866, 8vo.
Most of the poems refer to Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.
PICKEN, HENRY.— Poems, Belfast, 1812, Svo.
The name is more correctly Pekin, and as such it is on the title-page
of " Essays on Various Subjects," Belfast, 1819 (?). The author is said
to have been Hugh Harkin (g.«.), of Belfast.
PIGOT, JOHN EDWARD.— Was the eldest son of the Chief Baron of the
Exchequer (Ireland), and was born at Kilworth, Co .Cork, on February
28, 1822. Was called to the Irish Bar in 1845, and became one of the
Young Ireland group, writing for The Nation one or two clever poems oyer
the signature of " Permoy," his best known piece, often reprinted, being
" Up for the Green," which appeared anonymously on December 10, 1842.
He went to Bombay some time after the failure of the '48 movement, and
practised there (1865-9) with much success, but never held an official
appointment. He returned to Dublin in 1870, and died at his father's
house on July 1, 1871. He left behind him a splendid collection of Irish
music, of which he was an ardent collector and keen admirer, and exerted
himself greatly in its encouragement and diffusion. He wrote for The
Expositor a series of articles on the Sculpture and paintings in the Dublin
Exhibition, 1853, and assisted a good deal in the formation of the National
Gallery of Ireland. In Irish Monthly for 1888 is a long account of Pigot
(written by John O'Hagan.) He wi-ote many articles for The Nation, as
well as poems, and is in " The Voice of the Nation/' the companion volume
in prose to '"The Spirit of the Nation." He also wrote for The Irishman,
over signatures of " Firinne," " Gall," etc
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PILKINGTON, JOHN CARTERET.— The Poet's Recantation, a poem,
London.
He was the son of Letitia Pilkington {q.v.), and published his own
memoirs (second edition) in Dublin, 1762, in which ai-e many poems by
him. The first edition was called, I believe, " Memoirs of Jack Luckless."
There are other poems by him in the last volume of his edition" of his
mother's memoirs. He died before Goldsmith, who befriended him even
on his death-bed, and whom he had rather badly treated. He was born
about 1728, and died in 1763.
PILKINGTON, LETITIA.— Memoirs op Mbs. L. P., written by herself,
wherein are occasionally interspersed all her poems, with anecdotes of
Dean Swift, A. Pope, etc., three volumes, Dublin and London, 1748-54,
12mo.
She is represented in "Poems by Eminent Ladies," 1755. Was the
daughter of a Dublin physician of Dutch origin, and was born in the
Irish metropolis in 1712. She was the wife of the following writer, and
for a time moved in the highest literary society, but she was finally
divorced from her husband, and died in poverty on August 29, 1750. Her
son says she died in 1761, and was buried in St. Anne's, Dawson Street,
beside her father, Dr. Van Lewen. She calls herself a niece of Patrick
Sarsfield, whom she describes as " the eldest son of the Earl of Kilmallock "
(Vol. 3, p. 45), and says that Catholicism is " a religion that P. S.'s niece
can never hate."
PILKINGTON, REY. MATTHEW.— Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin,
1730, 8vo; Poems on Several Occasions, to which is added The Plague
OF Wealth, with several poems not in the Dublin edition (revised by Dr.
Swift), London, 1731, 8vo ; An Ode to be performed at the Castle of
Dublin, 30th of October, being the birth-day of George II., etc., Dublin,
1734, 4to.
Rector of Donabate, Co. Dublin. Was not the author of " A Dictionary
of Painters," 1770, who bore the same name, and was also an Irishman.
Was born in Ireland about 1700, and died on July 27, 1774. B.A., T.C.D.,
1722. After his divorce from his wife, he married a Miss Sandes.
PILKINGTON, REY. WILLIAM.— A reputed son of Swift and Mrs. Pilking-
ton, and bore a strong likeness, it is said, to the great satirist, possessing,
too, a goodly share of his satirical power. Wrote verse, one of his pieces
being quoted in the poems of John Hawkesworth, 1788 (g-v.). There are
some particulars of him in that volume. He was curate of Omagh, where
he died in April, 1779, from over-indulgence in alcohol.
PILON, FREDERICK.- The Drama, a poem, anonymously, 1775; T^e In-
vasion, farce, London, 1778, 8vo ; The Liverpool Prize, farce, London,
1779, 8vo; Illumination, or the Glazier's Conspiracy, prelude, London,
1779, 8vo ; The Siege of Gibraltar, musical piece, London, 1780, 8vo ; The
Humours of an Election, farce, London, 1780, 8vo ; The Deaf Lover,
farce, London, 1780, 8vo; The Fair American, musical piece, London,
1782, 8vo; He would be a Soldier, comedy, London, 1786, 8vo; Aerosta-
tion, OR THE Templar's Stratagem, farce, London, 1784, 8vo ; Babataria,
OR Sancho Turned Governor, farce, London, 1792, 8vo.
A clever actor and writer, born in Cork in 1750, and died on January
17, 1788, in London, and was buried at Lambeth.
PIM, SOPHIA S.— Job, a poem, and fugitive pieces, with memoir of author,
London, 1885, 16mo.
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PITCHFORD, REY. JOHN WATKINS.— Beamblb Cloistebs, verse, London,
1884, 4to.
Other works of a religious character. B.A., T.O.D., 1862; M.A., 18d5.
Ordained in 1866.
PLAYNE, ERNEST.— Oharold, the HEAET-HasxoEY oe a Poet's Youth,
vol. 1, Dublin, 1876.
PLUNKET, RT. REY. WM. CONYNGHAM, D.D,— (Archbishop of Dublin and
fourth Baron Plunket) — Eldest son of John, third Baron, and born in
Dublin on August 26, 1828. Educated at Cheltenham College and T.C.D.,
where he graduated B.A., 1853; M.A., 1864. Was ordained in 1857.
Bishop of Meath from 1876 to 1884, and in latter year became Archbishop
of Dublin. He married a daughter of Sir Benjamin Guinness in 1863.
Died in Dublin on April 1. 1897. Has written various poems and hymns,
for which see Jeiming's " Irish Readings," " Irish Penny Readings " (four
volumes, 1879-85, published at the Nation office), " The Church Hymnal"
and " Lyra Hibernioa Sacra." In 1888 he was made an LL.D. of Cam-
bridge. Was the " TJ. U. P" who wrote poems in Irish Metropolitan
Magazine (1857).
PLUNKETT, ARTHUR HUME, — Beatrice of Fereaba, a tragedy in verse,
London, 1837, 8vo (over signature of "A. H. P.").
The above tragedy is said to be by Anna H. Plunkett in Stainforth's
library catalogue, but that is a mistake. Arthur Hume Plunkett was a
friend of Lady Blessington, and wrote poems for the annuals edited by
her. He was also a friend of Bartholomew Simmons (q.v.).
PLUNKETT, GEORGE NOBLE (COUNT).— God's Chosen Festival, a
Christmas song, and other poems (MS. notes by author in British Museum
copy), Dublin. 1877, Svo.
Is the son of Patrick J. Plunkett, of Dublin, where he was born in
1851. Educated at Dublin, Nice, and Clongowes Wood College, Kildare.
He was called to the Irish Bar in 1886, and has been created Hereditary
Roman Count by Leo XIII. He is a well-known figure in Irish literary
and other circles, and has written a large amount of verse,
which was mostly published over the signature of " Killeen."
He contributed to Dublin periodicals, such as The Irish Monthly
(anonymously), Hibernia (of which he was one of the founders
in 1882), North and South, Flag of Ireland, Nation, Shamrock, Irishman,
Young Ireland, Emerald, Blarney, Zozimus, Knight Errant, Monitor,
etc., and also to Boston Pilot, Lamp, La Saison Ligurietnne (San Remo,
1879-80), etc. Of late years he has written some important art mono-
graphs, notably one on Botticelli. Now director of the Science and Art
Museum, Dublin. Some of his verse will be found in " Songs and Ballads
of Young Ireland," 1888; " Dublin Verses, by members of T.C.D.," edited
by H. A. Hinkson, 1895; " Irish Love Songs," edited by Katharine Tynan,
1897; " Carmina Mariana," edited by Orby Shipley, etc., etc.
PLUNKETT, HENRY WILLOUGHBY GRATTAN.— The Bottle, a poem
suggested by the celebrated designs of George Cruikshank, New York,
1848, Svo (over signature of " H. P. Grattan.")
He was well-known under latter name, but his real name was as given
above. He was born in Dublin in 1808, and became a writer for the stage,
and contributed to Punch in its early days over signature of " Fusbos."
Among his dramatic productions are " The Minerali, or the Dying Gift,"
"The Dumb Conscript" (1842), "The Sisters," "The Fairy Circle,"
"Orson," "Glory," "Faust, or the Demon of the Drachenfels " (1842)
He spent twenty-three years in U.S.A., and died in London on December
25, 1889, and was buried in FuUiam Cemetery.
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PLUNKETT, JOSEPH MARY.— The Cieolb and the Sword, poems, Dublin,
1911, 8vo.
Is a son of Count Plunkett (q.v.), and was educated at Stony hurst
College. His poems show more than promise.
FOCKRICH, RICHARD. — The Temple Oge Ballad (anonymously), printed
at the Cherry Tree, Bathfarnham, 1733, 16mo ; The Miscellaneous Wobks
or B. . . . P. . . ., Vol. I., Dublin, 1765, 12mo.
In the latter work, printed for the author by James Byrne, in Thomas
Street, he wishes his readers a " Cead Mills Failte Bomhad." This eccen-
tric genius (of whom the present writer has written a full account in " An
Irish Musical Genius," Dublin, 1899), was a native of Co. Monaghan,
where his father, a Williamite soldier, had settled. All his life he was
full of projects, some of them of a very ingenious nature, but im-
practicable, and he dissipated a large fortune left him by his father in
various experiments. He was the true inventor of the musical glasses,
which attracted the attention of Mozart, Gluck, and other composers, and
was afterwards perfected by Franklin. Pockrich made a considerable in-
come by his performances on the glasses in England and Ireland, and it
was while on one of his tours that he met his death, being burned by a
fire which broke out in his room in Hamlin's coffee-house, Sweeting's Alley,
near the Boyal Exchange, London, in the year 1759. A good account of
Pockrich's gifts and eccentricities is given in the "Memoirs" of J. C.
Pilkington (g.i).). Vol. I., pp. 57-69, and in the poems of Brochill Newburgh
(q.v.), where a piece, entitled "The Projector," is devoted to his ideas.
In April, 1745, Pockrich had married a widow named White, who did not
bring him the fortune he expected. Pilkington says that even when he
had ^4,000 a year he lived in a miserly manner, spending all his means
on all kinds of wild experiments. In 1749 he endeavoured to get elected
member for Dublin in the Irish Parliament, but did not succeed. Some
of his printed addresses to the electors are extant, and are very character-
istic. One of his failures was a brewery near Island Bridge, Dublin ; and
he also applied for the post of chapel-master at Armagh Cathedral, but
Primate Boulter was hostile to his claims. He was a competent musician,
and composed various pieces of music. His wife ran away with Theophilus
Cibben, and was drowned with him in a shipwreck off the west of Scotland
in 1758. Pockrich, though a visionary in many things, was a man of con-
siderable intelligence, and worthy of note.
POE, J. W.— Passing Poems, London, 1910.
POLLEN, JOHN, LL.D. — Ehymes fkom the Btjsslan, being faithful transla-
tions of selections from the best Russian poets, etc., London, 1891, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1871.
POLLOCK, REV. THOMAS BENSON.— Gospel Words, in Prose and Verse
(in conjunction with his brother), London and Oxford, 1876, 8vo ; Metrical
Litanies for Special Services and General Use, Oxford, 1870.
Born in 1836; B.A., T.C.D., 1866; M.A., 1863. Won the Vice-Chan-
cellor's prize for English verse at T.C.D. in 1865. Was ordained in 1868,
and died in 1896. There are two of his hymns in the supplement to
"Hymns Ancient and Modern" (1889).
POLLOCK, YERY REY. WILLIAM, D.D.— The Temptation of otjr Blessed
Lord, and other minor Poems, London, 1873, 8vo.
Born in, Co. Down on April 22, 1812. Sch. T.C.D., 1830; B.A., 1833;
M.A., 1841. Was made Vicar of Bowden, Cheshire, in 1856, Archdeacon
of Chester in 1867, and died on October 11, 1873. Published some sermons
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and is represented as a poet in " Lyra Hibernioa Sacra." Boase's
" Modern English Biography " says he was born on September 22, not in
April.
POLSON, THOMAS R. J. — England and hee Paiace oi' Peace, a poetical
Dialogue between the Ozab and his double, London, 1854, 8vo.
Also an Irish story entitled " The Fortune-Teller's Intrigue, or life in
Ireland before the Union " (3 vols., Dublin, 1848). Was formerly a
town councillor of Enniskillen, of which, I believe, he was a native, where
he resided, and was also editor and proprietor of The Fermanagh Mail.
He contributed many poems to local and other journals, and intended to
collect them. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and died
at the age of 85 on January 18, 1908.
PONSONBY, CATHERINE. — Lays oe the Lakes, and other poems oe
description and reelection, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1850, 12mo.
Also several novels.
PONSONBY, LADY EMILY CHARLOTTE MARY.— Mart Gray and other
TALES AND VERSES (anonymously), 1852, 8vo.
Authoress of various stories. Was the daughter of the Earl of Bess-
borough, was born on February 17, 1817, and died on February 3, 1877.
POOLE, EVA L.(?). — Lonely? No, not Lonely, and other poems, Loudon,
1881, 16mo ; the same, second edition, London and Edinburgh, 1881, 16mo ;
Left alone with Jesus, and other poems, London, 1890, 8vo.
Her maiden name was Travers.
POOLER, REY. CHARLES KNOX.— Translations and other Verses,
London, 1900.
B.A., T.O.D., 1892, and a contributor to Kottahos.
POPE, REY. RICHARD THOMAS PEMBROKE.— An University Prize
Poem, to which is prefixed in English metre an address to Ireland on the
circumstances of the present time, Cork, 1817, Svo.
Was the eldest son of Thomas Pope, of Cork, where he was born on
March 13, 1799. Educated at Winchester and at T.C.D., where he
graduated B.A., 1822. Was ordained in 1821, and in 1827 had the famous
debate with Father Maguire. He died at Kingstown, near Dublin, on
February 7, 1859. The Rev. R. S. Brooke (g.u.) in his "Recollections of
the Irish Church," describes him as " a striking man to look upon as well
as to listen to, with his tall attenuated figure, his black imperial head
and pale brow, his monastic and mortified countenance." He is repre-
sented in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra," etc. His father was an Alderman of
Cork, and Mayor in 1829.
PORTER, ANNA MARIA. — Ballad Romances and other poems, London,
1811, 12mo; second edition, Philadelphia, 1816, 12mo.
Sister of the celebrated Jane Porter, authoress of "The Scottish Chiefs"
and " Thaddeus of Warsaw," and of Sir Robert Ker Porter, the artist
and diplomatist. Their father was surgeon to the Inuiskillings, and the
family was an Irish one. Miss A M. Porter was born at Durham in
1781, and died in 1832. She wrote various novels.
PORTER, BESSIE.— Born in Ireland on May 9, 1865, and now lives at Currie,
Minn., U.S.A., where she is a school teacher. Has written various poems,
three of which are in Herringshaw's " Local and National Poets of
America."
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PORTER, FRANCIS THORPE.— A noted Dublin police magistrate, whose
well-known book of " lieminiscences " contains verse. He also wrote verse
for Duffy's Fireside Magazine ajid other journals, over his initials.
He was the fourth son of William Porter, of Willmount, Co. Dublin, and
was admitted to Gray's Inn in June, 1825. He died on November 24,
1882, aged 81, and was buried in Glasnevin. His father, a noted printer,
was implicated in '98 rebellion.
PORTER, HUGH.— Poetical Attempts, Belfast, 1813, 8vo.
A weaver of Moneyslan, Co. Down, who wrote chiefly in dialect. Born
in or about 1780, as he says in one of his poems, dated 1812, that he was
then thirty-two years old.
PORTER, REY. JAMES.— A noted United Irishman, and author of the
famous " Billy Bluff and Squire Firebrand," which brought him to the
scaffold. He was born at Strabane, Co. Tyrone, in 1753, and taught a
school at Dromore, Co. Down, and afterwards at Drogheda. He then
entered Glasgow College as Presbyterian divinity student, and was
ordained to Greyabbey, Co. Down, on July 31, 1787. He became a United
Irishman, and in 1796 went through Ulster spreading the principles of
his society. He contributed various songs to The Northern Siar, its
organ, and they are reprinted in a collection of '98 poems entitled
"Paddy's Resource." In 1796 his satire referred to above was printed.
Lord Mountmumble was Lord Londonderry (father of the notorious
Castlereagh), Squire Firebrand was Mr. Montgomery of Greyabbey, and
Billy Bluff was Wm. Lowry, the bailiff of that place. The work was
several times reprinted and became generally popular. It author was
brought to trial for high treason, and executed on July 2, 1798, in front
of his Meeting House at Greyabbey, a carpenter of his congregation being
compelled to build his scaffold. He left a wife and seven children, and
was buried near the Abbey ruins of the place. One of his sons became a
judse — another Attorney-General — in Louisiana. An edition of " Billy
Bluff, etc.," appeared in 1812 bearing the signature " E ."
PORTER, REY. THpMAS HAMBLIN, D.D.— Author of a well-known
convivial song entitled " The Night-cap," which appeared in a Dublin
magazine about 1820, and is in various Irish anthologies, etc. Sch.
T.C.D., 1817; B.A., 1819; M.A., 1832; B.D. and D.D., 1836.
PORTER, WALSH (?).— The Chimney Coenee, musical entertainment, 1797
(not published) ; Voltjntaet Conteibutions, interlude (not published),
1798.
Possibly Irish. Wrote other works. Found dead in bed at Dawlish
Villa, near Bath, May 9, 1809.
PORTER, WILLIAM H. — The Peevigilium Veneris translated into
English Veese, Dublin, 1909, 8vo.
POTTER, REY. THOMAS JOSEPH.— Legends, Lyeios and Hymns, Dublin,
1862, Svo ; SiE Humphrey's Trial, oe the Lesson of Life, a book of tales,
legends and sketches in prose and verse, fourth edition, Dublin, 1884, Svo.
Was, I believe, of English extraction, and born at Scarborough on June
9, 1828. Became a professor at AU Hallows' College, Dublin, and died
August 31, 1873.
POTTINGER, HENRY (?).— A Broken Echo, a poem, 1853, 4to; Zuelina,
A TALE OF Corsica, verse, London, 1853, 4to.
POWER, SIR ALFRED, M.D.— Sanitary Rhymes, etc., London, 1871, Svo.
Born at Market Bosworth in 1805. Was an Irish Poor Law Commis-
sioner and Vice-President of the Irish Local Government Board, and
created K.C.B. in 1873.
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POWER, ANNA M. — Daughter of Nicholas Power, of Providence, Rhode
Island, and sister of Sarah H. Whitman (q.v.). Some of her poems are
among the works of her sister.
POWER, DAYID.— See under Grady, Thomas.
POWER, ELLEN.— Sister of M. A. Power (q.v.), and niece of Lady Blessing-
ton. Contributed verse to Keepsake, etc., and is refeirred to in Dr.
Madden's " Life of Lady Blessington."
POWER, MARGUERITE (Countess of Blessington) . — The Belle of a Season,
a poem, London, 1839, 8vo; Rambles in Waltham Fobest, a poem,
London, 1827, 4ta (only twenty-five copies printed) ; Amabel and othee
POETICAL PIECES (a MS. Collection, sold in the Stainforth Library sale,
1867).
A once famous writer of society novels, sketches and poems, now only
remembered for her beauty and her grand receptions at Gore House,
Kensington. She was the daughter of Edmund Power, of Knockbrit, Co.
Tipperary, and was born there on September 1, 1789. When aged fifteen
she married a worthless person named Captain Farmer, who was killed
after a drinking bout in 1817. She had only lived with him three months.
In 1818 she married the Earl of Blessington, who died in 1829. She
afterwards lived with the well-known Count D'Orsay, and spent all her
fortune, becoming bankrupt. On June 4, 1849, she died in Paris, of
apoplexy, and was buried outside that city. She made large sums of
money by her books, but her extravagance was too great to last. She
gathered around her all that was highest in literature, science and art.
Her poems chiefly appeared in The Booh of Beauty in the thirties, and
also in The Amulet, Keepsake, Forget-me-not, and other annuals between
the years 1830-45. He rlife has been written by Dr. R. R. Madden and
J. F. Molloy.
POWER, MARGUERITE A.— Virginia's Hand, a poem, London, 1860, 8vo.
Niece of Lady Blessington, and a very clever poetess, one of whose
pieces in Heath's " Book of Beauty," was highly praised by W. S. Landor,
She wrote a great deal of verse, much of it appearing in the annuals of
her time. See Irish Metropolitan Magazine (vol. 3, 1857-8), Forget-me-
not (1841), and Once A Week for other poems. Born about 1815, and died
in July, 1867, after a long illness. She wrote several novels, an account
of travels in E^ypt, and other works. In Newton Crosland's "Book of
Reminiscences " is a full account of her. She was one of the best poetesses
of her day.
POWER, REY. PHILIP BENNETT.— The Lost Sunbeam, etc., prose and
verse, 1861, Svo; Sacred Allegories and other Poems, London, 1851, 8vo.
Author of a large number of tracts and other publications, which filled
33 pages of the MS. catalogue of the British Museum. B.A.. T.C.D.,
1843; M.A., 1846. He was a connection by marriage with the Cork wit,
Henry Bennett (q.v.). Died about 1895.
POWER, RICHARD.— Born at Lismore, Co. Waterford, about 1806, and in
early life went to Texas, U.S.A., where he became a writer for the Press.
Died at Corpus Christi, Texas, on April 11, 1879, and obituary notices
of him speak of his poetical efforts with praise.
POWER, ROBERT. — Miscellaneous Poems, 2 vols., London, 1824, 12mo.
May have been the B.A., T.C.D., 1815.
POWER, T. F. — The Outlaw, or the Eve oe St. Anne, a tale in verse
Dublin, 1826.
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POWER, THOMAS ( ?) . — Epistola ad C. Mouxtagub — Puer natus, eologa,—
Thyksis, ecloga, etc. (Latin verse), 1698, 8vo ; J. Miltoni Paeadisi amissi
LIBER PRIMUS EX AxGLICANA LINGUA IN LaTINAM CONVERSUS (over his
initiak), 1691, 4to.
B.A., Cambridge, 1861; M.A., 1865. Was educated at Westminster
School, where he became a tutor. Went abroad in 1691. There are four
of his poems in " E'xamen Poeticum," 1698, and he assisted Dryden to
translate "Juvenal," doing the 12th satire himself.
POWER, THOMAS.— Secrecy, a poem, etc., Boston (U.S.A.), 1832, 8vo;
Lafayette, a poem, Boston (U.S.A.), 1834, 8vo; Masonic Melodies, etc.,
Boston (U.S.A.), 1844, Svo.
POWER, THOMAS E. — Oriental Melodies, words by T. E. P. and music by
Sir J. A. Stevenson, Dublin (?), 1815, fol.
Probably a relative of the Powers, the musical publishers who issued tha
volume above mentioned.
POWER, WILLIAM G._ TYRONE.— This famous comedian, better known as
' ' Tyrone Power ' ' simply, was a neat versifier, and wrote many songs and
prologues, etc. Some of these will be found in Dublin University
Magazine (vol. 40), where there is a lengthy notice of his life. He also
wrote some dramatic pieces, like "O'Flannigan and the Fairies," etc.
Several of his poems appeared in the annuals in the thirties. He was
born at Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford, November 2, 1797, and while
returning from America on the ill-fated President in March, 1841, was
drowned, together with all on board. He was the author of some tales
and of " Impressions of America " (2 vols., 1836).
POYNTZ, ANNE B. (?). — Je kb scat quoi, a collection of letters, odes, etc.
(anonymously), 1769, Svo.
PRATT, REY. JAMES, D.D. — The Song of Solomon, rendered into English
verse with introduction and notes, London, 1881, Bvo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1846; M.A., 1850. Ordained in 1848, and Vicar of
Nailsworth, 1879-86.
PRESTON, MAY FRANCES.— Memorlal and Remains of M. F. P., poems
(edited by Rev. Wm. Mcllwaine, D.D.), Belfast, 1865 — for private
circulation.
Born on October 15, 1844, died May 16, 1865. Resided in Belfast, and
was probably born there.
PRESTON, WILLIAM,— The Contract, a poem, 1780; Poems on Sevebal
Occasions, Dublin, 1781, 12mo; The Female Congress, etc., Dublin,
1779, Svo ; 1777, or a Picture op the Manners and Character of the
Age, Dublin, 1777, 12mo; Heroic Epistle prom Mr. Manly, etc. (anony-
mous), 1778, 12mo ; A Congratulatory Poem on the late Successes op the
British Arms, Dublin, 1776, 12mo; Epistle to Robert Akderson, M.D.,
Edinburgh, 1806, Svo; Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin, 1792, Svo;
An Heroic Epistle to Mb. Twiss (under pseudonym of '^' Donna Teresa
Pinna y Ruiz "), Dublin, 1776 (several editions) ; Heroic Answer to
Mr. Twiss, Dublin, 1776; The' Court Mirrors, or the Age op
Loyalty, an historical panegyric, Dublin, 1776, 12mo; Oppa and
Ethelbert, or the Saxon Princes, tragedy, Dublin, 1791, Svo;
1793; Messina Freed, tragedy, Dublin, 1793, Svo; Rosamunda,
tragedy, 1793, Svo ; Democratic Rage, tragedy, London, 1793, Svo ; second
Edition, London, 1793, Svo; Poetical Works, 2 vols, Dublin, 1793, Svo;
The Adopted Son, tragedy, ; The Siege oV Ismail, tragedy, 1794,
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8vo; The Aegonautics, translated into English verse, with notes, 1803;
another edition (in "British Poets," vol. 90), 1822; other editions;
Posthumous Poems, with portrait, etc., Dublin, 1809.
A lawyer who was prominent in Dublin literary circles just previous to
the passing of the Act of Union. He was born in Dublin in 1753, was
educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A. 1770, M.A. 1773, and was
called to the Irish Bar in 1777. He wrote many poems for Sentim&ntal
and Masonic Magazine (Dublin) in 1794, and was the author of various
prologues and other pieces of a fugitive character. He is largely repre-
sented in Edkins' collections of 1789-90, and 1801, and his songs are
quoted in Ellis's " Songs of Ireland " (1849). He was a member of the
Royal Irish Academy, and became a "Judge of Appeals." He died in
Dublin on February 2, 1807. The magazine above referred to, in a
review of his poems in 1793, said : " It is worthy of notice that in a poem
written as long ago as the year 1780, Mr. Preston, had the liberality to
inculcate most forcibly the policy and justice of emancipating the Roman
Catholics of Ireland." Whitelaw and Walsh's "History of Dublin " has
a good notice of him, but says lie died in January (not February), 1807.
Wrote a good deal of " Pranceriana," a collection of satires and skits
on John Hely Hutchinson.
PRICE, JAMES. — A prominent Dublin journalist between 1830-53. He was
editor of The Evening Packet at the time of his death, which occurred on
January 14, 1853. Two of his poems appeared in The Nation for January
and February, 1853, being reprinted from The Belfast Vindicator of July 4
and 18, 1840, where they appeared over his iuitiajls. Price was born in
1814. He wrote some very interesting recollections of J. C. Mangan in his
paper in 1849. The Nation promised a biographical notice of him, but
the promise was never fulfilled. He was a frequent contributor to The
Comet (1832, etc.), and Weekly Dihblin Satirist (1833-4) (which wias
founded on The Repealer and Tradesman's Advocate and The Buckthorn
Comet, and ran to 136 numbers, like The Comet). He also wrote poems
and sketches for Dublin Journal of Temperance, Science, and Literature
(1841-42), Paddy Kelly's Budget, and Salmagundi, in which last appeared
his sketches called " My Reminiscences." Some years ago the late John
McOall (q.v.) wrote a lengthy notice of him for the Irish Emerald.
PRINGLE, MISS . — The Dream of the King's Cupbeaher, poem (over
signature of "Annagh"), Dublin, 1907.
PRIOR, SIR JAMES. — The Country House and other Poems, London, 1846,
8vo; Invitatio'n ra Malvern, a poem addressed to Charles Phillips
(autograph letters to J. W. Croker in British Museum copy), London, 1851,
8vo ; Lines written on heading verses op Rear-Admirai. W. H. Smyth,
London (?), 1857, Svo.
Author of a "Life of Oliver Goldsmith," "Life of Edmund Burke,"
"Life of Edmund Malone," etc., and known also as a distinguished sur-
geon. Born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, in 1790, served as a naval surgeon,
became Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals in 1843, and was knighted in 1858.
He died on'November 14, 1869, aged 79.
PROBY, JOHN JOSHUA (1st Earl of Carysfort) .— The Revenge of Gwen-
DOlEN, a poem, only 12 copies privately printed (anonymously), 1786, Svoj
PoLTXENA, a tragedy, 1798, 8vo ; Dramatic and Narrative Poems, 2 vols.,
London, 1810, 8vo.
Born on August 12, 1751. Was Ambassador to Berlin in 1800, and to
St. Petersburgh in 1801. Died in April, 1828. Wrote some political
pamphlets.
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PROCTOR, GEORGE. — John Thompson, a ballad on the land question, .
Was a solicitor of Limavady and proprietor of tte Limavady Journal.
Possibly his poem was published in that town. Died at an advanced age
a good many years ago.
PULLEIN, KEY. SAMUEL. — Secchia Ludus, a poem by Vida or Chess, trans-
lated into English verse (Latin and English), Dublin, 1750, 8vo, printed
for the author (MS. notes in British Museum copy) ; The Silkwobm, a
poem from the Latin of Vida (Latin and English), Dublin, 1750, 8vo; The
Eleventh Epistle op the Eiest Book of Hobaob in Tales (by " 8. P."),
1749; Valestjs, an eclogue, Dublin, 1751.
His name has been also spelt PuUen and Pulleyn. Sch., T.C.D., 17i32;
B.A., 1734; M.A., 1738. May have been a grandson of Samuel Pullen,
Dean of Clonfert in 1638, and Archbishop of Tuam in 1661. Rev. S.
Shepherd (q-v.) refers to him in his "Poems " as "Dr. Pullen, formerly
Bishop of Dromore," and names a piece of his with praise.
PURCELL, YERY RBY. EDWARD.— Born in Mallow, Co. Cork, in 1808, and
went to U.S.A. when only fourteen years old. He was ordained in 1840,
and was for many years an assistant of his brother, Archbishop Purcell,
in Cincinnati, and was editor of The Catholic Telegraph of that city for
a long period. He died there on January 23, 1881. He wrote poems of
merit, and is included in Connolly's collection, and in Eliot Ryder's
"Household Library of Catholic Poets."
PURCELL, P. J. — ^Haepna, a historic poem, London, 1850.
PURCELL, WALTER P. J. — Sir Abeedour, or the Sceptic, a romaunt in
verse, London, 1863, 8vo.
Perhaps he is identical with the preceding writer.
PURDON, EDWARD.— The Henriade, from the French of Voltaire, .
This author, weiU-known from the epitaph by Goldsmith, was the son
of a clergjonan, and was born in Limerick in or about 1729. In 1774,
when fifteen years old, he entered T.C.D., but there is no record of his
having graduated. After wasting his patrimony, he enlisted as a foot
soldier, and after a life of poverty as " a bookseller's hack," died in a
London street on March 27, 1767. I have not been able to find the date
of his version of Voltaire's epic, which he translated for the Britixh
Ladies' Magazine.
PUTNAM, JOHN CORNELIUS. — Juvenile Poems on Several Occasions,
Dublin, 1797.
A student of T.C.D.
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QUIGLEY, CATHERINE.— Poems, Dublin, 1813, 8vo; The Micbosoopb, oe
Village Tlies, in three cantos, with other poems never before published,
Monaghan, 1810, 8vo ; A Gift fok the Sancittabt, from unpublished
compositions, Armagh, 1837.
QUIGLEY, MICHAEL. — The Friar's Curse, a legend of Inishowen, or
Dreams of Fancy when the Night was dark, Milwaukee (U.S.A.), 1871.
QUILL, ALBERT WILLIAM. — Gladstone and Home Rule, a fragment of a
drama, verse, Dublin and London, 1893, 8vo; Poems, Vol. 1, Dublin,
1895, 8vo.
Born at Tralee, Co. Kerry, September 13, 1843. Educated at T.C.D.,
and wrote several books. Was a barrister, and contributed a good deal
of verse to Irish Times, etc. Died about 1908. Is represented in W. J.
Paul's " Modern Irish Poets," Vol. 1.
QUILLINAN, EDWARD. — DuNLtroE Castle, a poem in four parts (edited by
Sir Egerton Brydges and privately printed), 1814, 4to ; Stanzas by the
Author oe Dunluce Castle, Lee Priory, Kent, 1814, 4to; Consolation,
a poem, privately printed (only forty copies), Lee Priory, Kent, 1815, 8vo ;
The Sacrifice of Isabel, poem, privately printed, London, 1816, i2mo;
MoNTHERMER, a poem (privately printed), London, 1815, 8vo ; Eleoiac
Verses (privately printed), Lee Priory, Kent, 1817, 4to; Wood Cuts and
Verses (privately printed), Lee Priory, Kent, 1820, 4to; Carmina
Bruobsiana, domestic poems (edited by Sir E. Brydges, and privately
printed), Geneva, 1822, 8vo; Mischief, a poem (anonymously), 1831, 8vo;
The Lusiad of Camoens, translated, London, 1853, 8vo ; Poems (edited,
with memoir, by W. Johnston), London, 18^, 8vo.
Born of Irish parents at Oporto, in Portugal, on August 12, 1791.
Entered the armv, but left it after a year or two. Wrote for Blackwood's
Magazine, etc., and published "The Conspirators, or The Romance of
Military Life " (3 vols., London, 1841) ; " The Rangers of Connaught "
(a story included in Johnstone's "Edinburgh Tales"), 1845, and other
productions. He was the intimate friend and finally the son-in-law of
Wordsworth the poet. He married twice, and died on July 8, 1851, and
is buried at Grasmere near Wordsworth.
QUIN, CHARLES. — ^An admirable young poet, a native of Pomeroy, Co.
Tyrone, whose verse has appeared in New Ireland Beview, WeeltVjf
Freeman, Weeikly Sun, Irish Monthly, Boston Pilot and other journals.
Was educated at St. Mary's College, Hammersmith, London, and went
to Glasgow, where he was a journalist attached to the Observer.
QUIN, EDWARD. — Author of several once popular Cork songs, such as
" Bobety Dawly," and " Shandrum Boggoon," for last of which sefe
Croker's "Popular Songs of Ireland" (1839). He was brother of Simon
Quin (q.v.), and became a successful ooachbuilder in London.
QUIN, PATRICE. — A Bird's Eye View of Human Society, a poem, etc.,
Belfast, 1862.
Born near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, and died some years ago at an advanced
age. He was, I believe, a schoolmaster. His brother was also a teacher
in the parish of Longfield.
QUIN, ROGER. — Born about 1845 in Dumfries of Irish parentage on the
father's side. Though educated at Dumfries Academy and Glasgow
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University, he prefers the life of the tramp and gipsy, and wanders about
making verses. His poems are sometimes excellent. In T. P.'s Weekly
for June 14, 1907, there is an article on his work, and a lengthy quotation
of much merit. He has gipsy blood in his veins, and has given up several
valuable appointments in order to lead the life he prefers.
QUIN, SIMON. — ^A Cork song-writer, who, according t6 Croker's " Popular
Songs of Ireland" (1839^, wrote the well-known lyric, "The Town of
Passage is neat and spacious." He was brother of Edward Quin {q.v.),
and connected with him in his ooachbuilding establishment in London.
QUIN, THOMAS. — The City or Refuge, a poem in four books, London, 1817,
12mo; second edition, corrected, London, 1827.
Possibly the Thomas Quin who w.as admitted to G-ray's Inn in March,
1780, and was a son of Thomas Quin, of Dublin.
QUIN, WALTER. — Sertxjm Pobtioum in honobem Jacobi Sexii, Scotobum
Regis, etc., Edinburgh, 1600, 8vo ; Cobona Vibtutum Pbincipe Dignaettm,
ETC., 1617, 12mo; The Pbince's Epitaph, etc., poem, 1613, 4to; Thb
MeMOEIE of the most WOBIHIE AND BENOWNBD BeBNABD StUAET, LoBD
D'Attbigne, benewed, etc., 1619, 4to.
Also other works. Born in Dublin, and was preceptor of Prince Henry,
eldest son of King James the First of England. Sonnets from his first
volume will be found in Laing's " Various Pieces of Fugitive Scotch
Poetry" (1823, etc.). The eminent Scotch poet, Lord' Stirling, wrote a
sonnet to his " worthie friend, Master Walter Quin." Whitelaw and
Walsh's "History of Dublin" says he was born about 1540.
QUINLAN, JOHN. — ^Ebnest De Veee, a, poetical romance, Dublin, 1853, 8vo.
QUINLAN, REY. M. A.— Of Holy Cross College, Brookland, near Washington
(D.C), and author of various stories and poems which have been favour-
ably received. His poems have mostly appeared in Out Young People,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
QUINN, ALICE MAY. — Sweet, Astbeaneare and otheb Poems, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1872.
QUINN, M. — Mabt Quebn of Scots, a Tbagedt in Thbee Acts, London,
1884, 8vo.
QUINN, RODERIC— The Hidden Tide, verses, Sydney (Bulletin office), 1899.
A noted Australian poet, born in Sydney of Galway parents in 1869.
He has probably published other volumes, but I have not seen them.
QUINTON, THOMAS. — This writer, according to an obituary notice in The
Freeman's Jowrnal of November 9, 1860, wrote many popular songs,
including one entitled "Fill a Cup." He died on November 7, 1860, at
his residence. No. 11 Crane Lane, Dame Street, Dublin, aged 63 years,
" sincerely regretted by a numerous circle of friends, to whom he was
endeared for his probity and excellent social qualities." His remains
were taken to St. Catherine's Church, Thomas Street, Dublin, for inter-
ment. I have never seen any of his effusions.
QUIRKE, HENRY. — Irish Songs and Guabd-Room Rhymes, London, 1881,
8vo; Irish National Poems and Songs, London, 1882, 8vo (both over
signature of "Henry O'Cuiro").
Born in Dublin, of a Tipperary family, on March 20, 1847. Educated
at doiimel, and served for a time in the army. Is a professor of music
in West London, and has set some of his songs, as well as others, to music.
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E. — A frequent contributor of verse to Dublin and London Magazine (1825-
1827), and Catholic Miscellany (1822-1830).
B., C. W. — ^Echoes i-eom the Blarney Stone, and other rhymes, Chicago,
1889, 16mo.
E., J. — Poems and Songs, Belfast, 1861.
Could this have been James Reed (q.v.).
B., M. & F. — A Wbeath oe Wild Flowers, poems, Dublin, 1875.
The authors were two Loretto nunSj and were sisters.
E., M. G.— See Reddin, M. G.
EAPFERTY, MRS. WILLIAM.— Under the signature of " Frauk Pentrill "
this lady has written a good deal of verse and prose for the Irish Monthly
and other Catholic periodicals. Some of her contributions have been
stories of much merit. She lives near Dublin, and was formerly a Miss
Carew.
EAFTER, THOMAS MICHAEL.— Mental Flowerets, ob, First Epfusions
OP THE Muse, Dublin, 1829, 12mo.
Among his subscribers were H. B. Code, Haydn Corri, G. Butler
Danvers, Lovell Edgeworth, M. W. Hartstonge (Molesworth Street,
Dublin), Wm. Shaw Mason, S. D. Magennis (G.P.O., Dublin), Daniel
O'Conuell, Sir J. A. Stevenson, John Smith (Mus.Doc), Rev. Dr. Singer,
M. W. Savage (T.C.D.), Jonathan Blewitt, etc. Some of his pieces were
set to music by Stevenson.
BAMSAY, RICHARD. — The Tale oe the Buttebhoen (over the pseudonym
of "Matthew Meek"), a poem, Belfast, 1811, 8vo ; The Voyage to
Bengal, ; A Congratulatory Address to the Revd. Gentlemen or
THE Associate Synods oe Ireland, on their late reception of the Royal
Gift, .
Also wrote 3 poem on Walker's Pillar, Derry, and " A Priest without a
Bible," a satirical poem on an indolent Presbyterian minister of Letter-
kenny, Co. Donegal. In this town Ramsay was born about 1770, and died
about 1833. He wrote other pieces for the local newspapers.
RAPMUND, REY. JOSEPH.— A Catholic parish priest in Co. Monaghan,
born on August 17, 1862, at Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Studied in Ire-
laud and France, and was ordained in 1886. He has written a good many
poems for The jDundalk Democrat, Donegal Vindicator, etc., chiefly over
the signature of " Observer." He has also contributed articles, etc., to
The Lyceum and Irish Catholic.
RATTAZZI, PRINCESS MARIE STUDOLMINE BONAPARTE.— Poebibs et
Legends, 1869; Les Rives de L'Arno, poems; Les-Soirees d'aix-les-
Bains, prose and verse.
Born in Waterford in 1833, and was the daughter of Sir Thomas Wyse
(q.v.). Wrote a large amount of prose and verse for French periodicals,
before and after settling in Paris, over the pseudonyms of " Vicomte
d'Albeno," " Camille Bernard," " Baron Stock," and " Louis de
Kelmar." Was twice married, first in 1850, and again in 1863. She
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published several dramas, numerous novels, and started several journals,
and also had a theatre of her ovra, where she piayed the leading parts
in her own plays.
EAYERTY, MAJOR HENRY GEORGE.— The Gulshan-i-Roh, being selec-
tions, prose and poetical, in the Pushta or Afghan language, London, 1860,
4to ; Selections tbok the Poetbt of the Afghans, from the sixteenth to
the eighteenth century, translated by H. 6. R., London, 1862, 8vo.
Author of various other scholarly works. Son of Peter Raverty, of
Tyrone, a naval surgeon, and born May 31, 1823. He died on October 20,
1906, aged 83.
RAWLINS, C. A. ( ?) . — The Famine in Ireland, a poem, London, 1847, 16mo.
READ, CHARLES ANDERSON.— Born near Sligo, November 10, 1841, and
became a journalist and editor in London. He edited Young Folks and
several other publications, but is remembered chiefly by his " Cabinet of
Irish Literature," a massive collection of prose and poetry in four
volumes, in the last of which he is included. He married in 1862, and
went to London, where he was chiefly employed in an editorial capacity
by James Henderson, the proprietor of several journals. He died on
January 23, 1878, the last volume of the " Cabinet" being completed by
T. P. O'Connor. He wrote nine novels, one of which ran through Dublin
University Magazine. " Aileen Aroon, or Savourneen Dheelish," is the
best kown of these novels.
BEAD, WILLIAM. — ^An Epeusion of Feeling on the lamented Death of the
Peinoess Chablotte, Belfast, 1817, 8vo; The Hill of Caves, with other
Poems, London and Belfast, 1818, 8vo; Rouge et Noie, a poem in six
cantos, Versailles, and other poems, London, 1821, 12mo (anonymously) ;
Sketches feom Dovek Castle, Julian and Feancesca, Rouge et Noir,
ETC., London, 1859, 8vo.
" Rouge-et-Noir " has been attributed to Sir John Dean Paul, and
was credited to him in British Museum catalogue. Read was a clever
and rather well-known young poet in 1820, and used to write frequently
for Literary Gazette, etc., over signature of " Eustace." He was born in
Co. Down about 1795, and in an obituary notice is described as
" Lieut.-Col. Wm. Read, late commanding H.M. Royal North Down Rifles,
formerly of Union Park, Queen's Co., and of Tullychin, Co. Down." He
died (abroad, apparently) on December 26, 1866. His "Versailles" was
dedicated to H. S. Beresford (q.v.). For references to him, consult
Jerdan's "Autobiography" (Vol. ii., p. 81, and vol. iii., p. 277).
READE, JOHN. — The Peopheoy of Meelin, and othee Poems, Montreal,
1870.
Another volume of verse in 1906. Born in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal,
November 13, 1837, and educated at Portora School ,Enniskillen, and at
Queen's College, Belfast. Went to Canada in 1856, and established The
Montreal Literary Magazine in the same year. In 1864 he was ordained
as a clergyman, but remained a journalist. He has contributed to
many of the (leading journals of Canada, and for many years was one
of the editors of The Montreal Gazette. He is one of the best known
journalists in Canada, and his poems are considered amongst the best
Canada possesses. Bight of them are in Dewart's collection of Canadian
poems (1864), and five in Sladen's "Younger American Poets" (1891).
He has published other works.
BEAVIS, REBECCA MORROW.— Born in Ireland, September 12, 1868, and
went to U.S.A., about 1883. Her maiden name was Morrow, and she was
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married in 1883. She has published one or two small collections of verse
(the particulars of which I cannot give), and has contributed to St. Louis
Bepuhlic, Globe, Democrat, New Orleans Picayune, Chicago Tribune', and
other papers. Is included in Herringshaw's "Local and National Poets
of America."
REDDIN, MARY GERTRUDE. — Sunday Evenings at Lobbtto, verse, Dublin,
1881 (over her initials) ; Nbmesias, a Christian drama ; The Little Golden
Dove, etc.
Is a Loretto nun. Has written a good deal of verse, some of which i»
in "Carmina Mariana," edited by Orby Shipley.
REED, JAMES.— The Siticide, a poem, Belfast, 1887.
A lame Belfast bookseller, of Victoria Street, in that city, wrote a
number of poems, which he printed in leaflet or pamphlet form, but none
of which I have seen. He committed suicide, I believe, about the end of
1891. It is possible that he was " J. R." {q.v.).
REED, SAMUEL PERCY. — Virgil's Geohgios, Book IV., translated by
S. P. R., Dublin, 1879, 8vo.
Sch. T.O.D., 1876; B.A., 1877.
REEVES, PETER BULLEN (or BOLEYNE).— Cassiopb and other Poems,
London, 1890.
An excellent musician, song-writer, etc., chiefly known as a harpist. He
was born in Cork, February 25, 1820, and died at Witham, Essex, April
22, 1905. Composed many songs, sonatas for harps, etc. See for fuller
notices, with portrait, Journal of Corh Archceological Society, 1909, pp.
156-163, and Irish Book Lover for 1910.
REEVES, ROBERT.— A Dublin Q.C., born in that city in 1833. Is repre-
sented in " Dublin Acrostics " (1869) by no fewer than twenty-one pieces.
Sch. T.C.D., 1854; B.A., 1856. He was called to Irish Bar in 1857, and
became an assistant Land Commissioner in 1881. Died June 6, 1889.
REID, CAPT. THOMAS MAYNE. — This celebrated novelist was also a writer
of verse, various poems by him having been published in American perio-
dicals, including Sodey's Philadelphia Magazine, which are referred to in
a notice in The Strand Magazine (London, July, 1891). There is no need
to particularise his numerous works of fiction as they are still widely read,
and he is regarded as one of the best of the writers of boys' stories.
He was born in 1819 at Orosskilt, Co. Down, and served as a soldier through
the Mexican war, going to America in 1888. He led a very adventurous
life, and died in Maida Vale, London, on October 22, 1883. He is buried
in Kensal Green Cemetery, where there is a tasteful memorial to him.
His widow wrote a biography of hinjii His works were collected in fifteen
volumes in New York in 1868.
REID, W. R. — A writer of the present day, whose verses often appear in
ulster Guardian and other Northern papers.
REILLY, LOUIS W.— Born in New York City in 1863. Educated by the
Christian Brothers in Brooklyn and in the Jesuit College of St. Francis
Xavier there, of which he is a graduate. For a couple of years he taught
in the college, but abandoned teaching for journalism. He has been editor
of Catholic Mirror, of Baltimore; the Catholic Columbian, of Columbus,
Ohio, and associate editor of Catholic Review and Catholic American, of
New York. He is the author of several books, some being fiction and some
religious, and has written many sketches and poems. He contributes
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to many American Catholic magazines and journals, and a notice of his
career, with portrait and selections from his verse, appeared in Weekly
Bouquet, Boston, October 13, 1898.
REILLY, PATRICK, — ^The Rueal Harp; Poems and Lyeics, national,
pathetic and humorous, Drogheda, 1861.
Was a. national teacher of Drumconrath, Co. Meath, and is mentioned
in Oogan's "Diocese of Meath" (vol. 3, p. 656) as "Patrick O'Reilly."
He was presumably the " P. Reilly " of Irish Tribune (1848). Wrote for
the Irish almanacs fi-om 1844 to 1876, and contributed to Brogheda Argus,
etc. Died a good many years ago.
REILLY, ROBERT JAMES, M.D.— Songs of Arcadt, Dublin, 1892, 12mo.
Born at Boyle, Co. Roscommon, on May 14, 1862, and educated at the
French College, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and at the Catholic University.
Married in 1889, and died in or about 1895. Wrote good poems
for Irish Monthly, Nation, Irish Fireside, United Ireland, Temple Bar,
Shamrock, etc. In 1881 he published, with a memoir, the " Lectures of
Prof. R. Cryan."
REILLY, THOMAS DEYIN.— One of the Young Ireland party, and a frequent
contributor to Nation and other Irish periodicals during the forties. He
was born in the town of Monaghan on Tuesday, March 30, 1824. After
giving up his connection with the Nation he assisted John Mitchel in his
various journalistic enterprises. He was imprisoned, and went to New
York in 1849. He was married at Providence, Rhode Island, on March
30, 1850, and died on March 6, 1854. He is frequently referred to in Sir
C. G. Duffy's " Young Ireland " and " Four Years of Irish History," and
is also noticed in John Savage's "'98 and '48." He was almost certainly
"R." and " T. R." of Nation (1843-6), and is known to have written
varioi.s poems. In The Irishman for December 16, 1876, Eugene Davis
wrote an article on him, in which he mentions him as a poet and as a
contributor of verse to Irish-American journals. Is included in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
RBNTOUL, REY. JOHN LAWRENCE, D.D.— A professor, University of
Melbourne, Victoria, and son of Rev. James B. Rentoul, of Garvagh, Co.
Derry, where he was born in 1846. He graduated in Queen's University,
B.A., 1867; M.A., 1868. Has written several books. While a student in
Belfast he wrote much verse and prose for Northern Whig and other
papers. Some of his pieces in the Whig of 1870 attracted attention.
REYNOLDS, GEORGE NUGENT. — The Panthead, an heroic poem in four
cantos, Dublin, 1794, 8vo (over name of " G. Reynolds "); Bantkt Bat, a
musical interlude, London, 1797, 8vo.
A song-writer and poet who has been claimed as the real author of
"The Exile of Erin," generallv attributed to Thomas Campbell. He
was a native of Letterfyan, Co. Leitrim, his father being a landowner
of that place, who was murdered by a man named Robert Keon, on
October 16, 1786 (see ^' Report of the trial of R. Keon for the murder of
G. N. R." (1788, 8vo). He became a' yeomanry officer, and was well known
for his wit, according to an anecdote in The Duilin and London Magazine
for 1826 (page 306). To The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine (Dublin,
1792-95) he contributed a good deal of prose and many poems as " G — e
R— n— Ids," and " G— e E^-s." He also contributed pieces to W. P.
Carey's Evening Star, and one of his poems entitled "Uli-kan du Voge"
(so spelt) is in Watty Cox's Irish Magazine 'for December, 1809. His
musical piece, " Bantry Bay," refers to the French invasion of Ireland,
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and is loyal in tone. It was performed at Covent Garden, the music being
by W. Reeve. He intended to study law in London and to practice, but
his health was very poor. His death occurred, early in 1802, through his
having gallantly exchanged seats with a lady on the coach taking him to
Stowe, the seat of the Marquis of Buckingham, to whom he was related.
The weather was very cold and wet, and being outside he got a chill, and
was taken to the inn at Stowe, where he died. He was buried in the
neighbouring cemetery. He wrote some clever pieces, especially one
charming little song entitled " Kathleen O'More," which is in several Irish
anthologies as anonymous. Another poem of his, rather well-known, is the
one beginning "Green were the fields where my forefathers dwelt, O"
(first called " The Catholic Lamentation," when it appeared in
Carey's Evening Star), which Sir Jonah Barrington erroneously attributed
to Lysaght. He did not write " Mary Le More," which has been some-
times given as his in Irish collections — it was written by Edward
Bushton — nor did he write "King James' Welcome to Ireland" (an old
song), though Charles Mackay includes it as his, in his " One Thousand
and One Gems of Poetry." Reynolds' father was a patron of Cardan
the harper — see Hardiman's "Irish Minstrelsy," vol. 1, pp. 46-47. For
other references see " Irish Family History," by R. F. Cronnelly (Dublin,
1865), and notice of Hercules Ellis (g.'W.). There is an elegy on him in
Patrick O'Kelly's " Budoxologist," 1812. "Mary Le More" appeared
in Vincent Cowling's (g.'u) " Olio," No. 2. Reynolds' sister, a Mrs. R. 6.
Reynolds, died June, 1812, and was buried at Mount Jerome, Dublin.
REYNOLDS, KEY. HENRY DUNBAR.— Born in Dublin in 1820, and died
at Greenock, in Scotland, on July 33, 1864. He was called to the Irish
Bar in 1842, and afterwards went to Canada, where he studied for the
English Church, and was ordained. He finally left it, however, and prac-
tised as a barrister. Wrote many tales, sketches, poems, etc., for Dublin
University Magazine, and for Canadian periodicals.
REYNOLDS, LAURENCE, M.D. — The Satiees op Pebsius, translated into
English verse, with various original poems, Dublin, 1827, Svo.
This volume is dedicated to Daniel O'Connell. Reynolds was known as
"the laureate of the Irish Brigade," and was born in Waterford city
in 1803. Went to England and studied medicine there, and after
taking his diploma, settled in Liverpool, where he became a prominent
Chartist, and opened a store for the sale of rifles, pikes, etc. Escaped
to America in 1848, and in 1868 settled in Oswego, where he remained
till his death on April 28, 1887, aged 83. He was surgeon to the Irish
Brigade during the Civil War, and took part in all the Irish movements
of his time. He contributed numerous poems to the Emerald, Celtic
Monthly, and Irish People of New York. He is represented in " The
Songs and Ballads of the Emerald Isle," edited by Dennis O'SulLivan,
New York, 1880. Is referred to at some length in Michael Cavanagh's
excellent "Memoirs of T. F. Meagher."
REYNOLDS, MARGARET GERTRUDE.— Daughter of Michael Hannan, of
Wallscourt, Co. Cork, and born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She began
to write at an early age. Removing to Boston in 1870, she became a con-
tributor to Dow's Waverley Magazine, Irish World (New York), Freeman's
Journal (New York), Boston Transcript, Becord, Journal, Sunday Times,
Globe, and Pilot, often oyer the nom-de.guerre of " Sepperle," but some-
times as " Mrs. M. G. Hannan Reynolds." Some of her poems are
fervently Catholic in tone.
RIBTON, HENRY.— Poems, Dublin^ 1846, 24mo.
Among his subscribers were Charles Dickens and Dr. J. H. Todd. H«
won the Vice-Chancellor's prize at T.C.D. for a poem on " The Loss of the
President." He does not seem to have graduated at T.C.D.
RICE, HON. STEPHEN EDWARD SPRING.— Author of various sonnets,
twenty-four of which are included in Aubrey de Vere's "Alexander the
Great, etc." He was the eldest son of the following writer, and was born
on August 30, 1814. He died on board ship on his way home from the
Mediterranean, May 9, 1865.
RICE, THOMAS SPRING (Lord Monteagle) .— An Irish statesman. Born
in Limerick on February 8, 1790. He took a prominent part in
public affairs, and was called " Lord Mountcrow " by O'Connell. He was
educated at Cambridge, and studied for the Bar, but entered Parliament,
and held various official positions, including that of Chancellor of the
Exchequer (1835-1839). In the latter year he was raised to the peerage.
He died near Limerick on February 7, 1866. He wrote poetry occasionally,
and a specimen of it may be seen in "The Tribute," a collection edited
by the Marquis of Northampton in 1836. There is a memoir and portrait,
of him in Dublin and London Magazine, 1825, pp. 273-4.
RICHARDSON, JAMES NICHOLSON.— O'Neill of Munster, a poem,.
Newry, 1880 ; The Baron's Dream, a Xmas Carol, Newry, 1887.
Born 1846. A well-known manufacturer, of Bessbrook^ near Newry.
RICHARDSON, MARION MUIR.— See Muir, Marion.
RICHEY, REY. J. A.— Poems, Montreal, 1857.
Presumably the Irishman of the same name mentioned in Morgan's
" Biblotheca Canadensis." Was a clergyman of the Church of England.
RIDSDALE, GEORGE TWISTLETON.— An Ode, congratulatory, monitory,
and epistolatory, on the immemorable victory obtained by Lt.-General
Johnson, at Boss, over the rebels, Dublin, 1798.
Was of New Ross, and an ex-army major.
RIDDALL, REY. WALTER, D.D.— Born in Armagh in 1841, and was
descended from the Riddells, of Glenriddell, Dumfriesshire. Was educated
at Armagh School and at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1864; B.D.
and D.D., 1890. Was first curate to the Dean of Kilmore, afterwards Vicar
of Glencraig, Co. Down, British Chaplain at Turin, Rector of Killeary
(MuUaglass), etc., and then incumbent of a large Belfast parish, where he
was known as a popular preacher. He wrote much verse for IJlster and
other periodicals, and was a contributor to Kottabos and Dublin Transla-
tions, the Times review of the latter mentioning him favourably. Died
January, 1908.
RIDGEWAY, REY. ROBERT JOSEPH.— Africa, a missionary poem, 1842.
B.A., T.C.D,, 1824; M.A., 1832. Died in 1871.
RILEY, JAMES. — Poems, Boston, 1886, 12mo ; Songs op Two Peoples, Boston,
1898.
An Irish-American poet of ability, who has written a good deal for The
Boston Pilot and other papers of the same city. He was born in the parish
of Nohill, Co. Westmeath, on August 15, 1848, his father being James
Riley, and his mother a Margaret OwenB, of Edgeworthstown, Co. Long-
ford. He was taken to America when only six years old, and received
an ordinary education. Did not begin to write till he was thirty-three.
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AVas editor of The Orphan's Bouquet, Boston, for whici he wrote a good
deal of verse. Is now, I think, connected with American post-office
department. In Magazine of Poetry for February, 1894, there is a
notice and portrait of Riley, with selections from his poems.
RIORDAN, ROGER.— Born in Ireland in 1848, being the son of Thomas and
Margaret Eiordan, and went to U.S.A., where he obtained a reputation
as an etcher and writer. He was the author of "A Score of Etchings," a
work on English etchers (New York, 1883), contributed to Century
Magazine and other periodicals, and is referred to with praise as a poet
in E. C. Stedman's "Poets of America." He died in 1904.
RITCHIE, S. B. — HoTJEs oe Leisure, poems (anonymously), Belfast, n.d.
Employed in Belfast in 1887 as a book-keeper.
ROACH, SALLY NEIL (?).— Theon, a Tale of the American Civil War, verse,
Philadelphia, 1882.
ROBERTS, ABIGAIL. — An Irish Quakeress mentioned in Mrs. Leadbeater's
" Annals of Ballitore " as author of some popular little tales, etc., such as
" Tom Higgins," " The Schoolmistress," and " The Cottage Fireside," and
of a good deal of verse. Lived at Mountrath, Queen's Co., and died on
January 15, 1823.
ROBERTS, GEORGE. — Joseph, a poem, Limerick, 1762, 8vo ; Juvenile Poems
ON Various Subjects, Limerick, 1763 ; Dublin, 1789, 13mo.
ROBERTS, GEORGE. — Is the author of several poems, some of which are
included in "New Songs," a lyric selection by " M." (George Russell),
Dublin, 1904. Is managing director of the well-known publishing firm of
Maunsel and Co., Dublin.
ROBERTS, SIR RANDAL ROWLAND (4th Bart.).— Was born at Britfields-
town, Co. Cork, on March 28, 1837. Educated at Merchant Taylor's
School, etc., and entered the army, serving gallantly in the Crimea. Mar-
ried in 1857, and succeeded his father in 1864. He was a special corres-
pondent in the Franco-German War, and won the Iron Cross of Prussia
for valour. He acted as a journalist, wrote several novels of sport and
adventure, some books of travel, and various poems in the journals of the
day, as well as some dramatic pieces, and died in October, 1899.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM.— An occasional contributor to Kottahos. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1864; M.A., 1868.
ROBERTS, WILLIAM H.— Poetical Essats, Belfast, 1774, 12mo.
ROBERTSON, JAMES BURTON.— The Prophet Enoch, or the Sons op God
AND THE Sons oe Men, a poem, London and Dublin, 1860.
A professor of history from 1854 at the Catholic University, to whom D.
F. McCarthy referred in liotes and Queries (4th series) as author of above
poem. He has been called Robinson by several writers. He wrote a work
on Edmund Burke, translated Schlegel's "Philosophy of History," etc.,
and contributed to Dublin Beview. He was of Irish descent, but born in
the West Indies. He died on February 14, 1877, aged 80.
ROBERTSON, THOMAS.— Author of some pieces in Edkins' "Collection of
Poems,' ' Dublin, 1801, which was contributed to only by Irishmen.
" ROBIN."— See Samuel Lowry, and W. G. Lyttle.
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ROBINSON, REY. GEORGE WADE.— Lays op a Heakt, London, Dublin,
1867, 16mo; Iona, and other sonnets, Dublin,. 1868, Loveland and other
poems, chiefly concerning love, London and Dublin, 1871, 8vo; second
edition, London, 1873, 8vo; Songs in God's Wobld, London, etc., 1872,
8vo.
The first of above volumes was published with his full name, the others
■with that of " Wade Robinson." He was a Congregational minister, born
in Cork in 1838, B.A., T.C.D., 1868. Died at Southampton on January
23, 1877. In Julian's " Dictionary of Hymnology " the date of his death
is given as January 28. He is represented in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
ROBINSON, HUGH.— Of Glenwherry, Co. Antrim, published a volume of
poems in Belfast many years ago, the title and date of which 1 have not
yet ascertained.
ROBINSON, JOHN. — Irish Leaves, poems and songs, London, 1901.
ROBINSON, NUGENT.— Little Red Riding-Hood, and Harlequin Boy Blue,
OR THE Wolf, the Wizard, and the Fairies, a pantomime opening,
Dublin, December, 1868 (not published).
Also " Loney Napoleony," a farce, September, 1868, with J. L. Toole
in the principal part, and " Janet O'Brien," a drama, February, 1869.
I think he wrote several other dramatic pieces. He was a native of
Dublin, born about 1840, and in 1870-71 acted as special correspondent in
Franco-German War for a London paper. I believe he was for a time an
important municipal officer in his native city. Somewhere about 1880 he
went to New York, where he won recognition as a brilliant journalist, and
where he died at the age of 6.5, in 1906 or 1907. Many stories and poems
by him appeared in the Dublin journals and magazines about 1868-78.
In 1862 he published in Dublin a pamphlet on " Houses for the Working
Poor."
ROBINSON, RICHARD.— A contributor to Nation, Young Ireland, Weekly
News, etc., of about thirty years ago. He is included in " Emerald Gems,"
Dublin, 1885, 8vo.
ROBINSON, THOMAS ROMNEY, D.D., LL.D.— The Triumph op Commerce,
Belfast, — ; Juvenile Poems, to which is prefixed a short account of the
author, Belfast, 1806, 8vo ; another edition, with portrait, Belfast and
London, 1806, 8vo.
This work the author suppressed in after years. He was born in Dublin
on April 23, 1793, removed with his father (a portrait painter)^ while very
young to Belfast, where he attracted the notice of the celebrated Dr. Percy,
Bishop of Dromore. He entered Belfast Academy in 1801, and pro-
ceeded to T.C.D. in 1806. He graduated B.A., 1810; was made Fellow
in 1814; M.A., 1817; B.D., 1821; LL.D., 1863. He was appointed
Astronomer at Armagh Observatory, and wrote various scientific articles,
notably " The Places of 2,346 stars, observed from 1828 to 1850 at the
Armagh Observatory." He died on February 28, 1882.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM. — A young Irish Quaker mentioned with praise in
Mary Leadbeater's " Annals of Ballitore," as a poet. She quotes a sonnet,
of his.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM CLARKE, LL.D.— Antrim Idylls, a>.d other Poems,
Belfast, 1907.
Frequent contributor of verse to Ulster papers. Is a. graduate of the'
Royal University. A native of Camlough, Co. Antrim.
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ROBINSON, WILLIAM ERIGENA.— A well-known Irish-American politician,
journalist and poet. Born near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, on May 6, 1814;
went to U.S.A. in 1836, entered Yale College in 1837, graduating in 1841.
In 1844 be became assistant-editor of Greeley's New York Tribune, and
was afterwards editor of Buffalo Express, Newark Mercury, and New York
People. In 1854 lie was admitted to the Bar in New York. He was noted
as an orator, and published addresses on "Old English Literature,"
" Catholic Emancipation," " St. Patrick and the Irish." He died in Feb-
ruary, 1892, in New York. His poems appeared in Boston- Pilot and other
papers, and he is represented in Connolly's and other collections of Irish
poetry.
ROBINSON, REY. WILLIAM PERCY, D.D.— Poems, 1865 (?).
1885 is given as the date of his poems in Boase's " Modern English
Biography." Born in Co. Armagh in 1836, and educated at T.C.D. Sch.,
1855; B.A., 1860; M.A., 1868; B.D. and D.D., 1875. Died on March 13,
1881, at Trinity College, G'lenalmond, of which he had been Warden from
1873.
ROCHE, EUGENIUS. — William Tell, a play, 1808, 8vo; Invasion, a play,
1808, 8vo ; London in a Thousand Yeaks, with other poems, with memoir
of the author, and portrait, London, 1830, 8vo.
Born in Paris on February 23, 1786, his father, a connection of the
Fermoy family afterwards ennobled, being at the time a Professor of
Modern Languages at L'Eoole Militaire. Roche came to London and
won a good position as a journalist, and edited The Day, The New Times,
The Courier, etc. He was married twice, and died on November 9, 1829,
leaving a wife and nine children, for whom a large subscription was
raised. He wrote two dramas, to be found in his Dramatic Appellant,
1808, and poems for Literary Gazetts, Amulet (1827), etc.
ROCHE, HOW. FRANCES MARIA.— Poems (by "Rose" and " De Rupe "),
London, 1856.
Was the sister of Edmund Burke Roche, afterwards Lord Fermoy, and
was the " De Rupe " of the above volume of poems. Was born about
1817, and in 1834 married Mr. James Kelly, of Cahircon, Co. Clare, a
former M.P. for Limerick. "Rose" was Miss Kirwan (g.r.).
ROCHE, J. HAMILTON.— Salamanca, a poem, London, 1812, 4to; Russia, a
heroic poem, London, 1813, 4to ; The Sudbuhiad, or Poems from the
Cottage, 181S, 12mo ; Fkance, a. heroic poem, London, 1814, 4to;
Catherine, or Poems from Paris, with portrait, etc., Paris, 1820, 4to;
Les Amours des Muses, oh Poems from Finistere, etc., Brest, 1826 (?),
4to.
Other works, including a novel.
ROCHE, JAMES JEFFREY.— Songs and Satires, Boston and Cambridge
(U.S.A.), 1887, 8vo; Ballads of Blub Water, Boston, 1895; The Vase
and other Bric-a-Brac, 1900.
Edited "The Story of the Filibusters" in "The Adventui-e Series,"
and wrote " The Life of John Boyle O'Reilly," and edited his poems and
speeches (1891). A distinguished Irish-American poet and journalist,
who was on the staff of The Boston Pilot under J. B. O'Reilly, and after-
wards edited that paper. He was born at Mountmellick, Queen's Co.,
on May 31, 1847, and was taken to America whilst an infant. He spent
his youth in Prince Edward Island, and first engaged in commerce, but
in 1883 he joined the staff of The Boston Pilot as assistant editor. He
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was subsequently appointed American Consul in Switzerland, and died
at Berne, April 3, 1908. He is represented in most modern collections of
Irish and American poetry.
KOCHE, JOHN BRODERICK.— The First Twenty-eight Odes of Anacheon,
in Greek and English, 1827, 8vo.
ROCK, REY. DANIEL (Canon), D.D.— The Mystic Crown of Mary, the
Holy Maiden — Mother of God, Born FpEE from the Stain of Original
Sin, verse, London, 1857, 8vo.
Other works, of a controversial character. Was a distinguished anti-
quary and scholar. Was of Irish origin, but was born in Liverpool, August
31, 1799. He was educated at St. Edmund's College, Ware, and at the
English College, Rome, and was ordained in March" 1824. Was made a.
Canon of Southwark diocese, 1852, and died on November 28, 1871.
" ROCK, MAGDALEN."— See Beck, Ellen.
ROCK, WILLIAM FREDERICK (?).— Jim and Nell, a poem in Devon
dialect, 1867; Winter Gatherings, poems, London, 1867, 16mo (privately
printed) ; Poems — Winter Gatherings, London, 1877, Bvo.
Born at Barnstaple in January, 1802, and died at Greenwich, February
9, 1890. 1- J. . , y
RODDY, JOHN GERALD.— Born about 1850, in Derry, and educated at
Portora Royal School, Enniskillen. Was first a clerk in Registrar-
General's Office in Dublin, afterwards stvidied medicine, and eventually
became a publisher's reader at Gill's (Dublin) and AValter Scott's (New-
castle-on-Tyne) . Wrote many poems for Weekly Freeman, Derry Journal,
Nation, Weekly Irish Times, Zozimus, etc., over signatures of " Jo,"
" Olan-na^Rory." He was for a time on the staff of The Catholic Times
(Liverpool), The ifanchesfer Guardian, and other papers.
RODDY, WILLIAM,— Born in Derry, and has since 1882 been editor of Berry
Journal. He has written humorous, satirical, political and religious
verse for various papers, including Zozimus, Franciscan Tertiary, Derry
Journal, Shamrock, etc., usually over the signature of " Derry Boy," but
sometimes as "W." He is represented in Orby Shipley's " Carmina
Mariana." He is a brother of John Gerald Roddy (q.v.).
RODGERS, YINCENTIA.— Cluthan and Malvina, an ancient legend, with
other poems, Belfast, 1823, 8vo.
Claimed to be a descendant of John Knox, and was born at Ballyma-
hatty, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, in the winter of 1790-91. She was alive
in 1842, but died of cancer, and unmarried, soon after.
ROE, . — Some rather good poems by a writer of this name from Spring-
Hill near Carlow, in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1781-82.
ROE, P. F. — Poems Characteristic, Itinerary and Miscellaneous, London,
1868, 8vo.
ROGERS, EDWARD. — ^A Collection of Poems on Several Subjects, Dublin,
1763, 12mo.
ROGERS, T. STANLEY.— BiENZi, an esthetic and historical poem, Dublin,
B.A., T.C.D., 1881; LL.B., 1882.
ROGERSON, DAYID (?).— The Poetical Works of D. R., etc., Heathcote,
Melbourne, 1866, 12mo.
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ROLLESTON, THOMAS WILLIAM HAZEN.— Sea-Spray, poems, Dublin,
1909, 12mo.
A distinguished scholar and critic, born in 1857 at Shinrone, King's Co.
His father was an eminent Q.C., and afterwards County Court Judge for
the North Riding of Tipperary. He was educated at St. Columba's College,
Rathfarnham, and at T.O.D., where he won the Vice-Chancellor's prize for
English verse with a lyrical drama on "The Feast of Belshazzar," and
graduated B.A., 1878. He lived some years on the Continent, chiefly at
Dresden, but has lived in London during the last few years. He has
written various excellent poems for Spectator, Academy, Kottahos, Vuilin
University Review (which he edited from May, 1885, to December, 1886),
Boston Pilot, Irish Fireside, etc. There are two of his poems in " The Book
of the Rhymers' Club " (1892), and five in " Poems and Ballads of Young
Ireland ' ' (1888) (including the anonymous dedicatory lines), and he has
edited admirably the "Prose Writings of Thomas Davis," "Selections
from Plato," and Ellen O'Le^ry's Poems, and with Stopford Brooke, "A
Treasury of Irish Poetry in the English tongue." Has written a " Life of
Lessing," a work entitled " Parallel Paths," has translated Epictetus, and
with Dr. Knortz, has rendered Walt. Whitman's " Leaves of Grass " into
German (1886). He delivered the Taylorian Lecture at Oxford in 1892,
on " Lessing and the Origins of Modern German Literature," afterwards
printed in The Contemporary Review. He was the first secretary of the
Irish Literary Society, London, whose success was largely due to him. I
think he used the pseudonym of "Kendal" for his earliest verse. He
has recently published some valuable criticism and renderings of Irish
heroic romances.
RONAYNE, DOMINICK.— One of the contributors to The Comet, and M.P.
for Clonmel in 1833. He was a, cousin of Daniel O'Connell, was a barrister
by profession, and went the Munster Circuit. He sat in Parliament
twice, and was a member in 1834-36, in which latter year he died, I believe.
He was presumably a Cork man, born about 1770. His poems in The
Comet are political satires bearing the signature of "Figaro in Dublin."
He afterwards wrote for The Irish Monthly Magazine, which was started
by the original members of the Comet Club, who left The Comet in 1831,
and formed a society called or known as " The Irish Brigade." Ronayne
wrote the lines on the magazine's device of the Parliament House, and
they are reprinted in O'Callaghan's "Green Book."
ROOKE, RE¥. THOMAS.— Is represented as a hymn-writer in A. J. Soden's
" Universal Hymn Book " (18mo). B.A., T.C.D., 1848; M.A., 1851. Also
M.A., Oxon., 1861. Was ordained in 1848. After holding various
curacies in Ireland he was appointed Vicar of Feckenham, diocese of
Worcester, and from 1878 to 1881 was chaplain of St. George's Hospital,
London. He died in 1890.
ROOM, REY. CHARLES (?).— Shannon Bkidge, a poem, London (?), 1868;
FoRESHADOWiNGS, a poem in four cantos, London, 1881, 8vo.
ROONEY, JOHN JEROME.— Born at Binghamton, New York, March 19,
1866, and, needless to say, of Irish extraction. Removed to Philadelphia
in early youth, and received a good education from the Christian Brothers,
afterwards completing it at Mount St. Mary's College, Emmetsburg, Ind.
He graduated in 1884 and then became a journalist, and wrote for Phila-
delphia News and Record, but finally went into commercial life, and is
now a custom and shipping broker in New York. Has written verse from
his fifteenth year, chiefly in Philadelphia Call, Prank Leslie's Weekly,
Century Magazine, Catholic World, Catholic Review, etc. He is one of
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the most prominent of living Irish-American poets. Six of his poems
are in E. O. Stedman's " American Anthology."
BOONEY, WILLIAM. — Poems and Ballads, Dublin, with preface by Arthur
Griffith and memoir by Patrick Bradley, Dublin, 1902 (?).
A young poet, whose brief life was spent in the service of Ireland. He
was a, native of Dublin, where he was born October 20, 1873,
and was educated by the Christian Brothers. At the age of about
twelve he entered a solicitor's office as junior clerk. From an early age
he read widely in Anglo-Irish literature, and from I'SQl he wrote constantly
in prose and verse for United Ireland, Evening Herald, Shamrock, Weekly
Freeman, United Irishman, Northern Patriot (Belfast), and Shan Van
Vocht (Belfast). Most of his work was written for the United Irishman,
with which he was closely identified throughout its career. He used many
signatures in its columns, as also in the Belfast journals above mentioned.
He died, deeply regretted, in 1901, aged 28, and was buried in Glasnevin,
where a monument has been erected over his grave. His " Prose- Writings "
were collected and published in Dublin in 1909. His pseudonyms were :
" Fear na Muinntire," " Shel Martin," " Sliabh Ruadh," " Criad Laire,"
"Hi Fiachra," "Glenn na Smoil," " Killester," " Feltrim," "Ballina-
soorney," " Knocksedan," and "Baltrasna." His early death removed
a notable personality from the Irish revival.
KOBKE, JOHN. — Fancies on the Photogbaph, a poem in three parts, Lon-
don, Dublin, 1864, 12mo.
Dedicated to the Rev. John Darley, rector of Cootehill. Rorke was for
more than 25 years Science Master first at Endowed School, Dundalk,
and then in Royal School, Dungannon. Wrote other works, printed at
Dublin.
" ROSE."— See Rose Kirwan.
ROSE, EDWARD HAMPDEN. — Trifles, in verse and prose, Plymouth Dock,
1811, 12mo ; second edition, 1818, 12mo.
Also published " The Sea-Devil, or, Son of a BeUows-mender, a tragi-
comic romance of the present day " (1811). He was an ordinary sea man,
and was born in Dublin. He wrote for various papers over the signature
of "A Foremast Man," and died at Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, on
August 10, 1810.
ROSE, JAMES.— Poems of Feiendship, Belfast, 1911.
ROSS, REY. ALEXANDER. — Sblma, a tale of the Sixth Crusade, in verse
(anonymously), London, 1839, 8vo.
Was rector of Banagher, in the diocese of Derry.
BOSS, EDMUND. — Prince Cyrus, a historic tragedy in five acts and in verse.
Belfast, 1834, 8vo.
ROSS, MARIAN. — A Mayo poetess, born in 1869, at Crossmolina. She was
the daughter of a schoolmaster of that place, and contributed many verses
1m Weekly Irish Times and other papers between 1887-1892. She died in
Belfast early in 1893.
ROSS, SAMUEL.— B.A., T.C.D., 1791. There is a lengthy poem of his, " The
Muses Deserted," which gained a prize in T.C.D., and is included in " The
Polyorgiad, or Poems on the Siege of Derry," Derry, 1789, 8vo.
BOSSITEB, JOHN JOSEPH.— Is stated to have published a volume of poems
in 1873, but I have not seen it. He is a Wexford man, who entered the
Civil Service at an early age, and retired under the age rule a few years
ago. Contributed verse to London Figaro, Civil Service Gazette,
Civilian, Londion Society, and other journals.
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ROWAN, KEY. ARTHUR BLENNERHASSETT, D.D.— The Spahe Minutes.
OF A Minister, poems, 1887, 12mo.
Various other works, chiefly historical and antiquarian. Born in Co.
Kerry in October, 1800. B.A., T.C.D., 1821; M.A., 1827; B.D. and
D.D., 1854. Was curate of Blennerville, Co. Kerry, for over thirty years,
and in 1S56 was appointed Archdeacon of Ardfert. Contributed to The
Kerry Magazine (4 vols., 1854-6), Notes and Queries, Gentleman' s Maga^
zine, and died on August 12, 1861.
ROWAN, WILLIAM. — Follies of Novembbb, or Paddy's Resource against
Despondence better than John Bull's, that is, rhyming a safer remedy
than shooting. With explanatory notes. Dedicated with the most pro-
found respect to Lady Denny Floyd. Private impression. N.D. (c. 1820).
Concerns the Denny family and affairs generally in Tralee, Co. Kerry,
and \ys>s probably printed in that town.
ROWE, REY. THOMAS J.— A professor in the Catholic Diocesan College,
Navan, Co. Meath, and author (it is said) of various poems of merit. He
was born at Lecane, Co. Meath, in 1853, and died in April, 1881.
ROWLAND, JOHN THOMAS.— A native of CoUon, Co. Louth, born about
1825, was the son of a linen-merchant or manufacturer. He became a
solicitor, and practised in Drogheda for many years. About 1868 he went
to America, where he joined the New York Bar, and practised for a few
years, dying suddenly about 1875. He wrote numerous poems for the
Reporter, Argus, and Conservative, of Drogheda, and as early as 184&
contributed pieces to the Nation and Irishman over his initials. He was
a well-known and popular man, and an intimate friend of Stephen Joseph
Meany (q.v.). One of his lectures — on the poet Beranger — was published
in Drogheda.
" RUIZ, DONNA TERESA PINNA Y."— See Preston, William.
RUSHTON, THOMAS ( ?) .— Paett Dissected, or. Plain Truth by a Plain
Dealer, a poem, 1770.
Possibly Irish. His son, Edward Rushton, horn in Liverpool, wrote
three Irish ballads, entitled " Mary Le More," usually attributed to G. N.
Reynolds (q.v.).
RUSSELL, REY. GEORGE.— The Works or G. R., consisting of poems, trans-
lations, essays, and criticisms, with an entire translation of the Lettres
Galantes of Fontenelle, 2 vols., Cork, 1769, 8vo.
Was rector of SchuM, Co. Cork. Born in 1728 in Minorca, of Irish
parentage. Lieut-Colonel Christopher Russell, his father, was a dis-
tinguished officer and Governor of Minorca, and was born in 1670 and
died in 1729. He was educated at Westminster School and at Oxford,
matriculating at 8t. Mary's College on May 28, 1746, aged 18. B.A.,
1750. He was made rector of Schull in 1753 by his friend, John Boyle,
Earl of Cork and Derry, and died in 1767. Ilis volumes contain some
clever poems, including " The Chameleon," a well-known piece generally
attributed to Rev. James Merrick, an English poet. He is mentioned in
Malone's edition of Dryden, vol. 1, p. 508.
RUSSELL, YERY REY. CHARLES WILLIAM, D.D.— This distinguished
theologian was born at Killough, Co. Down, on May 14, 1812, and died
on February 26, 1880. He was professor of Ecclesiastical History at
Maynooth, of which institution he was President for 28 years. He wrote
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the "Life of Cardinal Mezzofanti," etc., and numerous learned articles
in Edinburgh Beview and Dublin Beview, to the latter of which he was a
frequent contributor during its first 30 years of existence. He is mentioned
here owing to the verses scattered through his translations of Canon
Schmidt's tales, and of several clever pieces in " Dublin Acrostics " (1865,
1869), to which a, bishop, two judges, and several distinguished lawyers
contributed. Dr. Russell was the uncle of Rev. Matthew Russell (q.v.),
and of the late Lor^ Russell of Killowen.
RUSSELL, GEORGE WILLIAM.— Homeward, Songs by the Way, Dublin,
1894, 16mo (over signature of " M ") ; second edition, Dublin, 1895,
16mo; American edition, Boston, 1895; The Earth's Breath and other
Poems, London, 1897; Nuts of Knowledge, poems old and new, Dublin
(Dun Emer Press), 1903, 8vo ; The Divine Vision, poems, London, 1904,
8vo ; By Still Waters, poems old and new, Dublin (Dun Emer Press),
1906, 8vo.
Born at Lurgan^ Co. Armagh, in 1867, and has lived in Dublin for the
last thirty years. He studied art for a time, while employed in an im-
portant business house in the city. His poems, which are sometimes
remarkabily fine, were enthusiastically received by the English and Irish
Press. He is represented in Yeats' "Book of Irish Verse," B. C. Sted-
man's "Victorian Anthology" (1896), "Lyra Celtica " (1896), and all
the later Irish anthologies. His pictures are frequently seen at Dublin
exhibitions, and are much admired. He has published "The Mask of
Apollo and other stories," Dublin, 1905, and several brochures. He writes
largely on Irish economic subjects in Irish Homestead, Irish Beview, etc.
He has been for years a leading official of the Irish Agricultural Organiza-
tion Society. In 1904 he edited " New Songs," a choice selection of poems
by eight young Irish writers.
RUSSELL, IRWIN (?).— Poems, New York, 1888, 12mo.
Born at Fort Gibson, Mass., U.S.A., on January 3, 1853, and died at
New Orleans, December 23, or 24, 1879. His poems were collected after
his death. He is represented in Barr's "American Humorous Verse "
(1891), and Douglas Sladen's "Young American Poets" (1891), and is
praised in E. C. Stedman's " Poets of America." He was, aocordin,g to
Joaquin Miller, "one of the first of Southern writers to appreciate the
literary possibilities of the negro character. ' '
RUSSELL, REV. MATTHEW, S.J.— Emmanuel, a Book op Eucharistic
Verses, Dublin, 1880, 12mo (eight editions); Madonna, Verses on Our
Lady and the Saints, Dublin, second edition (?), 1883, 12mo (three
editions); Erin, verses, Irish and Catholic, Dublin, 1881, 12mo (two
editions) ; The Harp of Jesus, a Prayer-book in verse, Dublin, 1890,
16mo; Idylls of Killowen, London, 1899; Altar Flowers, a book of
prayers in verse, Dublin, 1899 ; Vespers and Compline, a Soggarth's
sacred verses, Dublin, 1899; A Soggarth's Last Verses, London, 1911;
adited Sonnets on the Sonnet, London, 1898, and St. Joseph's Antho-
logy, Dublin, 1898.
Nephew of Rev. C. W. Russell (q.v.), and brother of Lord Russell of
Killowen, the first Catholic Attorney-General of England since Sir Thomas
More. Born in Newry on July 13, 1834, and studied at Maynooth, join-
ing the Society of Jesus, and officiating as a priest at Limerick and Dublin.
It was while living in the former city that he started (1873) The Irish
Monthly, which then bore the name of Catholic Ireland, and of this admir-
able magazine he is still editor. It is the best literary periodical Ireland
has possessed for many a day, and has had a long and uninterrupted
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career, during which it has introduced to public notice many of the
principal Irish writers, while among its contributors have been many
others. The almost constant reference to it in this work is only a
slight tribute to the value of its contents. Father Russell has written
numberless biographical and critical articles for the magazine, and quite a
library of books has been published out of its contents. His first
poem appeared in Duffy's Fireside Magazine over the signature
of " Eulailie," and he has written many pieces for his own magazine
over the signature of " M. R.," etc. Other signatures used by him have
been " W. L." and " Edward New." He has published one or two prose
works, and has edited the poems of Rose Kavanagh {q.v.).
RUSSELL, THOMAS O'NEILL.— The Last Irish King, a drama in blank
verse, Dublin, 1904, 8vo ; Red HrroH, a drama in three acts, Dublin, 1905.
Born in Co. Westmeath in 1828, and was for most of his life a commer-
cial traveller in various commodities, first in Ireland and then in America,
where he lived for nearly thirty years. His " Dick Massey," an Irish
novel, published in 1860 over the pseudonym of " Reginald Tierney,"
was immensely successful, and has run through innumerable editions.
Another story, "True Heart's Trials," was also very successful. After a
strenuous career in the United States, where he gave much of his time
to the promotion of the Irish language and music, he returned to Dublin
in the early nineties, and continued his work in the same direction, becom-
ing one of the most notable figures in the language movement. He wrote
voluminously for the Irish and American Press, both in prose and verse,
but chiefly for propagandist purposes. His books include : " The Beauties
and Antiquities of Ireland," 1897; "Is Ireland a Decaying Nation.?";
editions of Moore's Melodies in Irish, and of "The Leinster Tribute."
In the autumn of 1895 he wrote articles on hisixjrio Irish places in Free-
man's Journal. His splendid stature and vigorous views made him a
striking personality, and his entire disinterestedness earned him the
respect of many who did not agree with his views. He died at the age
of 80 on June 15, 1908, and was buried in Mount Jerome.
RUSSELL, THOMAS.— This well-known associate of Emmet in the rebellion
of 1803 wrote various poems, one or two of which are given in Madden's
"Literary Remains of the United Irishmen," pp. 284, 285, 287. He
was born on November 21, 1767, at Betsborough, Co. Cork, and served in
the English Army for a few years. Became a United Irishman, and was
executed on October 19, 1803. He was buried at Downpatrick, Co. Down.
There is a poem on "The Grave of Russell," by James Gilland (g.i;.),
which was somewhat popular.
RUTLEDGE, A. K.— Dream Mists, Dublin, 1911.
Is the wife of a bank manager at Clifden, Co. Galway.
RYAN, REY. ABRAM JOSEPH.— The Conqtjbeed Banner, and other poems.
Mobile (Alabama), 1880, lOmo; Poems, patriotic, religious, miscellaneous,
Baltimore (U.S.A.), 1880,. 4to, 8vo, 12mo; 12th edition, do., do., 1888: A
Crown for our Queen, 1882.
Born of Irish parents in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.A., on August 15 1839,
and died at Louisville, Kentucky, on April 22, 1886. After finishing his
theological studies, he became chaplain of the Confederate army in the
Civil War, and was one of the most popular of American poets by his
war-songs. In New Orleans he edited The Star, and at Augusta, Ga. The
Banner of the South. Some of his poems are strongly Irish. Many of his
pieces appeared under the pseudonym of " Moina."
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RYAN, REY. ARTHUR (Canon) .—Born at Scarteen, Co. Limerick, in 1852,
being the eighth son of John Ryan, of that place. Was educated at Osoott
College, and ordained by Archbishop Croke. In 1876 he was appointed by
the latter to the posts of Dean and Professor of St. Patrick's College,
Thurles. In 1886 he was made President, and promoted to a seat in
the Chapter of Cashel. Wrote verse for Irish Monthly, United Ireland,
and Tipperary Leader, over the initials "A. B." Has written some
religious works in prose, including a " Life of St. Patrick." An elegy
on Tennyson by him appeared a day or two after the death of that poet.
RYAN, REY. C. P. — An Irish-American priest who, it is said, wrote, among
other things, a very popular ballad which has been often reprinted in
collections and on ballad slips, entitled "Where the lovely rivers flow."
I have been unable to get any particulars about him.
RYAN, CARROLL.— See W. T. Ryan.
RYAN, DARBY.— See Jeremiah O'Ryan.
RYAN, DESMOND LUMLEY. — A clever song-writer and musical critic who
died in 1888,^ and was buried at Willesden. He was the son of
Michael Desmond Ryan (q.v.), and was for some years the musical critic
of The Standard. He was the author of one or two dramatic pieces, and
a libretto or two.
RYAN, ELIZA. — Poems on Sevebal Occasions, Dublin, 1816, 12mo (for
private circulation only).
Was the wife of Rev. Edward Ryan, D.D., and was one of the subscribers
to " Protected Fugitives," by Mrs. Battier (q.v.), where several of her
poems will be found.
RYAN, BEY. EYERHARD. — ^Reliques oe Genius, prose and verse, London,
1777, 12mo.
There are only about a half-dozen poems in the foregoing work. The
author was the son of a North of England gentleman, presumably of Irish
descent, and died in or about 1777, aged 25.
RYAN, F. B. — The Spirit's Lament, or, The Wrongs of Ireland, a poem,
Montreal, 1847.
One of this name is mentioned in John Savage's " '98 and '48 " as a
political prisoner of the latter period, and in a letter from Devin Reilly,
given at page 380 of the same work, and addressed and dated " Washing-
ton, D. C, September 18, 1858," the death of "Dr." F. B. Ryan is
referred to.
RYAN, HUBERT S. — Six Elizabethan Aires, verse, London, 1907.
T. P.'s Weekly quoted a couple of these poems with approval when they
appeared. The author was born on August 24, 1876, being a son of
Desmond L. Ryan (q.v.), and a godson of Sir Arthur Sullivan, the com-
poser. He succeeded his father and grandfather" as musical critic of The
Standard, in which capacity he remained for eight years, afterwards
serving on staff of Daily Mail for six years. Is a clever musician, and has
composed various pieces, as well as being a song-writer.
RYAN, J. H.— Born at Thurles, Co. Tipperary, about 1865, and wrote for
Young Ireland and Weekly News from his fifteenth year till his death,
which occurred at his native place early in March, 1889.
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RYAN, JAMES.— Born at Kilnoe, Co. Qare, on May 2, 1855, and went to
New York in 1869. He has contributed a good many poems to the Irish-
American Press, over signatures of " Grolma " and "J. R.," and some
fiction over the noms-de-r/ uerre of "Conner McGaura " and "Fergus
O'Plynn." Is represented in Connolly's collection of Irish poetry. One
of his brothers, a priest, was one of the victims of the yellow fever
epidemic in Tennessee, 1878, and another was the Rev. M. Ryan (q.v.).
RYAN, JOHN, LL.D. — Presumably the author of a " History of Carlow," is
represented in "The Bentley Ballads" (edited by John Sheehan, 1869),
and Hayes' " Ballads of Ireland," 1855, by a historical poem, which
appeared in Bentley' s Miscellany.
RYAN, JOHN G. — NuG.a Pobticae — Ohiginal Pohms, Huddersfield, 1834,
12mo.
RYAN, LACY. — The Cobbler's Opeha, a musical piece, to which is added the
musick, engraved on copper plates, London, 1729, 8vo.
Was the son of Daniel Ryan, a tailor, and was born in the parish of
St. Margaret's, Westminster, about 1692. Educated at St. Paul's School,
and intended for the law, but went on the stage in 1710, appearing at the
Haymarket Theatre. He became a very distinguished actor, particularly
excelling as Hamlet and Lothario, and died at Bath on August 15, 1760,
aged 68.
RYAN, MALACHY. — Ei,sie Lee, the Whitethorn Tbee, and other Poems,
Dublin, 1872, 12mo.
Was a schoolmaster in Co. Carlow, probably near Rathvilly, and was
employed in library of the Record Office, Dublin, through Lord O'Hagan's
influence. I presume he is the writer of the isame name who wrote good
poems for Irish Fireside about twenty-five years ago. One of these is in
Brooke and Rolleston'si "Treasury of Irish Verse." The Athenceum
praised his volume. He may possibly have been the " Malachi M. Ryan "
who used to write for San Francisco Monitor, and who contributed verses
to Shamrock from Leeds.
RYAN, MARGARET MARY.— Songs of Remembrance, Dublin, 1880-81, Bvo.
A Tipperary lady, who has written excellent verse for The Irish Monthly,
etc. She is the sister of the late Very Rev. Dr. John Ryan, P.P., of
Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary, and Vicar-General of Cashel diocese, to whose
memory some of her poems are touchingly devoted. Her usual signa-
ture in The Irish Monthly was "Alice Esmonde, " but at first she signed
herself " M. R." and " M. My. R."
RYAN, MARY.— Poems, New York, 1890, 18mo.
Daughter of Dr. P. M. Ryan, of Louisana, U.S.A., and born there
about 1870. Educated in Virginia, and is now a teacher at Fort White,
Florida. Her family is mentioned in Rev. J. J. O'ConneU's " Catholicity
in Carolina and Georgia," her uncle being the late Rev. P. J. Ryan,
D.D., of U.S.A. Miss Ryan's poems have mostly appeared in religious
journals. She is represented in one or two American collections.
RYAN, REY. MICHAEL.— Born at Kilnoe, Co. Clare, September, 1851, and
brother of James Ryan (q.v.). Went to New York in 1869. Studied for
the priesthood and was ordained in 1878 for the diocese of Nashville,
Tennessee, where he went through the terrible epidemic of yellow fever.
He wrote verse for Catholic priodicals over signatures of " M. J. R."
and "Eithne."
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RYAN, MICHAEL DESMOND.— Songs op Even (music by F. N. Crouch),
1841, fol. ; Sacred Songs and Ballads (music by E. J. Loder), 1845, fol.
Born in Kilkenny on March 3, 1816. Going to London, he acted as
musical critic for The Morning Serald, Morning Chronicle, and Morning
Post. He wrote a great number of songs and composed a little music.
His death occurred in London on December 8, 1868. The Era Almanack
says he died on December 7, 1868, aged 54, which would make the date
of his birth earlier.
RYAN, EEY. P. J. — Used to write poems for the national papers about 1870-
80 over signature of " Gougane Barra." His poems appeared in United
Ireland, Irish Fireside, Hihernia (London), etc. One of his pieces is in
" Songs for Campaigners " (Dublin, 1887, 4to). Many articles and stories
by him are in the Shamrock of about the same period.
RYAN, RICHARD. — Eight Ballads on the Superstitions of the Irish
Peasantry, London, 1822, 8vo; Poems on Sacred Subjects, to which are
added several miscellaneous pieces, London, 1824, 8vo.
Born in 1796, probably in Cork. His father became a bookseller in
Camden Town, London, and he afterwards carried on the business. His
mother's death is recorded in The Oentleman' s Magazine of 1830, as having
died in Camden Town in March of that year, aged 71. Ryan wrote many
songs, some of them being set to music by Hodson, Barnett, and other
composers, and he published several interesting and useful works, such as
" Biographia Hibernica," 2 vo'Is., 1821; "Dramatic Table Talk," anony-
mous, London, 182-5, and "Poets and Poetry," 3 vols., London, 1826.
He was probably the author of "Bold Barry of Macroom," a drinking
song. He died in 1849. There is a poem of his in Amulet for 1827.
RYAN, THOMAS. — Born near Drangan, Co. Tipperary, on August 18, 1849,
and known as a contributor to Irish papers over the signature of "A
Drangan Boy." Also wrote over the signatures " Doodle " and " T. R.,"
and his poems appeared in United Ireland, Tipperary Nationalist, Celt
(a paper published in Waterford by Edmund Leamy), Cashel Sentinel,
Tipperary Leadsr, Weekly Irish Times, Kilkenny Journal, Munster
Express, Shamrock, Irishman, Young Ireland, Tipperary People, etc. One
of his pieces, " The Moonlight Drill," was several times reprinted as
anonymous.
RYAN, WILLIAM PATRICK. — A brilliant journalist and critic, and author
of several novels. He wrote a large number of poems for Nation, United
Ireland, Weekly News, Young Ireland, Irish Emerald, etc., etc. Born
near Templemore, Co. Tipperary, on October 27, 1867, he was for several
years a resident of London, where he took an active part in the South-
wark Irish Literary Club, and the Irish Literary Society. " The Heart of
Tipperary," one of his stories, has an introduction by William O'Brien,
M.P. Among his other books are : " Starlight through the Roof " (over
pseudonym of " Kevin O'Kennedy "), " Literary London," " The Plough
and the Cross," and a couple of plays and stories in Irish. He was editor
of the Peasant, afterwards suppressed, and of its successors, The Irish
Peasant a.nd' Irish Nation, now dead. "The Plough and the Cross" is
chiefly autobiographicail, and deals with his experiences in Navan and
Dublin. He has been editorially connected with several London papers,
and is a reviewer for others. He is included in " Emerald Gems," Dublin,
1885, and " Songs for Campaigners," Dublin, 1887.
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KYAN, WILLIAM THOMAS.— Oscab and otheb Poems, Hamilton (Ontario),
1857; Songs oe a Wanderer, Ottawa, 1867, 16nio; Picittbb Poems,
Ottawa, 1884. 8vo.
These poems were published over the signature of " CarroU Ryan."
The author was born of Irish parentage in Toronto, Upper Canada, on
February 3, 1839, his parents being Thomas Ryan, of Idrone, and Helene
Carroll, and has been a prominent journalist for many years, editing
various papers in the States and in Canada. In 1863 he waa a
soldier in the 100th Regiment of Foot. In 1885 he was the proprietor of
the Ottawa JJail/g Sun.
BTVES, ELIZABETH. — Poems on Several Occasions, and The Prude, a
comic opera, London^ 1777, 8vo ; Ode to the Rev. W. Mason (anony-
mously), London, 1780, 4to ; Dialogues in the Eltsian Fields, between
C^sar and Oato (MS. corrections by the author in British Museum copy),
London, 1785, 4to ; Epistle in Verse to Lord John Cavendish, London,
1784, 4to ; The Hastiniad, an heroick poem (anonymous), 1785, 4to ; Ode
TO Lord Melton (anonymously), 1787, 4to.
Also wrote several other works, including a novel and a comedy. This
most unfortunate authoress was of good family in Ireland, and born about
1760. She owned some property, but was cheated out of it by some legal
shark, and had to turn to literature for a livelihood. She had much
ability, but only earned a poor subsistence, and her extreme good-nature
and generosity prevented her using her small means solely on herself.
She died in destitution in Store Street, Tottenham Court Road, London,
in April or May, 1797.
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S., F. — A contributor to Dublin and London Magazine in 1826. Was in that
year about to publish a volume of poetry.
S., H. M. — Juvenilia, a collection of miscellaneous poems, Dublin, 1833.
S., R. M. — The Crusadee, oe the Pseudo-PeiestSj a poem in four cantos,
Dublin, 1841, 8vo.
S., T. — The Spikit op Spoet in Nature and other Poems, London (Belfast
printed), 1883.
The author was an Irishman — probably of Belfast.
S., T. E. — Lantt and the Ghost, a new and original recitation, by the author
of " The Land we Love the Best," Barnet (London), n.d. [c. 1885.]
Probably by T. E. Sherlock, author of various poems in the Irish papers
in the eighties.
SADLEIB, ANNA THERESA.— Daughter of succeeding writer, and born in
Montreal, Canada, on January 19, 1854, and is the authoress of various
stories and poems, in American and Canadian journals.
SADLEIR, MARY ANNE.— Born on December 31, 1820, at Cootehill, Co.
Cavan, her maiden name being Madden. She went to Canada in 1844,
and in 1846 married D. J. Sadleir, a well-known American publisher. She
died in April, 1903. She wrote numerous Irish tales, some of which are
very popular, and some dramas and poems, the latter of which have
appeared in Irish and American journals. She is included in one or two
collections of Irish poetry.' She was doubtless the "M — Cootehill" who
wrote a poem in Nation of March 9, 1844. She wrote for La Belle
Assemhlee, a London journal, at an early age. She edited the collected
poems of Thomas D'Arcy McGee (q.v.).
SADLEIR, REV. WILLIAM DIGBY. — Poems designed to illustrate select
PASSAGES OP Scripture (by " W. D. S."), Dublin, 1840, 12mo.
Probably written by above. Sch. T.C.D., 1827; B.A., 1829; Fellow,
1834 ; M.A., 1837 ; B.D. and D.D., 1844. He died early in July, 1858, and
was buried in St. Patrick's, Dublin.
ST. JOHN, MARY. — ^Ellauna, a legend of the 13th century, in four cantos,
with notes, etc., Dublin, 1815, 8vo (over signature of "Mary.")
She was a native of Queen's Co., I believe, most probably of Stradbally,
and lived on the estate of the Moores, " the house of Leix," to whom her
poem is dedicated. She was doubtless the " Mary " who wrote poems for
The Dublin Examiner, 1816, some of whose pieces were reprinted in
"Harmonica," Cork, 1818. She went to the East, apparently on a
missionary expedition, to judge from references in her poems. She died
at an advanced age, about 1830.
ST, JOHN,. PATRICK.— A Franco-Irishman, who wrote a Latin poem of some
length in praise of Ireland. In Watty Cox's Irish Magazine for February,
1810, it is given in f uU, and in the following number a translation of it.
He was born near Cashel, it seems, and certainly on the banks of the Suir.
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ST. LEGER, FRANCIS BARRY BOYLE.— Remorse, and other poems, Lon-
don, 1821, 12mo (only 50 copies privately printed).
Born in September, 1799, and died November 20, 1829. Wolfe Tone
mentions in his Diary a gentleman named Barry St. Leger, who was
" of Irish birth but raised in South Carolina, where his father was a
man of property," who had volunteered for the Irish expedition and was
accepted, and who in November, 1796, was captured by the French on an
American ship. This writer was possibly connected with him.
ST. LEGER, WARHAM.— SiLVBB Guilt (a burlesque on " The Silver King "),
1833 (not printed, but performed at Strand Theatre with success for 150
nights as the work of W. Warham) ; Ballads feom Punch, and otheb
PoEMS^ London, 1890, 8vo.
A very clever and witty contributor to Punch, Graphic, Globe, Black
and White, etc. Born at Ipswich in 1850, and is the son of an Irish
clergyman and graduate of T.C.D. He was himself a, graduate of Cam-
bridge.
SAMPSON, WILLIAM.— One of the most prominent of the United Irishmen,
born in Derry, January 17, 1764. Entered T.C.D., but did not graduate
there. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and, returning to Belfast,
espoused the cause of the United Irishmen. Wrote for The Press, the
organ of his society, over the signature of " Fortescue." Poems of his
may be found in Madden's " Literary Remains of the United Irishmen,"
pp. 122, 177, 179, and in Watty Cox's Irish Magazine for 1811. He was
arrested for complicity in the rebellion, and in July, 1806, went to
America, where he was very successful as a lawyer. He wrote several
excellent books, including his " Memoirs " (1807), and died in New York,
on December 28, 1830. He published anonymously, "A Faithful Report
of the Trial of Hurdy-Gurdy at the Bar of the Court of King's Bench,"
etc., a parody, Belfast, 1794, 12mo ; reprinted in Dublin in the same year.
SAMUELS, EMMA MARGARET. — Shadows and other Poems, London,
1898, 8vo (illustrated by Wm. Fitzgerald).
Born at Manor Cunningham, Co. Donegal, July 4, 1856, and was the
daughter of the Rev. James W. Irwin, M.A. Educated at Alexandra
College, Dublin, and married in 1881 A. W. Samuels, Q.C. Wrote for
Fortnightly Eevieu-, etc. Died in 1904.
SANDERS, MARE. — Poems on Occasional Subjects, written between the
14th and 20th years of the author's age, Dublin, 1778, 12mo.
A contributor to Walker's Bihernian Magazine, 1777, 1780, etc.
SANDES, WILLIAM STEPHEN.— Poems, London, 1854, 8vo; Gardenia, a
poem, Dublin, 1858.
B.A., T.C.D., 1841; M.A., 1865.
SANKEY, MATTHEW YILLIERS.- A New Version of the Psalms op
David, London, 1825, 12mo.
B,A., T.O.D., 1807. Of Coolmore, Co. Tipperary. Was born in 1790,
and died about 1837.
SANKEY, ROBERT YILLIERS.— Poetical Romances and Ballads, London,
1854, 8vo; SirHieram's Daughter, and other Poems, London, 1856, 8to.
Of same family as preceding.
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SANKEY, WILLIAM S. YILLIERS.— Rhymes on Geography and Histoey,
Edinburgh, 1828, 12nio; The Mission of Sympathy, a poem, etc., London,
1850, 12mo.
Apparently another of the Coolmore Sankeys.
SARGENT, ALICE. — Death of Oscar, a chronicle of the Fianna, in 12 cantos,
part. 1, Edinburgh and Dublin, 1901, 8vo ; Ballads and Etchings, — ;
Master Death, — .
SARGENT, JOHN (?).— The Mine, a dramatic poem, London, 1785, 4to;
Dublin, 1790; The Mine, etc., to which are added two historic Odes,
third edition, London, 1796, 8vo.
Sch., T.C.D., 1795; B.A., 1796.?
SARGENT, MAUD ELIZABETH.— Shamrocks and Roses, poems, London,
1908.
Of New Ross. Has written for various journals.
" SARSFIELD."— One of the poets of '98. There are a couple of his eflfusions
in Madden's "Literary Remains of the United Irishmen."
SAUNDEKSON, JOHN.— Poems on Various Subjects, Trim, 1840, 8vo.
SATAGE, JOHN, LL.D.— Lays op the Fatherland, New York, 1850, 12mo;
Faith and Fancy, poems. New York, 1864, 12mo ; Sybil, a tragedy in
prose and verse, New York, 1850; 185- — , 12mo; Poems, lyrical, dramatic
and romantic. New York, 1870.
A prominent Irish-American poet and journalist, born in Dublin on
December 13, 1828, and died in New York, October 9, 1888. Besides
numerous poems, he wrote a work on the '58 and '48 revolu-
tionary movements, and one on "Fenian Heroes and Martyrs."
He took a slight part in the '48 movement, writing tor one or two of the
Dublin papers of the time, and soon after went to America. He joined
the staff of the New York Tribune, and was connected with other journals,
of the same city. He had studied art in Dublin with a view to adopting
it as a profession, but did not pursue it in America. In 1879 the honorary
degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by St. John's College, Fordham.
His most remarkable poem is one entitled " Shaun's Head," a powerful
piece of declamation.
SAYAGE, MARMION ISTILMO. — A very witty and popular novelist, author of
" The Bachelor of the Albany," " The Falcon Family," " Reuben Medli-
cott," etc., and born, in Dublin about 1805. Sch., T.C.D., 1822 ; B.A., 1824.
He held a responsible Government post in Dublin for some years, and
wrote for The Dublin University Magazine, and in 1856 went to London.
He contributed to several journals, edited The Examiner, and carried on
The Annual Register for years. Retired to Torquay on account of his
precarious health, and died there on May 1, 1872. He was twice married,
his second wife being a niece of Lady Morgan. He was the author, it
is said, of the phrase, " Young Ireland." There are poems in his " Falcon
Family," etc., and a long and amusing one by him, signed " M. W. S.,"
in Athenceum for 1844, page 405. Was first clerk of the Council, Dublin
Castle, for some years, and had been auditor of the extern College His-
torical Society in 1829-30. The Rev. S. C. Hughes, in his " Pre- Victorian
Drama in Dublin," mentions a M. W. Savage as author of a play in 1784.
SAYAGE-ARMSTRONG, GEORGE FRANCIS.— Poems, London, 1869, 8vo ;
Ugone, a tragedy in five acts and in verse, London, 1870, 8vo; second
edition, London, 1872, 8vo; The Tragedy of Israel, verse, 3 vols.,
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London, 1872, 8vo; Poems, lyrical and dramatic, London, 1873, 8vo; A
Gabland eeom Greece, poems, London, 1882, 8vo ; Stoeies of Wicklow,
verse, London, 1886, 8vo ; Victobia Eegina et Impeeatkix, a Jubilee song
from Ireland, London, 1887, 8vo; Mephistopheles in Bboadcloih, a
satire in verse, London, 1888, 8vo ; One in the Infinite, a poem, London,
1892, 8vo ; Ode on the Tercentenaey of Trinity College, with music by
Sir Robert Stewart, Dublin, 1892, 4to; Ballads op Down, London, 1901.
Born May 6, 1845, in Co. Dublin. B.A., T.C.D., 1869; M.A., 1872.
Was professor of History and English literature at Queen's College, Cork.
His mother was one of the Savages of the Ards, Co. Down, and he has
published a history of that ancient family in a sumptuous quarto (1888).
In 1890 he added Savage to his name. Some of his ancestors have
possessed the poetical faculty — witness the specimens quoted by him
as written by Raymond Savage, Charles Savage, and Rev. Henry
Savage. (See "The Savages of the Ards," pp. 272-275.) He edited the
writings of his brother, Edmund J. Armstrong (q.v.), and also wrote his
life. Mr. Savage-Armstrong enjoyed a high reputation as a poet in
well-informed Irish circles, and several Irish papers suggested his name
as a successor to Tennyson as Poet Laureate after the latter's death. He
died in Co. Down, July 24, 1906.
SCANLAN, JOHN F.— In Eliot Ryder's " Household Library of Catholic
Poets," there is a writer of this name, who is a brother of Michael
Scanlan {q.v.). He was born in Oastilemahon, Co. Limerick, on December
29, 1839, and went to U.S.A. in 1849. He lived in Boston till 1851, and
then removed to Chicago, where he has since lived. Was a Fenian, and
took part in many movements in aid of Ireland. Has written various
poems, and one or two books.
SCANLAN, MICHAEL.— Love and Land Chicago, 1866, Svo.
One of the most versatile of all the Irish-American poets, and author
of "The Jackets Green," "The Fenian Men," and other famous Irish
songs, often given as anonymous. Born at Castlemahon, Co. Limerick,
in November, 1836, and went to U.S.A. in 1849. Helped to found The
Irish B^apuhlic, to which he contributed many poems and humorous songs, ■
signing the latter " Dionysius Blake." Held an official position in
Washington. He edited The Irish Republic, which was published at
Chicago, at New York, and at Washington (1867-73). He has written
words and music of many songs.
SCANLAN, WILLIAM J. — ^An American actor and singer, and author of many
songs, some of which have been very popular, particularly the one
entitled " Peek-a-boo," which made a fortune for its publisher. Cushing's
"Dictionary of Initials and Pseudonyms" erroneously attributes it to
Michael Scanlan (q.v.). Born of Irish parents at Springfield (Mass.),
February 14, 1856. It is said he received over two thousand pounds in
royalties alone on his "Peek-a-boo." He wrote over a hundred songs.
He lost his reason about six years before his death, which occurred in
an asylum, February 19, 1898.
SCHOLES, ADAM.— Born in Moate, Co. Westmeath, about 1840. Went to
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., about 1860, and probably stiU lives there. He
was afflicted with partial blindness many yeai's ago, and about 1877, whilst
working in a factory, this affliction became complete. It was after this
misfortune that he began to compose verses, of which he has since pro-
duced many, not yet collected. Four of them appeared some years ago.
in a number of The Maqazine of Poetry, Buffalo, N.Y.
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SCOTT, JOHN ROBERT.— A frequent contributor of verse some years ago to
the Irish papers, such as The Irish Fireside and Weehly Irish Times. He
was born in Co. Monaghaa in March, 1853, and was engaged in business
in Dublin.
■SCOTT, REBECCA.— A Glimpse op Spring . . . Gertrude's Dower and
OTHER Poems, Dublin, 1870, 8vo ; Echoes from Ttrconnell, a coUection
of legendary and other poems, Londonderry, 1880, 8vo.
Of Castlefin, Co. Donegal.
SCOTT, MRS. THOMAS CHRISTIAN.— Poems, Dublin, 1889.
Daughter of a Mr. Palmer Smith.
SCOTT, REY. THOMAS HAMILTON MAXWELL.— The Crimead, a poem
(over the signature of " A Belfast Student"), Belfast, 1856, 12mo.
Son of a merchant of Newry, born there in 1833, and educated at
Dr. Lyons' classical seminary in his native place. "Was in the business
with his father at first, and in 1854 entered Queen's College, Belfast.
Whilst there he published above poem. Wrote verse for Neiory Telegraph,
and other papers, graduated at Queen's University, and was ordained,
and was minister of the Irish Presbyterian Congregation at Newry for
twenty-six years. Died, I think, in 1895.
SCOTT, WILLIAM RICHARD.— Belisaritjs, tragedy in verse, London, 1846,
8vo.
B.A., T.O.D., 1848.
■*' SCRUTATOR." — All the Talents in Ireland, a satire with notes, 1807, 8vo.
SCULLT, JAMES. — Songs of the People, Concord (New Hampshire), 1893.
Born at Skibbereen, Co; Cork, in or about 1865, and went to America
when twelve years of age. Is a stonecutter by trade.
■SCULLY, YINCENT.—Awell-known Irish politician, son of Denys Scully,
of Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary, and born in Dublin on January 8,
1810. Was educated at Osoott and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was
called to the Irish Bar in 1833, obtaining his silk gown in 1849. Was
M.P. for Cork County from 1852 to 1867, and again from 1859 to 1865.
He died on June 4, 1871. He wrote several works on Irish land, and in
his early years a good many poems, which chiefly appeared in The Oscotian
(1826, etc.), of which he was one of the editors, and in The Dublin and
London Magazine for 1826, his signature being "Vis" and " S." There
are references to him in A. M. Sullivan's " New Ireland."
SCULLY, WILLIAM CHARLES.— Poems, London, 1892, 8vo.
By a South African colonist.
SEALY, ROBERT. — Sctulpb, prose and verse, Sydney (N.S.W.), over signa-
ture of " Menippus," 1859.
A clever Australian humourist, born in Ireland in 1831, and entered
T.C.D. but did not take a degree. He went to Sydney in 1852,
and entered the newly-founded University there. He was an admirable
scholar, and was a private tutor for a time, afterwards becoming a
Government clerk. He wrote amusing pieces for the Sydney Punch (not
the present one, but one started in 1857, which only ran to a few numbers).
Bis usual pseudonym was "Menippus." He died in 1862 at Sydney.
T'or specimens of his work, see Barton's "Poets and Prose writers of
N.S.W.," and Sladen's "Australian Poets."
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SEARS, EDWARD I.) — ^Legends of the Sba (over signature of " H). E.
Chevalier"), New York, 1863.
Irish-American journalist, born at The Neale, Co. Mayo, in 1819; died
in New York City on December 7, 1876. Was originally a reporter on
the Impa/rtial Beporter of Bnniskillen, and went to U.S.A. in 1848, and
was for some years a professor of languages in Manhattan College. In
1860 he became editor and proprietor of The National Quarterly, New
York, and wrote for several English and American reviews. His widow,
the daughter of the Rev. Mr. Irvine, of Bnniskillen, brought his remains
to Ireland. A biography of him has been published, but I have not seen it.
SEARSON, JOHN.— In the 1854 Almanack, by William McGomb (q.v.) this
writer is named as the author of a small volume of poems, published in
Coleraiue in 1794. He is described as "late master of the Free School,
Coleraine, and formerly of New York, merchant."
SEDLEY, ARTHUR OSBORNE LIONEL.— A versatile Dublin man, who
wrote stories, poems, etc., for Jarvey, Weekly Freeman, etc., over signa-
ture of " R. Carolau " and anonymously. Be was a clever artist and
exhibited at B.H.A. He went to London before 1890, and did occasional
literary work there. He died, I think, in 1897. As he contributed to
" The Donegal Annual," edited by P. T. McGinley (q-v)., he may have had
some connection with that county.
SEGRAVE, MICHAEL. — An Irish working man, resident in Lancashire,
who wrote some poems, one of which is in each of Ralph Varian's two
collections. He contributed a piece or two to The Irishman and Irish
People. He was born in Drogheda, and went to England about 1840.
He joined the Chartists, and died at Wigan, where he kept a small shop,
on May 3, 1875, aged 52.
SELLERS, MICHAEL. — The Ghost or Freedom, or a voice from the Treaty
Stone of Limerick, a satirical poem on the history of Ireland, Dublin,
1830, I2mo.
A solicitor of Limerick of this name who practised there for many
years, died near St. Albans in September, 1891.
SEMPLE, ANTHONY.— The Voyage and other Poems, London, 1815, 12mo.
A native of the North of Ireland, probably of Co. Antrim, and a member
of the Royal Irish Academy. Was, when his volume was published,
" late of East India Company."
SENNOTT GEORGE. — An Irish-American writer, represented in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets," and author of "An Address to
the Democrats of Massachusetts" (published over the signature of "A
Jacksonian Democrat"), Boston (U.S.A.), 1862 (?), 8vo.
SERRANO, MARY JANE.— Destiny and other Poems, New York, 1883, 8vo.
Her maiden name was Christie, and she was born at Castlebar, Co.
Mayo. She went to New York in 1849, and has since published several
works, chiefly translations of foreign writers, among them the " Letters
of Marie Bashkirtseff . "
SEYMOUR, AARON CROSSLEY HOBART.— Vital Christianity, etc., 1810;
second edition, London, 1819, 12mo.
The above worli^, contains some of his hymns, of which several are
thought good, and are probably still sung. He also wrote other works,,
including a memoir of Charlotte Brooke (q.v.), prefixed to her " Reliques
of Irish Poetry," 1816. He was the son of Rev. John C. Seymour, Vicar
of Cahirelly, and was born in Co. Limerick on December 19, 1789. Died
in October, 1870.
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SEYMOUR, WILLIAM DIGBY, LL.D.— A Collection of Miscellaijeous
Poems, Dublin, 1838, Svo; Poems ov my Youth, 184 — ; The Haep of my
Youth, a metrical version of the Psalms of David, 1881 (?), The New
Hebkew Psalter, a metrical translation, 1882, 8vo.
Born at Olifden, Co. Galway, on September 22, 1822, being the third
son of the Rev. Charles Seymour. He was educated at Bdgeworthstown,
and graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in 1844, w«nt to London, and was called to
the English Bar at Middle Temple in June, 1846. In 1854 he became
Recorder of Newcastle, and in 1861 a Q.C. Was M.P. for Sunderland in
1862, and for Southampton from 1859 to 1865. Many of his poems
appeared in The Sunday at Some. Died on March 16, 1895, at Tyne-
mouth.
SHACELETON, ABRAHAM. — The Court of Apollo, with other minor poems
and translations (over initials of "A. S."), Cork, 1815, 8vo.
One of the famous Ballitore family, and born in or about 1753. He
died on August 2, 1818, aged 65.
SHACELETON, ELIZABETH.— There was a " Miss E. S." who wrote verse
for Walker's Hibernian Magazine in 1773, and is also included in Bdkins'
collection of poems. The signature was that of Miss Shackleton, sister,
1 believe, of Richard Shackleton {q.v.).
SHACELETON, JOHN. — The Poems of Ossian, attempted in English verse,
2 vols., Birmingham, 1817, 8vo.
SHACELETON, RICHARD. — Several poems by him in Edkins' collection of
1801, and seven in his daughter's collection. He was born at Ballitore,
Queen's Co., on October 9, 1728, and married first Elizabeth Fuller, his
second wife being Elizabeth Carleton. He carried on the educational
establishment at Ballitore, where Edmund Burke was taught. He was
the father of Mrs. Leadbeater, and died on August 20, 1792, and was
buried at Ballitore.
SHALLOE, AGNES. — Bom of Irish parents in Buffalo, New York, her maiden
name being McNamara. Graduated at the Buffalo High School in 1870.
She has written a good deal of verse for the Buffalo Courier, Catholic
Union and Times of the same place, and other papers. There are three
of her pieces in Magazine of Poetry for January, 1894.
SHALTEY, THOMAS. — Author of various ballads and songs, one of which is
the very popular " King O' Toole and his Goose." He was a Dublin
market-gardener, and wrote various ballads for James Kearney (q.v.).
See the present writer's " Humour of Ireland," 1894.
SHANAHAN, PATRICE.— The Exile, a poem, Melbourne (Victoria), 1869,
Svo.
" SHANE." — A Corkman, who often wrote verse over this signature about
twenty years ago, principally in United Ireland, Nation, Young Ireland,
Shamrock, Weekly News, etc. At that time his poems were very frequent
in The Nation and Weekly News.
SHANLY, CHARLES DAWSON. — An Irish-American journalist and poet,
born in Dublin on March 9, 1811, and died in Arlington, Florida, on
August 15, 1875. Graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1834, and went to Canada
where he occupied an official position for some time, afterwards going to
New York and joining the press there. He wrote many poems and
articles for The Atlantic Monthly, New York Leader, AlUon, Weekly
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Beview, etc., and published several clever works. He is included in
Connolly's collection.
SHANLY, WILLIAM.— Pastokals, Dublin, 1847, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1827 (?).
SHANNON, EDWARD N. — Giuseppino, an occidental story in verse, after
the style of Byron's " Beppo " (anonymously), 1821; do., Philadelphia,
1822, 24mo ; The Crazed Maid op Venice, and other poems (anonymously),
London, 1826; A Translation op Dante, Aunaldo, Gaddo, and other
unacknowledged poems of Lord Byron (over signature of " Odoardo
Volpi "), London, 1836, 8vo ; Taxes Old and New, and other poems (vol.
1 — no more published), London, 1842, 8vo.
A clever poet whose pieces were actually attributed to Lord Byron by
some. He wrote for The Nation a few pieces in its first year of existence,
his earliest being a skit called " Funny Fanny Finney." He was born
about 1796 and wrote verse from an early age. He became editor of The
Galway Vindicator, I understand, and died in Galway in 1860.
SHANNON, F. S. — The Mountain Stlph, a romantic opera in prose and
verse (in Duncombe's " British Theatre"), 1825, 12mo; other editions.
Wrote also a comedy entitled "Jealousy," and other productions.
SHANNON, MARY EULALIE. — Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, Cincinnati,
1854.
Her maiden name was Fee, her parents being both Irish. She was
born in Ohio on October 26, 1817, and married John Shannon, a Cali-
fornian editor, in 1854. She died on December 26, 1855. Is included in
Coggeshall's "Poets and Poetry of the West."
SHARKEY, PATRICK, M.B.— Poema Hbroicum Grobcum, Dublin, 1804.
Born in Cork about 1775, and graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1799; M.A.,
1801; M.B., 1802. He wrote several poems for Cork periodicals, I think,
and there are two by him in Patrick O'Kelly's " Aonian Kaleidoscope,"
and " Eudoxologist." He was one of the best Greek scholars of his time
in T.C.D., and won prizes in Greek and Latin verse while there. He was
senior physician to Cork General Dispensary when he died at Berehaven
in 1840.
SHARP, JOHN. — The Lawyer's Tears, a mourning elegy on Francis Bernard,
one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), who died
July 30, 1731, Dublin (?), fol., 1731.
SHARP, KATHARINE DOORIS.— Eleanor's Courtship, London, Ohio, 1888.
Born in Ulster, but of French descent, probably Huguenot. She was
taken to U.S.A. while very young, and settled in Ohio, where she married
a Dr. Sharp, of London, in that State. She has published anonymously
a novel, and many articles and poems.
SHARPE, WILLIAM, M.D. — ^Humanity and the Man, a poem, Dublin and
London, 1878, 8vo; The Conqueror's Dream, and other poems, London,
1878, 8vo; second edition, London, 1879, 8vo; new and revised edition,
New York, 1881, 8vo.
An Anglo-Indian official, I believe, but born in Ireland. He was a
Fellow of the Queen's University of Ireland.
SHAW, ALFRED CAPEL (?).— The Vision op Erin, dedicated to Mr.
Gladstone, Birmingham, 1892, 12mo.
SHEA, REV. JAMES HARTLEY — Kerry Pie and other Indigestibles,
poems, Dublin, 1904?.
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SHEA, JOHN AUGUSTUS.— RuDEKKi, a tale of the seventh century; The
Jjament of Hjillab, and other poems, London and Cork, 1826, 8to;
Adolph, and other poems. New York, 1831; Pahnasbian Wild Flowebs,
Georgetown, 1836; Olontarp, a narrative poem, etc.. New York, 1843;
Poems, collected by his son. New York, 1846, 12mo.
Born in Cork in November, 1802, and died in New York on August 15,
1845. Went to U.S.A. in 1827 and became a journalist. He was a clever
poet, and is mentioned with praise in Dublin and London Magazine, 1827
(pp. 632-636). He commenced life as a clerk in Beamish and Crawford's
counting-house in Cork, and, like Joseph O'Leary (q.v.), P. J. Meagher
{q.v.), and J. J. Callanan {q.v.), wrote early in life for The Cork Mercan-
tile Reporter, afterwards contributing several pieces to Bolster's Corh
Quarterly. He went to U.S.A. in 1827. He was a friend of John Hogan
the sculptor, and when O'Connell at one of the monster meetings was
presented with the Repeal cap by Hogan, he was at the same time given
a copy of Shea's " Clontarf." Shea was twice married. One of his sons
became a judge. Richard Ryan, in his " Poets and Poetry," calls him
O'Shea.
SHEA, JOHN CHARLES. — An Irish-American poet and journalist, born of
Irish parentage at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on February 21, 1831. He was
connected with various Toronto and New York and Kansas papers, etc.
Three of his poems are included in The Magazine of Poetry, Buffalo,
January, 1890.
SHEARES, JOHN.— Notable United Irishman, born in Cork in 1766. He
graduated B.A. at T.C.D., 1787, and became a barrister. Wrote poems
for The Press, The Harp of Erin, etc., organs of the United Irishmen.
Dr. Madden possessed a good many of them, and gives specimens on
p.' 91 of his " Literary Remains of the United Irishmen." Some pieces
of his are in Joshua Edkins' collection of poems (1789-90), signed
"J S ." Sheares wrote prose for The Press, over the signature
of " Dion." He was arrested for his share in the '98 rebellion, and with
his brother Henry, was executed on July 14, 1798. He was never married.
The remains of the brothers were deposited in St. Michan's, Dublin, and
were preserved for many years by some peculiar property in the soil.
SHEE, ELIAS. — Mentioned as an early alumnus of Kilkenny College by Rev.
John Browne, LL.D., in a paper on that institution in " Transactions of
the Kilkenny Archseological Society" for 1851, vol. 1, part 2, p. 221. " A
gentlesuan of passing good wit, a pleasing, conceited companion, full of
mirth without gall, who wrote in English divers Sonnets."
SHEE, JOHN. — Lines on the Battle ov Watbkloo, Dublin, 1816, 8vo ; 1817,
8vo.
B.A.. T.C.D., 1819.
SHEE, SIR MARTIN ARCHER, P.R.A.— Rhymes on Art, London, 1805,
12mo; second edition, do., do.; Elements or Art, a poem in six cantos,
London, 1809, 8vo; The Commemoration of Reynolds, etc., and other
poems, London, 1814, 16mo; Alasoo, a tragedy in verse, excluded from
the stage by the authority of the Lord Chamberlain, London, 1824, 8vo ;
do.. New York, 1825, 16mo.
This eminent artist was born in Dublin on December 20, 1769, and died
at Brighton on August 19, 1850. He entered the Royal Academy about
1789, and was made A.R.A. in 1798, and R.A. in 1800, and in 1830 was
elected President. His tragedy was refused a licence by the Censor.
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SHEEHAN, D. B.— -A bank-clerk in Cork, who wrote some ^ood poems about
twenty-five years ago far Nation, United Ireland, etc., over tne signature
of " Dene Berjiards." A native of Mallow, Oo. Cork, and brother of the
Rev. Canon P. A. Sheehan (q.v.).
SHEEHAN, JOHN.— Thb Bentlet Ballads (ed. by J. S.), London, 1869, 8vo.
Well-known as "The Irish Whiskey Drinker " and " Knight of Innish-
owen " of Bentley's Miscellany, Temple Bar, etc., and supposed to be
the original of Capt. Shandon in " Pendennis." In one of his letters
Thackeray seems to give Sheehan, W. J. O'Oonnell and Andrew Arch-
deckne as the originals respectively of Capt. Shandon, Capt. Oostigan,
and Foker in the novel referred to. Sheehan wrote much verse, a, goodly
amount of which is in his own and in Doran's editions of " The Bentley
Ballads." He was born at Celbridge, Co. Kildare, in or about 1814, and
was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, where F. S.
Mahony ("Father Prout ") was his tutor for a time. It appears that
he entered T.C.D. and Cambridge, but he did not graduate in either.
With his relative, Remy Sheehan (one of O'Connell's foes) he was
connected with the Dublin Evening Mail, and was one of the group
who started The Comet, a, noted anti-tithe paper, in 1831. He
was sub-editor, and, with Thomas Browne (q.v.), was imprisoned for libel,
being sentenced to twelve months, and to pay a fine of j£100. Sheehan
was defended by Robert Holmes, an eminent orator and advocate, and
was released before his term, he being the youngest of the Comet writers.
If, as he implies, he was eighteen at this time, he must have been born
in 1812, and therefore his age when he died was more than was supposed.
In The Comet Sheehan used the signature of "Philander," and also
perhaps that of "J. G.," both of which appear in the brochures issued
from the office and entitled "The Parson's Horn-Book," and "The
Valentine Post-Bag," both of which were illustrated by Samuel Lover,
then a member of the Comet Club. Sheehan became a member of the
English and Irish Bar, and for a time followed his profession in the Inner
Temple and on the Home Circuit. He also acted as Parliamentary
reporter on The Morning Herald, and edited The Independent (of Cam-
bridge and London), and acted as Paris and Madrid correspondent of
The Constitutional during 1836-37. He married the widow of Col.
Shubrick, a wealthy Anglo-Indian officer, shortly before 1868, and was
thereby enabled to travel a good deal over Europe. He lived in a fine
house in Wicklow for a time, but eventually seems to have retired int"
the Charterhouse, London, a home for decayed city merchants, etc., and
died there on May 29, 1882, his age being recorded as 68. He is referred
to at some length in Blanchard Jerrold's " Final Reliques of Father
Prout." In 1874-5 he wrote a couple of articles for The Gentleman's
Magazine on The Comet and its contributors.
SHEEHAN, MICHAEL FRANCIS.— Smiles and Sighs, poems, with intro-
duction by Rev. M. P. Hickey, Dublin, 1893, 8vo.
Born at Ballyhussa, County Waterford, September 29, 1865, and has
written many poems for Nation, Irish Fireside, Tuam, News, Waterford
News, Citizan, a,ni Star, Munster Eoepress, Young Ireland, etc., sometimes
over the signature of "A Child of Nature." He is included in "Lays
and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtio Society," Dublin, 1889.
SHEEHAN, REV. PATRICK A. (Canon) .—Cithara Mba, poems, Boston,
Mass., 1900, 12mo.
Bom at Mallow, Go. Cork, March 27, 1852. He was educated at Fermoy
and Maynooth. He is now Canon and P.P. of Doneraile. For some time
he served on the English Mission at Etseter, and was also curate at
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Queenstown, Co. Cork. He wrote articles for The Dublin Review and
Irish Ecclesiastical Becord, etc., and admirable poems for The Irish
Monthly. Of late years he has become famous as a writer of stories,
his " My New Curate," " Luke Delmege," " Geoffrey Austin," etc.,
having been most successful. He is the brother of D. B. Sheehan,
noticed above.
SHEERIN, EUGENE. — Shamrock Wbbaths, a collection of poems, Dundalk,
1885, 16mo.
Born in Kilskeery, near Trillick, Co. Tyrone, about 1863. He lost
the use of his limbs when about six years old, and is still an invalid. He
studied at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin in 1884-6,
after having been some years in the Belleek Pottery Works, Co.
Fermanagh, which he first entered in 1878. By esrtraordinary persistence,
his great natural difficulties were overcome, and he was one of the leading
artists at Belleek, painting landscapes on porcelain with much skill and
taste. A few of his poems appeared in the papers, and one is included in
"Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885.
8HEIL, RICHARD.— Sheil's Lovb Songs, vol. I., Dublin, 18i34, 24mo.
A native of Drogheda, who died at the age of sixty, or thereabouts, in
1860. He was, it is said, a local printer, and wrote various street-ballads,
etc., including " Bellewstown Hill," " The Repeal Meeting at Tara," etc.
He has been confused with John Day (q.v.). Some of his "love-songs"
are laughably bad. but they had a vogue in their day. The above little
book was published in Drogheda, I think, but printed in Dublin. I am
told by one who knew him that he was a weaver, not a printer.
SHEIL, RICHARD LALOR. — Adelaide, qB thb Emigrants, tragedy,
Dublin, 1814, 8vo (several editions) ; The Apostate, tragedy, London,
1817, 8vo (several editions); Bellamiba, or the Pall of Tunis, tragedy,
London, 1818, 8vo ; second edition, ditto ; Evadnb, ob. the Statue, tragedy,
Loudon, 1819, 8vo (several editions).
Born at Drumdowney, Co. Kilkenny, on August 17, 1791, and was
first educated in London. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1814,
and married in 1830 a wealthy lady (his second wife), which enabled him
to enter Parliament in 1831. He had been for years noted for his brilliant
eloquence, and he was a favourite with the English and Irish masses. He
was actively associated with O'Connell's agitation, and held various
appointments, including that of Master of the Mint between 1846-1850.
He died at Florence on May 28, 1851. He assisted John Banim in the
composition of " Damon and Pythias," and wrote some olever " Sketches
of the Irish Bar."
"SHEILA" (?). — Sketches from Nature, poems, London, 1892, 8vo.
8HEILS, ANDREW (?). — The Witch of the Wescot, a tale of Nova Scotia,
in three cantos, and other waste leaves of literature, Halifax, N. S. — .
SHEELETON, MARY. — Chosen, Chastened, Crowned, memorials of MS.,
edited by her sister, London and Edinburgh, 1884, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1827, and died there on September 28, 1883. Was
an invalid for many years. Some of her hymns are very popular, and are
included in several collections.
"SHELDON." — Th?b Rebel, a poem in two cantos, Dublin, 1848.
SHELLEY, JAMES MOORE.— Leisure Hours, poems', Waterford, 1830,
12mo.
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SHEPHERD, REY. SAMUEL.— Leixlip, a poem, etc., Dublin, 1747, 8vop
Epode II. OP HoBACB, Imitated, 1754, 8vo ; Paex op the Poeticai, Woeks
OP S. S., etc., Dublin, 1790, 8vo.
Was Prebendary of Kildare in 1754, and became Hector of Ballymac-
william and Timahoe, afterwards Rector and Vioar of Celbridge and
StrafEan, Co. Kildare, and died at Celbridge in December, 1785. Some of
his pieces are in Joshua Edkins' collection of poems, 1790.
SHERIDAN, CHARLES BRINSLEY.— The Sokgs op Greece, translated,
1825, 8vo.
Son of R. B. Sheridan by his second wife, Miss Ogle, and born in
Dublin on January 14, 1796. He died November 29, 1844. There are
several poems by him in Joanna Baillie's " Collection of Poems," London,
1823.
SHERIDAN, PRANCES.— Mother of R. B. Sheridan (q.v.), and born in Ire-
land in 1714, her maiden name being Chamberlaine. She published one or
two novels, one of which " Sidney Biddulph," was rated very highly by her
contemporaries, and one or two comedies. She wrote fugitive verse alsov
A poem of hers, entitled "The Owls," was published in 1743, and was
written in defence of Thomas Sheridan (q.v.) during his theatrical
troubles. It is given, with other pieces, in Alicia Lefanu's biography of
her, where it is stated that she was only 42 at the time of her death at
Blois in August, 1766. Her grandfather was Sir Oliver Chamberlaine, of
Dublin, and she was the sister of Rev. Walter Chamberlaine, and a first
cousin of Samuel Whyte (g..v.).
SHERIDAN, FRANCIS CYMRIC— Third son of Thomas Sheridan (g.r.), and
grandson of R. B. Sheridan, and bore a strong likeness to his sister, Caro-
line Norton (q.v.). He was probably born at the Cape, where his father
was colonial secretary, and was appointed clerk at the Admiralty in 1830,
was later private secretary to Lord Mulgrave, and eventually colonial
treasurer at Mauritius, where he died of consumption in 1844, aged about
32. Dr. Madden's " Memoirs " speaks of him as a writer of poetical gifts,
especially in the lighter vein.
SHERIDAN, HENRY BRINSLEY.— St. Laubbnce's Well, a poem (printed
in blue ink), London, 1845, 8vo.
Eldest son of Oarrett Sheridan, of London, and born in 1820. Studied
law and was called to the Bar in 1856 ; was married iri 1850, and became
Liberal member for Dudley in 1857, which seat he held till 1885. He died
a few years ago.
SHERIDAN, JOHN. — ^An Australian poet, of Queensland, who writes for the
leading periodicals over the signature of "Eureka." Is included in
Douglas Sladen's "Australian Poets."
SHERIDAN, LOUISA HENRIETTA.— The Ladies' Ofpekinq, prose and
verse, illustrated by the authoress, 1830, 12mo; The Comic Offeeing,
prose and verse, edited by Miss L. H. S., London, 1831, etc., 12mo ; The
Diadem, a book for the boudoir, edited by Miss L. H. S., London, 1838.
Afterwards married a Mr. Wyatt, and was apparently not related to the
famous Sheridans. She wrote largely for the annuals between 1829-39,
particularly for The Comic Offering, Forget-Me-Not, The Booh of Beauty,
The Gem, The Comic Magazine, etc., and contributed a little to Bentley's
Miscellany.
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SHERIDAN, RICHARD BRINSLEY BUTLER.— The Lovb Epistles of
AaiSTENAETUs, translated into English verse by R. B. S. and N. Halhed,
1771, 8vo; Clio's Pbotest, or the Picture Varnished (over the signature
of "Asmodeus "), 1771, 4to; The Duenna, comic opera, 1775, 8vo; The
Gbkebal Fast, a lyric ode (anonymously), 1775, 4to ; The Rivals, comedy,
1775, 8vo; St. Patrick's Day, or the Scheming Lieutenant, 1775 (not
published till many years later) ; The Fobtt Thieves, a romantic drama
in two acts, and in prose and verse (in conjunction with George Colman
the younger), 17-—; The School por Scandal, comedy, 1777, 8vo; The
Tempest, altered from Shakespeare, 1777 (not published) ; A Trip to-
Scarborough, comedy, altered from Vanburgh, 1777, 1781, 8vo; The
CeihOj or a Tragedy Rehearsed, burlesque, 1779, 1781, 8vo; Robinson
Cbusoe, pantomime, 1781, 1797, 8vo ; Pizarbo, tragedy, from the German
of Kotzebue, 1799, 8vo ; An Ode to Scandal, to which are added Stanzas
ON Fire, second edition, London, 1819, 8vo.
Son of Thomas Sheridan, the actor (q.v.), and bom in Dorset Street,,
Dublin, in October, 1751. He was educated at Samuel Whyte's academy in
Grafton Street, and at Harrow. He formed an attachment to Miss Liijey,
the daughter of the composer, and eloped with her to France, where they
were married. He fought a duel in connection with that exploit. He
turned to literature for support, and from the proceeds of his plays was
able to become one of the managers of Drury Lane Theatre in 1776. He
afterwards entered political life, being returned to Parliament in 1780,
was Under-Secretary of State in 1782, and made a great reputation as an
orator, as he had already obtained it for wit. Some of his admirers, in-
cluding Pitt, believed him to be the finest speaker who had ever appeared
in ancient or modern times, especially after his wonderful oration on the
Warren Hastings' trial. In 1795 he married a second time (his first wife
dying in 1792). In 1804 he became Receiver of the Duchy of Cornwall,
and in 1812, after a defeat at the polls, left Parliament for good. His
extravagance and drinking habits had ruined him several times over, and
he died greatly in debt, and almost in destitution, at Savile Row, London,
on July 7, 1816. He was accorded a magnificent funeral, and was buried
in Westminster Abbey. His family is the most striking example known
in literature of what is called hereditary genius.
SHERIDAN, THOMAS.— Third son of Rev. Thomas Sheridan and Elizabeth
McFadden, and father of preceding writer. A noted actor, born in Co.
Cavan in 1721, Swift being his godfather. (Some accounts say that he
was born at 27 Capel Street, Dublin). He was educated at Westminster
School first, and then entered T.C.D. ; Sch., 1738; B.A., 1739. About
1743 he went on the stage, and made a great reputation as a tragedian.
He became a theatrical manager in London and Dublin, wrote some pieces,
and made some alterations of Shakespeare. He also produced an
"English Dictionary," and an edition of Swift's works in 17 volumes
(1784), and was granted a Civil List pension by George III. He died at
Margate on August 14, 1788, and was buried there.
SHERIDAN, THOMAS.— Son of R. B. Sheridan by his first wife, Elizabeth
Linley, and born in Dorset Street, Dublin, on March 17, 1775. He was a
very clever man, and some of his poems are good. One of his best is re-
printed in the Warder (of Dublin) of March 14, 1824. He was the father
of Lady Dufferin (q.v.), Hon. Mrs. Norton (q.v.), and F. C. Sheridan (q.v.),
and died at the Oape, where he held an appointment, on September 12,
1817. See Jordan's " Autobiography " for references to him. He is said
to have written "A Speaking Pantomime," a play attributed to Charles
Lamb. He certainly wrote " The Prussian," a play performed with
success in London, 1813, but not published.
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SHERIDAN, REY. THOMAS, D.D.— Philoctetes, tragedy from Sophwles,
1724, 8yo; The Satibes of Peesbtjs, translated into English, 1728, 8vo;
The Satires of Perseus, translated into English, 1739, Sro (se.Tferal
editions).
Born in Co. Oavan in or about 1664, and was chiefly notable as the
intimate friend of Dean Swift. B.A., T.C.D., 1711; M.A., 1714.; B.D.,
1724; D.D., 1726. He kept a school for a time in Dublin, and died near
there on October 10, 1738. HSs marriage was a failure, and he only left
his wife " five shillings."
SHERIFF, DANIEL. — ^Hibernica, poems, London, 1872, 8vo.
A native of Co. Antrim, bom early in the last century. Published
several other works, and died in or about 1882. His poems were dedicated
to Lord Dufferin.
SHERLOCK, T. E.— See S., T. E.
SHERLOCK, THOMAS.— A well-known journalist of Dublin, who was con-
nected with The Nation and Young Ireland, the latter of which he edited
for some years. He wrote various stories and poems, which chiefly
appeared in Nation, Young Ireland, United Ireland, and Shamrock. He
also composed the music of several songs, his setting of Thomas Davis's
" A Nation once again" being very popular. He was a member of the
Dublin Corporation for some years, and died at the age of 61 on May 7,
1901.
SHERWOOD, OLIVER C. — An Elegiac Poem occasioned bt the recent
AFFLICTION OF THE RoYAL Familt, Cork, 1819, 8vo.
SHIRLEY, HON. AND REY. WALTER.— Author of some exoeUent hymns,
which are in the collection of his cousin. Lady Huntingdon. He was the
son of the Hon. Lawrence Shirley, and nephew of Earl Ferrars, but
may not have been of Irish birth, though a clergyman in Ireland for
many years. He was born in 1725, became Rector of Loughrea, Co.
Galway, and died in 1786. In 1791 a Walter Shirley (possibly a son)
graduated B.A. at T.C.D.
SHORT, BERNARD. — ^Rural and Juvenile Poems, with some songs, by B. S.,
a youth, Belfast, 1821, 8vo ; Rude Rhymes and Songs, Belfast, 1824, 12mo;
The Habbingbe to Cottagei Harmonist, verse, Belfast, 1829, 8vo; The
Cottage Harmonist, Belfast, 1840.
A native of Co. Down.
SHORTER, DORA SIGERSON.— Verses, London, 1893, 8vo; The Fairy
Ohangfling and other Poems, London, 1897, 8vo ; My Lady's Slipper, and
other Poems, London, 1898 ; Ballads and Poems, London, 1899 ; As the
Sparks Fly Upward, London; The Woman who went to Hell, and other
Ballads and Lyrics, London, 1902, 8vo; The Story and Song op Black
Roderick, London, 1906; Collected Poems, with introduction by George
Meredith, London, 1907 ; The Troubadour and other Poems, London,
1910.
Daughter of Dr. George Sigerson (q.v.), and born in Dublin. Her
•earlier work was contributed to Urnied Ireland, Boston Pilot, Detroit
Free Press, Young Ireland, Irish Monthly, Catholic Times, Berry Jownal,
Nation, etc. In 1896 she married Mr. Clement Shorter, the well-known
critic and editor, and has since resided in London. Her work has shown
a steady advance with each of her volumes, and her position in Irish
literature is among the highest. Much of hor later writing has been pub-
lished in the best English reviews and magazines, and she is included in
most recent anthologies, English and Irish. She has written some powerful
short stories.
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SIBBALD, GEORGE. — ^Reminiscences of Viscount Palmsbsion, and other
poems, Belfast (Advertiser office), 1861, 8vo.
Was a bank clerk in Belfast, and mentions in above volume other works,
such as " Essay on Man " and " Poetical Works," but I do not know
whether they ever appeared.
SICAN, JOHN. — Son of a merchant in Essex Street, Dublin, and Mrs. Sican,
a friend of Swift, and mentioned in Swift's works, where a poem of his
is given (vol. 14 of Scott's edition). He graduated at T.C.D. ; B.A., 1733,
and M.B., 1743. After taking the latter degree he travelled in Italy, and
was murdered there in 1744. His poem to Swift is in Dodsley's " Collec-
tion," 1758.
SIDNEY, L.— Tbacts in Verse and Pbosb, Cork, 1814.
SIGERSON, DORA.— See Shorter, Dora S.
SIGERSON, GEORGE, M.D.— The Poets and Poetkt or Munster, with
metrical translations, second series (over signature of " Erionnaoh "),
Dublin, 1860, 8vo; Babds op the Gael and Gall, London, 1897, 8vo; new
edition, London, 1907.
Dr. Sigerson's fruitful and life-long work for Ireland cannot be properly
sketched here. His activities have been many, and the intellectual result
remarkable. As scholar, poet and scientist, he occupies a foremost rank,
but it is the achievements of ancient Ireland which have attracted most
of his attention, and he has illustrated them in a masterly way. He was
born at Holyhill, near Strabane, Co. Tvrono, pbout 1839. Contributed to
various Irish publications, particularly The Irishman, Nation, Ha/rp (1859),
Duffy's Hibernian Magazine, etc., generally over the pseudonym of " Erion-
nach." He also used signature " An Ulsterman," and on one occasion (in
Irish People) " Patrick Henry." He has published several works on Irish
political prisoners, land tenure, etc., and is the author of several botanical
works. He was for some time professor of botany at the Catholic Univer-
sity, and is now professor of zoology at University College, Dublin. One
of his brilliant addresses to the members of the Irish Literary Society,
Dublin, was printed in The Contemporary Meview. He is in all modern
Irish anthologies, including " Poems and Ballads of Young Ireland," 1888.
SIGERSON, HESTER.— A Cork woman, and a sister of Ralph Varian (q.v.).
Was the wife of Dr. Sigerson [q.v.). She published a novel, "A Ruined
Race," which met with some success, and wrote poems for different
periodicals, including The Harp (edited by M. J. McOann in 1859), over
the signature of "H.," Irish Fireside, Cork Examiner, Boston Pilot, The
Gael, Young Ireland, and Irish MonthVy. She is represented in Ralph
Varian's two collections by about half-a-dozen pieces. Her death occurred
on April 15, 1898.
SIGERSON, HESTER.— Daughter of Dr. Sigerson (q.v.), and at one time a
frequent contributor of poems to leading Irish periodicals. She was bom
in Dublin, and her writings have appeared in The Lyceum, Irish Fire-
side, and other Dublin periodicals, as well as in The Providence Journal of
Rhode Island (U.S.A.), and The Weekly Begister of London. She was on
the staff of Thr Weekly Freeman for many years, having succeeded Rose
Kavanagh as " Uncle Remus" of that paper. She married Mr. Arthur
Donn Piatt, American Vice-Consul of Dublin, about 1900.
SILK, W. f. — Almoran, or the Triumph of Right, a dramatic poem, Dublin,
1842, 12mo.
A doctor of medicine.
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SILLERT, CHARLES DOYNE.— Valleet, or the Citadel of the Lake, verse,
2 vols., Edinburgh, 1829, 12mo ; Eldbed of Ebin, a poem in Spenserian
stanza, Edinburgh, 1833, 12mo; The Exiles of Chamottni, a dramatic
poem, 1834; The Rotal Mahinbe and other Poems, London, 1833, 8vo;
The Lyrical Constellation, a poem, London, 1836, 12mo.
Born at Athlone on March 2, 1807, his father being Captain Sillery, a
native of Drogheda, and a Eoyal Artillery man, who died of wounds
received at Talavera. Another notice says he was bom at Slane, Co.
Meath, and that members of his family still reside there. The poet
became a midshipman, and went to India and China in that capacity,
basing some of his longer poems on what he had seen there. He after-
wards studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and published one or
two religious works in prose. He died in Edinburgh on May 16, 1837,
aged 30. Some of his Scotch pieces are popular, and he is in several
Scotch anthologies.
SIMMONS, BARTHOLOMEW BOOTLE.— Legends, etc., London, 1843, 8vo.
I think his father was an English exciseman, his mother being a Miss
Luddy, of Kilworth, Co. Cork, where he was born in 1806. (Some accounts
say 1804, but the late J. R. O 'Flanagan told me 1806 was the correct
date.) He was the eldest of three children, and was educated first at
Birmingham's school, in his native town, and afterwards at Quigley's, in
the same place. Through the influence of his father's landlord, Lord
Mountcashell, he obtained a place in the office of the Secretary of Inland
Revenue, London. He began to write verse for the magazines, and
especially for Black-wood's, where his most notable work appeared.
Christopher North spoke with fervour of his poetical merits, mentioning
" his noble ode on Napoleon, which none who read it once in our pages
can ever forget." It has been reprinted frequently as " Napoleon's Last
Look" and "Off Cape Ushant." His earliest publication appeared in
Bolster's Magazine, Ctork, when he was twenty years of age. Most of his
contributions to Blackwood bear his initials, but there are others,, such as
" The Bridegroom of Barna," a tale (1844) ; " Miss Biddy Whelan's Busi-
ness " (1841), and "The Rector's Daughter " (1845). Some of his poems
were signed "Harold." In 1845 failing health compelled him to return
to his native place for a time, and an injury caused by an explosion on
a Thames steam-boat hastened his death, which occurred (from cancer,
it is said), at Acton Street, Gray's Inn Road, London, on July 29, 1850.
[July 21 is generally stated, and may be right, but J. R. O'Flanagan
gives the above as correct.] Personally, Simmons was an amiable and
entertaining companion, and was one of Lady Blessington's numerous
circle.
SIMPSON, JOHN E. P.— Original Poems, Enniskillen, 1839.
SINGLETON, JOHN. — ^A General Description of the West Indian Islands,
AS PAR AS relates TO THE BRITISH, DuTCH, AND DANISH GOVERNMENTS,
FROM Barbadoes TO Saint Croix, in blank verse, Barbadoes (Dublin re-
printed), 1776.
The subscribers are chiefly Irish.
SINGLETON, REY. ROBERT CORBET.— The Works of Virgil, closely
rendered into English Rhythm, 1855, 8vo ; Virgil in English Rhtthm,
1871, 8vo.
Second son of Francis Corbet, of Aclare, Co. Meath, who took the
name of Singleton in 1820. Born on October 9, 1810, graduated B.A.,
T.C.D., 1830; M.A., 1833, and at Oxford. He was for a time Warden of
St. Columba's College, near Dublin, subsequently First Warden of St.
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Peter's College, Radley, from 1847 to 1861. He died at York on February
7, 1881, and was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. In 1868 he
edited, in conjunction with Dr. E. G. Monk, " The Anglican Hymn-Book "
(seoond edition, 1871), in which there are twenty-eight original hymns by
him, besides his numerous translations from Latin and German. He pub-
lished some sermons and " The Psalter arranged for Chanting," 1846.
SINTON, BENJAMIN. — Poetical Themes, showing the pathway of Holiness
through this land of Delusion to the celestial city of Zion, written at
different times and places, in excitable times of conflict and trial in Ire-
land, Portadown, 1884 (?).
Belonged to Portadown, and lived in Dublin as far back as 1844. Some
of the matter in his book is of local interest.
SKEPFINGTON, HON. HENRY ROBERT.— A Testimony, poems, Kingston-
on-Thames, 1848, 4to.
Fifth sou of 2nd Viscount Ferrard, and born February 10, 1820. Matri-
culated at Worcester College, Oxford, on October 11, 1841, aged 17;
studied law at the Inner Temple in 1843, and died on February 20, 1846,
SKEFFINGTON, JOHN.— (10th Viscount Massareene and Ferrard).—
O'SuLLivAU, The Bakdit Chief, a legend of Killarney, in six cantos,
Dublin, 1844, 8vo ; Church Melodies, London, 1847 ; The Love op God, a
poem, Dublin, 1868; A Metrical Psalteb, compiled from the MSS. of the
Viscount M. and F., by the Hon. L. P., Dublin, 1865.
Born on November 30, 1812, married on August 1, 1835, the daughter
of Henry Deane O'Grady, of Co. Limerick, and died on April 28, 1863.
He was an excellent Irish landlord, and his death was much regretted by
his tenantry. His " 0' Sullivan " seems to have been reviewed by the
Dublin University Magazine (1844) before its actual publication.
SKEPFINGTON, SIR LUMLEY ST. GEORGE (Bart.).— Maids and
Bachelors, a comedy, not published, 1806 ; The High Road to Marriage,
comedy, not published, 1803 ; The Sleeping Beatjty, a melodrama, 1805,
8vo; The Amatory Works op Tom Shuppleton, with notes by the author
(anonymously), London, 1815, 8vo; The Mysterious Bride, a play, not
published, 1808; The Word op Honour, a comedy, not published, 1802.
Not one of the Massareene family, but possibly related to them. His
grandfather's name was Farrell. He was of English birth, however, and
was educated in England. One of his pieces is given in "Harmonica"
(Cork, 1817, 8vo). He was born in London, March 23, 1771, and was a
famous dandy in his day. He died unmarried on November 10, 1850.
SKELLY, WILLIAM NUGENT. — A Novena in Honour op the Glorious
Patriarch, St. Joseph, London and Derby, 1848, 32mo (over signature
of " W. N. S."); The Mendicity, a poem, Dublin, 1847.
He was a contributor of poems, etc., to Duffy's Fireside Magazine over
his initials, and died in 1852, his death being noticed in the last number
of that periodical for the year named. But no other facts are given. He
was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare.
SKELTON, REY. PHILIP, D.D. — An eminent theologian, born at Derryaghy,
near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, in February, 1706 (or 1707). Sch. T.C.D.,
1726; B.A., 1728. He wrote some excellent hymns, which will be found in
his collected works. They are still included in representative collections,
two of them being in " L^ra Hibernica Sacra." There are sixteen lengthy
poems of a pious nature at the end of volume 6 of his collected works.
His life was written by the Rev. Samuel Burdy (g.v.). He wrote some
valuable and learned works, and died in Dublin on May 4, 1787, and was
buried in St. Peter's Churchyard in that city.
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SKIDDT, ELLEN MARY, — Miscellanboits Poems, by E. M. S., and Mary
Angela Skiddy (her daughter), Cork, 1866, 12mo.
Both wrote for the Cork Southern Beporter and Cork Examiner. A
Miss M. Skiddy is included in " Echoes from Parnassus," Cork, 1849.
SKIDDY, MARY ANGELA.— Miscellaneous Poems, by Ellen Mary Skiddy
and M. A. S., Cork, 1866, 12mo.
SKIDMORE, HARRIET K. — Beside the Western Sea, poems (edited by J. S.
Alemany, with introduction), New York, 1877, 12mo.
Is included in Connolly's " Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
SKRINE, MRS.— See Moira O'Neill.
SLATER, MAY WILSON. — The Love Letters of a Fenian, verse, over pseu-
donym of " May Shorsa," Dublin, 1901.
The authoress L of Co. Meath.
" SLIABH CUILINN."— See John O'Hagan.
" SLIEYE GALLION."— See David Hepburn.
SLOAN, EDWARD L.— The Bard's Offering, poems, Belfast, 1854.
Was a, workman in Belfast, I believe.
SMEDLEY, REV. EDWARD.— Erin, a geographical and descriptive poem,
London, 1810, 8vo.
Born at Westminster, September 12, 1788, and died June 29, 1836.
Author of many works. An Englishman.
SMEDLEY, REY. JONATHAN. — A Christmas Invitation to the Lord
Carteret, verse, Dublin, 1725, 4to; Gttllivehiana, prose and verse, Lon-
don, 1728, 8vo ; The Metamorphosis, a, poem, 1728 ; Poems on Several
Occasions, London, 1730, 8vo.
Born 1671, being the son of John Smedley. B.A., T.C.D., 1695; M.A.,
1698. A noted Irish clergyman of Swift's day, whose name is mentioned
several times in biographies of the satirist, towards whom he was not very
well affected. He wrote some clever pieces against Swift. One of his
poems is in M. Concauen's collection of poems (1724). Smedley was a
remarkable satirist in his way, and certainly the most formidable opponent
of Swift. In his " GruUiveriana," which was directed against Swift and
Pope, he says : —
"Who reads Pope's verses, or Dean Gully's prose,
Must a strong stomach have, or else no nose."
He became Dean of Killala on September 6, 1718, and Dean of Clogher
by letters patent, on April 13, 1724, and resigned in 1727. In February,
1728, he went to India, and probably died there soon after. In 1730 " A
Letter from a friend to Miss Mary Smedley" (his daughter) was published.
SMITH, FRANCES M. OWSTON.— Born of Irish parentage in Canada, her
father being a native of King's Co. Resides in Western Ontario, and has
written much verse. Five of her poems are in Magazine of Poetry (Buffalo,
New York), for April, 1893 — ^two of them on Irish themes.
SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM GILBART.— Poems, London, 1881, 8vo; The
Loves of Vandyck, a Tale of Genoa, verse, London, 1883, 8vo ; The Loo
o' THE Norseman, sonnets, songs and lyrics, London, 1884, 8vo ; Serbelloni,
poems, London, 1887, 8vo.
Second son of Denham Smith, of Kingstown, Co. Dublin, and born in
or about 1856. He matriculated at Oxford University on April 27, 1875
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(aged 19); B.A., 1880; M.A., 1882. Studied law at the Inner Temple
and founded a paper called Piccadilly, of which he was editor for some
time, and to which he contributed many poems.
SMITH, JOHN LAURENCE.— Born in 1861, of Irish parentage, in TJ S A
His father was killed in the Civil War, and his mother died when he was
five years of age. He was first a teacher, and later a journalist, editing
the pana News, Indiana. Since 1893 he has been postmaster of Dana.
Various poems by him have appeared in Boston, Chicago, and other
papers. In the Magazine of Poetry for May, 1894, there are eight of his
poems.
SMITH, M. H. — The Chieftains, or Erin's Harp, Freedom's Tones and
OTHER Poems, Dublin (?), 1848, 8vo.
SMITH, ROBERT.— Early Musings (over signature of " Myles "), London-
derry (Standard office), 1884, 8vo; Wayside Echoes and Poems, Belfast.
1894, 8vo.
Born at Kilskeery, Co. Tyrone, in 1853. Until his fifteenth year he
attended the village school, and then proceeded to Belfast, where he
entered a lawyer's office. After a couple of years he was obliged, on
the score of ill-health, to return to his native place, where he remained for
some time studying literature. He finally re-entered a lawyer's office, and
on completing his term there, became confidential clerk and manager
of a Derry law office.
SMITH, THOMAS. — There is a poet of this name represented in Joshua
Edkins' collection of poems (2 vols., Dublin, 1789-90).
SMITH, THOMAS C— Rude Rhymes, Dublin, 1817, 8vo ; Bay Leaves, Edin-
burgh, 1824, 8vo.
SMITH, REV. WILLIAM. — Ireland's Right and Need — Selp-Government, a
letter to the Earl of Carlisle, with several pieces in verse, Dublin, 1863, 8vo.
SMITH, SIR WILLIAM CUSACK, BART.— Auld Lang Syne, verse (not
published), 1830; Verses (not published), 1830; Thoughts upon the
Essential Name (not published), 1831 ; Metaphysio Rambles (over pseu-
donym of " Warner Christian Search "), 1835, 8vo ; the same, Stroll the
Second, 1835, 8vo ; the same. Stroll the Third, 1836, 8vo ; the three parts
in one, 1836; The Goblins oe Neapolis, verse (over signature of " Paul
PuckPeeradeal"), Dublin, 1836, 8vo.
An eminent judge, son of Michael Smith, of Dublin, and born there on
January 23, 1766; educated at Oxford, where he graduated B.A., 1786.
Was called to the English Bar in 1784 and to the Irish Bar in 1788, became
King's Counsel in 1795, and in the same year M.P. for Donegal in the
Irish Parliament. In 1800 he became Solicitor-General for Ireland, and
in 1802 a Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer. He died at Newtown,
near Tullamore, King's Co., on August 21, 1886, aged 70. In 1831 he re-
published his "Tracts Upon the Union." He sometimes wrote over the
signature of "Peter Puck Peeradeal." In 1793 he published "The
Patriot," a periodical work, and in 1796-97 " The Flapper," both incorpo-
rated in his " Miscellanies in Prose," 1804.
SMYTH, REY. EDWARD. — The Fall and Recovery of Man, poem, Belfast,
1777, ISmo.
A Presbyterian minister in Co. Down.
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SMYTH, REY. EDWARD.— Short Hymns, etc., Bath, 1780, 8vo; Poetical
Paraphrase op the Story of Dives and Lazartis, second edition, Dublin,
1781, 12mo ; A Choice Collection of Occasional Hymns, etc., in two
parts, Dublin, 1786, 12mo ; Miss Rowe's Devout Exercises of the Heart
TURNED INTO BLANK VERSE, 1800 (?), 18m0.
A Wesleyan minister of Bethesda Chapel, Dublin. Published several
sermons, etc., and edited one or two religious works. (See Margaret
Davidson).
SMYTH, JAMES. — A poet who contributed various poems to Nation, United
Ireland, Weekly News, etc., sometimes over the signature of " Smitz." He
is included in " Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885, 8vo. Was born about 1850
near Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, and may be still living.
SMYTH, JOHN. — A well-known: Ulster poet who used to write for Ulster
papers over the signature of " Macgowan." He is referred to in the preface
to David Herbison's (q.v.) " Snow-Wreath." He was born at Bally-
money, Co. Antrim, on October 14, 1783, and lived at Ballymena during
most of his early life, his father being keeper of the Bridewell of that place.
He wrote over aforementioned signature for Belfast Chronicle, Belfast
Magazine, etc., and after going to America in 1840, wrote poems for the
papers there. He died at Charleston, South Carolina, on September 12,
1854. He published a work on " Lay Preaching Legalised."
SMYTH, REY. JOHN EUSEBIUS.— An Essay towards a New Art of Criti-
cism, ETC., a satire, Dublin, 1730, 8vo.
Died December, 1749, and was buried in St. Patrick's Cathedral,
Dublin.
SMYTH, PATRICK G. — An Irish-American poet, novelist and journalist.
Born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, about 1856, and wrote verse for Irishman,
Shamrock, Young Ireland, Weekly News, etc., between 1876-85, over the
signatures of " P. G. S." and " Christopher Green." Has written some
popular stories, such as " The Wild Rose of Lough Gill," and was for some
time engaged on a leading Chicago paper. In early life he was a National
school teacher.
SMYTH, WILLIAM.— Old Carlisle Bridge, dramatic sketch, Dublin, 1862;
Dublin Destroyed, or the Witche's Cauldron of Railway Horrors, a
mysterious Shakespereance in one act, satire in verse, Dublin, 1863;
Hurrah! the Fleet! in verse, Dublin, 1803; Everything New? ob
Nothing New? a satirical comicality in verse, Dublin, 1864; Erin's Fairy
Spell, or the Palace of Industry and Pleasure, a vision, Dublin, 1865,
8vo (with portrait).
All the above were published over the signature of " William Scribble,"
and were very successful productions, the first being produced at Queen's
Theatre, Dublin. This clever author was born in Dublin on November
12, 1813, being the son of Richard Smyth, J.P., thrice Lord Mayor, and
thrice High Sheriff of Dublin. He was noted as an actor and painter,
appearing with great success on the English stage between 1843-45, under
the name of " W. S. Ryan," and being counted an excellent Irish
comedian. He exhibited his pictures at the Royal Hibernian Academy.
In 1828 he joined the navy as a midshipman, and served on The Ganges,
Temeraire, Pylades, etc. He left the service on his appointment as
Public Treasurer of Dublin (an office abolished later). In 1845 he married
the daughter of Dr. Charles Butler of Monkstown, Co. Dublin, and leaving
-the stage became a journalist, writing for Morning 'Advertiser, and acting
as Parliamentary reporter. He also wrote for All The Y6,ar Bound and
The Omnibus, and was one of the earliest members of the Savage Club.
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He counted among his friends Thackeray, Albert Smith, Father Prout,
Charles Kemble, etc. He was a good musician and sang well, had a
wonderful memory, and was a pleasant raconteur. He wrote largely for
Dhblin papers as well as for London ones. He died in London on March
5, 1878, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery.
SMYTH, WILLIAM.— English Ltbicks, second edition, 1798, 8vo; another
edition, London, 1806, 16mo ; reprint, Dublin, 1806, 8vo ; another edition,
London, 1815, 8vo ; another edition, London, 1850, 8vo.
The latter edition has a portrait and autobiographical note, by which
it appears that he belonged to Co. Meath, though said to have been born
in Liverpool. He became Professor of Modern History and a Tellow
of St. Peter's in Cambridge University, and published several works,
including the valuable ' ' Lectures on the History of the French Revolu-
■ tion " (3 vols., 1840), " Lectures on Modern History " (Cambridge, 1840),
and "Evidences of Christianity," 1845, and "Memoir of Mr. (R. B.)
Sheridan," Leeds, 1840. In the Dublin edition of his " English Lyricks "
there is a preface and introductory poem signed W. P. (i.e., William
Parnell), Avondale, and a frontispiece drawn by the same and engraved
by Shea. He wrote various songs and other poems not included in his
volume. There are references in Moore's "Diary" (Vol. 4, pp. 286, Vol.
5) pp. 332-333) to Smyth, who was born in 1765 and died unmarried on
June 24, 1849.
.SMYTHE, ALBERT EDWARD STAFFORD.— Poems Grave and Gay, with
portrait, Toronto, Canada, 1891, 8vo.
Born at Gracehill, Co. Antrim, December 27, 1861, and educated there,
at Ballymena Model School and Belfast Academical Institution. Was
first a journalist in Belfast, then in Chicago and Toronto. Some of his
poems are concerned with North of Ireland localities. He eventually
entered business life in Canada. Was a Theosophist, and introduced the
cult into Canada.
SMYTHE, ALFRED. — The Lady Elwtnorb, a poem, Dublin, 1879; Doom,
a dramatic poem in five acts, Dublin, 1880 ; The Wablock, comic opera
in three acts, Dublin, 1892 (not published); Sir Dunstan's Daughter
AND OTHER PoEMs, London, 1894, 8vo (with portrait).
Born in Dublin in 1856. He has written much for Chambers' Journal,
Pen and Pencil, Irish Society, WhiteihaU Review, Dramatic Review,
Pictorial World, etc. His " Warlock " was a success in Dublin, and the
author had a controversy with Mr. Sydney Grundy, the dramatist, about
it, in which the latter was charged with appropriating many of its ideas
for his " Haddon Hall," a later production.
SMYTHE, GEORGE SYDNEY (7th Ylsoount Strangford) .—Historic Fancies,
poems, London, 1844, 8vo.
Son of the sixth Viscount {q.v.), and author of several works. He was
born April 18, 1818, in Stockholm, during his father's embassy there.
Educated at Cambridge and became M.P. in 1841, being one of the leaders
of the Young England party. He was a diplomatist of great ability, and
a clever writer, contributing a great deal to Saturday Review, Daily News
and Pall Mall Gazette. He succeeded his father in 1855, and held various
Government appointments. He wrote verse for several annuals. His
death occurred near Liecester on November 23, 1857, at the age of 39.
SMYTHE, JAMES MOORE.— The Rival Modes, a comedy, 1727, 8vo.
Born in Surrey in 1702. His real name was James Moore, and he
was of Irish extraction, being the son of Arthur Moore, one of the Lords
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Commissioners of Tiade under Queen Anne. His mother's name
was Smyth., and he added it to his own. He wrote many songs
and poems, and is included in " The Dunciad," where his huge
size is alluded to. He held the office of paymaster to the gentlemen pen-
sioners, and died on October 18, 1734. He was educated at Worcester
College, Oxford.
SMYTHE, PERCY CLINTON SYDNEY (6th Ylsoount Strangford) .—Poems
FROM THE PoETTJGUESE OF Camobns, with remarks and notes, London, 1803,
16mo; 1805, 8vo; 1808, 12mo; 1809, 24mo; 1824, 8vo; 1828, 8vo.
This well-known translator from the Portuguese was born August 31,
1780 ; graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1801, and succeeded his father in 1801. He
was a distinguished ambassador, representing England at Stockholm,
Constantinople, and St. Petersburg. He became honorary D.C.L. of
Oxford in 1834, and died on May 29, 1855.
SNOW, JOSEPH. — ^A Cork poet who contributed to the journals of his native
city, over the signature of " Oberon." Soon after 1830 he went to London
and was called to the English Bar in the forties, but eventually became a
journalist. He published a couple of volumes of travels in 1835 and 1838
over the pseudonym of " George St. George."
SNOW, JOSEPH (?). — MisANTHEOPT AND OTHER PoEMS, London, 1819, 12moj
Minor Poems, London, 1828, 12mo; Sketches and Minor Poems, London,
1831, 12mo; Forms of Praters, etc., also poems on religious subjects,
London, 1831, 12mo; another edition, 1833, 12mo; Light in Darkness, or
Sermons in Stones ; Chueohtard Thoughts in Verse, London, 1845,
8vo ; Lyra Memorialis, Epitaphs and other Poems, London, 1857, 16mo.
The last-mentioned work includes an essay by Wordsworth.
SOLOMONS, ROSA J.— Facts and Fancies, poems, Dublin, 1888, 8vo.
SOMERS, ALEXANDER. — Lays of a Lazy Lawyer (over signature of
"Al-So"), London, 1891, 8vo.
Is a prominent solicitor in Manchester, and a grandson of the following
writer. He was bom in Salford, of Irish parents, on November 20, 1861,
his father being Dr. Alexander Somers (a Dublin man, and a Lecturer
on Materia Medica at Owen's College, Manchester). He was educated
at Salford Grammar School, and in Belgium, and was admitted a solicitor
in February, 1887.
SOMERS, MRS. B. — Selections from the Modern Poets of France, trans-
lated into English verse, with biographical notices, Dublin, 1848, 8vo.
Before her marriage she was a Miss O'Reilly, of Ballymorris, Co.
Longford. Her volume was dedicated to Maria Edgeworth, her intimate
friend. Her sister married John Burke the genealogist, and was mother
of Sir Bernard Burke.
SOMERS, JOHN. — A poet who signed his pieces in Walter Cox's Irish Maga-
zine (1809-1810), -J*** S*****," and "J. S— rs, Camden St." B»
appears as a subscriber to several volumes of poetry, published in Dublin
about the close of the last century.
SORAN, CHARLES. — The Patapsco and othee Poems, Baltimore (Maryland),.
1842.
Of Irish parentage, but born in America, and resident at Baltimore.
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SOUTHERNE, THOMAS.— The Loyal Bkothee, tragedy, 1682, 4to ; The
Disappointment, comedy, 1684, 4to ; Sir Antony Love, or the Raublino
Lady, comedy, 1691, 4to ; The Wives' ExotrsB, or Cuckolds make them-
selves, comedy, 1692, 4to; The Maid's Last Prayer, or anything hatheb
THAN FAIL, comedy, 1693, 4to; The Fatal Marriage, or Innocent
Adultery, tragedy, 1694, 4to; Oboonoko, tragedy, 1696, 4to; PAUSANiAa,
tragedy (edited by T. S.), 1696, 4to ; The Fate of Capua, tragedy, 1700,
4to ; The Spartan Dame, tragedy, 1719, 8vo ; Money the Mistress, comedy,
1726, 8vo; Works of T. S., 2 vols., London, 1721, 12mo; Plays, with life,
etc., 3 vols., London, 1774, 12mo.
This famous dramatist was born at Oxmantown, near Dublin, in 1660.
Sch., T.C.D., 1676; M.A., 1696. Hallam called attention to the fact that
Southerne was the first writer in the English language to denounce the
slave trade. One or two of his plays have held the stage for nearly a
couple of centuries. He died in London on May 26, 1746.
SPENCER, HENRY.— A Satyric Poem, Dublin, 1765, 8vo.
SPRATT, HARMAR DEYEREUX.— Juvehna, a romance of the Geraldine,
The McCarthy More, The O'Donoghue, in the annals of Desmond and
ITS Chiefs in the South of Ireland, poems, London, 1888, 8vo.
Died March 10, 1906 (?) at Pencil Hill, Mallow, in his 86th year.
SPRING,, THOMAS. — Familiar Epistle from a Student of the Middle
Temple to a Friend in Dublin (over initials of " T. S."), Dublin, 1771,
Svo.
The epistle was addressed to Barry Yelverton, afterwards Lord Avon-
more, and at the end of it are a few other poems by Spring, including
one entitled "Mallow, sweet Mallow, adieu," which is in "The
Shamrock," a collection of poems edited by Samuel Whyte {c[.v.), and was
reprinted by T. C. Croker in his "Popular Songs of Ireland." The
epistle to Yelverton was written in 1759, when the latter was master of
an academy in King Street, Dublin. Portion of it is to be found in
" The New Foundling Hospital for Wit," Vol. 6, 1786, and there wrongly
ascribed to Dr. Blackstone, and called " The Lawyer's Prayer." It has
been also attributed to Thomas Sheridan. It is also in Whyte's " Sham-
rock." Spring is represented in Joshua Bdkins' collection of poems,
Dublin, 1789-90. He was a graduate of T.C.D. (B.A., 1755), and became
a well-known lawyer. He died just before 1795 of jail-fever while on
circuit, a judge and several other barristers being among the victims of
the same epidemic.
SPROULE, HARRIET LETITIA (?).— Poems, etc., London (?), 1820 (?), Svo.
STAGE, WALTER TERENCE. — A Vision of Armageddon and other Poems,
Dublin, 1907.
STACK, WILLIAM H.— A T.C.D. man (B.A., 1828), who died before 1833,
after a rather unfortunate life. He wrote for Dublin Magazine, 1820,
and in collaboration with J. B. Clarke (q.v.) ran a dramatic daily paper
in Dublin called The Drama. He wrote also some plays.
STACEE, PATRICK BYRNE.— Born on October 31, 1833, at Briskey, parisk
of Commeragh, Co. Waterford. Educated at National Schools near that
place, and joined the Irish constabulary force about 1850, and remained
in it till 1879, when he went to U.S.A., where he joined the ranks of
Irish-American journalists, contributing to The Saratoga Sun, The Albany
Evening Journal, and Catholic Telegraph, Boston Pilot, Troy Catholic
Weekly, Troy Press, etc. Whilst a policeman in Ireland, he wrote poema,
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some of which appeared in The Waterford News. One of these, " My
Epitaph," was reprinted in several other papers, and is in " The Favourite
Songster " (compiled by Edward Ward, of Dublin), and has been set to
music. He died on 9th of February, 1893, at Stillwater, New York.
STACFOOLE, H. DE YERB.— Poems and Ballads, London, 1910.
A very successful novelist of the day, formerly a practising physician,
having studied medicine at St. George's and St. Mary's Hospitals, Lon-
don. He is the son of the Rev. W. C. Stacpoole, of Kingstown, Co.
Dublin.
STACY, JOHN. — The Democrat Convebted, a dramatic scrap, Carrick
(printed by himself), 1794, 8vo.
STANFIELD, JAMES FIELD. — The Fishekman, comic opera, 1786 (not
printed) ; The Guinea Voyage, a poem, London, 1789, 4to ; another ed.,
Edinburgh, 1807, 8vo.
Father of W. C. Staniield, R.A., the eminent painter, and was born
in Ireland about the middle of the eighteenth century. He was at one
time an actor, and had a theatrical company of his own in the North of
England. He published a couple of prose works, and wrote masonic
songs — ^see Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, Dublin, May and July,
1794. He was originally educated for the priesthood. He died on May
10, 1824, in London.
STANIHURST, RICHARD. — Translation of the fihst rona books op
Virgil's Eneid, with other poetical devices thereto annexed, 1583, 8vo;
one or two other editions.
Born in Dublin in 1547, being the son of James Stanyhurst or
Stauihurst, Recorder of Dublin and Speaker of the Irish House of
Commons. An ancestor, Richard Stanihurst, was Mayor of Dublin in
1489. He was educated at Oxford, but does not seem to have graduated
there, studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and became a Catholic after his
marriage. When his second wife died, he became a priest. He wrote
several learned works, and died at Brussels in 1618.
STARKEY, ALFRED. — The Prioress's Tale and other Poems, London,
1859, 8vo; The Child Martyr (verse?), London and Coventry, 1879, 8vo;
Love's Weakness is Love's Tragedy, a poem, London and Bedford,
1880, 8vo.
BTARKEY, DIGBY PILOT, LL.D.— Judas, a tragic mystery, Dublin, 1843,
8vo; Theoria and other Poems, Dublin, 1847, 16mo; An Ode Commemo-
rative OF Her Majesty's Visit to the Great Industrial Exhibiiton in
Dublin, over signature of " Menenius," Dublin, 1853, 8vo; Anastasia,
a poem (anonymously), 1858, 8vo ; The Dole op Malaga, a drama in five
acts and in verse, London, 1866, 8vo.
Also a romance called " John Twiller " (1869), and several political
tracts over the signature of " Menenius." Born in Dublin in 1806, B.A.,
T.C.D., 1827; M.A., 1883; called to the Irish Bar in 1831, and was for
many years an official of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. His name is
given as Sharkey in Todd's list of " Dublin Graduates," and in Ellis's
" Songs of Ireland." He wrote for Dublin University Magazine, over
signature of " Advena," and was also a contributor to Chambers' Journal.
He died about 1880.
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STABKET, JAMES. — The Twilight People, poems (over the signature of
" Seumas O'Sullivan "), Dublin, 1905, 8vo; Verses, Sacred and Profane
(over the same signature), Dublin, 1908, sq. 12mo ; The Earth Lover and
OTHER Verses, Dublin, 1909, sm. 4to ; Poems, Dublin, 1912.
One of the best-known of the younger Irish poets. Born in Dublin
about 1880, and a frequent contributor under his well-known pseudonym
to United Irishman, Irish Homestead, Sinn Fein, Dana, Shanachie, and
other Irish papers and reviews. In "New Songs," edited by George
Russell (g.-v.), some of his pieces made their first reputation. He is a son
of William Starkey {q-V.).
STARKEY, STANLEY.— Elegy on Sir E. Massie, Dublin, 1674, folio sheet.
STARKEY, WILLIAM.— Poems and Translations, Dublin, 1875, 16mo.
Is a pharmaceutical chemist in Rathmines, Dublin.
STARRAT, WILLIAM. — A contributor of songs to Allan Ramsay's collections,
but an Irishman, according to Dr. Thomas Campbell (q.v.) in his
" Philosophical Survey." He was also author of a work on projectiles.
STAWELL, REY. WILLIAM.— The Geoegics of Virgil, translated into
English verse, with notes, 1808, 8vo.
B.A., T.O.D., 1785; M.A., 1805.
STEELE, SIR RICHARD. — The Procession, a poem on Her Majestie's funeral
(" by a gentleman of the army "), London, 1695, folio; Poetical Miscel-
lanies, ETC. (edited by R. S.), London, 1714, 8vo.
Steele wrote little verse other than translations of classical quotations,
and is remembered only as a prose- writer, and as " the father of English
periodical literature." He projected and edited The Tatter (1709-11),
Spectator (1711-12), and The Guardian (1713), and to them contributed
many exquisite essays. He also wrote some rather witty comedies, such
as " The Tender Husband," " The Constant Lovers," and " The Funeral,"
which held the stage for a time. He was born in Dublin, in March, 1672,
was educated at the Charterhouse, London, and at Oxford, and entered
the army. He afterwards entered political life, and held various appoint-
ments. He was M.P. for Stockbridge for a time, but was expelled the
House for sedition in 1714. In the following year he was returned
member for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, and shortly after was knighted.
He married twice, and died in Wales on September 1, 1729.
STEELE, SARAH. — ^Eva, an Irish historical poem, with illustrative notes,
accompanied by some lyric poems, Dublin, 1816, 8vo.
STENNETT, REY. C. B., P.P.— Fugitive Pieces, Dublin (?), 1819.
STEPHENS, REY. GEORGE. — The Vajipire, tragedy in five acts (over
signature of " St. George Dorset"), second edition, London, 1821, 8vo;
Montezuma, tragedy in five acts (over same signature), 1823, 8vo;
Gertrude and Beatrice, tragedy, London, 1839, 8vo; The Hungarian
Daughter, dramatic poem, London, 1841, 8vo ; Dramas for the Stage,
privately printed, 2 vols., London, 1846
Probably an Irishman, and may have been the B.A., T.C.D., 1882.
Wrote some tales also.
STEPHENS, HENRY POTTINGER. — Balloonary, extravaganza (in conjunc-
tion with F. C. Burnand), Royalty Theatre, December 1, 1879; Billee
Taylor, oomio opera. Imperial Theatre, October 30, 1880 ; Claude Duval,
comic opera, Olympic Theatre, August 24, 1881; Lord Bateman, comic
opera. Gaiety Theatre, April 29, 1882; Virginia and Paul, comic opera.
Gaiety Theatre, July 16, 1883 ; Little Jack Sheppakd, burlesque (in con-
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junction with W. Yardley), Gaiety Theatre, December 26, 1885 ; The Red
HussAB, comic opera. Lyric Theatre, November 23, 1889.
Well-known author of dramatic pieces, and of numerous poems and
songs, in theatrical magazines, annuals, etc. Born in Dublin, and has
been a journalist in London for a good many years. Was the first editor
of Topical Times, 1885, and joined the Daily Telegraph staff in 1889.
STEPHENS, JAMES. — Insurrections, poems, Dublin, 1909; second edition,
Dublin, 1910; The Hill of Visions, poems, Dublin, 1912.
The author was born in Co. Dublin in February, 1882, and is employed
in a solicitor's office in Dublin. For the last two or three years he has
been writing striking poems and essays in Sinn Fein, and latterly in Irish
Beview. In this last periodical has appeared a story called " Mary," re-
published as "The Charwoman's Daughter," which for humour and close
observation of character has rarely been equalled. Both his prose and
verse justify the high hopes which have been formed by many as to his
future literary career.
STEPHENS, WILLIAM A.— Hamilton, and othbe Poems, Toronto, 1840;
Hamilton, and other Poems and Lectures, sec. ed., Toronto, 1871, 12mo;
Poetical Geography and Rhyming Rules for Spelling, Toronto, 1848.
The first edition of his first book' was the first work issued in Upper
Canada. Born in Belfast in 1809. Went to Canada, and about 1860
obtained the post of collector of customs there. Died about 1887, I believe.
STERLING, REY. JAMES.— The Rival Generals, tragedy, 1722, 8vo ; The
Parricide, tragedy, 1726, 8vo ; The Loves of Hero and Leander, from
the Greek op Musaeus, etc., Dublin, 1728, 12mo; London, 1728, 12mo;
Poetical Works, Dublin, 1734, 8vo.
Sch. T.C.D., 1718; B.A., 1720; M.A., 1733. Born in Ireland, probably
in Co. Meath, and went to London with his friend, Matthew Concauen,
the poet. Afterwards became a clergyman in America. , In Concanen's
collection of poems (1724) there are three of his poems, one addressed to
Robert Lovett, author of a tragedy called " The Bastard," and suggesting
that his visit to America had been accomplished. Is sometimes called
John and Joseph Sterling.
STERLING, JOHN. — Poems, London, 1839, 12mo; Strafford, tragedy, Lon-
don, 1843, 8vo ; The Election, a poem (anonymously), 1841, 8vo.
Son of Edward Sterling (a Waterford man, and editor of The Times),
and was born in Scotland, July 20, 1806. Became a distinguished literary
figure, but now remembered mainly as the subject of a, biography by
Thomas Carlyle. He wrote " Literary Lore " for Blackwood' s Magazine,
was editor of The Athenceum, and died at Ventnor on September 18, 1844.
STERLING, JOSEPH. — Bombarino, u. romance, with poems on the four sister
arts, eloquence, poetry, painting and music, and other miscellaneous
poems, Dublin, 1768, 12mo; Poems, Dublin, 1782, 12mo; The Rhapsodist,
a poem, Dublin, 1785, 4to ; Odes, London, 1794, 4to.
Is confused with Rev. James Sterling (q.v.) by several authorities. Pre-
sumably the Sch. T.C.D., 1767; B.A., 1769. Also wrote a "History of
Bayard," Dublin, 1781.
BTERNE, LAURENCE. — Two Lyric Epistles, one to my cousin Shandy on
his coming to town, and the other to the Grown Gentlewomen, the Misses
of . . .," London and Dublin, 1760, 16mo.
This famous writer was born in 1713 in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, of an
English father and an Irish mother. Some of his earlier years were passed
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in Ireland, and lie was then sent to a school in Halifax by a relative^ who
afterwards sent him to Cambridge. He was ordained, and through family
influence procured the living of Sutton, in Yorkshire. After his marriage
in 1741 he obtained promotion in the church, and eventually was Arch-
deacon of York. But he was a man of indifferent morality, and entirely
unfitted for the clerical calling. His fame was established by his " Life
and Opinions of ^istram Shandy," which began to appear in 1760, and
was completed in nine volumes in 1767. This immortal work, with his
"Sentimental Journey" (1768) is universally known and appreciated.
He did not attend to his clerical duties, and after a rather disreputable
life, died in London on March 18, 1768. The above poems are attributed
to him.
■STEUART, DANIEL. — Wrote several poems for Joshua Edkins' collection
(1801), which are signed "D***** S******."
STEVENS, REV. . — Chivalrie no Tbiflb, on the Knight and the Lady,
a poem (anonymously), Dublin, 1746, Svo.
Written by a parson named Stevens or Stephens, in reference to the
supposed refusal of a Knighthood by George Faulkner.
STEYENSON, ALFRED LEONARD.— Thoughts in a Gabden, London, 1895,
Svo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1880.
STEVENSON, JOHN. — ^Pat MoCaktht, Fabmer or Antbim, his Rhymes,
London, 1903, Svo.
One of the best and raciest books ever produced in Ulster. Its author
is a true poet.
STEVENSON, WILLIAM, M.D.— The Shipwbeck, a poem, Belfast, 1773, Svo.
STEWARD, ISABELLA. — Daughter of Robert Travers, a solicitor, of Cork,
and niece of General Sir Robert Travers and Admiral Sir Eaton Stannard
Travers. Wrote various novels and poems, commended by contemporary
critics. Married Thomas Steward, of Yarmouth, in 1827, and died on
April 23, 1867, and was buried at Gunton Churchyard, Suffolk.
STEWART, HUGH LESLIE.— Born at Saintfield, Co. Down, December 23,
1843, and died young, while a law student, on April 2, 1871. A frequent
contributor of verse to Northern Whig, Morning News and Ulster Maga-
zine, and Masonic Beview, Belfast.
STEWART, JOHN, M.D. — The Pleasures oe Love, etc., poems, London, 1805,
Svo ; second edition, 1806, Svo ; The Rebubeection, a poem in five books,
London, 1808, Svo; Genevieve, with Odes and othee Poems, London,
1810.
A Belfast man, who is represented in "Harmonica" (Cork, 181S), and
in Dr. J. Clarke-Whitfield's " Vocal Pieces " (2 vols., London, 1S16).
Was a poet with some reputation in his day.
STEWART, REY. JOHN ALEXANDER.— Represented in " Lyra Hibernica
Sacra" bj one poem. Probably the B.A., T.C.D., 1860. Incumbent of
Cloony, diocese of Derry.
STEWART, MARY. — The Mibeob of the Heabt, ok Lays op Loyalty,
Patriotism, Chivalby, and Devotion, witTi music and sketches, Dublin,
1S61.
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STEWART, THOMAS ( ?) .— Valentia, or the Fatal Bibthday, tragedy, Lon-
don, 1762, 8vo.
STOCK, RT. REY. JOSEPH, D.D. (Bishop of Klllala, etc.).— The Book or Job,
metrically arranged, and translated, with noteSj 1805, 4to.
He was at Killala when the French landed in 1798, and wrote orer the
signature of " An Eye- Witness," " A Narrative of what passed at Killala
during the French invasion," 1800, 8vo. He was the author of many
works of a theological character. He was born at No. 1 Dame Street,
Dublin, on December 22, 1740. Sch. T.C.D., 1759; B.A., 1761; Fellow,
1763; M.A., 1764; B.D., 1771; D.D., 1776. He died at "VVaterford on
August 13, 1813.
STOCK, SARAH GERALDINA. — The Brightbb Day,— poems (in conjunction
with E. H. Thompson), illustrated, London, 1889, 4to ; Joy in Sobkow,
poems, second edition, London, 1884, 16mo ; Life Abundant, and other
Poems, London, 1892 8vo.
Wrote hymns for various hymnals. Born, probably in the North of
Ireland, on December 27, 1838. Died August 29, 1898, in North Wales,
aged 59.
STODART, MARY ANNE. — Sceiptural Poems fob Children, 1841 ; National
Ballads, patriotic and Protestant, London, 1814, 12mo; second edition,
1851.
Other works of a religious character. She was an Orange poetess. There
are 118 " Christian " epigrams by this writer in Major McGregor's
"Epigrams from the Greek Anthology," and she is represented in volume
2 of the collection of poetry issued by the 'National Board of Education,
in Ireland (1849).
STOKES, REY. HENRY GEORGE.— The Vale of Lanhebne and other
Poems, with plates, 1853, 8vo; The Seoeet of Life, a poem in four parts^
^privately printed), London, 1871, 8vo.
This writer is included in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra^" and Connolly'^
"Household Library, of Ireland's Poets," and was incumbent of Ardcolmj
diocese of Ferns. Uorn in Co. Sligo in 1804, and was a relative of Sir
George Gabriel Stokes, P.R.S. B.A., T.C.D., 1826; M.A., 1832. He
married Anne Maria, daughter of Rev. W. Hickey.
STOKES, WHITLEY, M.D. — The Satanical Remembrancer, an apparition be-
tween an Apparition and an Archbishop, a poem, Dublin, 1783.
Probably by Whitley Stokes. Born in Waterford in 1763, and educated
there and at T.O.D., where he graduated B.A., 1783; was made a Fellow
in 1788, M.A., 1789; M.B. and M.D., 1793. He became a very eminent
physician, and was a United Irishman. Wolfe Tone called him " the very
best man I have ever known' ' He wrote various poems, one of which,
on the shamrock, was written in 1821, when George IV. landed in Dublin,
and it is given in the biography of him in Dr. L. H. Ormsby's " Medical
History of the Meath Hospital " (p. 121). He died in Dublin on April 13,
1845, aged 82. Several of his descendants have been notable in one way
or the other, witness his son. Dr. Wm. Stokes, and the latter's three
children. Sir Wm. Stokes, M.D. ; Whitley Stokes (q-v.), and Margaret
Stokes.
STOKES, WHITLEY. — The Passion, a poem from the Cornish, with notes,.
etc., Berlin, 1862; Gureanoan-Bts the Creation of the World, a Cornish
mystery in verse, translated by W. S., London, 1864, 8vo.
The son of the late Dr. William Stokes, of Dublin, where he was born,
in 1830. B.A., T.C.D., 1851; Hon. LL.D., 1868. He entered the legal
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depsytifiient of the Indian Civil Service, and remained in India many
years. He was a great scholar, and author of numerous important works
relating to early Irish literature, etc. Some of his poems will be found in
Brooke and RoUeston's " Treasury of Irish Poetry." He died on April 13,
1909. Mr. R. I. Best, of National Library, Dublin, has compiled an excel-
lent bibliography of his writings.
STONE, REY. WILLIAM.— The Coukse ov Tkuth, a poem, 1841.
Born in Cork in 1805, and educated at Oxford, where he graduated B.A.,
1833; M.A., 1836. Wrote various books, and died in Sussex on March
4, 1877.
STOPFORD, MISS A. ST. G.— S.id Sounds fhom a Bhqken Harp, ob a Faint
Death-cry from Ireland (over initials of " A. St. 6. S."), second edition,
Dublin, 1847, 12mo.
Was of Ardbraccan, Co. Meath, and related to Archdeacon E'. A.
Stoptord, and his famous daughter, Mrs. J. R. Green.
STOPFORD, OCTAYIA. — Sketches in Veesb, and other Poems, privately
t)rinted, Hull, 1826, 8vo.
STOREY, ELIZABETH FRANCES.— This lady, the mother of the dis-
tinguished Irish biographer, Mr. W. J. Fitzpatrick, was the author of
various poems, which appeared in the Dublin Moiniinj liegister,
1840, etc., and in other periodicals. She left behind her a large number
of pieces in MS. Her maiden name was Brett, and she married when only
sixteen years old. She died on December 7, 1869, aged 79.
STOREY, THOMAS.^A Belfast printer, who was hanged as a rebel in 1798.
Wrote some poems, two of his pieces being in Dr. Madden's " Literary
Remains of the United Irishmen."
STOTT, THOMAS. — The Songs of Deardea, and other pieces, London, 1825,
8vo.
This once well-known writer, who is referred to in Byron's "English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers," was born at Hillsborough, Co. Down, on
April 25, 17o-5. He was a rich linen-bleacher in Dromore. A great friend
of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, he was first a violent Republican, it is
said, afterwards becoming a strong Conservative. He died on
April 22, 1829, at his residence in Dromore, and was buried
in the Cathedral grounds. Tliere is a lengthy inscription on his tomb-
stone, which was erected by his son, John Stott (who died in Coleraine on
May 17, 1860). Thomas Stott wrote numerous poems for the United
Irishmen's Northern Star, Belfast News-Letter London Morning Post,
Poetical Begister (1806, etc.), and other periodicals over the signature
of "Hafiz," and his own name. He was the "Thomas Stott" of
" Warringstown " and " Banks of Banna/' who wrote for Walker's Hiber-
nian Magazine, 1779-80. In the same magazine for August and November,
1801, are poems by him, two of them signed " Hafiz, Dromore." There
is a poem of his among Rev. Samuel Burdy's (q.v.) verses, and another
is in Madden's "Literary Remains of the United Irishmen," taken from
" Paddy's Resource."
STRANGFORD, YISCOUNTS.— See under Smythe.
STRATFORD, REY. THOMAS.— FotrBPASTOHALEssATS in Verse . . . Paradisi
amis SI LIBER PRIMUS Gr^ce, 1770, 4to ; Fontenot, a poem in 9 books, —
Book 1, and Four Pastoral Essays, London, 1782, 4to; Lord Russell, a.
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tragedy, 17S4, 8vo ; The Labyrinth, from the French of Corneille, 1795,
■8vo; Darius, a tragedy (not published).
Born at Tocher, Co. Westmeath, August 8, 1735, heing the son of a
respectable farmer named Robert. Stratford. B.A., T.C.D., 1757. After
leaving T.C.D. he became a tutor in the family of a Mr. Nugent, of
"Westmeath, and married his daughter. Was at first curate of Scrabby,
on the border of Cavan, but Lord Belvedere gave him the living of Galls-
town, Co. Westmeath, with £300 a year. There he wrote his Greek
version of the first three books of " Paradise Lost." In 1782 he went to
London, taking the MSS. of his plays and poems. " Lord Eussell " was
played at Drury Lane in 1784, with a prologue by Henry Lucas (q.v.) and
an epilogue by Mrs. Battier {q.v.). G'Keefife says ("Recollections," vol.
2, pp. 102-4), that Stratford bored him by reading his plays to him.
Returned to Ireland disheartened, died soon after.
STRITCH, ANDREW F. RUSSELL. — Lays and Lyrics of the Pan-Celtic
Society (edited by A. R. S.), Dublin, 188-, 8vo.
Was the son of John Russell Stritoh, a barrister; and he was himself
called to the Bar. He wrote a goodly number of poems for Irish and other
papers, chiefly over the signatures of "A. R. St. Ritoh " and " Flann
Fionna," and died on December 10, 1905, aged 86. The above collection
comprises poems by various members of the Pan-Celtic Society, a body of
enthusiastic students of Irish literature which flourished about 1886-9.
STUART, JAMES, LL.D. — Poems on Various Subjects, Belfast, 1811, 12mo.
Author of a history of Armagh, of which he was possibly a native.
B.A., T.C.D., 1781. He edited The Newry Magazine (4 vols., 1815-1819),
The Belfast Chiardian (1822), etc., and wrote verse for them. He con-
tributed poems to Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1784, etc., and two of his
pieces will be found in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra." He died in Belfast on
September 28, 1840, and there is a tablet to his memory in Christ Church,
in that city.
STUART, THOMAS PATRICK.— Born in Dublin in 1866, and educated at
Bective College and the High School, Dublin. In the latter place his
contemporaries included Alfred Harmsworth, now Lord NorthclifEe (the
newspaper proprietor), W. B. Teats (q.v.), Charles Weekes (c[.v.), Charles
Johnston (the Sanscrit scholar, now in America), F. J. Gregg (g.i?.), and
other interesting people. Contributed to Scots Magazine, Fun, Pall Mall
Budget, Sketch, and other papers. Is a solicitor in Dublin.
8TUDDERT, MICHAEL. — A Colleceion of Humorous Letters and Pieces
OF Poetry, Dublin, 1898 (by M. S., formerly of Kilrush and Kilkee).
Local verses.
" STUDENT, A."— The Crimead, a poem, Belfast, 1856— dedicated to Lord
Carlisle, the Viceroy of Ireland. See Rev. T. H. M. Scott.
SULIVAN, ROBERT. — The Silent River ; Faithful and Forsaken, dramatic
poems, London, 1824, 8vo; Flittings of Fancy, prose and verse, London,
1837, 12mo; The King's Friend, play in prose and verse, London, 1845,
8vo ; A Beggar on Hbrseback, comedy in five acts, 1846, 12mo ; Family
Pride, comedy in five acts, 1847, 12mo ; The Old Love and the New,
comedy in five acts, 1851 ; Elopements in High Life, comedy in five acts,
1853, 12mo; Comedies, ^.
The above plays were, with the exception of the last but one, produced
at the Haymarhet Theatr^e in the years mentioned. The other came
out at Drury Lane. The author was the son of Sir Benjamin Sulivan, and
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married Margaret Falmer or Farmer, and was a ba.rrister of the Inner
Temple. He wrote for the annuals, and edited The Album, 1823. He
was born on January 27, 1797, and died about 1865.
8ULIYAN, STEPHEN.— An Epistle, etc. (anonymously), 1772, 4to ; Select
Tables pbom the Persian, translated by S. S., 1774, 8vo.
SULLIYAN, ALEXANDER MARTIN.— Well-known Irish journalist and poli-
tician, born at Oastletownberehaven, Co. Cork, in 1830, being a brother of
T. D. Sullivan {q.v.). Became editor of The Nation in 1855, and after-
wards proprietor, and was concerned in most of the Irish movements of
his time. He entered Parliament in 1874 as M.P. for Louth, and was later
M.P. for Meath. He became a barrister about 1876, and died on October
17, 1884, in Dublin, and was buried in Glasnevin. He wrote a goodly
number of poems for The Nation between 1856-70, and is represented as a
poet in " Irish Penny Readings " (4 vols., 1879-85). His " New Ireland "
and "Story of Ireland" are very popular, and he was also author of
other works.
SULLIYAN, DENIS BAYLOR.— An Irish lawyer and Q.C., and brother of
the preceding writer and of T. D. Sullivan (g.i).). He wrote some rather
popular poems, for two of which see "Irish Penny Readings" (4 vols.,
1879-85), and died in April, 1909, aged 63.
SULLIYAN, JAMES FRANCIS. — ^A clever artist, for many years on the staff
of Fun and other comic papers. He has also been connected with Cassell's
Saturday Journal and the Strand Magazine, for the latter of which he
has written numerous sketches. Many poems and sketches of his also
appeared in Mood's Comic Annual during some years, and two volumes
of his stories and sketches have been published. He also issued many
years ago two collections of extremely funny drawings.
SULLIYAN, JOHN.; — A l' esditetj d' la Chronique . . . Es riches, St. Helier,
Jersey, 1870 (?), 8vo; Victor Hugo, Elegie, 1885, fol. ; A Son Excellence
LE Major General Wray, St. Helier, 1887, 4to.
The first piece is written in Jersey dialect. The author was probably
a native of Jersey.
SULLIYAN, JOHN TURNER SARGENT.— An American lawyer of Irish
descent, and author of various songs and poems. Born in Boston, U.S.A.,
in 1813, and died there on December 30, 1838.
SULLIYAN, MARGARET F. — A distinguished Irish-American poetess, born
in Co. Tyrone in 1847, her parents' name being Buchanan. Was taken
to America when very young, and was educated at Detroit and Michigan.
She married Alexander Sullivan, a prominent lawyer, in 1874, and has
written many admirable poems. She has published a work entitled
"Ireland of to-day," was a leader-writer on Chicago papers from 1870
to 1883, and contributed a good deal to an American supplement of the
"Encyclopaedia Britannica." She wrote for North American Beview,
Catholic World, New York Sun, etc. Some of her poems are in several
collections of Irish poetry. She died at the end of December, 1903.
SULLIYAN, MICHAEL JOHN.— See under 0' Sullivan.
SULLIYAN, ROBERT, LL.D.— Juvenile Poems, Belfast, 1818, 8yo.
An eminent educationist, born at Holywood, Co. Down, in January,
1800. Was educated at the Belfast Academical Institution and T.C.D.,
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where he graduated B.A., 1829; M.D., 1832; LL.B. and LL.D., 1805. Be-
came an inspector of National schools, and afterwards a professor of
English Literature under the National Board. His educational works
are well-known in Ireland. He died in Dublin on July 11, 1868, and was
buried in his native place.
SULLIYAN, THOMAS RUSSELL.— Author of a novel entitled "Roses of
Shadow," 1885, some dramas, and poems. He was born in Boston, Mass.,
on November 21, 1849, and for some time held a good position in one of
the Boston banks, but now devotes himself solely to literature. Some of
his poems have been reprinted in the Boston Pilot.
SULLIYAN, TIMOTHY DANIEL. — Duneoy, and other Poems (over signa-
ture of "Timothy O'Sullivan"), Dublin, 1868, 8vo ; Green Leaves,
poems, second edition, Dublin, 1879, 8vo; eleventh edition, 1887, 8vo;
Poems, Dublin, 1888, 8vo; several editions; Prison Poems, and Lays op
TuLLAMORE, Dublin, 1888, 8vo ; Lays of the Land League (over initials
of "T. D. S."), Dublin, 1887, 16mo; Blanaid, and other Poems, Dublin,
1892, 8vo ; A Selection from the Songs and Poems of T. D. Sullivan,
Dublin, 1907, 12mo; Evergreen, a book of verse, Dublin, 1907, 12mo.
This noted Irish poet and politician was born in May, 1827, at Bantry,
Co. Cork. He was educated privately and at Bantry Schools, and married
in 1856. He first entered Parliament in 1880 as M.P. for Co. Westmeath,
and sat for it till 1885, when he became member for one of the Dublin
divisions. He held this seat till 1892, and was subsequently one of the
members for Co. Donegal. He began to contribute to The Nation about
1850, and for many years continued to publish his poems in that periodical.
His brother, A. M. Sullivan, becoming editor, he assisted him in the
management of the paper. He wrote poetical pieces for many other
Irish journals, but it was in The Nation that most of his songs first saw
the light. Besides his poems, he has written a small history of England,
and a memoir of his brother, and has edited the " Irish Penny Readings,"
"Emerald Gems," "Speeches from the Dock," and A. M. Sullivan's
" Speeches and Addresses." He became editor of The Nation after his
brother, but sold the property a few years ago. He owned another paper
called The Weekly Nev>s, for which he also wrote, and also Towng Ireland,
a small magazine. He has in recent years published, besides many new
poems, his " Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics," an account
of the Sullivan clan, and has edited "Patriotic Poems by Irish Priests."
SULLIVAN, WILLIAM FRANCIS.— The Test of Union and Loyalty, play,
1791 ; The Flights of Fancy, Leeds, 1792, 8vo ; The Rights of Man, a
farce, 1791.
The last-mentioned piece will be found in Thespian Magazine for 1791
or 1792. He was born in Dublin, in or about 1756^ and was the son oT
Francis Sullivan, LL.D., and Senior Fellow of T.C.D. Was educated at
T.C.D., but apparently did not graduate, and was intended for the church,
but the death of his father interfered with the project. He joined the
navy in 1776, and served in it till 1783, going through the American War,
and in the latter year settled in England, where he became an actor,
dramatist, and journalist. He died about 1830.
SUPPLE, GERALD HENRY.— An admirable Irish-Australian poet, who is
included in various Irish anthologies, and in Sladen's " Australian Poets."
He was the eldest son of Thomas Supple and Letitia Ann Sherlock, of
Cork, and was born in that city in 1823. Through his mother, a Ballin-
temple lady, he was a lineal descendant of Edmund Spenser, the poet.
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He was one of six children, who all died in the same decade as himself.
He is said to have been employed in some capacity in Peter Purcell's
coach-building establishment, but this is perhaps doubtful. He studied
for the Bar, but was not called till he went to Australia. In that year he
was arrested and imprisoned for taking part in the insurrection under
Smith O'Brien. He was then living at 9.Newcomen Terrace, North
Strand, Dublin. He wrote various poems for The Nation (1847-1851)
over initials of " G. H. S." and signature of " Torquil," and also for
Bentley's Miscellany. He published a "History of the Anglo-American
Invasion of Ireland," in Dublin, 1856, and soon after went to London,
where he did journalistic work for a oouple of years, becoming associated
with George J. Holyoake, who refers to him in his " Reminiscences " with
respect. He finally went to Australia. He wrote for the Melbourne Age
the Argus, and the Australasian, and his fine poem, " The Dream
of Dampier," appeared in The Melbourne Eeview, January, 1879. It is
said to have been written in prison. Supple having received twenty years'
imprisonment for shooting a man, in mistake for another. He was released
after some years, and from 1878 to 1898 lived in Auckland, New Zealand,
in a hospitaj of which city he died on August 16 in the latter year. About
1897 or 1898 his poems were published by subscription in Melbourne.
In November, 1897, G. J. Holyoake appealed in Freeman's Journal for
funds to support Supple and his two sisters, living in poverty.
SUTTON, EDWARD A. — ^An Irish-Canadian poet, one or two of whose poems
are often reprinted, but of whom I can get few particulars. I have heard,
however, that he was a Wexford man, and after being a clerk in the
Government service in Quebec, started in business as a miller in Montreal.
I have heard it said that his father was connected with the Union Bank of
Quebec, and that the poet died young. He is represented in Connolly's
collection of Irish poetry, and also in " Irish Penny Readings."
SUTTON, HENRY. — ^Rose's Diaby, poems, Manchester, — .
An Irish poet of some merit.
iSTHfANN, THOMAS. — Modern Italy, a poem, London, 1863, 8vo; Herbert
AND Egebe, a poem, Dublin, 1864, 8vo ; English Odes and Lyrics, Dublin,
1868, 8vo.
;SWEENEY, ROBERT. — Odds and Ends, poems, original and translated, New
York, 1826, 8vo.
An Irish-Canadian, doubtless born in Ireland. Is )represented in
Dewart's anthology of Canadian poets, where his name is spelt Sweeny.
He died at Montreal on December 16, 1840.
SWEETMAN, ELINOR MARY. — Footsteps of the Gods, and other poems,
London, 1893, 8vo; Palms, verse, ; The Wild Orchard, poems, Lon-
don, 1911.
A contributor of excellent poems to Irish Monthly, and various other
journals, over the initials of "E. S." She is a sister of Mrs. Blundell,
who signs her stories and poems " M. E. Francis," and is, like her, a
native of Queen's Co. Is represented in Orby Shipley's " Carmina
Mariana."
SWEETMAN, ELLIE (?).— A young poetess included in Paul's "Modern
Irish Poets," vol. 2, where four of her pieces are gvien. She was born in
Dublin, and is not related, I think, to previous writer.
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8WEETMAN, WALTER.— Through the Night and Onward, poems, 2 vols.,
London, 1871, 8vo; The Daughters of the Kings^ and otheb Poems,
London, 1871, 8to; Lost Footsteps, poems, Edinburgh, 1875, 8vo.
Fourth son of Michael Sweetman, of Longtown House, Co. Kildare, was
born in 1831, and entered Gray's Inn in January, 1852. Educated at
Stonyhurst College, and graduated B.A. at London University.
SWIFT, DEANE. — The Monks op Trinity [College], a heroic poem. Canto
the first, Dublin, 1795, 4to (anonymously).
Eldest son of Theophilus Swift (q-v.), and a, collateral descendant of the
famous Dean. He was bom about 1770, and entered T.C.D. in July,
1792, but soon left for Eton and Oxford. There are a couple of Latin
and other poems by him in his father's " Animadversions of the Fellows
of T.C.D." He was living in Gravesend in 1847. Became a United
Irishman, writing for The Press a series of letters over the signature of
" Marcus," one of which, on the execution of William Orr, obtained
Finnerty, the reporter, though defended by Curran, a heavy fine and
two years' imprisonment. He was proscribed in 1798, but was pardoned,
and was living in Dublin in 1858.
SWIFT, EDMUND LEWIS LENTHAL.— Anaceeon in Dublin, etc., poems
(anonymously), Dublin, 1814, 12mo; Waterloo and other Poems, London,
1815, 8vo; Juvenal's 10th and 13th Satires, translated by E. L. L. S.,
1818, 8vo ; Homeric Studies (for private circulation), London, 1840, 4to.
Son of Theophilus Swift {q.v.). Born on June 20, 1777, probably in
Dublin. Called to the Irish Bar, and afterwards (1815) to the English
Bar. He became keeper of Regalia in the Tower of London,
and died on December 28, 1875, aged 99. There are three poems by
him in Forget-me-not for 1832. He wrote a treatise on " Sixteen
Ancient Names of Ireland," and another on St. Patrick. He is said to
have been the "Swift, a barrister," who wrote "The Five Lovers," a
comic opera, which, with music by T. Cooke, was performed in Dublin
in 1806, but it was probably his father.
SWIFT, REY. JONATHAN, D.D.— Baucis and Philemon (anonymously),
imitated from Ovid, 1692; do. (anonymously), 1709, 4to; Miscellanies
IN Prose and Verse (by Swift and Pope), 1711, 8vo; 1713, 8vo; The
Seventh Epistle op Horace, Book I., imitated, 1713, 4to; Prometheus,
a poem (anonymously), 1714, fol. sheet; Miscellanies in Prose aud
Verse (by J. S., etc.), 5 vols., London, 1717-35, 8vo; Miscellanies in
Prose and Verse (by J. S., Addison, etc.), 1721, 12mo; To His Grace
THE Archbishop op Dublin, poem, 1725 (?), fol. sheet; Cadenus and
Vanessa, a poem, 1726, 8vo; To His Bxceoglency Lord Caeteret, 1729,
fol. sheet; A Bbautipul Young Nymph going to Bed, etc. (anonymously),
1734, 4to; The Works op J. S., with portrait, 4 vols., Dublin, 1735, 8vo;.
(numerous editions, much enlarged); The Poetical Works op J. 8.,
London (?)j 1736, 12mo ; Verses on the Death op Dr. S., written by
himself, London, 1739, fol. ; Poems, London, 1740 ( ?), 12mo ; (a great
number of editions and reprints).
It would be impossible to give a complete list of Swift's separate
poetical productions in a limited space as they were reprinted innumer-
able times, but most of them are included in all the great collections
of British Poets, such as Dr. Johnson's "English Poets," 1779; Bell's
"Poets of Great Britain," 1782; Anderson's do., 1793; Park's "British
Poets," 1808; Chalmers' "English Poets," 1810; Sandford's "British
Poets," 1819; " Aldine Poets," 1830, etc. The latest edition, however,
is that recently published by George Bell and Sons, a companion edition
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to their admirable collection of the " Prose Writings of Swift." Moreover,
his complete works have been gathered by various editors, including Sir
Walter Scott. He was born at 7 Hoey's Court, Dublin, on November 30,
1667, and was taken to England in very early infancy, being kept there two
years. When six years of age he was sent to Kilkenny School, and at fifteen
entered T.C.D., where he graduated (spec, grace) B.A., 1686; B.D. and
D.D., 1702. In 1689 he went to England and entered the house of Sir Wm.
Temple as secretary, remaining there till 1694. He graduated M.A. at
Oxford in 1692, and became deacon in October 1694, and was fully
ordained three months later. Given the living of Kilroot, near Carrick-
fergus, he stayed there for eighteen months, after which he returned to
Sir Wm. Temple's. It was there he made the acquaintance of Miss
Esther Johnson, known as " Stella." In 1699, after Temple's death, he
became chaplain to Lord Berkeley at Dublin Oastle, and shortly after
Vicar of Laracor, Co. Meath. His " Battle of the Books " was his first
work, and his "Tale of a Tub" appeared in 1705. He first supported
the Whigs, but later went over to the Tories. He was made Dean of
St. Patrick's in 1713, and about the same time became acquainted with
" Vanessa " (Miss Hester Vanhomrigh). His " Drapier's Letters " were
published in 1723, and " Gulliver's Travels " in 1726. He died in Dublin
on October 19^ 1745, and was buried beside "Stella" in St. Patrick's
Cathedral. It would be superfluous to enlarge here upon his popularity
and power. He is recognised as the greatest satirist in the English
language.
SWIFT, THEOPHILUS.— The Gamblebs, a poem (anonymously), 1777, 4to;
Pbison Pindakics, a squib (attributed to T. S.), Dublin, 1795, 8vo; The
Temple of Folly, poem in four cantos, London, 1787, 4to; Rejectbd-
Addbesses, poems to a Miss D. (attributed to T. S.) — ; Poetical.
Addbess to His Majesty, — .
Son of Deane Swift, and born in Dublin in or about 1746. Was father
of the Deane Swift mentioned above, and related to Jonathan Swift
iq.v.), and held some estates in Co. Limerick. He graduated B.A. at
Oxford, in 1767, and was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1774.
He practised as a barrister in England. He quarrelled with T.C.D. for
not honouring his son, " the cleverest lad in all Ireland," as he called'
him, and got twelve months' imprisonment for libelling the Fellows,
whilst the Rev. R. Burrowes (q.v.) got six months for a libel on him. He
^was an eccentric individual, and poured out all his private grievances in
his books. In an anonymous satire entitled " The Accomplished Quack,
a treatise on political charlatanism, an advice to literary empirics and'
nostrums to make great men " (Dublin, 1811, 8vo), he is erroneously set
down as author of "The Metropolis" (by Carmichael). He has also
been credited with the authorship of " Cutcha-eutchoo " (probably written
by J. W. Croker). He was probably the author of "The Five Lovers"
(" a damned opera ') and not his son, Edmund (q.v.), to whom it has been
attributed. His " Touchstone of Truth " is an attack on Dr. Dobbin and
his family for putting obstacles in the way of his marriage to Miss Emma
Dobbin, who married the Rev. Mr. Lefanu, and was the mother of J. S.
Lefanu (q.v.). He was part editor of the Patriot newspaper.
SWINEY, J. M. — The Jitvenilb Muse, an assemblage of original poems,
Cork, 1781, 8vo.
Son of Eugene Swiney, a Cork printer, which trade he also followed,.
He wrote a dramatic piece entitled " The Alarm," which is in his volume.
"SWINNEY, EUGENE GUSTAYUS YON."— The Austbians in Italy, a-
cosmo-poiitical romance in verse, Cork, 1840.
The above name is only a pseudonym.
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SWINNEY, KEY. SIDNEY.— The Ninth Satihe of Horace, imitated,
London, 1767, 4to; Fugitive Pieces, third edition, with considerable
additions and improvements, London, 1768, 4to ; The Battle of Minden,
a poem, in three books, London, 1769, 4to.
Probably the brother of the George Swinney who was Mayor of Ponte-
fract in 1760, and son of the Major Matthew Swinney, an Irish soldier
(born in 1684, died March 3, 1766, aged 82), whose monument is in St.
Giles' Church, Pontefract. Said to have been chaplain to Saekville family.
" Junius " calls him " a wretched but dangerous foe."
SYNGE, JOHN MILLINGTON.— Poems and Translations, Dublin (Dun
Emer Press), 1909; reprinted (50 copies only), by John Quinn, New
York, 1909; with additional pieces in collected works, Dublin, 1910;
Dbirdbe of the Sorrows, a play, Dublin, 1910.
Born in Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, April 16, 1871, being the son of John
Hatch Synge, a member of an Irish family which has given several prelates
to the Protestant Church in Ireland. He was educated privately and at
T.C.D., where he is said to have graduated B.A. He also studied music at
the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and gained a scholarship there in 1891.
He went to the Continent soon after leaving Trinity College, and lived
chiefly in Paris, with a short stay in Florence and in Germany. Soon
after the Irish National Theatre started in Dublin, he submitted a play,
"Riders to the Sea," based on some observations in the Aran Islands,
but influenced by Piere Loti's " Pecheurs d'Islande," which met with in-
stant success. It was followed by "In the Shadow of the Glen " and
" The Well of the Saints." These plays and his book on " The
Aran Islands," which he had written years before, but did not
publish till 1907, gave him a wide and well-earned reputation
as a writer of considerable power. His use in a highly accentu-
ated form of Irish peasant turns of speech (already used with more
reticence and effect by Dr. Douglas Hyde in his folk-stories) caught
the public ear, and the superb acting of the Irish performers of the plays
greatly increased their appeal to a large public. His "Tlayboy of the
Western World," produced in 1907, which caused a riot in the Abbey
Theatre, Dublin, exemplified his peculiar qualities to an extreme degree,
and "The Tinker's Wedding," which was published in 1907, and has
only been produced once, before an English audience, did not add to
his reputation. His last play, " Deirdre of the Sorrows," was unfinished
at the author's death, which took place on March 24, 1909, at a private
hospital in Lower Mount Street, Dublin. His health had been for years
very precarious. His death was a great loss to the Irish dramatic
movement. Personally, as known to the present writer, he was a man
of quiet, friendly and charming disposition.
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T., L. — Leaflet foe Letters, verse, Dublin, 1860.
T., M. — The Wits Paraphrased, or Par upon Par, a burlesque on the several
translations of Ovid's Epistles, 7tli edition, Dublin, 1724, 8vo.
T ^B, M. L .—Random Verses, Dublin, 1847.
Sold for the benefit of tlie victims of the famine of that year.
TAAFFE, JOHN.— Padilla, a tale of Palestine, a poem, London, 1816, 8vo.
I have not been able to get any details about this author.
TAGGART, MOSES.— A very clever Ulster poet, born on February 1, 1854,
at Tartaraghan, Co. Armagh, and was educated at Belfast. He was
first a schoolmaster and then a book-keeper, and went to America a good
many years ago, settling in Springfield (Mass.). He wrote a great
many poems, many of them of an admirable raciness, for the Bepiiblican
of Springfield, and for other papers, and they are well worthy of collec-
tion and republication. He died on February 19, 1909, at sea. His
name is sometimes given as Teggart.
TAGGART, R. — The Regatta, a descriptive poem on the scenery of the
North-west Coast, Derry, 1833, 12mo.
■" TALBOT, LUKE." — A writer using this signature, said to be a lady, wrote
a goodly number of poems for Young Ireland and other Irish papers
thirty years ago.
TALBOT, HON. ROBERT.— The Serf, tragedy from the German,
London, 1828, 8vo ; William Tell, from the German of Schiller, London,
1829, 8vo; Faust, Part I., from the German of Goethe, attempted in
English rhyme, London, 1835, 8vo ; Goethe's Faust, translated, 1839, 8vo.
Was M.P. for Co. Dublin in 1828. He was the sou of Richard Talbot,
of Malahide, and was born in 1776. Educated at Oxford, became a
barrister, married in 1828, and died March 17, 1843 at Hampton Court
Palace.
TALBOT, HON. THOMAS. — The Exile, and other Verses, together with
translations from some of the Greek and Latin poets, London, 1879, 8vo ;
The Enchiridion of Epictetus, and the Golden Verses of Pythagoras,
translated, together with some original poems, 1881, 8vo.
I believe this writer is Irish, but have no particulars.
TALBOT, COLONEL THOMAS.— Born at Malahide, Co. Dublin, on July 17,
1771, and died in Upper Canada, February S, 1853. He was a distin-
guished Canadian soldier and statesman, and, according to N. F. Davin,
who speaks of him at great length in his " Irishman in Canada," was also
a poet. See for other particulars, ilrs. Jameson's "Winter Studies."
Was a brother of Hon. Robert Talbot (q.v-)-
TATE, REV. FAITHFUL.— Ter Tria, or the doctrine of the three sacred
persons, etc., verse, London, 1658, 8vo; Characteristics in Verse of
Faith and Hope, London, , 8vo.
Father of the succeeding writer, and born in Co. Cavan. B.A., T.C.D.,
1621; M.A., 1624. After holding several curacies and incumbencies in
England and Ireland, he died about 1672. His name is sometimes spelt
Teate.
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TATE, NAHUM. — Poems written on several occasions, 1677, 8vo ; second
edition, 1684, Bvo; Poems by several hands (edited by N. T.), London,
1685, 8vo; Ovid's Epistles, translated by N. T. and others, 1683, 8vo;
The Second Part or Absalom and Aohitophel, assisted by John Dryden,
1682, fol. ; A Duke and no Duke, a farce, prose and verse, London, 1685,
4to; The Loyal General, tragedy, London, 1680, 4to; On the Sacred
Memory op oitr late Sovereign (Charles II.); second edition, London,
1685, fol. ; Brutus op Alba, or the Enchanted Lovers, tragedy, London,
1678, 4to; Syphilis, a poem, translated by N. T., 1686, 8vo; The
Triumphs of Love and Constancy, translated from Heliodorus by N. T.,
etc., 1687, 8vo; A Present eor the Ladies, etc., London, 1693, 8to; A
Poem occasioned by the late Discontents, etc., Loudon, 1691, fol. ; A
Poem on the late promotion of several eminent persons, London, 1694,
fol. ; Mausoleum, a funeral poem on our late gracious Sovereign Queen
Mary, etc., London, 1695, fol. ; An Elegy on John, late Archbishop of
Canterbury, London, 1695, fol. ; Miscellanea Sacra, or Poems on divine
AND moral subjects. Collected by N. T., London, 1698, 8vo; A Consolatory
Poem to John, Lord Cutis, upon the death of his lady, London, 1698,
fol ; Anniversary Ode for 4th op December, 1697, His Majesty's birth-
day, London, 1698, 4to ; Panacea, a poem upon tea, in two cantos, London,
1700, Svo; Cowley's History of Plants, a poem, translated from the
Latin by N. T., etc., 1700, fol.; A Congratulatory Poem on the New
Parliament, etc., London, 1701, fol. ; Portrait Royal, a poem upon Her
Majesty's Picture, London, 1703, 4to; The Triumph, or Warrior's
Welcome, London, 1705, 4to; Britannia's Prayer for the Queen,, a
poem, London, 1706, fol. sheet; The Triumph of Union, London, 1707,.
4to; Injured Innocence, or the oeuel Husband, tragedy, London, 1707,
4to; A Congratulatory Poem to Prince George, London, 1708,
4to ; A Congratulatory Poem to Prince George of Denmark, London,
1708, 8vo; Ovid's Remedy of Love, translated 1709, 8vo; The Works of
LuoiAN, translated by N. T. and others, 1711, 8vo; The Muse's Memorial
OF THE Earl op Oxford, London, 1712, fol.; The Muse's Bower, an
epithalamium, London, 1713, 4to ; A Poem sacred to the glorious
MEMORY of Queen Anne, London, 1716, 12mo.
Born in Dublin about 1662, being the son of Rev. Dr. Faithful Tate
(q.v.). Sch., T.C.D., 1671; B.A., 1672. Soon after taking his
degree he removed to London and made the acquaintance of many
eminent writers there. In 1692 he was appointed Poet Laureate, and
though not a very notable poet, was by no' means the worst of those who
have held that ridiculous position. He altered Shakespeare (" improved"
was the word generally used), and his versions of one or two of Shakes-
peare's plays were those played for many years. Tate does not seem
to have made much money by his voluminous writings, for he spent the
last few years of his life in poverty, and died, a prisoner for debt, in
the Mint, Southwark, on August 6, 1715.
TAYLOR, ALEXANDER O'DRISCOLL.— Poems, printed for private circula-
tion, Belfast, 1866, 8vo.
Was of Scotch extraction, and an accountant in Belfast^ who contributed
to The Northern Magazine. He was also a stock and share dealer, and
married a daughter of Rev. James Scott Porter, the eminent Ulster
divine. He left Ireland for America many years ago, and died at New-
port, Rhode Island, in or about May, 1911, aged 75.
TAYLOR, EDWARD. — Musaeus' Heeo and Leandbe, translated by E. T.
(anonymously), 1783, 4to ; Werter io Charlotte, a poem (anonymously),
1784, 4to.
Of Noan, Co. Tipperary. Wrote other works.
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TAYLOR, ELLEN.— Poems (by E. T., The Irish Cottager), Dublin,. 1792, 4to-
TAYLOR, JOHN FRANCIS. — A native of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, accord-
ing to some, and of Co. Mayo, according to others. Bfe was originally
a grocer's assistant, I believe, and was largely self-educated. Was called
to the Irish Bar in 1882 or 1883, and made Queen's Counsel some years
later. Chronic ill-health prevented him from obtaining the high rank
his splendid ability and oratorical power must have given him. Much
of his time was given to journalism, and for many years he was notable
as the Dublin correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. He frequently
wrote for other papers and reviews, and was a constant speaker at
national and literary gatherings in Dublin and elsewhere. In the opinion
of very good judges, he was the finest Irish orator of his time. Apart
from a small "Life of Owen Roe O^NeiU " (1895), and a pamphlet on
" The Home Rule Problem " (1891), he published nothing in book form.
In his younger days he wrote many poems for Nation, Shamrock, etc.,
<}ver signature of " Ridgeway." He was noted as a Shakesperean reader.
He died on November 17. 1902, aged about 53, and was buried in
Glasnevin.
TAYLOR, JOHN. — Miscellaneoits Works, prose and verse. Limerick, 1787.
TAYLOR, JOHN SYDNEY. — Selections ekom the Wbitings ob J. S. T.,
prose and verse, with a sketch of his life, 1843, 8vo.
Born in Dublin, 1795, the son of an artist who changed his name from
McKinley to Taylor. Educated at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A.,
1814. Went to the Bar and became a. successful barrister. He wrote
several books, and was regarded as a man of considerable power. He died
on December 10, 1841, and was buried in Kensal Green, London, where a
memorial was erected over his grave.
TAYLOR, NUGENT (?).— Santa Maura, a fragment in two cantos, London,
1833, 4to; Ianthe, verse, London, 1889, 8vo; Rhtmes, London, 1874,
16mo.
TAYLOR, UNA ASHWORTH,— Daughter of the late Sir Henry Taylor, the
poet, and posses.sing great artistic taste and literary attainments. Her
mother was one of the Spring-Rice family, and she, though bom in
England, writes almost exclusively on Irish and Catholic themes. She
is fervently Irish in sentiment, and wrote many stirring poems for
United Ireland, one of her best being a powerful elegiac tribute to Mr.
Parnell. She has written several successful novels and biographies, and
wrote poems for Nation and other journals besides United Ireland. She
sometimes used the final letters of her name as a signature, viz.,
"A. H. R."
TAYLOR, WATSON. — Was the author of the words of " Croppies lie Down,"
and secretary to Lord Camden. Was English, I think. See Moore's
" Diary," vol. 5, pp. 51-52, 312, 314, 320 ; vol. 6, pp. 153, 276. Also
Madden's "United Irishmen," second edition, p. 245.
TAYLOR, WILLIAM COOKE, LL.D. — ^An able historical writer, author of
many works, some of which are of value. Born at Youghal, Co. Cork,
on April 16, 1800. LL.B. and LL.D., T.O.D., 1825. Went to London in
1829, and wrote for Bentley's Miscellany, Athenceum, etc. He wrote poems
for the former, several of which are included in " The Bentley Ballads,"
1859. He died in Dublin, where he contributed to the Evening Post and
acted as a Government statistician, on September 12, 1849.
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TEELING, GEORGE. — The Sack of Sollibk, a narrative poem, Dublin, 1892.
The editor of Lord O'Hagan's " Speeches," 1886.
TEELING, JAMES. — Author of a poem often reprinted, and given in Hayes'
" Ballads of Ireland," McCarthy's " Book of Irish Ballads," etc. I can
discover nothing of his life, and have never seen any other poem of his,
though he wrote other verse. I think he died about 1886. He was related
to preceding writer.
TEMPLE HENRY (1st Ylsoount Palmerston) .— Was an Irishman, born
in 1739, and died April 17, 1802. He wrote various poems, charades,
rebuses, acrostics, etc., and is referred to in Horace Walpole's "Noble
Authors." For pieces by him see Debrett's "Foundling-Hospital for
Wit," and doubtless he was the "Lord Viscount P—m— t— n " of
"Poetical Amusements at a Villa near Bath," 1775; 4 vols., 1776-1781.
" TEMPLE, HOPE."— Well-known composer of songs, of which she generally
writes th.^ words. Some of her pieces have been very popular. Her real
name is Davis, and she was born in Dublin, of partly Jewish extraction.
She is a sister of James Davis (3.1).). An operetta written and com-
posed by her, was performed at one of the London theatres last year
(1892). Is now the wife of the well-known French composer, M. Andre
Messager.
TEMPLETON, JAMES. — A Poem on the Deity, addressed to an Atheist,
Dublin, 1796, 8vo ; The Shipwrecked Lovbes, a tragedy, 1801, 12mo;
Poems on Several Occasions, etc., 2 parts, Dublin, 1801, 8vo; Poems,
Dublin, 1809, 8vo.
An elegiac poet of some merit, of whose life I have not been able to
discover anything.
TEMPLETON, . — Poems, printed for the author, Dublin, 1834, 8vo.
TERNAN, THOMAS LUKE. — ^An actor and author of this name died on
October 17, 1846, aged 47. I believe he wrote plays. Another writer of
the same name seems to have issued a volume of poems between 1870
and 1880.
THACKWELL, WALTER.— Thoughts in Song, Cork, 1893, 8vo.
Presumably the Walter Joseph Thackwell, of Aghada, who was born
in 1876.
THOM, REY. JOHN HAMILTON.— Hymns, Chants and Anthems, 1858.
Born in Newry on January 10, 1808, and died in Liverpool, September
2, 1894.
THOMAS, JOSEPH HOUGHTON. — The Beitanniad, an epic poem, Dublin,
1831, 12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1825.
THOMPSON, C. P. — RoKEBY, or the Buccaneer's Revenge, a drama in three
acts and in verse, Dublin, 1814, 8vo.
THOMPSON, HANS.— Spiritual Songs, Belfast, 1853
THOMPSON, MISS MARIE M.— A friend of John Mitchel, author of the
"Jail Journal," who corresponded with her {vide "Life" by William
Dillon). Under the signature of " Ethne " she wrote many poems for
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Nation from 1853 onwards, and in the Celt, 1857-9. One of her historical
ballads has been several times reprinted.
THOMPSON, ROBERT HELY. — Joan of Abo, a poem (over pseudonym of
"Robert Blaie "), London, 1876, 8vo; The Nuns of Minsk, a tale of
Russian Atkociiies in Poland, drama in three acts and in verse (over
same signature), London, 1878, 8vo; Ode on the Bueial of John
O'Mahont (over same signature), no date; Knowledge, a poem, Dublin,
1880?.
Also " Anonymous Criticism," an essay (1877), and " The Speeches of
the Phantom Member on the second reading of the Bill for the G-overn-
ment of Ireland " (Abington, 1886). Bom at Omagh, Co. Tyrone, in
1854, and was educated at Royal School, Raphoe, and at T.O.D., where
he graduated B.A., 1880. Settled in London about 1880. Is a tutor for
the military examinations at Sandhurst, Woolwich, etc., and has written
poems for Pall Mall Gazette, articles for United Service Gazette and
Tyrone Constitution , and sketched a plan of Home Rule for latter paper.
He is the author of a little book on geography.
THOMSON, HUGH WILLIS, M.D. — Clarence and othee Poems, .
Of Riversdale, Belturbet, Co. Cavan. Educated at Queen's College,
Belfast, and graduated M.D. in Queen's University, 1860.
THOMSON, J. G. — Lays of the Covenant and other Poems, Belfast, 1911.
THOMSON, JOHN. — A Specimen of Thought upon the gloomy regions of
Polyphemus BVAPORATEO^a satiric tragi— ^oomi — poetiok hodge-podge and
miscellaneous poem, upon the wooden man in Essex Street, etc., Dublin,
1732, 8vo ; Sir Solomon Gundi, with Her Highness the Punch-Bowl,
with Wine A — ^bun — dan — di, a miscellaneous poem, or the Tarantula
Turning, or Metamorphosed into a Pope, by J. T., a high Germanick
Doctor, Dublin, 1738, 8vo (for the author).
Another edition of this local satire was published in 12mo, and the
author is called in it "High Germanick Prince."
THOMSON, SAMUEL.— Poems on Various Subjects, BelW, 1793, 12mo;
Poems, Belfast, 1797, 8vo; New Poems, Belfast, 1799, 8vo; Simple
Poems, Belfast, 1806, 12mo.
Of Carngreine, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, born on May 27, 1766, and
died on June 1, 1816. Was a schoolmaster and lived a secluded life in
a cottage on the north side of Lyle Hill. In March, 1794, he visited
Robert Burns, who gave him an autograph " Song to Clarinda."
THOMSON, REY. W. — A Political Paraphrase on part of the Book op
Job, in imitation of the style of Milton, Dublin, 1726, fol.
Probably the W. Thompson, D.D., who published other works in
Dublin between above date and 1743.
THORN, R. J. — The Last Stile, to which is added The Poor Boy, Cork,
1807; Poems, Cork, 1808; The Rhyme Bag, or Poetical Depot, Cork,
1817, 12mo; The Spy-Glass, or a peep at a few well-known characters
residing not a thousand leagues from Cork, Cork, 1817.
See under Croker, Crofton.
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THORNHILL, REY. WILLIAM JOHNSON.— The Passion oP Dido, or the
4th Book of the ^neids freely rendered into English blank verse, Dublin,
1878, 8vo ; The ^neid op Virgil, freely translated into blank verse,
Dublin, 1886, 8vo.
Sch., T.C.D., 1838; B.A., 1839. Contributed to Kottabos.
TIERNAN, MARY ANN. — Monody on the Death of Princess Charlotte of
Wales, to which is added, Desolation, a dream in verse, second edition,
London, 1818, 4to.
TIGHE, EDWARD.— The Force of Love, a tragedy, 1786, 12mo ; The Misee,
a farce, 1788, 8vo.
Is represented in Joshua Edkins' collection of poems, 2 vols., 1789-90,
where his signature is " T." Was a particular friend of Robert Jephson,
and held an official appointment in Dublin, and sat in Irish Parliament
for Belturbet 1763, Wicklow 1790, and Athboy successively. He was the
second son of William Tighe, Keeper of the Records, who was M.P. for
Qonmines from 1730-60. There are letters in the Garrick correspondence
from Edward Tighe, who died in or about 1798.
TIGHE, JAMES. — The Oration of Sal Swig, subnambd the Batterer, in
defence op Drunkenness, with prefatory remarks and oopiotis annota-
tions BY A LADY OF RANK WHO TOOK OUT HER DEGREE, Dublin (for the author),
1835; A Defence of Drunkenness (by the celebrated "Sal Swig"),
etc., Dublin, 1835 ; second edition, Dublin, 1842, 12mo.
In the Nation review of this volume, it is said that Tighe was the
author of excellent songs, such as " He sleeps in the vale, near the brook
and the willow " (on Napoleon's death), and the lines " On the destruction
of Scio." Was born at Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, in 1795, and
died in Dublin on November 17, 1869. He was a bookseller, and pub-
lished his own work, his shop being in Great Britain Street, Dublin. He
was a good temperance writer, and is mentioned as a friend of Mangan in
the present writer's "Life" of that poet, and in John McCall's little
brochure on the same subject. He contributed to Dublin Penny Journal,
Irish Penny Journal. Irishman (1489), and various Irish almanacs.
TIGHE, MARY. — Psyche, or the Legend op Love, a poem, London, 1795;
another edition, 1806, 16mo; do., with other poems, London, 1811, 4to;
third edition, London, 1811, 8vo; fourth edition, London, 1812, 8vo;
another edition, Philadelphia, 1812, 12mo; fifth edition (with portrait),
London, 1816, 8vo ; another edition, London, 1843, 16mo.
This excellent poetess was the daughter of Rev. Wm. Blachford, and
was born in Dublin on October 9, 1772. She married Henry Tighe, M.P.,
her cousin, 1793, and died on March 24, 1810. She was greatly esteemed
by all who knew her for her personal qualities, while her poems and
sonnets won a corsiderable reputation. Some unpublished pieces of hers
are given in The Amulet for 1827-28. For information about her parents,
Crookshank's " Memorable Women of Irish Methodism " should be con-
sulted. She was the sister-in-law and cousin of Wm. Tighe (q-V.), who
edited the fourth edition of her poems. She lived at Rosanna, Co.
Wioklow, and was buried at Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny, where there is a
memorial of her.
TIGHE, REY. RICHARD.— Psalms and Hymns, selected, Bath, 1811, 12mo;
second edition, Dublin, 1818, 8vo.
Other writings.
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TIGHE, WILLIAM. — ^A Selection of Gehman MelodieSj with music (words
by W. T.), London?, 1815, fol.
May have been the following writer.
TIGHE, WILLIAM.— The Plants, a poem, Part I., London, 1808, 1811,
8vo; Part II., and other Poems, 1811, 8vo.
Eldest son of William Tighe, M.P., and born in 1766. M.P. for
Wicklow in Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1798, and in Imperial Parlia-
ment from 1806 to 1816. His mother was Sarah, daughter of Sir William
Pownes, and he married in 1793, Marianne, daughter of Daniel Galvan,
M.P., and died on March 19, 1816. According to A. Atkinson's "Irish
Tourist" (1815, p. 418), he was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Tighe (q.v.).
His poem was dedicated to the great naturalist, Sir Joseph
Banks, and the British Museum copy has the latter's autograph on the
first part. The autograph of W. Tighe is on Part II., and the inscription
runs : " To the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., with the author's best
compliments. May, 18." There is a prologue by Tighe in "The Private
Theatre of Kilkenny," 1825, 4to.
" TINY."— See Munster, M. C. F.
TISDALL, JOHN. — Was printer and editor of Belfast Mercury, 1783-4, and
printer of Northern Star, 1792-7. Was evidently the same who edited
■'Flora's Bouquet," a collection of poems, vol. I., Belfast, 1782, 8vo.
The pieces are anonymous, but Amyas Griffith (q.v.) is among the con-
tributors. Tisdall seems to have been of Dungannon.
TOBIN, AGNES. — The Flyixg Lesson, verse, 1905; Love's Crucifix, verse,
1903; On the Death of Madame Laura, verse, 1907.
The last item is a book chiefly of translations from Petrarch. Born at
San Francisco, where her father was a lawyer and banker. Mrs. Meynell's
" Later Poems " are dedicated to her.
TOBIN, JOHN.— The Faro^Table, comedy (not printed), 1795; The Honey-
moon, comedy (verse), 1805, 8vo ; The Ourfew, play, 1807, 8vo ; The
School fob Authors, comedy, 1808, 8vo.
Born in Salisbury, probably of Irish parentage, January 28, 1770, be-
came a solicitor in London, and died at sea near Cork, on December 7, 1804.
He is buried in the old church, Queenstown, where also lie the remains
of the Rev. Charles Wolfe. His "Honeymoon " is still a standard English
play. His "Memoirs," etc., were published by Miss E. 0. Benger, in
1820.
TODD, REY. JAMES HENTHORN, D.D.— This eminent scholar was born in
Dublin, April 23, 1805, and died at Bathfarnham, June 28, 1869. He
published many learned works, including a " Life of St. Patrick " (1864),
" The Book of the Vaudois " (1865), and editions of important Irish manu-
scripts, etc. B.A., T.C.D., 1826; Fellow, 1831; M.A., 1832; B.D., 1837;
D.D., 1840. H|e translated various poems from the Irish, and is repre-
sented in Connolly's and other collections of Irish poetry.
TODHUNTER, JOHN, M.D. — Laurella and other Poems, London, 1876, 8vo ;
Alcestis, a dramatic poem, London, 1879 (1878), 8vo; The True Tragedy
OF RiENZi, Tribune of Rome, dramatic poem, London, 1881, 8vo ; Forest
Songs and other Poems, London, 1881, 8vo; Helena in TAoas, dramatic
poem, London, 1886, 8vo; The Banshee and other Poems, London, 1888,
8vo; How Dreams Come True, a dramatic sketch in two scenes, 1890;
A Sicilian Idyll, pastoral play in verse, London, June, 1891, 8vo; The
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Poison Floweb, a phantasy in three scenes, verse, London, June, 1891,
8vo ; The Legend of Stattpfenberg, dramatic cantata, music bj- J. C.
Culwick, Dublin, 1890, 8vo; Three Irish Bardic Tales, verse, London,
1896, 8vo; Sounds and Sweet Airs, London, 1904, 12mo.
Dr. Todhunter has also published "A Study of Shelley" (1880). He
was born at 19 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin, December 30, 1839,
of a Quaker family engaged in commere, and settled in Ireland for some
generations. His mother's family, the Harveys, of Limerick, went to
Ireland with Strongbow. He was first educated at a small dame school
at Monkstown, and at a Quaker school at York, and at the age of sixteen
was sent to business, but this not being congenial, he entered T.C.D., in
1861, and graduated B.A., 1866; M.B., 1867; M. Chir., 1868. It was
during his college course that his first printed poems appeared in
Kottabos, and about the same period Thackeray accepted his " In a
Gondola " for The Cornliill Magazine. After further study in Paris and
Vienna, Dr. Todhunter settled down to practice in Dublin, between
1870-4, holding one or two appointments, literary and medical, and
succeeding Professor Dowden in the chair of English Literature at
Alexandra College. His lecture on "The Theory of the Beautiful,"
delivered at T.C.D., is noticed in Professor Knight's synopsis of the
literature of the subject as an important contribution. In 1874 Dr.
Todhunter gave up his appointments, and in 1875 travelled in Egypt and
Italy. In the next year he gave up medicine and devoted himself to
literature. Several of his dramatic pieces have been performed most
successfully in London, and were much praised by the critics. Hermann
Vezin, Mr. and Mrs. Beerbohm Tree, and Miss Alma Murray appeared in
his " Helena of Troas," 1886. Dr. Todhunter's themes are chiefly classical,
but such Irish poems as he has written place him among the best of the
modern Irish poets. Some of his other poems are admirable, and are
often reprinted. He has written a couple of clever comedies, notably
"The Black Cat," played by the Independent Theatre. His "Life of
Patrick Sarsfield " is a well-known volume of the "New Irish Library."
TOKE, EMMA. — Daughter of Dr. John Leslie, Bishop of Kilmore, and bora
at Holywood, Belfast, August 9, 1812. Married Bev. Nicholas Toke in
1837, and wrote various hymns, etc., three of which are in " Lyra Hiber-
nica Sacra." They and others by her appeared in the collection of hymns
published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in Dublin,
1853. In the Rev. R. Judd's "Sunday School Liturgy," 1870, there are
twenty-one of her hymns. She published a volume of verse, the title and
date of which I have lost. She died in 1872.
TOLAND, JOHN, LL.D. — Clito, a. poem on the force of eloquence, London,
1700, 4to.
An eminent philosophical writer, supposed to be one of the founders of
the English pantheistic school, and was born at Eskaheen, Co. Donegal,
on November 30, 1669. He was educated in the neighbourhood, and at
Glasgow and Edinburgh, and graduated M.A. at the Univei'sity in latter
city in 1690. He wrote some sceptical works which caused some outcry,
and altogether his writings are numerous. His learning was very great
and varied, but his works are now mostly forgotten even by students.
He died at Putney, near London, on March 11, 1722.
TOLAND, MRS. M. B. M. — Iris, the romance of an opal ring, in verse,
Philadelphia, 1879, 8vo; The Eagle and the Elp, a fantasy, Philadel-
phia, 1886; EuDORA, a tale of love, Philadelphia, 1887; Onti Or'a, a poem,
Philadelphia, 1880; The Legend of Latmone, a poem, Philadelphia, 1889.'
Author of many stories.
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TOLEKEN, JOHN.— A Cork man (of Grand Parade), who was whole or part-
author of the well-known song, " St. Patrick was a Gentleman," his colla-
borator being Henry Bennett (q.v.), the well-known Cork wit. He does
not appear to have written much, but there is a piece of his in Croker's
" Popular Songs of Ireland " (1839), which work may be referred to for a
little detail about the above-named popular song. It was sung by
Toleken and Bennett, in the guise of ballad-mongers, at a masquerade
ball in Cork in 1814 or 1815. (See Croker's work, p. 166). He lived in
Dublin during his latter years, and died at an advanced age about 1865.
In JS'otes and Queries, 6th series, vol. 4, pp. 399-400, it is emphatically
stated that he wi-ote the song.
TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE, LL.B.— This celebrated patriot was born in
Dublin on June 20, 1763, and was the son of a coach maker. Entered
T.C.D. in 1784; graduated B.A., 1785; LL.B., 1789. In January, 1787,
he went to London and entered the Middle Temple, but did not proceed
very far with his law studies, supporting himself by contributions to The
European Magazine. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1789, and never
practised to any great extent. His connection with the United Irishmen
commenced about 1790, and his intensely hostile attitude to English
interference in Irish affairs led to his arrest and subsequent exile in 1794-
95. Going to America he there planned for the French Government a
project for the invasion of Ireland, and in 1796 proceeded to France, and
was made an ofiScer in the French army. He joined in Heche's expedi-
tion to Ireland in that year, and in 1798, on the breaking out of the
insurrection in Ireland, accompanied Humbert in the second expedition.
The first one was dispersed by the weather, the second failed after a brief
struggle. The third also took place in 1798, and was also disastrous,
Tone being arrested on board the French vessel, the Moche. He might
have escaped, but refused, and was taken to Dublin, where he was tried
and sentenced to death. Before his execution could take place, however,
he took his own life in prison, November 19, 1798. He was buried at
Bodenstown, Co. Kildare. For poems by him see Madden's " Literary
Remains of the United Irishmen," pp. 126, 239, 292.
TONNA, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.— Osric, a Missionary Tale, and other
poems, Dublin, 1825 ( ?), 8vo (several editions) ; Izram, a Mexican Tale,
and other poems, London, 1826, 12mo ; The Convent Bell, and other
poems, New Yoi-k, 1845, 12mo; Posthumous, and other Poems, London
and Thames Ditton, 1846, 16mo ; The Minor Poems of C. E., Dublin,
1848(?), 16mo.
Well-known authoress of two vigorous Orange songs — " The Maiden
City" and " No Surrender." She was a voluminous writer of tracts and
missionary works for Dublin Tract Society. Born in Norwich on October
1, 1790, being the daughter of the Rev. Michael Browne of that city.
Married first a Captain Phelan, but was soon separated from him, and
secondly a, Lewis Hippolytus J. Tonna (assistant-director of the United
Service Institution, who is called Eev. in Julian's "Diet, of Hymnology ").
She lived in Kilkenny and other parts of Ireland for many years, and was
deeply in love with it. She died on July 12, 1846. She generally wrote
over the signature of " Charlotte Elizabeth," and her real name was not
widely known. She edited several religious publications. Her life has
been written by Mrs. C. L. Balfour.
TORMEY, REY. MICHAEL, D.D.— Born in the parish of CoUinstown, Co.
Westm^ath, in 1820, and studied at Navan and Maynooth. He wrote
a few poems for The yation, one of which was signed " Clericus," and
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appeared on September 26, 1846. The rest were signed " T.," among
them a ringing piece, " The Ancient Race," which appeared on December
20, 1851, and has been wrongly attributed to T. D. McGee. It originally
appeared in the Tenant League Journal in 1851, and was reprinted in
Nation. He is mentioned several times in Duffy's " League of North
and South," and was professor at Navan Seminary. Published a treatise
on "The Immaculate Conception," about 1850. Father Tormey died at
his brother's residence, Reynalla, Co. Westmeath, on Thursday, March
16, 1893. He was a contributor to The Tablet under Frederick Lucas.
TOWERS, MATTHEW. — The Lyric pieces of Hoeaoe, translated, Dublin,
1742, 12mo; The Odes op Horace, with an English translation, Dublin,
1744, 12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1724; M.A., 1732. Was a schoolmaster at Portarlington
and an LL.D. At T.C.D. he was a pupil of Rev. Patrick Delany, D.D.
His version of Horace is in prose.
TOWNLEY, DANIEL O'CONNELL.— Alderman Rodney at the Cable
Banquet, etc., a poem (anonymously), New York, 1866, 8vo.
Born in 1824 at Newry, Co. Down, and went to U.S.A. in 1860, and
wrote for Scribner's Magazine, etc., over signature of "Alderman
Rooney." Died in New York in 1873.
TOWNSEND, BELTON O'NEALL ( ?) .—Plantation Lays and other Poems,
Columbia, 1884, 8vo.
TOWNSHEND, CAPT. HORACE.— Last Words and other Poems, London,
1903, 8vo; Stories and Songs, a venture in verse, London, 1904.
Born at Douglas, Cork, April, 1837, and died June 15, 1904. He was
the grandson of the following writer. He joined the army in 1856, and
served in India, China and South Africa. He returned to Ireland in
1897 and died there. He wrote for Field and Irish Sportsman over
signature of "Induna."
TOWNSHEND, REY. HORACE.— A Cork man who published a valuable
" Statistical Survey of Co. Cork," in 1815, and was a contributor to
Blackwood's Magazine, etc., over the signature of "Senex. " He wrote
for Bolster's Magazine of Cork (1828-31). In P. O'Kelly's " Hippocrene "
(Dublin, 1831), there is a poem of his, addressed to that poet. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1771; M.A., 1776. He was born in Co. Cork in 1750, and died
on March 26, 1837.
TOWNSHEND, THOMAS.— Poems, Dublin, 1791, 8vo ; another edition (with
illustrations by Stothard), London, 1796, 8vo.
Was a lawyer of Gray's Inn.
TRACY, THOMAS STANLEY.— A clever poet and journalist for many years
connected with The Limerick Reporter. Sch., T.C.D. , 1838, B.A., 1841.
He was an excellent scholar, and his translation of " Garryowen " into
Greek and Latin will be found in Maurice Lenihan's "History of
Limerick." He wrote a large amount of verse for Limerick Reporter
in the sixties. There are about a half-dozen of his poems in " Souvenir
of Modern Minstrelsy," London, 1862.
TRAILL, REV. ROBERT, D.D.— A Congratulatory Address to the
Mabquis op Hartford, verse, Cork, 1845, Svo.
TRAINOR, J. P.— An Irishman, resident in Liverpool for many years, who
died there in December, 1910. He was the author of various song's, in-
cluding the popular " Cruise of the Calabar," etc.
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TBAVERS, H. (?). — Miscellaneous Poems and Tbanslations, London,
1731, 8vo.
TREACY, REY. WILLIAM P., S.J.— Ieish Scholars of the Penal Days-
glimpses OF THEIK LABOURS ON THE CONTINENT OF EuROPB, with poems, NeW
York, 1887, Svo.
Also author of " Our Catholic Maryland, etc.," an account of the
Catholic associations of that State. Born in Carriok-on-Suir, Co. Tip-
perary, and now pastor at Swedesborough, New Jersey, U.S.A. Some
of his poems are often quoted, especially one on "The Irish Monks."
He is in Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's Poets."
TRENCH, FREDERIC HERBERT.— Deihdrb Wed and other Poems,
London, 1900; New Poems, 1907; Lyrics and Narratives, London, 1911.
Born at Avoncore, Co. Cork, in November, 1865. A relative of Arch-
bishop Trench (g.i>.), and an Oxford man, formerly a Fellow of All Souls
College. Wrote excellent verse for Academy and other leading English
periodicals, and is represented in Brooke and Bolleston's " Treasury of
Irish Poetry " Was for some time the director of- the Repertory Theatre
of London.
TRENCH, MELESINA CHENEYIX.— Campaspe and other Poems (anony-
mously), Southampton, 1815, Svo; Laura's Dream, or the Mooxlandeks,
a poem (anonymously), London, 1816, 8vo.
Born in Dublin on March 22, 1768, being grand-daughter of Dr.
Chevenix, Bishop of Waterford. Her parents died v/hile she was a child,
and she was married twice, first to Colonel St. George, and afterwards to
Mr. Richard Trench. She was the mother of succeeding writer, the late
distinguished Archbishop of Dublin, and died at Malvern on May 27,
1827, aged 59.
TRENCH, Rt. REY. RICHARD CHENEYIX, D.D. (Archbishop of Dublin).—
The Stoet of Justin Martyr and other Poems, London, 1835, 12mo ;
Sabbation, Honor Neale and other Poems, London, 1838, 12mo ; Poems
(anonymous), 1841 (?), 12mo ; Genoveva, a poem, London, 1842, Svo;
Poems from Eastern Sources ; The Steadfast Prince, and other
Poems, London, 1842, Svo; Poems written during the Russian War,
1854-5; Alma, and othu. Poems, London, 1855, Svo; Life's Dream, the
GREAT Theatre of the World, etc., from the Spanish of Calderon, 1S56,
Svo; second edition, 1885; Poems, collected and arranged anew, London
and Cambridge, 1865, 16mo ; Timoleon, a poem, 1881, Svo ; Poems, 2
vols., London, 1885, Svo.
Wrote and edited many other works. Born in Dublin on Septemher
9, 1807, and educated at Harrow and Cambridge, where he graduated in
1829. He was ordained in 1S29, became Dean of Westminster in 1S56,
and Archbishop of Dublin in 1S64, resigning the office in 1884. He
wrote a number of well-known works on theology and on the English
language. He died in Eaton Square, London, on March 28, 1886. In
1864 he was made Hon. D.D. of Dublin University.
TRENCH, S. LE POER.— Will o' the Wisps, poems, translated from the
German, Dublin, 1881, Svo.
TRENOR, ELIZABETH.— Moral Poems, — ; O'Neill, etc., — ; Tales and
Essays for Youth, etc., Dublin, 1840, 12mo.
TRESHAM, HENRY, R.A. — The Sea-Sick Minstrel, a poem (anonymously),
1796, 4to; Rome at the close of the ISth Century!!!, a poem with
notes, London, 1799, 4to; Beitannicus to Buonaparte, an heroic epistle
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with notes, London, 1803, 4to; Recreation at Ramsgate, poetical
effusions from original manuscripts in the possession of a lady, Rams-
gate, 1805 (?), 4to; A Tributary Lay to the Memory op the Mahquis of
Lansdowne, 1810.
A poem by " the late H. Tresham " in Dublin Magazine and General
Bepository, 1820. Tresham was a distinguished artist, and was bom in
Dublin about 1750, and went to London in 1775. Was made A.R.A. in
1791, and R.A. in 1799. He died in Bond Street, London, June 17, 1814.
TRIMBLE, WILLIAM COPELAND.— Born in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh,
in 1851, and is the son of the late Wra. Trimble, editor and proprietor
of The Impartial Reporter of that town for more than forty years, and
known to readers of " Barney Maglone " (R., A. Wilson) {q.y.) as " Sulky."
He was educated at the Royal School in his native town, and
studied for the Bar, but entered his father's office, after a time succeeding
him as editor and proprietor. Wrote a number of poems for Ulster
papers, and is an amateur musician of ability. Has written a "History
of the 27th Inniskilling Regiment," which is now out of print.
TROTTER, JOHN BERNARD. — Leipsiok, or Germany Restored, a poem,
Dublin, 1813, 8yo.
Born in Co. Down in 1775. B.A., T.C.D., 1795. He was intended for
' the law, but turned to literature, and wrote against the Union. His
writings attracted the attention of Charles James Fox, who appointed
him his private secretary. He almost worshipped the famous statesman,
and his " Memoirs of the Latter Years " of Fox is well-known. He wrote
several other books, including " Walks through Ireland," 1819. He
died in poverty in Cork in 1819.
TUCKER, ELEONORA C. — An Irish-American poetess, born of Limerick
parerits, her father's name being Martin and her mother's O'Connor.
She was bom in the province of Quebec on March 1, 1850, and was
married in 1881 to Mr. Francis J. Tucker, and lives at Martindale,
province of Quebec. Mrs. Tucker has written a good many poems for
leading Canadian and American papers, including Boston Pilot, Montreal
True ]\'itnes>!, etc., over signatures of " D. C. Deane," "E. C. M.," and
"L. M."
TUCKER, DAYID, M,B.— Born in Ireland, and educated at T.C.D.,
graduating B.A., 1844; M.B., 1846. Became M.R.C.S. of Edinburgh,
and emigrated to Canada. He wrote poems for the Canadian journals.
TUCKEY, MARY B.— The Great Exemplar, religious poetry, Dublin, 1839,
24mo; 1840, 16mo; 1850, 16mo; Creation, or a Morning Walk, verse,
Dublin, 1845, 24mo ; Old James, the Irish Pedlak, a tale of the Famine,
Dublin, n.d.
Also some stories, etc. Lived at Ferney, near Cork, and addressed
poems from that place to Dublin Literary Journal, 1843-5.
TUITE, LADY ELIZABETH DOROTHEA.— Poems, London, 1796; second
edition, London, 1799, 12mo ; Miscellaneous Poems, third edition, Bath,
1814 (?), 16mo.
A niece of Lady Moira, Dermody's benefactress, and born in 1764.
Seems to have published a volume of poems in 1824, when she was a
widow. One of her poems was erroneously attributed to Byron, and
another to Moore.
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TULLOCH, JESSIE. — A clever writer for The Irish Monthly, who resides in
Co. Tipperary. Though born in Scotland, Miss TuUoch has lived nearly
all her life in Ireland, and some of her stories and poems are character-
istically Irish.
TUMULTI, BERNARD.— A Drogheda artist and poet, elder brother of the
writer who follows. Tor many years he exhibited portraits and historical
paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy. He was a good antiquarian,
and was well acquainted with Irish, from which he translated various
poems which appeared in the Drogheda Argus in the fifties of last century.
Like his brother, he is interred in the old Abbey burial ground. Hill of
Slane. His name is an ancient Irish one. He was of humble parentage
and was a native of Drogheda, born about 1800.
TUMULTI, THOMAS.— Born in Drogheda early in the last century, and
died somewhere about 1872. He was by profession a portrait painter,
but acted as librarian of several institutions in his native town. He
wrote much verse for the Nation and Drogheda Argus, generally using
his initials, " T. T." About the year 1855 the Argus issued a supple-
ment devpted to extracts from local poets, and in this Tumulti was well
represented.
TUOMY, MARTIN, M.B. — ^Hippolttus and Iphigbnia, translated from
Euripides, Dublin, 1806.
There is a Martin Tuomy in Todd's List as Sch., T.C.D., 1788, B.A.
and M.B., 1794.
TUNNARD, JOHN. — Tkanslations of some Odes op Horace, and original
LINES on the tide COMING IN" AT LoTJGH SwiLLT [1874] , 12m0.
TURNER, JOANNA.— The Triumph of Ruth (verse?), Mullingar, 1796.
TUTHILL, JANE ANNE YILLIERS.— Songs of Past Hours, London,
1852, 12mo.
Was the wife of Mr. Jackson V. Tuthill.
TWEEDALE, ROBERT. — Born near Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, in 1832. His
father, who was also a native of that county, was an agricultural
labourer, and came to Johnstone (Scotland) with his family in 1841.
Robert Tweedale learned the trade of a shoemaker and settled in Paisley
in 1849. He commenced to write verse when about fourteen years of
age, and many of his pieces have appeared in the Paislsy Express and
Ayrshire Post. A sketch of him, with specimens of his verse, will be
found in Robert Brown's "Paisley Poets," Vol. 2, pp. 354-358.
TWAMLEY, WILLIAM. — Author of many pieces of merit in Shamrock and
other Irish periodicals from about 1876 to 1886.
TUflGG, LIZZIE. — Songs and Poems, by Elis ni Chraoibhin, Dublin, 1904
(with introduction by Rev. Canon P. A. Sheehan).
A frequent contributor to Irish papers.
TYNAN, ANNIE E. — Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1870, being the
daughter of Joseph C. Tynan, an inventor and silk manufacturer. Was
educated at the High School of Paterson, and is a poetess of some merit.
There are three pieces by her in The Magazine of Poetry (Buffalo) for
January, 1892.
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TYNAN, HUGH.— Poems, Belfast, 1800, 12mo; Poems by the late H. T.,
Belfast, 1803, 12mo.
Born in March, 1782, and died in July, 1802. Was engaged in the
Custom House, Donaghadee, near which place he was born, for two hours
daily, and taught a school during his other time. His poems were
collected and published hy a few friends in order to raise a small sum
for his aged mother, as she was very poor at the time of his death.
TYNAN, KATHARINE. — Louise de ia Valliebe and other Poems, London,
1885, 8vo; Shamrocks, London, 1887, 8vo; Ballads and Lyrics, London,
1891, 8yo; Irish Love Songs (edited by her), London, 1892, 8vo;
OuoKoo Songs, London, 1894, 8vo; Miracle Plays — Our Lord's Coming
and Childhood, verse, London, 1895, 8vo; A Lover's Breast Knot,
poems, London, 1896 ; The Wind in the Trees, a book of country verse,
London, 1901; Innocencies, poems, 1905; Experiences, poems, 1908; The
Rhymed Life op St. Patrick, London, 1907 ; Twenty-one Poems by
Katharine Tynan, selected by W. B. Yeats, Dublin (Dun Eimer Press),
1907; Lauds, Enfield, London, 1909.
One of the most notable of the Irish poetesses of the present time.
Born in Dublin, February Q, 1861, and educated at the Dominican
Convent of St. Catherine of Siena, Drogheda. Her first poems appeared
in Young Ireland (Dublin), and her first contribution to an English
periodical in The Graphic, I believe. Since that time she has contributed
to all the leading journals in Ireland, England and America. Most of
her poems appeared in United Ireland, Nation, Irish Monthly, and Irish
Fireside, among Irish periodicals, and she also contributed frequently
to The Speaker, Merry England, National Observer, Good Words, Anti-
Jacahin, Atalanta. Catholic Fireside, etc., etc., not to mention American
papers like the Boston Pilot, Providence Journal, and so on. Besides
numerous clever novels, she has written various volumes, essays and
sketches, such as "A Cluster of Nuts," "An Isle in the Water," "The
Land of Mist and Mountain, " etc. These are admirable. She has done an
amazing amount of work, always distinguished. She married in 1893,
Mr. Henry A. Hinkson, an Irish barrister and author, and himself the
author of some well-known novels.
TYNAN, WILLIAM P.— Three Score Pobms, New York, 1886.
TYRRELL, REY. GEORGE. — Versions and Perversions from Heine, etc.,
London, 1909 (posthumous).
This notable Jesuit was born in Dublin on Eebruary 6, 1861, and died
on July 15, 1909. After many years of brilliant accomplishment as a
theologian and writer, he was expelled from his order in consequence of
Modernist doctrines. A full account of his career will be found in the
supplement to " Dictionary of National Biography."
TYRRELL, ROBERT YELYERTON, LL.D.— The Acharnians of Aristo-
phanes, translated into English verse, Dublin, 1SS3, 8vo.
Born at Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary, January 21, 1844. Sch., T.C.D.,
1861; B.A., 1864; M.A., 1867; Fellow, 1868. Was elected Professor of
Latin in 1871, and Regius Professor of Greek in 1880. He is one of the
greatest scholars of the day, and is a poet of no mean order. He wrote
a large amount of Greek, Latin, and English verse for Kottabos, the
T.C.D. poetical magazine, and was its editor for some time. He has pub-
lished several important classical works.
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" UNDERGRADUATE, AN."— Juvenile Poems, with translations from the
Polish poet, Casimir, Dublin, 1821.
Of T.C.D.
UNDERWOOD, THOMAS.— Poems, Bath, 1768 ; The Countet Wake, farce,
1782, 8vo.
Possibly the B.A. of T.C.D. , 1781.
UNDERWOOD, THOMAS NEILSON.— An Irish barrister who was prominent
at the time of the Fenian movement, and who died October, 1876, and
was buried in Glasnevin. Wrote prose and verse for various journals.
In The Irishman for November 4, 1876, there is an Irish drama in one
act and in verse by him, which was contributed by the author to an
English paper in June, 1867. It is entitled "The Youthful Martyr."
He was a native of the North of Ireland, probably of Strabane, and was
a direct descendant of Samuel Neilson of '98. He was born about 1830.
Was prominent in the Tenant-Right Movement of 1852, and was the
founder of St. Patrick's Brotherhood, 1860, a revolutionary organization
which preceded the Fenian one.
UNIACKE, MARY.— The Doll's Picnic, verse (over initials of " M. U."),
London, 1860, 8vo.
UPTON, WILLIAM.— Poems on Several Occasions, London, 1788, 8vo;
The Black Castle, or the Spirit op Ravia, an opera, — .
Certainly not the writer of "The Lass of Richmond Hill," though
often stated to be its author. (See Leonard McNally for particulars
about authorship). He was probably Irish.
UPTON, WILLIAM C— Cuchtoain, a dramatic poem, Dublin, 1887, Svo.
There is also a story by him entitled " Uncle Pat's Cabin." He was,
I believe, a tradesman of Ardagh, Co. Limerick, and went to America
twenty yeai's or so ago. He wrote occasionally for Irish papers, and is
included in "Emerald Gems," Dublin, 1885.
UPWARD, ALLEN. — Songs at Sunrise, — ■; Songs in Ziklag, London, 1888.
I have not seen the first-named volume. The author is a barrister
practising in Wales, I believe, and published about 1887 a, skit on the
Home Rule question. He is an Englishman, I believe, born at Worcester
in 1863, but lived in Dublin for some time, where he received part of his
education.
URWICE, REY. WILLIAM. — Christ's World-School — essays in verse,
London and Dublin, 1866.
Born in Shrewsbury on December 8, 1791, became pastor at Sligo in
1816, and in 1826 was attached to York Street Chapel, Dublin. He died
in Dublin on July 16, 1868. He wrote various books, and some other
poems still in manuscript.
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USHER, JAMES.— An Elegy, privately printed, 1860, 8vo.
Author of " Olio," 1767, a book highly esteemed by many notable writers.
Was the son of Gilbert Usher, CoUierstown, Co. Meath, a farmer, and was
born in 1720. He was descended from Archbishop TJssher and from Richard
Stanihurst, and though he received a good classical education, was succes-
sively a farmer, a linen-draper in Dublin, and, after his wife's death, a
priest. Charles Molloy, the political writer, left him £300, and opened a
school in Kensington with John Walker, the lexicographer. He finally
carried on the school by himself for four years. He was an excellent writer
of prose and verse. He died in 1772, aged 52. Possibly the following
writer was his son. His " Elegy " was reprinted long after his death.
USHER, JAMES. — The Messiah, a sacred oratorio", London, 1824; The
DiEGE OF Fauntleeoy, a poem, London, 1824 ; Odes op Anacheox, trans-
lated into English verse, London, 1833; Buonapaute; The Rotal
Exchange; Odes of Hokace, etc., Ijondon, 1842.
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YANCE (THOMAS ?) .—The Psai.ms ix Vekse, etc. (in coujuiictiuii with
Christopher Collum), Dublin, 1765.
YAEIAN, ELIZABETH WILLOUGHBY.— Poems (over signature of
•' Pinola"), Belfast, 1851; Neveb Forsake the Ship^ and other Poems
(over same signature), Dublin, 1874; The Political and National
Poems or Finola, Dublin, 1877.
Born in Co. Antrim, I believe^ about 1830, her maiden name being
Tracy. During the fifties she wrote a large number of poems for The
Nation over her usual signature of "Finola." Married Ralph Varian
in 1871. She was living at Blackrock, Co. Cork, in 1893. There is an
article on her writings in Irishman (for which she wrote anonymous
poems), June 16, 1877.
YARIAN, ISAAC STEPHEN. — A cousin of Ralph Varian, and born in Cork.
Was imprisoned in '48 with many others for his principles. There are
a few poems by him in his brother's collections of Irish poetry. He
was a brush manufacturer, first in London (where he wrote for Douglas
Jcrrold's Magazine), and then in Dublin, where he died November 26,
1868, aged 56.
YARIAN, MARY R. — There is a poem by this lady in Ralph Varian's "Harp
of Erin," 1869. I do not know, but suppose she was a relative of the
editor.
YARIAN, RALPH. — Sieeet-Ballads, Popular Songs, etc. (edited by R. V.
over signature of " Duncathail "), Dublin, 1865, 12mo ; The Harp of
Erin (edited by R. V. over same signature), Dublin, 1869, 12mo.
There have been one or two other editions of the first-named volume,
which is by far the better collection of the two. Besides the few of his
own poems in that volume, there are more than two dozen others by him
in "The Harp of Erin." He was a Cork man, born about 1820, probably,
and wrote for Nation a few poems about 1845, over the signature of
"11. v., Cork." He died about 1886. To The Irishman he contributed
poems over the signatures of " McCarthaigh Mor " and " Fionbarr."
YERDON, THOMAS KIRWAN.— Farewell, a poem, Dublin (?), 1821; The
Suicide, a tragedy, Dublin, 1824, 8vo ; The Converted Jew, a poem,
London, 1833, 12mo ; The Cottage Jubilee, verses written on the com-
pletion of the 50th year of Dr. J. Pye-Smith's labours, etc., London,
1860, 8vo ; The Veil lifted from the Nations — Discovery op the lost
Tribes, etc., verse (?), London, 1872; The Veil lifted from Israel —
What Israel ought to do ; and Htmns and Hebrew Melodies for
Israel, London, 1876, 8vo.
His earlier volumes w.ere signed with his full name. From 1833 his
name is given as " T. K. de Verdon." In 1820 he wrote verse for
Dublin Magazine, over the name of T. K. Verdon.
YEREKER, HON. KATHERINE.— Dairebn and other Poems, London,
1901, 8vo.
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YERSCHOYLE, REY. JOHN.— A contributor to Kuttahos, etc. Entered
T.C.D. in 1872, and some days after got the Vice-Chancellor's prize for
English verse. In 1874 he obtained it for Latin verse, and in 1875 and
1878 again for English verse. Proceeded to Cambridge and graduated
B.A., 1880, M.A., 1883.
YICARY, REY. MICHAEL.— Pencillings in Poetry, London, 1857.
B.A., T.C.D. , 1838. AVas living in "Wexford in 1883. He also wroto
a work, describing a visit to Rome, and there are sonnets of his in
Dublin Vniversity Mrnjazine for October and November, 1843.
YICTORY, LOUIS H. — Collected Verses, Dublin, 1893; Poems, London,
1895, 8vo ; Flowers, Birds and Children, poems, — ; STitBOLiSTio
Sonnets, — ; Imaginatio-ns in the Dt'.st, being the complete poetical works
of Louis H. A'ictory, with two essays on pooti y. 2 vols., London, 1903. Pvo.
At one time a frequent contributor to Weekly lo-ish Times. An Irish
journalist and author of several books. Now in New Zealand.
YILLANUEYA, REY. JOAQUIN LORENZO.— Poesias escogidas, Dublin,
1833, 12mo.
This work is curious, as containing poems on the Devil's Glen, Glen-
dalough, Saint Doulough, Ballyshannon (of which there is a translation
by Dr. Sigerson in H. AUingham's " History of Ballyshannon "), Black-
rock, etc. He was author of a work on Phoenician Ireland (translated
by Henry O'Brien, who wrote the famous work on Round Towers), and
one on St. Patrick. His volume of poems is dedicated to Archibald
Hamilton Rowan, and among the subscribers to it were M. W. Hartstonge,
W. Drennan, J. D'Alton, A. H. Rowan, Mrs. Hemans, Bishop England,
Archbishop Murray (Dublin), Lady Morgan, Thomas Moore, Daniel and
Maurice O'Connell. Died in November, 1836, and was buried in
Glasnevin.
YIRASEL, REY. SAMUEL.— An Ode to the Rt. Hon. Philip Earl or
Chesterfield on his appointment, Dublin, 1747, 8vo.
" YOUSDEN, YALENTINE."— Born in Dublin in or about 1820, and was
living in South Dublin Union in 1900. AVas educated by the Chris-
tian Brothers, and was known as Val INloore, from his step-father's
name. It is said his father was a German. A'ery well known as a
public entertainer and song writer ; he travelled all over the thrc(>
kingdoms giving his monologues, etc. Several of his songs became
tremendously popular, notably "Let each man learn to know himself,"
"The Irish Jaunting-Car," and "Buy a Broom." He composed the
music for most of his songs.
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W., E. D.— See West, E. D.
W., N. B. — A frequent contributor to The liainhow, or Western Monthly Maga-
zine, 1840, and winner of the T.C.D. prize poem on Queen Victoria's mar-
riage. Possibly Newport White. B. A., T.C.D. , 1843.
W., W. — The Humouhs of the Black Dog, in a letter to the H. J. S., D.D.,
D. S. P. D. (i.e. — Swift), by a gentleman in confinement, a. new poem,
second edition, corrected, Dublin, 1737.
(The " Black Dog " was the jail).
WADDING, MOST REY. LUKE (Bishop of Ferns).— A Pious Gabland, com-
posed by the Rev. Father Luke Wadding, Bishop of Ferns, which he
composed for the solace of his friends and neighbours in their afflictions,
to which is added a choice collection of divine poems, London (printed for
J. C, bookseller), 1728, 12mo.
At the end of the book is an advertisement of James Connor, bookseller,
Drogheda, who may nave printed it. Many of the poems are set to Irish
airs, among which are " Bonny Broom," "What time the groves were
clad in Green," "Alas! I cannot keep my sheep," " How cold and tem-
perate am I growing, since I could call my heart thine own," "Patrick
Flemming," "The Dump," ''New Major Neal," "I do not love cause
thou art fair," "Fortune my foe," " The skilful doctor," " Since Celia's
my foe," " The Knell," " Farewell, fair Armedia," and others with Irish
titles thus, spelt — -" Ishebeal a Boork," "Noarah Oge nee Yeorane," and
" Shea veer margeh begnough turshogh tigue, trelogh," etc. Bishop
Wadding died in Rome in 1659.
WADE, JOHN AUGUSTINE.— The Pkophecy, an oratorio, 1824 ; The Two
Houses or Granada, opera, 1826 ; Songs or the Flowers, two books, Lon-
don, 1827, fol. ; Select Airs, with appropriate words, Dublin, 1830 (?),
fol. ; Polish Melodies, London, 1831, fol. ; The Dwelling of Fancy and
OTHER Poems, London, 1831, 8vo.
A famous song-writer and composer, whose opera and oratorio above-
mentioned were performed at Drury Lane in the years stated. Some of
his songs, such as "Meet me by Moonlight alone," " I've wandered in
Dreams," etc., are still popular. He- composed both words and music of
nearly all his productions. He was the son of a dairyman in Thomas St.,
Dublin, and was born there in 1796. He was a schoolfellow of the late Dr.
R. R. Madden, and was a very apt scholar, his facility for learning being so
great that M. J. O'Sullivan {q.v.), who knew him well in after life, declared
that he knew all the languages of Europe, and spoke Latin as fluently as
English. His first name, given as Joseph generally, was doubtless John,
and a writer in Notes and Queries has pointed out that the assignments
of his copyrights in Stationer's Hall bear the latter name. He became a
junior clerk in the Irish Record Office somewhere about 1820, when W. M.
Rooke, the composer, was employed there ; and the latter, who was the
instructor of Balfe, taught him the violin. He gave up his office work
after a short time, and married a Miss Kelly, of Garnavilla. He could
not have written "Kate of Garnavilla," as Sir R. P. Stewart says in
Grove's " Dictionary of Musicians," as that was certainly Lysaght's work.
Wade's wife was supposed to be well-to-do, but soon after his marriage he
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is said to have become a surgeon, and shortly after 1820 we find him in
London. By his songs and operatic productions he made a large sum of
money, but unfortunately a love of alcohol began to assert itself, and in
the end effected his ruin. He wrote a number of clever stories and songs
for BeiMey's Bliscellany between 1837-40, and is included in "The
Bentley Ballads." He also wrote for The Illustrated London News, etc.,
and was concerned in the preparation of Dr. Crotch's massive work on
" Music." For some little time before his death he had been employed
by Ohappell, the music-publisher, but his irregularity and craving for
strong drink prevented his being properly assisted by his friends. He
died, almost in destitution, near the Strand, on September 29, 1845. He
had been twice married, and left a wife and several children, for whom
an appeal was made. He wrote, but did not publish, a "History of
Music," the MS. of which was in the possession of the late Dr. Madden.
At the sale of the hitter's library some years ago, several collections of
MSS. relating to Wade were sold.
WALDRON, WILLIAM WATSON.— Ode on the Burial of Geokge III.,
Dublin, 1821; Emmeline, a monody on the late Countess Talbot, — ; Ode
IN COMMEMOIIATION OE HIS MoST EXCELLENT MaJESTy's ViSIT TO IkELAND,
Dublin, 1821, 8vo.
Wrote over his initials, " W. W. W.," for Dublin papers, and graduated
B.A., T.C.D., 1819.
WALKER, ELLIS. — ^Epioteli Euchibidion made English, a poetical para-
phrase, Dublin, 1687, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1682.
WALKER, JOSEPH. — Love in a Cottage, a pastoral in prose and verse and
in two acts, Dublin, 1787, 8vo.
Printed for the author, a comedian.
WALKER, REY. JOHN, B.D.— Born at Roscommon in January, 1768, accord-
ing to " Dictionary of National Biography," but another account gives
the place as Silvermines, Co. Tipperary, and the date as 1769. Sch.
T.C.D., 1788; B.A., 1790; Fellow, 1791; M.A., 1793; B.D., 1800. Author
of many scientific and classical works. He left the Church of Ireland and
founded a sect called the " Walkerites." Died at Dublin on October 25,
1833. Wrote various hymns, one of which is in " Lyra Hibernica."
WALKER, MAYNARD CHAMBERLAIN.— The Benevolent Man, a comedy,
1771, not published.
A Dublin barrister. Sch. T.C.D., 1765; B.A., 1767; M.A., 1770.
WALKER, P. M. — Ekin's Woe and Erin's Weal, or Ireland as she is, has
BEEN, AND MIGHT BE, a posm, 1874, 16mo.
WALKER, SAMUEL.— Of Shanes Hill. Born December, 18UB; died June 19,
1885. Wrote much verse for the Ulster journals, I believe.
WALL, ALEXANDER.— Oriel Temple, a vision, Dublin, 1821_, 8vo.
Lived at 67 Townsend Street, Dublin, where he sold his book.
WALLACE, REY. JOHN, D.D. {?).— Hymns of the Church, London, 1874,
8vo.
WALLACE) W. B. (Jun.) .—Utopia, or Apollo's Golden Days, Dublin, 1747,
8Vo.
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WALLER, JOHN FRANCIS, LL.D.— The Slinusbt Papers, prose and verse,
Dublin, 1852; Ravbnsokoft Hall and other Poems, 1852; The Dead
Bridal, a tale of Venice, verse, 1856; Poems, Dublin, 1854 (1853), 8vo;
Poems, second edition, Dublin, 1863 ; OccasicJnai. Odes, 18G4 ; Peter
Brown, Poet and Peripatetic, verse, Dublin, 1872, 16mo; St. Patrick's
Day in my own Parlour, prose and verse (" by J. F. Slingsby "), Dublin,
187 — ; Harlequin Blunderborb, or the Enchanted Faun, a pantomime,
produced in Dublin, 1843; Festival Tales, Dublin, 1873.
Born in Limerick in 1809, but was the third son of Thomas Waller, of
Finoe House, Co. Tipperary. B.A., T.C.D., 1831; LL.B. and (hon.)
LL.D., 1852. In 1831 he was called to the Irish Bar, and went on circuit.
In 1831 he entered Gray's Inn, London. He wrote for The Dublin
University Magazine over the signatures of "Iota" and " Jonathan Freke
Slingsby," almost from its first number, and after the retirement of
Charles Lever, became its editor. He edited and wrote various works,
including "The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography," a massive
and useful work. He wrote an opening for a pantomime, entitled
"Harlequin Fulminoso, or the Ganders of Glena-Pearna," which, accord-
ing to J. W. Calcraft, in Dublin University Magazine for March, 1856,
was acted in Dublin " with extraordinary effect in the early winter of
1851." Dr. Waller received an official appointment in Dublin in 1867,
and held it for many years. He wrote a great deal for Cassell's publica-
tions, "Our Own Country" being one of his productions, and con-
tributed largely to English periodical literature, especially to S. C. Hall.'s
annuals and magazines, and to Cassell's Family Magazine. Many of his
admirable songs were set to music by Balfe, Macfarren, Sir R. P. Stewart,
etc. He wrote various commemorative odes, one for Cork Exhibition,
1852, the ode on the Installation of Lord Rosse as Chancellor of Dublin
University, 1863 ; the ode for the opening of the Royal Dublin Society's
Exhibition, 1864, etc. He wrote also an elegy on the death of Princess
Alice, and sent a copy to the late Queen, who requested him to give her
some others for members of her family, and forwarded him an auto-
graphed portrait. Some of his poems appeared in Kottahos. He died
at Windhill, near Bishop's Stratford, his country house, on January 19,
1894. See Dublin University Magazine for March, 1874, for article on
Waller by Thomas E. Webb (q.v.).
WALLIS, ROBERT PLAMPIN. — Clotilde, a metrical romance, Dublin,
1856, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1830. His second name is given as Pamplin sometimes,
but it is incorrect. He was the eldest son of William Douglas Wallis, of
Dublin, and was admitted to Gray's Inn in May, 1837. He died March
19, 1871, aged 58, and was buried at Mount Jerome.
WALSH, ANDREW. — The Catholic, or Hddibrastic Observer, in verse,
with occasional songs, Blackburn, 1827, l2mo.
WALSH, EDWARD. — Reliques op Irish Jacobite Poetry, with metrical
translations, Dublin, 1844, 8vo ; Irish Popular Songs, translated, with
notes, Dublin, 1847, 12mo.
In Shamrock for December, 1869, and in The Celt, there are notices of
Walsh by C. J. Kickham {q.v.). Some new poems of his are also to be
found in former paper, vol. 3, p. 376, and vol. 4, p. 759. Born in Ix)ndon-
derry in 1805, of Cork parentage, and became a school-teacher. He wrote
a great deal for The Nation between 1843 and 1848, but previous to that
he had contributed many stories and poems to The Dublin Journal of
Temperance, Science ancl Jjiteratnre (1832-3), and to Irish Fenny Journal
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(1840). He was a very estimable but lilghly sensitive man, and apparently
the only person -vvho disliked Thomas Davis, <harging him with bigotry be-
cause he had declined one of AValsh's poems for The Sation. Walsh was,
of course, a Catholic, Davis a Protestant, but the imputation of bigotry
against Davis was, needless to say, ciuite ludicrous. He is an excellent
poet within his limits. He became a schoolmaster to convicts at Spike
Island, and died on August C, 18.50. His original poems ought to be
collected. There are articles on him in Natiun, August 31 and September
7, 1850, and poems by him in the same for December 14, November 30,
and October 5, 1850; January 6 and January 13, 1855, and October, 1859.
There are references to him in Duffy's " Young Ireland," Mitchel's " Jail
Journal," and the present Avriter's " Life of Mangan."
WALSH, EDWARD, M.D. — The Peogress of Despotism, a poem on the
French Revolution, 1792, 4to ; Bag.\telles, oe Poetical Sketches,
Dublin, 179S, 8vo.
Born in Waterford in 1756, and died at Summerhill, Dublin, on
February 7, 1832. His brother Robert was also an author, and is noticed
in " Dictionary of National Biography." Tliere is a biography and por-
trait of above in Jjublin Z'liivcisity Mugarsine for 1834 (vol. 3). He was a
very successful phj'sician.
WALSH, HENRY COLLINS.— By the Potomac and other Verses, Phila-
delphia, 1889.
Born in Florence, Italy, in 1858, his father being American Consul
there, and is a great-grandson of Marquis of Shannon (a creation of James
II.) and Count Walsh de Serant, of the Irish Brigade in France. His
grandfather was Minister to France under Louis Philippe, and his father,
Robert Walsh, an author of some books. He has been editor of Lippincott'.f
Magazine, and contributor to some of the leading American journals and
magazines. He was taken to U.S.A. when he was nine years old, and
graduated at Georgetown University, U.S.A. While at the University he
edited its College Journal. He has been connected with many journals
and magazines, including Catholic World, New York. In the Magazine of
Poetry for April, 1896, there is a notice of him by Dr. M. F. Egan {q.v.),
with selections from his poems.
WALSH, JOHN. — One of the leading poets of the South of Ireland, born at
Belleville Park, Oappoquin, Co. A¥aterford, on April 1, 1835. Educated
at Cappoquin National School and at Mount Melleray. Became a National
school-teacher in his native town and afterwards at Casliel, Co. Tipperary,
where he remained till his death in February, 1881. He left a widow and
six children, one of them being Michael Paul Walsh {q.v.). He was
buried on the rock of Cashel. He wrote a very large number of
poems, some of them of a high order of merit, for Waterford Citizen over
signature of "A Cappoquin Girl," for Irishman over those of " Shamrock "
and "Lismore," for Nation over those of "J. AV.," "J. J. W.," and
" Boz," and for Irish People over that of " Kilmartin." He also wrote
for The; Harp, The Celt, Tipperary E.riniiiiier, etc. Michael Cavanagh
(q.v.), the Irish-American poet and journalist, and author of a valuable
life of T. F. Meagher, ^vas his brother-in-law. He only signed a fe^\-
poems " Shamrock " in Irishman, one of these being " I wish I was home
in Ireland," which has been attributed to Richard Dalton Williams (thouo-h
he had been dead some time before it wa.s written), and was included in
the first collected edition of his poems, because it bore the signature of
"Shamrock." It is, however, given in Variau's "Harp'of Ei'in " (1869)
as Walsh's. Wnlsh never collected his poems, but the Rev. Michael
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Patrick Hickey (q.v.) republished them some years ago week by week in
The Waterford Star, preparatory to making a volume of them, which has
not yet appeared. Previous to republication of Walsh's poems in The
Waterford SUir, the same priest wrote a lengthy biography of the poet
for that paper, and one for The Tipperary Nationcdixt.
WALSH, MICHAEL. — Speeches, Poems and other Weitings, New York,
1843.
Born in Youghal, Co. Cork, on March 7, 1810. Went to America
and became a prominent politician and congress man. Died in New York
on March 17, 1859.
WALSH, MICHAEL J.— Born in 1833 at Listowel, Co. Kerry, and went to
U.S.A. while a boy, and has since mostly resided in New York. He has
written a good deal of prose and verse for the Irish-American Press, and
is included in Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's Poetry."
WALSH, MICHAEL PAUL.— Son of John Walsh (q.v.), and born in
Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, June 2S, 1866. Was educated in
Cashel National School, chiefly under his father. He became a National
teacher, and was placed in charge of the school at Mocklershill, near
Cashel, which post he held till his death in January, 1892. He wrote
excellent poems for Vhamhers' Journal, Cashel Sentinel, Irish Fireside,
Young Folks, etc., over his own name and signatures of "Buzz," " Phiz,"
" Louisa Gray," " Pontius Pilate," " A Cashel Girl," " A Base Mechanic
Wretch," and "Philomath." He won several prizes for poems in The
Irish Fireside. He was buried beside his father on the Rock of Cashel.
WALSH, RICHARD. — Miscellanies in Pkosb and Verse, Dublin, 1761, 8vo.
WALSH, THOMAS. — A contributor of verse to Harper's, Century, Atlantic
Monthly, and other notable American magazines.
WALSH, THOMAS C— A connection of John Walsh {q.v.), and born
in Lismore, Co. Waterford, on August 17, 185-5. Was educated
at the National school of his native place, where he had the
Messrs. Healy, M.P.'s, as school-fellow.s. In 1886 he went to the
United States, and is a carpenter in New York, and holds an official
position in his trade organization. Wrote poems for the Dublin journals
before going to U.S.A., and his poems have also appeared in The Sunday
Democrat, World, Daily Xews, Sunday Union and Catholic Times, The
Carpenter, and other New York papers.
WALSH, RT. REY. WILLIAM (Bishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia) .—Euchah-
istica, or a series of Poems on the Eucharist, New York, 1855.
Born in AVaterford in 1804, and died on the 10th of August, 1858. The
above work is chiefly in prose, but there are a few poems among the
contents.
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WALSH, RT. REY. WILLIAM PAKENHAM (Bishop of Ossory) .—There is a
poem by him in ' ' Lyra Hibernica Sacra, " and he has written various
others, besides many religious books. Born at Moorpark, Co. Roscommon,
in 1820. B.A., T.C.D., 1841; M.A., 1853; B.D. and D.D., 1873. Was
ordained in 1843, married in 1861, and was appointed Bishop of Ossory
in 1878. Died in Dublin, July 30, 1902.
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WAND&SFORD, OSBORNE SYDNEY.— Fatal Love^ or the Degbnebate
Brothers, a tragedy in five acts and in verse, London, 1730, 8vo.
WARD, C. A.— Sonnets (over pseudonym of " Feltham Burghley "), London,
1855, 16mo ; Sir Edwin Gilderoy, a ballad (over same signature), London,
1856, 16mo; The Sutherland Clearances, a ballad (over same signature),
Glasgow, 1860, 12mo.
An Orange poet apparently, some of whose anti-Catholic poems are in
Wm. Johnston's " Boyne Book of Poetry and Song " (1859).
WARD, REY. JAMES.— Phoenix Park, a poem, DuTDlin, 1718; Mullt op
MouNTOWN, a poem [by Dr. W. King], and Orpheus and Euridice, a
poem, and Phcenix Park, a poem, by James Ward, Dublin, 1718.
There are about sixteen of this writer's poems in Matthew Concanen's
collection of " Miscellaneous Poems," 1724, one of them, a long one, being
on "Phffinix Park." B.A., T.C.D., 1711; M.A., 1714.
WARD, MONTGOMERY ALBERT, M.D.— The Fisherman's Daughter, a
comic opera, with music by Georgina Adye Curran, Dublin, 1888.
Performed at Queen's Theatre. The author was a surgeon and medical
officer to Rathmines Commissioners for nearly thirty years. M.D., T.C.D.,
1883. Died December 30, 1897.
WARD, PATRICK J.— Of Nobber, Co. Meath, and a constant contributor of
verse to the Shamrock and other Irish papers between 1875-85, sometime.';
over signature of " Doire."
WARD, SAMUEL, LL.D. — A poet of this name is represented in Joshua
Edkius' collection of poems in two volumes, 1789-90. He was a T.C.D.
man, graduating B.A., 1791; LL.B., 1795; LL.D., 1796.
WARE, REY. HENRY, D.D. — An Elegiack Song on the Death op the late
Mrs. M. Wall, etc., Dublin, 1729, fol. sheet.
B.A., T.C.D. , 1715; M.A., 1728; D.D., 1762.
WARE, REY. HENRY. — Recollections op Jonathan Anderson, and Verses,
Belfast, 1860.
WARING, . — Dr. John Brenan (q.v.) speaks of a volume of poems by one
of this name, and ridicules it and the author in his Milesian Magazine
for 1814. I cannot trace it.
WARLOW, JAMES (?).— Faith, its Pleasures, Trials, and Victories, and
OTHER Poems, London, 1882, 4to.
Also a novel in 1888.
WARNER, BIDDULPH.— Poems and Sketches, Dublin, 1857, Svo.
Also two novels in 1858 (Dublin), and 1860 (London).
WARNER, WILLIAM.— A Vision op Love, dramatic poem, Belfast, 1861.
WARREN, JOHN BYRNE LEICESTER (LORD DE TABLEY) —Poems
1859 (under pseudonym of "George F. Preston," in conjunction with
George Fortescue) ; Ballads and Metrical Sketches, 1860 (under same
pseudonym); The Threshold op Atrides, 1861, under same signature-
Glimpses op Antiquity, 1860 (do.); Pr^tehik, 1863; Eclogues and Mono-
dramas, 1864; Studies in Verse, 1865 (these last three volumes being
published under the pseudonym of " William Lancaster ") ■ PniLociETEs
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a tragedy, 1866 (anonymously) ; Oeestes, a tragedy, 1868 (anonymously) ;
Rbheahsals, poems (over pseudonym of "William Lancaster"); Search-
ing THE Net, poems, 1873 (the first book to bear the author's name); The
Soldier's roRTUNE, 1876; Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical, a selection of
his poems, London, 1893; the same, second series, 1895.
The first Baron de Tabley was a son of Sir Peter Byrne, one of the
Byrnes of Cabinteely, and was born at Tabley, April 4, 1762, and died
June 18, 1827. Sir Peter Byrne had changed his name to Leicester on his
marriage with the sole heiress of the Leicester estates at Tabley. His
son, the first baron, was a good architect and artist, and built his house
at Tabley from his own designs, and there are various landscapes by him
there. He was a great patron of artists, took an interest in the formation
of a Dublin National Gallery, and presented it with pictures. He was a
member of the Royal Irish Institution. The poet here treated was the
third and last baron, and was born at Tabley House, Cheshire, on April
26, 1832. His mother was of Irish extraction partly. He was educated at
Oxford, where he graduated B.A., 1859, and M.A., 1860. He met with
no success as a poet, though some of his work is of high distinction, and
died, rather disillusioned, on November 22, 1895.
WATERS, FRANCIS.— The Water-Lilt, an Oriental Fairy Tale, Ottawa,
1888.
The above poem was praised by Mr. Gladstone, who wrote : " I have
much pleasure in recognising in the work, so far as I can judge, the true
faculty and spirit of a poet." This poet was born at Fermoy, Co. Cork,
April 4, 1857. Primarily educated at the Christian Brothers' Schools
and at Fermoy College; he studied medicine for a time, but gave it up,
and in 1879 went to Canada. He has written verse for Catholic
World, of New York, but most of his verse has appeared in The Owl, a
monthly magazine published by the students of Ottawa University.
WATERS, JOHN CHARLES, M.D.— An Irish physician who contributed a
great deal of prose and poetry to Nation, Irishman, and Duffy's Fire-
side Magazine, between 1857-70, generally over the initial of " W." He
was born in Dominiok Street, Dublin, in 1830, was an ardent politician,
and was editorially connected with The Nation and Morning News of his
native city. In the Shamrock, vols. 3 and 4, there is a long series of
articles by him on "The Romance of Irish History." He wrote for
English periodicals also, and in 1871 went to America, and settled in
Indiauopolis, where he died in August, 1884. One of his poems is in
" Irish Penny Readings."
WATSON, REY. JOHN SELBY.— Geology, a poem, London, 1844, 8vo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1888; M.A., 1844. Executed some of the translations of
Moore's " Irish Melodies " into Latin for N. Lee Torre's " Cantus Hiber-
nici " (3 vols., 1856-59), and also translated various classical works into
English prose. He was born in 1804, and married a Miss
Armstrong in Dublin in 1845. He became classical master of Stockwell
Grammar School, London, and towards the close of 1871 murdered his
wife. On January 10, 1872, he was brought to trial, and sentenced to
death, but this was commuted on account of the high and humane char-
acter he bore, and of the provocation he had received. He was a brilliant
scholar, and fifty works bear his name, including well-known lives of
Porson and Warburton. He died in Parkhwrst Prison, Isle of Wight, on
July 6, 1884.
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WATSON, REV. MICHAEL, S.J.— Fon Cueist and His Kingdom, poems,
Dublin, 1907.
A frequont contvihutor to Irish Mdiifhhj aud other Catholic periodiciils.
WATSON, SAMUEL JAMES.— The IjKGExn of the Koses, and Bavlan, a
drama, Toronto, 1876, IGmo.
An Irish-Canadian poet, who in 1877 was librarian of Ontario Legis-
lature. Is mentioned in N. F. Darin's ' Irishman in Canada."
WAUGH, DAVID JONES. — The British Chikch and other poems, London
and Thames Ditton, 1843, 12mo.
Sch. T.C.D., 1829; B.A., 1830.
WEAVER, JOHN (?).— The Loves or Maes and Venus, dramatic piece, 1717,
8vo ; Oepiieus and Eueidice, dramatic piece, 1718, 8vo ; Perseus and
Andromeda, dramatic piece, 1728, 8vo ; The Judgment of Paris, dramatic
piece, 1732, 8vo.
A dancing master, and author of works on dancing. May liave been
the B.A. of T.C.D., 167o.
WEAVER, REV. THOMAS.— Sonos and Poems of Love and Drollery (over
the signature of T. W., Gent.), London, 1654, 8vo.
Some of the poems treat of experiences in Ireland, but the author was
apparently an Englishman, born at Worcester in 1616, and died at Liver-
pool in 1663. There is a Thomas Weaver mentioned in Swift's works (Sir
W. Scott's edition), as of a family " settled in King's or Queen's County,"
and admitted to T.C.D., November 9, 1678, and M.A.. 1688.
WEBB, GEORGE.— Batchelor's Hall, a poem, Dublin, 1760 (?), 8vo.
Of Philadelphia.
WEBB, RICHARD DAVIS. — The Mountain of Forth, a poem in memory of
Jacob Poole, the Wexford antiquary, Dublin, 1867.
A Quaker and well-known jDrinter, of Dublin, and father of Alfred
Webb, author of the " Compendium of Irish Biography." Doubtless the
" R. D. AV." who wrote the poem given in .Jacob Poole's "Dialect of
Forth and Bargy."
WEBB, THOMAS EBENEZER, LL.D.— Faust, translated from Goethe into
English verse, Dublin, 1878, etc., 4to and 8vo.
Born about 1824, and educated at T.C.D. Sch., 184o ; B.A., 1850;
M.A., 1857; LL.B. and LL.D., 18-39; Fellow, 1868.' A frequent con-
tributor of prose and verse to Vuhlin t'niveisHy Mac/iiziiie. aud of poems
to Knttabo.s. Was appointed a County Court Judge in 1888, and died
on November 10, 1903. He was an extremely brilliant man, and wrote
some remarkably clever books, such as "The Intellectualism of Locke,"
"The Veil of Isis," and an ingenious book on the Baconian theory of
Shakespeare's plays.
WEEKES, . — The Sha.mrock, a collection of Irish songs, Glasgow, 1831.
Tlie compiler was " of Drury Lane Theatre." T. C. Croker severely
criticised the book in Fnisei's Magn-iiie for June, 1831.
WEEKES, CHARLES. — Reflections and Refractions, poems, 1893, 8vo;
About Women, verse, Dublin, 1907.
A young Dublin poet of some power, whose first volume received very
high praise from several critics. He resides in London. He was a T.C.D.
student, but apparently did not graduate.
WEEKES, JAMES EYRE.— Poems on Sevebal Occasions, Cork, 1743, ]2nio;
The Ajiazon, or FEirALE Coukage Vindicated, verse, Dublin, 1745, 6vo;
The Resubrbction, a poem, incist luimbly inscribed to John Blachford,
D.D., the Rector of St.' AVcvburgh's Pnrish, Dublin, 1745, 8vo ;
Rebellion, a poem, — ; Solojion's Te:«ple, an oratorio (words by
J. E. W.), 1795, 8vo.
jNIay have been the James Weekes who graduated B.A. at T.C.D. in
1751. T. Hailes Lacy conjectured that he was the James Ayres, dramatist
(q.v.) of the same period. Also published " A New Geography of Ireland,"
Dublin, 1762 ; " A Rhapsody on the Stage, or the Act of Playing," Dublin,
1746; "The Gentleman's Hour-Glass, an introduction to Chronology,"
1753 (a very interesting work, with obituaries, etc.). Was murdered in
or about 1762.
WEIR, HENRY CRICHTON, LL.B.— A somewhat frequent contributor to
Kuttahos and Froth (which latter journal he conducted during its short
life, 1879-80), and was born in Co. Donegal in 1857, his father being
Scotch. Sch. T.C.D., 1875; M.A., 1877; LL.B., 1879. To Frotli he wrote
over signature of " Harry Crichton." He was educated at Raplioe Royal
School. He wrote for Zo.-, The D'uimoiiil, and Hihernia, Dublin
periodicals, and also articles for Duhliii Evening Mail and Iiisli Eihica-
tional ■Jovrnoh
WEIR, KEY. SAMUEL.— Born in Co. Down. A Wesleyan Methodist minister
at Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, and wrote religious verse for several
papers, including the English Wesleyan Mefhodist Magazine.
WELLBOS, G. — FoELOEN Anna, a poem founded on fact, Dublin (anony-
mously), 1821, 8vo; second edition, Dublin, 1822, 8vo ; third edition, 1822,
8vo; The Orphan, a poem, Dublin, 1822, 8vo; The Aged Musician, a
poem, to which is added The Disappointment, Dublin, 1822, 8vo ; Juvenile
Poems for the Improvement oe Youth, Dublin, 1824, 8vo.
This writer's name 'loolis like a pseudonym.
WELD, CHARLES ROBERT.— Continental Ebagments, verse, Dublin, 1839,
8vo.
A traveller, and author of several other works. Born in August, 1813,
and died January 15, 1869. He was the half-brother of Isaac Weld, a well-
known Irish scientific and miscellaneous writer, and though he entered
T.C.D., does not appear to have graduated there. In 1845 he became
secretary and librarian of the Royal Society, London, and it is by his
"History" of that institution he is generally known. But he wrote
various interesting books of travel which had a vogue in their day.
WELLESLEY, GARRET (1st Earl of Mornington) .— This distinguished
musical composer and song writer was born on July 19, 1735, probably at
Dangan Castle, Co. Meath, entered T.C.D. , and graduated B.A., 1754,
and M.A., 1757. He was M.P. for Trim in Irish Parliament for a while,
when his father's death in 1758 gave him the barony of Mornington.
He was a famous musical amateur, and some of his glees, like " Here in
Cool Grot" and "Come fairest nymph," are classics of their kind. In
1764 he was made Mus.Doc. of T.C.D., and he died May 22, 1781. His
two sons were the Duke of Wellington and following writer.
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WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY (Marquis). — Pbimitiae et Reliquiae,
poems in Greek, Latin, and English, London, 1846, 8vo.
Brother of the Dnke of Wellington, and an eminent statesman. Born
in Grafton Street, Dublin, on June 20, 17G0, and educated at Eton and
Oxford, where he was very successful. He succeeded his father (q.v.) as
Eari of Mornington in 1781, and in 1784 entered the Honse of Commons.
In Ootober, 1797, he was made Governor-General of India. He was created
Baron Wellesley at the same time, and in 1799 Marquis of Wellesley. In
1809 he became Foreign Secretai-y, and in 1821 and again in 1833, was
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He was twice married, and died in London
on September 26, 1842.
WELSH, JAMES. — The Muses' Phillipib, a poem in five cantos. Limerick,
1823, 12mo.
WELSH, ROBERT CHARLES.— Author of various poems in early volumes
of Dublin Universiti/ Mayoz'ine. In the number for July, 1842, there is
a batch of eight by "the late R.. C. W." He was a landowner, born
in 1816, and educated at T.C.D., where he distinguished liimself, gradu-
ating B.A. in 1837. He was murdered on November 6, 1841, within a
mile of his own house. (See TJuhlin University Magazine, volume 20,
page 40).
WENTWORTH, WILLIAM CHARLES.— Australasia, poem, London, 1823,
8vo.
This distinguished colonial statesman was the son of D'Arcy "Wentworth,
an Irish surgeon (who was born at Portadown, Co. Armagh, in 1762, but
was of Roscommon family, died at Sydney, N.S.W., on July 7, 1827), and
wa.s born October 26, 1791. The above poem was written for the com-
petition for a prize poem on that subject, which was won by W. M. Praed.
His career would take too long to summarise here, but a very good account
of it may be found in the " Dictionai y of National Biography." He
died on March 20, 1872.
WEST, ELIZABETH DICKINSON.— Verses by E. D. W., Dublin, 1876,
12mo; Verses, part 2, Dublin, 1883, 12mo.
A daughter, I believe, of the late Dean West, of Dublin, and now Mrs.
Edward Dowden. Three of her pieces are in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra,"
and she is represented in "The Dublin Book of Irish Verse."
WEST, JOHN RUSSELL, M.B.— A contributor to Kottahns, brother of R. AV.
West {q.v.), and son of the late Dean West. Sch. T.C.D., 1870; B.A.,
M.B., and M.Chir., 1875. Became a surgeon, and died on August 17, 188;i,
aged 3-5.
WEST, REY. MATTHEW.— Ethelinda, a tragedy, 1796, 8vo; Pizahro, a
tragedy, 1799, 8vo; Poems on Several Occasions, Dublin, 1800 (?), 4to;
Female Heroism, a tragedy, Dublin, 1803, 8vo.
Sch. T.C.D., 1766 ; B.A., 1768 ; M.A., 1773. Was Rector of Clane Union.
Had been curate of Donnybrook in 1772, and in 1777 Vicar of Carnalawey,
diocese of Kildare. He was married twice, his first wife dying June 27,
1786, and on his death, September 11, 1814, aged 65, he was buried beside
her in Donnybrook Churchyard. His "Poems" were mostly written
before he was 17.
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WEST, RICHARD WHATELY.-^A son of the late Rev. John West, Dean of
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and brother of J. R. West. Sch. T.C.D.,
1869; B.A., 1870. Contributed poems to Kottahos; and in "Dublin
Translations " (1890) there are nine pieces by him. He went after leaving
T.C.D. to Cambridge, and eventually became a painter.
WETHERELL, MRS. DAWSON.— Bun yan's Pilgrim's Pbogrbss, converted
into an epic poem, Parsonstown (?), King's Co., 1824, 12mo ; The Four
Ages op Life, translated from General Count Paul Philippe de Segur,
Dublin, 1826; Tales of Many Climes, in verse, with notes, Dublin, 1832,
12mo — Part 1 : no more published; The Anatomy ov the Affections, a col-
lection of prose and verse, Dublin, 1841, 8vo; Bunyan's Pilgrim's
Progress, in vei'se, second edition, Parsonstown, 1844; Lays of the
Troubadours, London, 1847, 4to.
Only the last two volumes were published over her name, the others
bearing the initials " C. C. V. 6.," over which she contributed poems to
The Dublin Family Magazine, 1829. She was the wife of Robert Hurd
Wetherell.
WEYMAN, REY. DAYID.— The 150 Psalms of David, arranged for singing,
Dublin, 1844.
Was Vicar-Choral of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Weyman, who
was one of -the greatest basso singers of his day, died in August, 1822.
He was merely editor of the volume mentioned.
WHALEY, JOHN ( ?) .—A Collection of Poems , London, 1732, 8vo ; A Collec-
tion OF Original Poems and Translations, London, 1745, 8vo.
B.A., Cambridge, 1731; M.A., 1735.
WHALEY, REY. NATHANIEL.— A Journey to Houghton, a poem, 1767,
4to.
Other works, one of which relates to the Deanery of Armagh. His
name is spelt Whalley in Todd's List, where he is given as M.A., 1715.
At Oxford he graduated B.A., 1698; M.A., 1701, and was elected Fellow
in 1700. Born in 1677.
WHATELY, B.— Songs of the Night, Dublin, 1858, 12mo ; 1860, 8vo (anony-
mously), 1861, 12mo (over her later name).
Became Mrs. George Wale about 1860. I presume she was the daughter
of the Archbishop of Dublin.
WHEELER, ETHEL ROLT.— Verses, London, 1903; The Year's Horoscope,
sonnets, London, 1905.
Daughter of Joseph Wheeler, formerly of Westlands, Queenstown, and
Amina Wheeler, daughter of Cooke Taylor, LL.D. (q.v.). Has contributed
to many of the leading reviews : has written on the Celtic Renascence for
East and West, The Theosophical Beview, Qreat Thoughts, and other
journals. Is member of Committee of the Irish Literary Society, London.
WHELAN, L. M. — Hours of Idleness, poems (privately printed), Lyons,
1844.
WHITE, CHARLOTTE.— Companion for thbi Sick Chamber, 1843; The
Invalid's Hymn Book, 1841; another edition, 1843; Hymns for the
Cottage, 1847, etc.
WHITE, ELIZABETH.— Born at Castle Caulfield, Co. Tyrone, on August 16,
1868, and was daughter of the Rev. Robert White, of Magherafelt, where
most of his life was spent. Wrote verse, for which see Irish Monthly,
August and September, 1893. She died on December 7, 1891, aged 23-
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TSHITE, HARRIET. — Vekses, Saobisd and Miscellaneous (over signature of
"Harriet"), London. 1853, 8vo.
She was of Cashel, Co. Tipperary — probably a connection of J. D. and
N. B. "White, mentioned lower down.
WHITE, REY. HUGH.— The Invalid's Hymn-Book (edited by him), 1841,
12mo ; One Died fob All, a poem, Dublin, 1844, 12mo.
B.A., T.C.D., 1818; M.A., 1832. Was curate of St. Mary's, Dublin.
Is represented in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra." He died on May 15, 1844.
See Charlotte "White (his wife?) and Miss H. Kierman.
WHITE, IDA L. — Lauy Blanche, and other Poems (over signature of " Ida "),
London and Belfast, 1874, 8vo ; The Thbee Banquets, and Prison Poems,
London, 1890, 8vo.
Wife of George AVhite, editor and proprietor of Ballymena Observer,
which he founded. To judge from her poems, her later life has been a
stormy one, and she appears to hold very advanced opinions.
WHITE, JAMES. — Conway Castle, a poem, to which are added verses to
the memory of the Earl of Chatham, and 'The Moon, a simile, etc., London,
1789, 4to ; Earl Strongbow, or the History' of E.. De Clare and the
liEAUTiFUL Geralda, verse, 1789, 12mo ; The Adventures or Richard
CoEUR-DE-Liox, to which is added the Death of Lord Falkland, a poem,
3 volumes, London, 1791, 12mo.
Possibly the Sch. T.C.D., 1778; B.A., 1780. Presumably the poet of the
same name in Edkins' 1789-90 collection. See James Whyte.
WHITE, REY. JOHN.— A Congregational minister of Belfast, included in
" Lyra Hibernica Sacra " and Connolly's "Household Library of Ireland's
Poets." I have no details about him.
WHITE, JOHN DAYIS.— Rhymes, Cashel, 1885, Bvo (only 50 copies printed).
Author of one or two historical works, and died on June 14, 1893, aged
73. He was a printer, and founder and editor of The Cashel Gazette, an
enthusiastic antiquary, and took u. keen interest in local affairs. He was
Synodsman and Diocesan Librarian of Cashel. Was u relative of X. B.
White (q.v.).
WHITE, REY. JOSEPH BLANCO.— This writei-, who is known as a poet by
his famous sonnet (often said to be the finest in the English language),
entitled "Night and Death," was of Irish parentage, but born at Seville,
in Spain, in 1775. He was at first a priest, but became a Protestant, and
gained notoriety in religious matters. He died in Liverpool in 1841. He
wrote several clever works,
WHITE, NEWPORT BENJAMIN.— Poems, tiashel, 1882, 8vo.
WHITE, PATRICK F. (Mus. Doc.).— Legendary Ballads, etc, si.x numbers,
London, 1857 ; Tub Legendary Illustration.s of Irish Minstrelsy, Lon-
don, 185- ; Illustrations of National Poetry, ; Comala, a dramatic
poem, Waterford, 1870; Echoes of Many Lands, portraits Waterford,
1873.
A clever musician, born in Ireland about the close of last century, and
died at Enniscorthy. Co. Wexford, December 6, 1875, of abscess on the
brain. Published anonymously "~Tlie Emerald Wreath " (no date, but
about 1850), in Dublin, It is a series of articles and poems, dedicated to
Mrs. Grogan Morgan, of Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, On its title-
page he is described as author of " Boudoir Melodies," etc. He was also
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author of " Sketches and Incidents of American Travel," "Miscellaneous
Melodies." He wrote for the Press over signature of "Black," gave
musical entertainments, largely of Irish music, and received a Civil List
pension for his services.
VSTHITE, RICHARD EDWARD. — The Cross oe Monterey, and other poem.s,
San Francisco, 1882, 8vo.
Born in Dublin in 1843, and is the son of the late Dr. Wm. White, who
was coroner for Dublin for nearly twenty years. Went to America in
1865, and settled in San Francisco. Most of his poems have appeared in
American periodicals, and some of his songs have been set to music. He
is included in several collections of Irish poetry. His grandfather, Thomas
Willis, was a well-known physician, and author of a work on the Dublin
poor, entitled ' ' Facts connected with the Social and Sanitary Condition
of the Working Classes."
WHITEFORD, ISABELLA.— Poems, Belfast, 1860.
Born at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, but went to Newfoundland early in life.
Is mentioned in Morgan's " Bibliotheca Canadensis " and Wm. McComb's
"Guide to Belfast," etc.
WHITFIELD, FREDERICK.— A hymn-Avriter, born in Ireland, and repre-
sented in "The New Cyclopaedia of Poetical Illustrations," edited by Rev.
E. Foster, New York, 1872. Graduated B.A., T.C.D., 1860.
WHITELEY, JAMES. — The Intriguing Footman, an entertainment (not pub-
lished), 17—.
Born in Ireland and became an actor, and finally an English provincial
manager of theatres on a large scale, in which he made a fortune. He
died, and was buried at Wolverhampton.
WHITMAN, SARAH HELEN. — Hours of Life, and other poems. Providence,
Rhode Island (U.S.A.), 1853, 8vo; Poems, Boston, 1879, 8vo.
Daughter of Nicholas Power, of Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.,
where she was born in 1803. She died there on June 27, 1878. Mrs.
Whitman was the sister of Anna M. Power (q.v.), and daughter-in-law of
Walt Whitman, and is included in Connolly's collection of Irish poetry.
She was a friend of Edgar Allen Poe, and defended his memory from
cei-tain harsh critics in her " Edgar Poe, and his critics."
WHITTY, MICHAEL JAMES.— Born in Wexford town in 179.3, and was the
son of a maltster and owner of some vessels trading from that port. He
was intended for a priest, but did not complete his studies. In 1821 he
entered on a literary career in London, and in 1822 commenced his " Tales
of Irish Life," which were illustrated by Cruikshank, whom he knew, and
were published anonymously in two volumes (London, 1824). They were
a great success, and were translated into French and German, and re-
printed in America. He was appointed editor of The Duhlin avd London
Magazine when it started in 1825, and wrote a great deal for it over the
.signatures of "J. B. Whitty," " Rory O'Rourke," " W.," and "Geoffrey
K n," including a series of fanciful papers on Robert Emmet and his
contemporaries, which Madden seems to have accepted as genuine. They
were reprinted several times, and in 1870 were revised by the author and
issued over the signature of " M J. W." In 1828 Whitty went to Liver-
pool, and edited The Liverpool Jovrnal, and became Chief Constable of
the city. He organized the first police force in the provinces in 1836, and
also inaugurated a fire brigade. He was one of the most popular men in
Liverpool, and became proprietor of the paper already mentioned, and
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in 1855 started The lAverpool Daily Post, being the first to issue a penny
paper in Great Britain for 200 years. He sold both the papers in 1869,
and died on June 10, 1873, aged 78. His poems appeared chiefly in The
Dublin and Lon'don Magazine (182-5-27). His son, E. M. Whitty, was a,
brilliant writer, and his grand-daughter was a well-known London actress.
He knew Thomas Furlong, the poet, well, and wrote several obituary
notices of him when he died in 1827, for Literary Gazette, Dublin and
London Magazine, etc.
WHYTJE, KEY. DAVID.— Born at Raloo, Co. Antrim, January 1, 1782, and
died on February 19, 1872. Wrote various hymns, three of which are
given in "Lyra Hibernica Sacra." He is also included in Connolly's
collection of Irish poetry.
WHYTE, JAMES.— FoEMS (edited by Mr. Gradberry), Dublin, 1789.
Is quoted in Thomas Campbell's "Specimens of the British Poets."
He may possibly have been the James White already mentioned.
WHYTE, LAURENCE.— The Broken Mug, etc., 1725 (?); second edition,
Dublin, 1742, 8vo ; Original Poems on Several Subjects, serious, moral
and diverting, never before published, Dublin, 1740, 12mo ; second edition,
Dublin, 1742, 12mo ; second part, Dublin, 1742, 12mo.
His "Broken Mug" was in five cantos, the first two of which were
written in 1720. Some of the parts were published separately, I think.
Was a native of Co. Westmeath and a schoolmaster. There are references
to him in Watty Cox's Irish Magazine, and in Prior's Life of Goldsmith.
Allan Ramsay subscribed to his 1740 volume. (See Robert Ormsbye).
He lived in Rosemary Lane, Dublin, and died there in 17SS.
WHYTE, SAMUEL. — The Shamrock, a collection of Poems, Songs, and
Epigrams, the original production of Ireland (edited by S. W.), Dublin,
1772, 4to ; London, 1773, 8vo ; The Theatre, a didactic essay (in verse),
in the course of which are pointed out the rocks and shoals to which
deluded adventurers are inevitably exposed, Dublin^ 1790, 8vo; The
Mourners, a sketch from life, in memory of his Excellency, Charles
Manners, Duke of Rutland, late Loi'd Lieutenant of Ireland, Dublin, 1787,
8vo; Poems on Various Subjects, Dublin, 1795, 8vo. (Three editions in
same year).
There are a large number of Whyte's own poems in the first-named
volume, one of the earliest of Irish anthologies. He was born on board a
ship just Entering the Mersey, in 1773, and was a natural son of Capt.
Solomon Whyte, Deputy-Governor of the Tower of London, who owned
considerable property in Ireland. lie was a first cousin of Mrs. Prances
Sheridan (q.v.) He landed in Liverpool again in December, 1754, and
having lost his money on the passage had to ^\•alk to London. He opened
his famous school in Grafton Street, Dublin, on April 3, 1768, and became
a noted schoolmaster, having among his pupils at various times the
Wellesleys (afterwards Duke of Wellington, and Marquis of Wellesley),
Thomas Moore and R. B. Sherid.in. He published several other works,
and died in Grafton Street, Dublin, October 4, 1811, aged 78. His " Mis-
cellanea Nova," a collection of essays, etc., was edited by his son. It con-
tains some interesting particulars of Dr. Johnson and Thomas Sheridan.
The 1801 edition of the work includes various elegies by Whyte, which first
appeared in "The Shamrock." His "Poems" obtained a long list of
subscribers, many of them of a very distinguished order. Two-thirds of
the " Shamrock " collection were his own poems.
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" WILD IRISHMAN, A." — Mickey a^d Bbidget, a love poem of Erin, Lon-
don, 1859.
" WILDAIR, HARRY."— See W. J. Ck)ibet.
WILDE, JANE FRANCESCA (Lady) .—Poems, Dublin, 1864, 8vo; second
edition, Glasgow, 1871, 8vo (both bearing her well-known signature of
" Speranza.")
A poem appeared in 1857 entitled " Ugo Bassi," and with the signature
of "Speranza," and this has been erroneously attributed to Lady Wilde
by various writers. The only volumes by her, besides the two mentioned
above, are some translations of foreign novels, and her admirable
worts on Irish folk-lore and some volumes of essays. She was the most
celebrated of all the poetesses of The Nation, and her connection with that
paper is narrated in Duffy's " Young Ireland." She was the daughter of a
Wexford clergyman, and was born in that town about 1826, her maiden
name being Elgee. She married Mr. (afterwards Sir) W. R. Wilde, the
eminent Irish oculist and antiquary, in 1851, and after his death in 1876
removed to London. Her first poem appeared in The Nation on
October 36, 1844, entitled "The Chosen Leader," signed "A—,"
and among her earliest contributions were essays signed " John
Fanshawe Ellis." She signed her poems "Speranza," or "A — ," and
she wrote many critical articles for the paper, chiefly over the latter
signature. Many of her poems were traiislations from the different
European languages. She wrote a good deal for The PaU Mall Gazette,
the now defunct St. James' Magazine, and other leading periodicals.
She obtained a Civil List pension of £75 a year a little while before her
death, which occurred in Chelsea on Februai-y 3, 1896. She was buried
in Eensal Green Cemetery. Her sons were Oscar and William Wilde {q.v.).
WILDE, OSCAR FINGALL O'FLAHERTY WILLS.— Ravenna, Newdigate
prize poem, Oxford, 1878, 8vo; Poems, London, 1881, 8vo; Poems by
O. W., New York, 1882, fol. ; Poems, London, 1892, 8vo; 7th edition,
London, 1909, 8vo ; 8th edition, 1909 ; 9th edition, 1909 ; The Sphinx, Lon-
don, 1894, 8vo; Selected Poems, London, 1911; The Ballad of Readi>g
Gaol, London, 1898 ; 6th edition, 1898 ; 7th edition, 1899 ; 9th edition, 1910.
Also several plays, volumes of critical essays, a few stories, and some
fairy tales, all which bear evidence of remarkable genius. A complete
bibliography of his poems has been published by Stuart Mason, London,
1907. Most of his pieces have been reprinted again and again, and it
would take up too much space to give in detail all editions here. He was the
son of preceding jvriter and of Sir William AVilde, and was born (not at
No. 1 Merrion Square, Dublin, on October 16, 1865, as he told the present
writer), but in Westland Row, Dublin, in 1854. He was educated at
T.C.D. and at Oxford, and matriculated at Magdalen College, October
17, 1874, aged twenty, and graduated B.A., 1878. Some years ago
his views on dress, colour, and other matters, brought him into great
prominence, and he was considered the head of the aesthetic movement
so cleverly satirised in Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience." For many
years he was connected with some of the leading journals as a critic — •
notably The PaU MaU Gazette. For a space he edited The Woman's
World, and contributed some able and brilliant essays to the high-class
monthlies. His lamentable career from 1895 onwards has become
notorious. In that year he was imprisoned for a serious offence, and after
his release went to France, dying in Paris on November 30, 1900. He
became a Catholic before his death. In The Irish Monthly for 1875-7
-there are poems by him, and also an article on "The Grave of Keats,"
including a poem. Wrote poems for Dublin University Magazine and
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Kottabos. There is a piece of doggerel purporting to be his in the
Shamrock of January 21, 1888, but it was obviously not by him. The
lines, entitled "The Shamrock," were reprinted as Wilde's in later tames
in other journals and were indignantly repudiated by him.
WILDE, RICHARD HENRY.— Hesperia, a poem (edited by his son, William
Gumming Wilde), Boston, 1867, 8vo.
Published in 1842 a work on Tasso in two volumes, which includes a
good many of his translations of that poet. Born in Dublin on September
li4, 1789, was taken to United States in childhood, and studying law, was
called to the American Bar. Became a congressman and Attorney-
General of State of Georgia. Died at New Orleans on September 10,
1847. He is included in many American and Irish anthologies, one of his
lyrics being considered very fine. His "Hesperia" first appeared over
the psevidonym of " FitzHugh de Lancy."
WILDE, WILLIAM CHARLES KINGSLEY.— Elder brother of Oscar Wilde,
and born in Dublin in 1852. Entered T.C.D., and distinguished himself
greatly there, taking his degree of B.A. in 1873 and M.A. in 1876.
While an undergraduate he wrote for the Dublin Evening Mail on music,
drama, and art, and after that he contributed to Saunders' News Letter
(edited by Dr. G. P. Shaw, T.C.D.), over the signature of " Frere
Sauvage." In 1875 he was called to the Irish Bar. Over the signature
already given he wrote many poems and stories for The World, settling
in London in 1878. He wrote the Xmas number of The World for 1884.
Was for some time leader-writer on The Daily Telegraph, and dramatic
critic of Ths Gentlewoman. In 1892 he married Mrs. Frank Leslie, a
wealthy American lady, but was divorced and married again. He died on
March 13, 1899, at Cheltenham Terrace, Chelsea, aged 46, leaving a
widow and a daughter. Many poems and translations of his will be found
in Kottabox.
" WILDING, ERNEST."— See J. F. Molloy.
WILKINS, GEORGE. — The Chase of the Stag, a descriptionai-y poem, dedi-
cated to her Grace the Duchess of Ormond, Dublin, 1699.
M.B., T.C.D.
WILKINS, REY. GEORGE.— Brother of the following writer, and born in
Dublin in June, 1858. He is a distinguished scholar, and wrote an im-
portant work on " The Growth of the Homeric Poems " (1885). Sch.
T.C.D., 1877; B.A., 1881; Fellow, 1891. He contributed poems to
Kottabos and to Froth (1879-80). From 1881 to 1890 he was chief classical
master at the High School, .Dublin. Is represented in " Dublin Verses,"
edited by H. A. Hinkson.
WILKINS, WILLIAM.— So?s-6s op Stxjdt, London, 1861, 8vo.
Brother of preceding, and son of an Irish army surgeon, attached to
41st Regiment. Born in Castle of Zanto, Ionian Islands, on August 21,
1852, and educated at Dundalt Grammar School. Sch. T.C.D., 1876;
B.A., 1878; M.A., 1880. He is one of three brothers who had a brilliant
career at T.C.D. , his brother Charles, who died in 1878, being commemo-
rated by a scholarship there. His family gave the name Wilkinstown
to a village in Co. Wexford and one in Co. Meath. Since 1854 Mr,
Wilkins has resided in Dublin, and in 1879 was appointed Head Master
of the High School, Dublin. Wrote many poems for Kottabos, and prose
and verse for Froth, over his own name and that of " William Weatherly."
He is included in Brooke and RoUeston's "Treasury of Irish Poetry,"
and other collections of Irish verse. His presidential address to the
Schoolmasters' Association (1888) has been published.
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WILKINSON, T. — An Appeal to England on behalp op the Abused Afbicans,
a poem, Dublin, 1792, 16mo.
WILKINSON, W. H. — Napoleon, an historical ode and occasional poems,
Parsonstown, 1831.
iBTILLIAMS, BENJAMIN. — A native of Limerick, who wrote poems for Diihlin
University Magazine, etc., in the fifties of last century. He was alive
in 1861.
WILLIAMS, JOHN. — ^The Children op Thbspis, a poem, part 1, Dublin,
1786, 8vo; part 2, Dublin, 1787, 8vo (both anonymous).
An Englishman and an adventurer. Tom Moore, in his " Diary,"
records the popular view of him in Kenney's joke that he died of a cold
caught through washing his face. He was the well-known "Anthony
Pasquin," and did at least one thing which entitles him to remembrance,
namely, a small book on " The Artisis of Ireland," 1795, which, meagre
as it is, is valuable. He was born in London on April 28, 1761. He was
educated at Merchant Taylor's School, and went to Ireland while a young
man, but got into trouble with the authorities there. He died in Brooklyn,
New York, on November 23, 1818. He fell out with most of his associates,
and seems to have been a professional libeller and blackmailer. There is
a ferocious attack on him in Gifford's " Boeviad and Moeviad."
WILLIAMS, RICHARD DALTON.— Poems op R. D. W. (" Shamrock "),
fourth edition, Dublin, 1883, 8vo ; new edition by P. A. Sillard, with
memoir, Dublin, 1894; second edition, 1901.
One of the most popular of the '48 poets, born in Co. Tipperary on
October 8, 1821 or 1822. (If, as his monument in U.S.A. states, he was
40 at his death, he must have been born in 1821). His father was Count
Dalton, and his mother's name was Mary Williams. He was educated at
Carlow College and elsewhere, and whilst at the college aforesaid sent his
first poem to the Nation, it appearing on February 4, 1843, over the
signature of "Shamrock." Thenceforward for some years he was a fre-
quent poetical contributor to the paper, sending fiery ballads and
extremely humorous pieces, generally over the signature given above,
but also over those of "Milton Byron Scraggs," "The Haunted Man,"
and " The Jealous Stoneybatter Man." He studied medicine in Dublin,
and threw himself into the national movement of the time. On July 9,
1848, he was arrested, and, brought to trial soon after, was acquitted,
Mr. (afterwards Sir) Samuel Ferguson being his counsel. Williams
wrote a few poems for The Irishman, United Irishman, and Irish
Tribune — all of '48, and also for Duffy's Irish Catholic Magazine of 1847,
using the final letters of his name, " D. N. S.," as his signature in latter
journal. After taking his medical degree in Edinburgh in 1849, he prac-
tised his profession in Dublin for a couple of years, and in 1851 emigrated
to America. He became professor of Belles Lettres at Spring Hill College,
Mobile (Ala.)jand in 1856 went to New Orleans and practised there as a
physician. He wrote poems for American journals, and these have
not been collected. In 1861 he removed to Thibodeaux, in Louisiana,
and died there of consumption on July 5 of the following year. A
monument was erected over his grave by some Irish-American soldiers a
few years later.
WILLIAMSON, JOHN.— Poems on Various Subjects, Belfast, 1839.
Born in Co. Armagh in 1791, and came of a very respectable family
settled there. Was master of a classical academy at Ardglsas, Co. Down,
where he prepared young men for the professions, and died at that plarv
in 1839.
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"WILLS, REY. FREEMAN CROFTS.— Son of following writer, and brother
of W. G. Wills (g.u.), whose life he has written. Born about 1840. B.A.,
T.C.D., 1863; M.A., 1870. He did the concluding portion of the biogra-
phical work, "The Irish Nation," projected by his father, and wrote
various poems for Kottahos. He is also the author of some plays, one of
them, " The Only Way," having met with great success.
WILLS, REY. JAMES, D.D.— The r>-ivEESE, a poem, London, 1821; The
Disembodied, and other poems, London and Dublin, 1831, 8vo; Dramatic
Sketches, and other poems, Dublin, 1845, 12mo ; MobiAL and Desceiptive
Epistles, verse, Dublin, 1846, 8vo; The Idolatkess, and other poems,
London, 1868, 8vo.
The above poem, entitled "The Universe," which bears the name of
Rev. C R. Maturin on the title-page, was by Wills, as there is evidence to
show. The work was given to Maturin by Wills when the former was in
pecuniary difficulties, with permission to use it as his own, and it brought
its supposed author a good deal of money. See letter by Dr. Petrie
in Dr. Madden's " Memoirs " (p. 213), and also Dublin Penny Journal
{January 5, 1880), and Notes and Queries (5th series). Dr. Wills was
born in Co. Roscommon on January 1,.1790. B.A., T.C.D., 1822; M.A.,
1839; B.D., 1855; D.D., 1856. He wrote largely for Dublin Penny
Journal, Dublin University Magazine, Dublin Journal of Temperance,
Science and Literature, etc., his poems being usually signed " J. U. TJ."
He published various prose works, notably " The Irish Nation, its History
and Biography " (also called " Lives of Illustrious Irishmen "), which
was completed by his son, F. C. Wills, and appeared in four volumes.
He died m November, 1868.
WILLS, CATHERINE ELIZABETH.— Wife of preceding, and born in 1791,
her maiden name being Gorman. She died near Dublin in April, 1888,
aged 97. A couple of her religious pieces are in " Lyra Hibernica Sacra."
WILLS, REY. SAMUEL RICHARD.— Gloryland, a lay (over his initials of
" S. R. W."), Dublin, 1850, 48mo; Childhood, a poem, Dublin, 1851,
12mo; A-peeotion's Tribulation, or the voice of the old year (verse?),
Dublin, 1852, 18mo; Wellington, a day-dream of the past, Dublin, 1885,
16mo ; KiLKEB, a poem, illustrated. Limerick, 1880.
B.A., T.C.D., 1854; M.A., 1858. A Canon of the Church of Ireland,
and died in May, 1906.
WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN.— Charles the First, a historical tragedy in
four acts and in verse, Edinburgh and London, 1873, 8vo ; Drawing Room
Dramas, verse (in conjunction with the Hon. Mrs. Greene), Edinburgh
and London, 1873, 8vo ; Melchior, a poem, London, 1885, 8vo.
Also several novels and songs (including " I'll sing thee songs of
Araby "), and a large number of plays in prose and verse, the best known
of which is perhaps "Olivia," founded on Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wake-
field." He was the son of Rev. James Wills, and was born in Co.
Kilkenny in 1828. He was educated at T.C.D., but did not take a degree.
He studied art, and was very successful as a painter, but gave up the
profession for that of authorship, and produced many works, including a
novel, "Life's Foreshadowings, " which ran through the Irish Metro-
politan Magazine. He died in Guy's Hospital, London, on December 13,
1891. He was a most eccentric Bohemian, as is obvious to any reader of
the biography published by his brother, F. C. Wills (q.v.).
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WILMOT, BARBARINA.— Ina, tragedy, London, 1815, 8vo (three editions) ; Le
Canzoni di Pbtrabca, translations from Petrarch, 1815 ( ?), 8vo ; 1818 ; 1819 ;
Dramas, Translations, and Occasional Poems, 2 volumes, London, 1821,
8vo; Wednesday Morning, an interlude written in 1827 for private
theatricals, Hitchin (only a few copies printed), no date ; Translations,
from the Italian (only 150 copies printed for private circulation), 1836.
A relative of R. B. Sheridan's second wife, who became Baroness Brand
and Lady Dacre afterwards. Wrote many novels. She was first married
to Valentine Henry Wilmot, and secondly to Thomas Brand, 20th Lord
Dacre. She was the daughter of Admiral Ogle, and was. born in 1768.
She edited a ooupte of books by her daughter, Mrs. Sullivan, and died in
London on May 17, 1854.
WILMOT, EDWARD. — Ugoline and other Poems, London, 1828, 12mo.
B.A., T.O.D., 1824. Born in Cork about 1800, and was the nephew
of Mrs. Bradshaw, a Cork authoress {nee Wilmot). His father, Robert
Wilmot, was Deputy Recorder of Cork, who died in or about 1840, and
to whom Cork citizens erected a tablet in the old Cork Guild Hall.
WILMOT, J. B. — ^Anti-Obangeism, or the Islanders on the Watch, a
patriotic poem addressed to the Rt. Hon. Lord K., London, 1827 (?), folio-
sheet.
WILSON, REY. , D.D.— Sacra Privata (verse.?), Cork, 1810.
WILSON, ANNA T. — ^An Irish-American poetess, included in Connolly's
"Household Library of Ireland's Poets." She was born in Ireland, but
lived in New York.
WILSON, CHARLES HENRY.— Irish Poems, London, 1782; Poverty and
Wealth, a comedy in five acts, translated from the Danish, 1799, 8vo ;
The Irish Valet, a comedy, London (anonymously), 1811, 8vo.
Also edited a collection of songs, entitled, " The Myrtle and Vine "
(4 volumes, London, 1802), and was the anonymous compiler of
" Brookiana " (2 volumes, London, 1804), and "Beauties of Edmund
Burks" (London, 2 volumes, 1798). He also wrote "Resolutions of the
Irish Volunteers " and a couple of tales. He was bom at Bailie-
boro', Co. Cavan, where his father was rector, and was educated at
T.C.D. and entered the Middle Temple, London. He was for a time a
Parliamentary reporter. Hardiman, in his " Irish Minstrelsy," says
he published " in 1792 " (evidently a mistake) some translations from
the Gaelic (volume 1, pp. 171-2). He died on May 12, 1808, aged 50. Ho
wrote " The Wandering Islander," presumably a romance, and edited
" Polyantha," a collection of prose and verse.
WILSON, FLORENCE M. — A lady who has written much admirable verse
in T.P.'s Weekly, Irish Homestead, Northern Whig, Ulster Guardian, etc.
Lives at Warrenpoint, I think.
WILSON, HARRISON CORBETT. — Pastorals oe the Seasons (verse?), Lon-
don, 1834.
Dealswith Wicklow chiefly, I believe, but I have never seen the volume.
WILSON, MRS HILL. — A Collection of Vocal and Instrumental Music,
composed and arranged for the pianoforte, Dublin, 1834.
Most of the verse is by her.
WILSON, JAMES.— Poems and Songs, Belfast, 1810, 8vo.
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WILSON, JOHN.— Andeonicus Commenius, tragedy (anonymous), 1663, 4to;
1664, 4to; The Phojbctobs, a. comedy, London, 1665, 4to; Thb Cheats^ a
comedy, 1671, 4to; 1684, 4to; 4th edition, corrected, 1693, 4to; To His
Excellence Bichabd, Eaelb op Abkan, a poem, etc., Dublin, 1682, fol. ;
Belphbgoe, oe thb Maeeiage of the Devil, tragi-comedy, London, 1691,
4to ; Deamatic Woees or J. W., 1874, 8vo.
Recorder of Londonderry (1681-1689). Born in London in 1627, and
presumably English. Was educated at Oxford, went to Ireland about
1677, and died about 1696 in London.
WILSON, JOHN CRAWFORD.— The Village Pearl and other poems, Lon-
don, 1852, 8vo; EtsiE; Flights op Fancy, and other poems, London,
1864, 8vo ; Lost and Found, a pastoral, London, 1865, 8vo.
Wrote a novel called "Jonathan Oldaker," and contributed poems to
Dublin University Magazine for 1855, etc. Born in Mallow, Co. Cork,
on April 26, 1825. Contributed poems to many English periodicals, and
wrote some successful novels and plays, and was a well-known member of
the Savage Club. He died about 1890, I believe. There was an Irish
admiral of this name, and probably related to this writer. See Aaron
Watson's book on the Savage Club.
WILSON, ROBERT A.— Reliques op Baenet Maglonb, edited by F. J. Bigger
and John S. Crone, with memoir by D. J. CDonoghue, and portrait of
Wilson, Dublin and Belfast (London printed), 1894, 8vo.
A well-known Ulster journalist, better remembered by his pseudonym
of "Barney Maglone," and admired for his numerous and amusing con-
tributions to Belfast and Enniskillen papers. He was born in Falcarragh,
Co. Donegal, in or about 1820, his father being a coastguard at that place.
His father, Arthur Wilson, was from Donaghadee, and his mother,
Catherine Hunter, a native of Islandmagee, Co. Antrim. He was
educated at Baymonterdoney School. He left home in youth, and be-
came a school teacher at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, for a short time. He
next went to America, and commenced a joumalisi career by writing for
the Press, one of the journals he contributed to being, I believe, The
Boston Bepuilic. In 1847 he returned to Ireland, and joined the staff of
an Enniskillen paper, proceeding afterwards to Dublin, where he became
sub-editor of The Nation under Duffy. After a time he again went to
Enniskillen and wrote for The Impartial B4porter, and edited the
Advertiser of that town, and later The Fermanagh Mail. In 1865 he went
to Belfast, and made the Morning News a very popular journal by his
amusing " Letters to my cousin in Amerriky," writing generally over the
name of "Barney Maglone," and sometimes signing his pieces "Erin
Oge. " He knew some Irish, and frequently makes use of phrases in
that language. He wrote in a humorous dialect which was highly appre-
ciated all over Ulster. He contributed to The Derry Journal and other
papers, and in 1871 brought out in London an " Almeynack for all Ire-
land, an' whoever else wants it," which contains some of his beet verse. He
led a somewhat dissipated Jife, and dressed in an eccentric manner. His
drinking habits were the cause of his death, which took place on August 10,
1875, in Dublin, where he had been attending the O'Connell centenary.
He was buried in Belfast Borough Cemetery on the 12th, in the presence
of a great concourse of people, and a monument has been erected over his
grave bv his numerous admirers. In the collection of Burns' " Centenary
Poems," published in 1859, there is one by him. His earliest signatures
were " Young Ireland " and " Jonathan AUman." In Harkin's " Scenery
and Antiquities of North-West Donegal ' ' there is a notice of Wilson by
his friend, the late John Wilkinson, Clerk of Petty Sessions at Falcarragh.
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WILSON, REY. SAMUEL SHERIDAN. — Agnes Moheville, or the Victim
or THE Convent, prose and verse, London, 1845, 16mo.
Other works, including Greek grammars, etc.
WINSTANLEY, JOHN.— Poems Wbitten Occasionally, Dublin, 1742, 8vo
(with portrait) ; Poems, volume 2, edited by his son George, Dublin,
1751, 8vo.
Born in or about 1678 — as he says he was aged sixty-seven in 1746 — and
died in 1750 or 1751. He is supposed to have graduated at T.C.D., of
which he was a Tellow, but he is not in Todd's List. Among the sub-
scribers to volume I. are James Arbuckle, M.D. ; Rev. Dr. W. Dunkin,
Chetwode Eustace, Alex. Pope, Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean Swift, Esq. ;
Lord Roscommon, Colley Gibber, Lacy Ryan, Mrs .Mary Barber, and
Matthew Concanen, and there is a poem by the last-named and one by
Chetwode Eustace. The work contains some amusing poems and epigrams,
including the following " on a fat fellow " :
" When Fatty walks the street the Pavors cry,
' God bless you, sir!' and lay their rammers by."
Among the subscribers to volume 2 are Baron Dawson, Samuel Owens
(q.v.), etc.
WINTER, ANNA MARIA.— The Fairies and other Poems, Dublin,
1833, 8vo ; The Ideal Confidant, a poem, Dublin, 1836, 8vo.
Also a work in three volumes on " The Moral Order of Nature,'' Dublin,
1881. She was "in the decline of her life " when her poems were pub-
lished. It is possible that she was the "A. M. W." of Capel Street,
Dublin, who contributed to Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1777-80, and
also the " Anna Maria " and " A. W." of the same, 1795-6.
WINTER, MARY. — ^The Hermann and Dorothea of Goethe, translated,
Dublin, 1849, 12mo; The Ice-Bound Ship, Sleeping Beatjiy, and other
Poems (edited by T. R. and A. Winter), London, ISBO; A Fair Exchange
IS NO Robbery, for drawing-room acting, Dublin, 1881, 12mo; Where
there's a Will there's a Way, an old-fashioned Irish comedy in three
acts, Dublin, 1886, 8vo.
In 1830 she published " Alton Park, or conversations on religious and
moral matters."
WINTHROP, AUGUSTA CLINTON.— The Bugle Call, and other Poems,
Boston (IJ.S.A), 1890; Under the Cedars, poems, — .
Of an old Boston family, and born in U.S.A., but educated in England.
Her poems are fervently Irish at times, and seem to imply that she is
an Irishwoman.
WISE, ANDREW.— Of Waterford, commended by Richard Stanihurst as
one "that maketh (verse) verie well in the English " and as " a toward
youth, and a good versifier."
WISEMAN, NICHOLAS PATRICK (Cardinal) .—The Hidden Gem, a drama
in two acts, 1858 (performed in a Liverpool theatre in 1859, but written
for the Jubilee of the old College of St. Cuthbert) ; The Witch of Rosen-
berg, a drama, verse and prose (performed at Carlow College) ; Two
Mysteries, or Sacred Dramas, for convents or families, prose and verse,
London, 1863, small 4to.
This famous ecclesiastic, though born in Spain, was of Irish parentage
on both sides, his family being of Waterford. He was born at Seville on
August 2, 1802, and died in London on February 15, 1865. Was ordained
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in 1825, was Rector of English College, R«me, 1828-40, was made President
of Oscott College, and created a Bishop in 1480, and Ijecame Archbishop
of Westminster and Cardinal in 1850. His story of " Fabiola " is per-
haps his most successful work, and is one of the most popular Catholic
books written in modern times. He wrote many learned and valuable
works. He is supposed to be " Bishop Blougram " of Browning.
WITHERS, JAMES. — Born in Banbridge, Co. Down, and died in Olasgow
in' November, 1860. Wrote verse for The Ulster Magazine and other
journals, and became a prominent journalist in the North of Ireland
and West of Scotland. He was editor of Glasgow Bulletin.
WOLFE, BEY. CHARLES.— Remains op the Rev. C. W. (edited by Rev.
J. A. Russell), 2 volumes, Dublin, 1825, 12mo (various editions) ; Poems,
edited by C. L. Falkiner, London.
Born in Dublin on December 14, 1791, and died on February 21, 1823.
He was partly educated at Winchester. Sch. T.C.D., 1812; B. A., 1814.
He was connected with Wolfe Tone by family, and was also a relative of
General Wolfe, the conqueror of Quebec, and of Arthur Wolfe, Lord
Kilwarden, the eminent judge killed in Emmet's insurrection in 1803.
Wolfe is famous as the author of "The Burial of Sir John Moore,"
declared by Byron to be the finest ode in the English language. It first
appeared in the Newry Telegraph, signed " C. W.," and was claimed
by several imposters before its real authorship became known. Wolfe
was buried at Queenstown (then Cove), Co. Cork, in the same church as
John Tobin.
WOLFE, FFRIDA. — Vanities, poems, London, 1910.
Of Kildare family, and a grand-daughter of Rev. T. Romney Robinson
(q.v.).
WOLSELEY, MRS. C— Wife of an Archdeacon of Glendalough, and a member
of the Brooke family. She wrote poems and other things. See Dublin
University Magazine for February, 1852.
WOLSELEY, ROBERT ( ?) . — ^Poetical Paraphrases or a Select Portion of
THE Psalms, London (?), 1811, Svo; 1813, 8vo.
Probably Irish.
WOOD, CAPT. JOHN.— An army officer, who wrote for Cork Southern
Reporter during the earlier part of the century, sometimes over the
pseudonym of " Lanner de Waltram." He wrote " Cork is the Eden for
you love and me," "Darling Neddeen," "Blarney Castle, my darling"
(which appeared in Cork Southern Reporter about April, 1827), "St.
Patrick's Arrival," etc., for which see Croker's "Popular Songs of Ire-
laud," 1839. He was a well-known dandy in his day, and was publicly
caricatured as such. He lived on the South Mall, Cork, for years, but
afterwards at Wood's Gift, Blackrock Road, Cork, where he died about
1870.
WOODROW, FREDERICK.— An American poet, born in Ireland, who con-
tributes to leading periodicals, such as Century Magazine, Boston Pilot,
etc. Has been a lecturer, a bookbinder, and a sailor. Is included in
"Local and National Poets of America," edited by Thomas Herrineshaw
(Chicago, 1890). ^
WOODS, JAMES.— The Whig Featheration, or Fireside Legislators in
Council, an original melodrama in two acts, with songs (over sienature
of "Demos"), Mullingar, 1893 (?), Svo. ^ ei wgndiure
Author of historical sketches of Westmeath. A Mullint^ar journalist
I think, who died a year or two ago. " '
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WOODS, REY. JULIAN EDMUND TENISON.— The Sokrows of Mapy, a
poem, 1883.
Born in Southwark, London, on November 15, 1832, being the son of
James Dominick Woods and Henrietta Tenison, of Donoughmore, Co.
Wicklow. He became a Catholic while young, and joined the Passionist
Order. His health failed, and he went to Tasmania in 1854. He was
ordained a priest in December, 1856. In 1867 he was made Vicar-
General of a diocese in South Australia, living in Adelaide. He was
afterw;ards a missionary priest in Queensland. Between 1874 and 1876
he did excellent work as a naturalist in Tasmania, and afterwards con-
tinued his scientific researches in China, Japan, and elsewhere. He died
in Sydney on October 7, 1889, and a monument was placed over his grave
by public subscription. He published some hymns for private circulation,
and was something of a musician and artist, and generally a man of wide
culture.
WORRELL, REY. ZACHARIAH.— A Mite to the Treasury (by C. Mayne),
with a poem by Z. W., Dublin, 1802, 12mo ; Original Poems on Moral
AND Religious Subjects, Dublin, 1817, 8vo.
WORSDALE, JAMES. — A Cure for a Scold, a ballad opera, taken from
"The Taming of the Shrew," 1735; Gasconado the Great, 1759.
A rather disreputable painter and poet, who is frequently (and un-
flatteringly) referred to by Mrs. Pilkington (q.v.) in her " Memoirs." He
was an Englishman, but lived in Dublin for some years. He boasted of
being a natural son of Sir Grodfrey Kneller, but his statement is doubtful.
He was born about 1692, and was fairly successful as a painter, but be-
came an actor. He died in London on June 11, 1767. He wrote various
plays and poems.
WOTHERSPOON, J. — ^Uncouth Rhymes, chiefly in the Scottish dialect,
Dublin, 1818, 12mo.
WRIGHT, A. M. — Little Star, and other Poems, (over initial only), Bath,
■ 1864.
A lady who wrote very Irish poems for Nation, 1860, etc., over her
initials.
WRIGHT, FREDERICK.— Wayside Pencillings, OgdensI>urg (U.S.A.), 1855;.,
( Lays of a Pilgrim (anonymously (?) in Canada), 1864.
Born in Ireland, and went to Canada in 1833. Well-known as a Can-
adian poet, it would seem, and wrote a good deal for the Canadian and
American Press. In 1862 he resided at Delta, Upper Canada.
WRIGHT, GERTRUDE.— Voices from Erbnach, Belfast, 18S6.
Lived at " The Cottage," Moneymore, and seems to have been daughter
of a rector there.
WRIGHT, ROBERT ST. CLAIR.— Juvenile Pobms, Belfast, 1826.
Was then a scholar at Belfast Academical Institution, and dedicated
the poems, written when very young, to the principals of the Academy.
WRIGHT, THOMAS H.— Eddies, poems, Wexford, 1896, 8vo.
An excellent contributor to Irish Monthly and other periodicals. Born
in Cork on January 24, 1854, and educated in private schools in his native
city and Waterford. Is represented in Paul's "Modern Irish Poets,"
volume 2; "Lyra Hieratica," " St. Joseph's Anthology," etc.
WRIGHT, W. R.— Horae Ionioab, a poem, Dublin, 1809, 8vo.
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WYER, MATTHEW DALY.— Born at Castletown-Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath,
in 1853, educated at National school there, and became a teacher. Sub-
sequently became professor of mathematics at Blaokrock Cqjlege, and
then at Clongowes Wood College. Acted as leader-writer on the Free-
inan's Journal for a time, and in 1884 was appointed librarian of one of
the Corporation's public libraries. Called to the Bar in 1885. Wrote
various poems for United Ireland, Young Ireland, Shamrock, jS'ation,
Irish Fireside, etc. Was a leading member of Pan-Celtic Society, Dublin,
and died in Whitworth Hospital, Dublin, April 9, 1891.
THTYLIE, DAYID.— A blind poet, who flourished about forty years ago near
Moy or Benburb, Co. Tyrone. He was a cattle doctor, as well as a poet,
and about 1883 published a small pamphlet of verse, with some medical
receipts.
WYLIE, L. — Gems of Lovb and Tkuth, in poem and prose, Belfast, 1897.
The book runs to 229 pp., of which 173 are given up to religious verse.
WYNNE, CATHERINE ADELAIDE.— Fbagments oolmoted from the
Manuscripts of C. A. W., Dublin, 1868, 8vo.
Edited by Rev. F. R. Wynne.
WYNNE, FRANCE'S.— Whispbe, poems, London, 1890, 8vo ; new edition, with
appreciation by Katherine Tynan, London, 1908, 12mo.
Born at Collon, near Drogheda, in 1863, and married ter cousin, Rev.
Henry Wynne, in 1892. Her father was a clergymail, and she wrote
charming poems for Longman's Magazine, Irish Monthly, Providerws
Journal (R. I., U.S.A.), Spectator, etc. Her most promising career was
cut short by death on August 9, 1893.
WYNNE, JOHN HUDDLESTON.— Evelika, a poem, London, 1773, 4to; The
Four Seasons, a poem, London, 1773, 4to; Amusing and Instructive
Tales fob Youth, thirty poems, illustrated by Bewick, London, 1815,
12mo.
Author of a "History of Ireland" (1773), etc. Said to have been of
Welsh extraction. Born in 1743, and died in London on December 2,
1788. He was recommended by Groldsmith to write his Irish history,
which is of no value.
WYNNE, OWEN. — Albion and Ibene, a poetical romance, London, 1888,
8vo.
Was a. J.P. and D.L. of Sligo and Leitrim, was born on February 5,
1843, and died at Matlock, Bath, November 21, 1910, aged 67.
WYNNE, PATRICK. — A Co. Roscommon poet, who had a merely local
celebrity, but is considered to have been possessed of some genius. Wrote
poems for the Press of his native county, especially the Gazette of Boyle
He lived at Rockingham, near that place, and was of good family.
WYSE, SIR THOMAS.— There are two sonnets by him in Orby Shipley's
" Carmma Mariana," second series, 1902, taken from a MS". collection
of poems by him m the possession of his niece. He was born in Waterford
in December, 1791, became M.P. for Co. Tipperary and subsequently for
his native county, and was a Lord of the Treasury in Lord Melbourne's
Government. He was appointed the British Minister at Athens, and
died m 1862. '
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"WYSE, WILLIAM CHARLES BUONAPARTE.— L 'Abo db Sbdo don Chaine-
Vbrd, short poems by W. C. B. W., etc., Tettigopolis, 1876, 16mo; In
Memoriam op the Pbince Imperial of France, four sonnets, 1879, 4to;
On Occasion op RotrnANiA Declaring Hehsblp a Nation, an ode, Ply-
mouth, 1881, 8vo ; Loyal Staves in Commemoration op the Jubilee op
Queen Victoria, Plymouth, 1887, 4to.
Born in Waterford in February, 1826, being the son of Sir Thomas
Wyse (q.v.). Died at Cannes December 3, 1892. He wrote a good deal
of verse, mostly in the Provencale tongue.
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YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER.— Mosada, verse, Dublin, 1886 (with portrait) ;
The Wanderings of Ossian, and other poems, London, 1888, Svo; The
Countess Kathleen, and other poems, London, 1892; The Land oi^
Heart's Desibe, London, 1894, 12mo; The Wind among the Reeds, Lon-
don, 1899, Svo (other editions) ; Poems, 1898 ; revised edition, — ; The
Shadowy Waters, a play, London, 190O; The Hour-Glass, a morality,
London, 1903, Svo; In the Seven Woods, poems, Dublin (Dun Emer
Press), 1903; Deirdee, a play in verse, Dublin, London and Dublin, 1907,
vo ; The Green Helmet, Dublin, 1908 ; reprinted as " The Golden
Helmet" ; The King's Threshold, a. play, — ; On Baile's Strand, a
play, — ; Poems, 1896, 1906 ; The Collected Works in Verse and Prose
OF W. B. Yeatb, 8 vols., Stratford-on-Avon, 1908.
Of Sligo family, born on June 13, 1866, at Sandymount, Dublin. Is the
son of John Butler Yeats, R.H.A., a well-known Irish artist, and was sent
to Godolphin School, Hammersmith, London, when about eleven years of
age, and at the age of fifteen went back to Dublin and entered the High
School, Harcourt Street, Dublin. His grand-parents lived in Go. Sligo,
and it is there he spent most of his earlier years. The beauty of that
county, indeed, has been his chief inspiration, and he himself says its
shadow is over all he writes. He began to write poems about 1884-5 for
The Irish Fireside, Irish Monthly, and a few other Irish journals, such as
The Gael, United Ireland, etc., and he also wrote many essays for two first
and the last-named. His later writings appeared chiefly in The National
Observer, Leisxure Hour, Bookman, etc., and he has edited several collec-
tions of Irish stories. In conjunction with Mr. E. J. Eliis, ho bought out
in 1892 a magnificent edition of the works of William Blake, the poet and
mystic (3 volumes), with an interpretation of his writings. He has also
written "The Secret Rose," three volumes of '"'Plays for an Irish
Theatre," most of which have been performed at the Abbey Theatre, of
which he may be considered the founder; "Ideas of Good and Evil,"
essays; "Stories of Red Hanrahan," 1904; "Discoveries," 1907, etc.
Mr. Yeats has also edited several selections from the works of Irish poets,
such as Aillingham, Lionel Johnson, Katharine Tynan, and Dr. Hyde, and
has issued several numbers of small journals like Beltaine, Samhain, and
The Arrow, mostly in connection with the Irish National Theatre move-
ment. He has been recently (1911) granted a Civil List pension of £150.
A full or nearly full bibliography of Yeats' writings was issued by Allan
Wade in 1898 at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-on-Avon, only 60
copies being printed.
YOUNG, ALEXANDER BELL FILSON.— The Lover's Hours, poems,
London, 1908.
A well-known critic and journalist of the present day, and author of
various books, including novels and musical essays. Bom in 1876 at
Ballyeaston, Co. Antrim, and studied music for some years. He has com-
posed some songs and some instrumental music.
YOUNG, EDWARD.— Poems on the Last Day, Belfast, 1812, Svo.
493
YOUNG, KEY. HERCULES DRELINCOURT.— Select Odes of Anaoreon,
with translations and imitations of other ancient authors (edited by Rev.
Robert Drought), London, 1802, 12nio.
There are translations from Bion, Moschus, Horace, Catullus, etc., in
above volume. He was born in Dublin about 1720, and was of Huguenot
descent. B.A., T.C.D., 1743. The following writer was his father. He
held the living of Carrick-on-Suir, or of somewhere near there. Died on
January 14, 1798, aged 77. His name is spelt Younge sometimes.
YOUNG, LEWIS.— The Levee, a poem, .
Father of preceding. I have not been able to find the date or place of
publication of above work.
YOUNG, ROBERT. — The Oeange Minstrbi, or Ulster Melodist comprising
historical songs and poems, Derry, 1832, 12mo; The Ulstbb Harmonist,
with notes biographical and historical, Derry, 1840, 12mo ; Poems and
Songs, Derry (?), 1854; Poetical Works, Derry, 1863, 8vo.
Known as " The Fermanagh True Blue," and born in 1800 at or near
Fintona, Co. Tyrone. He was a nailor by trade, but made a good deal
of money out of his poems, in which he fairly assailed the Catholics. He
was awarded £50 a year by the Government in the sixties, ostensibly for
literary ability, but as he had none, it must have been for political services.
His latest volume was dedicated to the Earl of Enniskillen.
YOUNG, ROBERT. — Wrote a good many poems for Walker's Hiiernian
Magazine (1777-1789), over signatures of " Guhion," "Hugoni,"
"B. Y.," "X. Z." (Celbridge), and probably "Q. X." Was a resident
for some time, and perhaps a native of Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
YOUNG, THOMAS. — ^Thb Siddoniad, a characteristic and critical poem, and
is addressed to the Hon. Mrs. O'Neill (q.v.), Dublin, 1784, 4to.
The author lived at 8 College Green, Dublin.
YOUNG, THOMAS. — The Siege or Derry, a prize poem in four cantos,
London and Dublin, 1868, 8vo.
Probably a native, and certainly a resident of Derry. The Athenaum
favourably reviewed his poem. He is now a, Presbyterian minister in
Scotland.
494
z
" ZOZIMUS."— See M. E. Leyne and Michael Moran.
495
APPENDIX A.
ANONYMOUS. — Bibuoail Ceusad-e (The) ; or, Arrogance and Fanaticism
Combated. A satirical poem, by an Irish Helot. Dublin, 1830, 12mo.
Chukch and State, an epic poem, by a Barrister. Dublin, 1831, 12mo.
Crimead (The). (By Rev. T. H. M. Scott, q.v.).
Day op Rest (The) and other Poems. Dublin, 1830, 12mo.
Devil (The) and Owen O'Connolly ; or, The New Irish Chancellor (a^
satire on O'Connell). n.d.
Elegy on the Death op Doctor MacDonnbll (in Gaelic). Belfast, 1845.
Expulsion (The) op Tycho Tickled, an irregular jraem. Dublin,
1792, 8vo.
HoDRS OP Leisure, poems. (By S. B. Ritchie, q.v. — appendix).
King Cromwell, a poem. Belfast, 1861.
"Northern Athens (The)"; or, Lipe in the Emer.4ld Isle, a serio-
oomico-ludicro-satiric poem. Belfast, 1826, 12mo.
North Sea Bubbles. (By Sir R. G. Dunville, q.v. — appendix).
O'Brien's Breeches, a tale of TuUamore. London, n.d.
Orange Minstrel (The). Belfast, 1867.
Poems by a Railway Lad. Belfast, n.d. [1911], 8vo.
Poems on Several Occasions. (By a Lady of Newry). Newry, 1807.
Poetical Epistle (A) to the Wild Huntsman, Sir H. Lees. Dublin,
1821, 8vo.
Poet's Dream (The). Dublin, 1747, 12mo.
Pope and Turk (The), a poem on the origin of James Ci-owley's Thoughts
on the Emancipation of Catholics. (By Candour). Dublin, 1810, 12mo.
PuRRiNGS (The) op the City Mowzers ; or, Napper escaped prom the
Man-Trap. (By a Friend to Privilege). Dublin (for the author), 2971
(sic), 8vo [1792?] .
Sentimental Fables. Belfast, 1771.
Shakespeare Poems for the Prize Competition. Belfast, 1864.
Sunday School Rhymes. (By A. H. Haliday, o.r.). Belfast, 1844.
Tbmple-Ogb Ballad (The). (By Richard Pockrich, q.v.).
Visit op Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and H.R.H.
Prince Albert to Ireland, August, 1849. Dublin (not published),
1849, 8vo.
Triples, the Dreamer op Youth. Belfast, 1870.
Ulster Synod (The). Dublin, 1817.
War with the Devil. Belfast, 1840.
WiLLowED Harp (The), a fragment. (By a Son of Erin). London, 1817;>
12mo.
Wyliad (The) ; or, A Lay op Cayexxe. Belfast, n.d.
ALCORN, HENRY. — Poems on Dipfehent Subjects. Derry. (Berry Journal
Office), 1836.
ASHTON, ROBERT (page 14). — The Battle of Augheim. Xewry, 1781.
BALFOUR, MARY (page 17).— " Successful " (line 12) should be "un-
successful."
BEGGS, THOMAS (page 24).— Songs, with life, Belfast, n.d. ; Miscellaneous
Pieces in Verse, Belfast, n.d.
Lived for some years at Molusk.
496
BIGGER, SAMUEL L. (page 27).— Was of the Dundalk branch of the Antrim
Biggers.
BLACKWOOD, KEY. JAMES S. (page 29).— After title add : " a tale in four
cantos."
BOAKE, BARCROPT HENRY.— "Where the Dead Men Lie, and othbb
Poems. Sydney, N.S.W., 1897.
Born near Sydney on March 26, 1866, and was Irish on his father's
side. "Was a surveyor, and committed suicide on May 2, 1892. Is repre-
sented in Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
BOAL, JAMES (page 30).— Mr. David Kennedy, of Belfast, suggests that
this name is a mistake for the following writer.
BOYLE, FRANCIS (or BOAL) .—County Down Poems. 1812 (?).
"Was a carpenter, and sometimes called Boal. May have been the
above.
BRACKEN, THOMAS (page 36).— The Haunted Vale and other Poems,
Sandhurst, 1867; Paddy Murphy's Annual, Dunedin, 1886; A Sheaf
PROM THE Sanctum, Dunedin, 1887; Lays and Lyrics, "Wellington, 1893;
Tom Bracken's Annual, "Wellington, 1896; Tom Beackkn's Annual,
No. 2, Dunedin, 1897; Not Understood and other Poems, "Wellington,
190.5; another edition, Sydney, 1906.
Represented Dunedin in New Zealand Parliament from 1881 to 1884.
Died on February 16, 1898.
BRADY, EDWIN JAMES.— The Ways op Many Waters, poems, Sydney,
1899; The Earthen Floor, poems, Grafton, N.S.W., 1902.
Born of Irish parentage, August, 1869, in New South Wales. Was
editor of Australian Workman, 1891 ; editor of The Grip, of Grafton,
N.S.W. ; of the Worker, Sydney, 1905, and The Xative Companion
Magazine in 1906. Represented in Stevens' " Golden Ti-easury of
Australian "Verse," 1909.
BRENNAN, CHRISTOPHER.— XXI. Poems : Towards, the Source. Sydney,
1897.
Born of Irish parents at Sydney, N.S.W., November 1, 1870. Gradu-
ated M. A. at Sydney TJnivereity, and is now assistant librarian in the
Public Library of Sydney. Represented in Stevens' " Golden Treasury
of Australian "Verse," 1909.
BROOKE, CHARLOTTE (page 40).— After " Bolg Tsolair " add: "and a
volume of translations, ' Laoi na Sealee,' printed at Northern Star Office,
Belfast, in 1795."
BRYCE, JAMES (page 45).— The yatlon records his death at Donaghadee, of
consumption, in June, 1845, but calls him James Byers — which is perhaps
correct.
BUICK, REY. G. R. (page 46).— Was a Presbyterian and a well-known anti-
quary.
BUTLER, A. — Shamrock Leaves. Dublin, 1886.
A prose collection, except for a lengthy poem on Brian Boru.
CAMERON, ANTHONY (page 55).— Title should read : " Poetical Attempts
and Eivening Meditations," and date, " 1836."
497
CAMPBELL, JAMES (page oj). — Was an ardent patriot, and snfferpd
severely for his zeiil as a '98 man. Hf was buried "beside the old churoli
of Ballyniire.
CARR, WILLIAM (paoo (;l)._p<,r "Telegraph Office" read " Alexander
Williamson."
CHICHESTER, FREDERICK RICHARD (page 67).— Was the only one of
his name with any Irish leanings. A bronze statue of him, by Patrick
MacDowell, R.A., was erected by the Belfast people to his memory. The
same sculptor carved his monument in the Donegall Chapel at Cave Hill,
Belfast.
CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (page 69).— The ArsTEAL Edition
OF Selected Wobks of Marcus Clabkb. Melbourne, 1890.
Born April 24, 1846. Represented in Stevens' " Golden Treasury of
Australian Verse," 1909.
CLOSE, JOHN GEORGE (page 71).— Was a linen-lapper in Belfast.
CRAWFORD, ISABELLA YALANCY.— Old Spookses Pass, Malcolm's
Katie, and other Poems (n.d.) ; setxind edition, 1899; Poems, edited by
I. W. Gavin, Toronto, 1905.
Born near Dublin in 1851, and as a child of five was taken by her
father, a medical man, to Canada. She seems to have written largely
for the Press, and died in poverty on February 12, 1887, in Toronto.
Her work has been praised by Canadian critics. A portrait and biogra-
phical sketch of her will be found at p. 64, vol, I., of Henrv Morgan's
"Types of Canadian Women," Toronto, 1903.
CREANY, WILLIAM (page 87).— Lived at George's Island, near Ballinderry,
and was perhaps a farmer.
CROWLEY, ALASTEIR.— Songs of the Spirit. London, 1898.
CREIGHTON, REY. JAMES (page 87).— A Poem written on Dover Cliffs,
1788, 8vo,
Was a native of Kilmore, Co. Cavan, and in 176.5 became curate of
Swanlinbar. In 1783 he became a Methodist. He died in 1820. For
fui'ther information see Crookshank's " Methodism in Ireland."
" CRUCK-A-LEAGHAN " (page 91).— Add . " and Slievegallion."
DALEY, YICTOR J. (page 95).— Poems. Edinburgh, 1908.
Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909, says his death
occurred December 29, 1906.
DOHERTY, REY. JOHN (page 112).— Was a native of Kerry, and used the
pseudonym of " Larry Laracy " in yation of 1852-3, etc.
DOWNES, JOHN. — The Harmonic Meeting, verse. Belfast {Banner of
ristcr Office), 1848.
DRUITT, GEORGE (page 123). — Was a bookseller in Arthur Street, Belfast.
DUBOURDIEU, CAPT. FRANCIS (page 124).— Was a son of Rev. John
Dubourdieu, the author of the Statistical Survey of Antrim and Down.
DUNYILLE, SIR ROBERT GRIMSHAW (page 127).— North Sea
Bubbles, illustrated by Joseph Carey, Belfast (n.d.).
II
498
ENGLISH, JAMES R. (page 133).— Title should read : " Visits of the Muse."
FARRELL, JOHN (page 138).— Epiiemeea, ax Iliad of Ai.blky, 1878; Two
Stohies, verse, Melbourne, 1882; Austhalia to Enolanu, verse, Sydney,
1897; My Sundownbb and otiiek Poems, Nydney, 1904; How He Died
AND other Poems, Sydney, 1905.
Died in Sydney on January 9, 1904. l^epresented in Stevens' " Golden
Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
FEENEY, PATRICK. — The River Rob and other Poems. Newtoivnlima-
vady, 1850.
Born near Dungiven, C!o. Derry, and after an unsuccessful career as a
teacher, went to America. Died about 1900.
FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (page 139).— In 1910 the centenary of Ferguson's
birth was enthusiastically celebrated in Belfast. An exhibition of his
works and memorials connected with him was held in that city and later
in Dublin ; the address at the poet's grave in Denegore being delivered
by Mr. Francis J. Bigger, the distinguished archaeologist, and a marble
bust remains as a permanent record in Belfast of the celebration.
FLECHER, HENRY McDONALD (page 148).— Died a year or two ago at
Blossom, Texas. His second name was McDowell, according to Mr. F. J.
Bigger, of Belfast, an excellent authority.
FLETCHER, W. L. (page 149).— This writer was a printer, and died at Curn-
market, Dublin, aged 28, on May 3, 1845.
FULLARTON, JOHN (page 154).— Title of last volume should read :
" O'More, a tale of War," 1867.
GETTY, JOHN (gage 160).— Born in 1781, and died at Danclug, near Bally-
mena, July 13, 1857.
GIYEN, PATRICK (page 162). — Poems from College and Country by Three
Brothers, with biographical sketches by the Rev. George E. Buick. Bel-
fast, 1900.
Born on April 13, 1837, and died on August 15, 1864.
GIYEN, SAMUEL FEE.— Poems from College and Country, etc.
Brother of preceding, and included in above volume. He was born on
March 10,. 1845, and died on May 18, 1867.
GIYEN, THOMAS. — Poems from College and Country, etc.
Another of the three brothers included in above volume. He is possibly
still alive.
GLASS, REY. JAMES.— Libertas, a poem. Belfast, 1789.
GOW, JOHN.— Original Poems. Belfast, 1899.
Also many ballad slips. Lives at Newtownards, Co. Down.
GRADY, THOMAS (page 166).— The Nat'wn announces the death on Xoveiiibor
1, 1842, at Boulogne-sur-Mer, of Thomas Grady, barrister-atJaw, of Bel-
mont, Co. Limerick, and many years chairman of the county.
GRANT, ANTHONY (page 168).— Of Newtownards, Co. Down, and son of ^
weaver. Died about 1829.
GRIBBIN, HENRY, M.D. — The O'Connelliad, a poem. Glasgow and Dublin
1844.
An Irishman, living in Glasgow, and a well-known lecturer on Irish
matters.
499
HALIDAY, ALEX. HENRY (page 177).— Sunday School Rhymes (anony-
mously). Belfast, 1844.
HOWARD, JOHN OWENS.— He is referred to in Sation of December, 18^12,
as "the late" J. 0. H.
JAMISON, RE¥. DAYID (page 214).— Son of a draper, and born in New-
townards, Co. Down.
KENNEDY, WILLIAM (page 231).— Mr. John Marshall, of Belfast, has
written an interesting article on this poet in the Irish Book Lover, into
which he introduces some fresh facts about him, and states, on family
authority, that he was born in Scotland. But he was clearly of Irish
blood.
KEPPEL, FREDERICK (page 234).— Died in New York, March 7, 1912,
aged 67.
KIRK, GEORGE HARLEY (page 237).— Died March 13, 1912.
LANGBRIDGE, REY. FREDERICK (CANON).— Gaslight and Stars,
poems, 1892; Sent Back by the Angels, 1885; A Cracked Fiddle, 1892;
Poor Polk's Lives, 1887; A Cluster op Quiet Thoughts, 1896; The
Scales of Heaven, 1896; Little Tapers, 1899; The Distant Lights,
1902; Clear Waters, 1897; Ballads and Legends, — ; The Peaks op
Proud Desire, — ; The Power of Bed Michael and other Poems,
Dublin, 1909.
Born in Birmingham, March 17, 1849, and educated at Oxford, where
he graduated. Is a D.Litt. of T.C.D. Has been resident in Ireland,
chiefly in Limerick, for many years. Is the author of various novels, and
is part-author of " The Only Way " with Freeman C. Wills (g.i).), and
has written other plays.
LOUGHRAN, EDWARD BOOTH.— (page 25o).— 'Neath Austral Skies,
poems, Melbourne, 1894; The Ivory Gate, poems, Melbourne, 1907.
Born in Glasgow ,December 13, 1850, his parents being Irish, and was
educated in the North of Ireland. Went to Australia in 1866. Was
first a school teacher and finally a journalist, becoming chief of the staff
of the Victorian Government Hari-sard. Represented in Stevens' "Golden
Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
LYNESS, WILLIAM (page 260).— A Collection of Original Poems. Bel-
fast, 1855.
MACK, MARIE LOUISE.— Dreams in Flower. Sydney, 1901.
Born of Irish parents at Hobart, Tasmania, October 10, 1874. Was
first a teacher, and then a journalist in Sydney, N.S.W. In 1896 she
married a barrister named John P. Creed, and in 1901 went to London,
where sh« published " An Australian Girl in London," 1902, and a couple
of novels. Represented in "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
MEHARG, JOHN. — Francis Boyle (g.v., page — ), refers to an Ulster poet
of this name. H© ilived at Gilnaherk, Co. Down, in the early part of the
19th century, and is supposed to have published a volume of poems.
MOLONEY, PATRICK, M.D. (page 312).— Was born at Hawthorn, Victoria,
in 1843, was educated at St. Patrick's College, Melbourne, and was a
medical graduate of Melbourne Fniversity. Died in England in
September, 1904.
O'DOWD, BERNARD PATRICK (page 351).— The Silent Land and other
Poems. Melbourne, 1906.
500
O'HARA, JOHN BERNARD (page 356).— Songs of tiii-; South, London and
Melbourne, 1891 ; Lybics of Nature, Melbourne, 1899 ; A Book of
Sonnets, Melbourne, 1902; Odes and Lybics, Melbourne, 1906.
Born of Irish parentage at Bendigo, "Victoria, on October 29, 1864,
and is a graduate of Melbourne University. Since 1890 he has been
principal of South Melbourne College.
O'REILLY, DOWELL PHILLIP.— A Fragment, verse, Sydney, 1884;
AtTSTRALiAN Poems, Sydney, 1884; A Pedlar's Pack, Sydney, 1888.
Bom at Sydney. July 18, 1865, and from 1894 to 1898 was M.P. for
Paramatta in N.S.W. Parliament. Is now a master in Sydney Grammar
School. Represented in Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse,"
1909.
P., J. L. — PoEJis. Newry, 18o7.
QUINN, PATRICK EDWARD.— Was born of Irish parents in Sydney, jNIarch
17, 1862, and was for several years a member of N.S.W. Legislative
Assembly. Is a journalist, and brother of succeeding writer. Repre-
sented in Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
QUINN, RODERIC JOSEPH (page 393).— The Circling Hearths, poems,
Sydney, 1901.
Born at Sydney. November 26, 1869. Is a writer for the Sydney Press,
especially the Bulletin.
ROBINSON, JOHN (page 401).— AVas a Presbyterian minister, born at New-
townards, Co. Down. He retired from the ministry early, and lived at
his native place till his death in 1900.
ROGGAN, JAMES. — A Collection of Antiquities, poems. Belfast, 1840.
ROSS, EDMUND. — O'Ruark's Hope, an Irish drama in five acts. Belfast,
1888.
SANDES, JOHN. — Rhymes o.v the Times, Melbourne, 1898; Ballads of
Battle, Melbourne, 1900 ; The House of Empire, Sydney, 1909.
Boi-n on February 26, 1863, at Cork, being the son of a clergyman, and
was educated at King's College, London, T.C.D., and Magdalen College,
Oxford (B.A., 1885). AVent to Australia in 1887, joined the staff ot
Melbourne Argus in 1888, and in 1903 that of Sydney Daily Telegraph.
Represented in Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Averse," 1909.
SAVAGE, MARMION W. (page 415).— He married un his first wife Olivia,
daughter of Sir Arthur Clarke, M.D., and she died in Hume Street,
Dublin, aged 26, on July 1, 1843.
SHERIDAN, FRANCIS C. (page 424).— He died on September 11. 1943.
SIMPSON, MARTHA MILDRED.— Born in Co. Tyrone, iMay 3, 1869, and
went to N.S.W. about 1873, and is now a teacher near Sydney. Repre-
sented in Stevens' " Golden Treasury of Australian A'erse," 1909.
TAYLOR, JOHN, M.D.— Christian Lyrics. Dublin, 1851.
TONNA, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH (page 4-57 ).— Posthumous Poems.
Thames Ditton, 1846.
YARIAN, ELIZABETH W. (page -IG.j).— Poem.s. Belfast, 18oU (over her signa-
ture of " Finola.")
501
WHITE, KEY. HUGH (page 478),— Died May 15, 18-14, at Garden Hil),
aged 48.
WHITTY, REY. JOHN IRWINE, LL.D.— Sbmi-Pohticat. SAiinES and
Enigma.s, second edition, London, 1881,
A graduate of T.CD. and of Oxford.
WILSON, ANN GLENNY.— Themes and Vabiations, London, 1889; A Book
OF Verses, London, 1901.
Is the daughter of an Ulsterman named Adams, and was born at Green-
vale, Victoria, .June 11, 1848. Married in 1874 a James Glenny Wilson,
and went to New Zealand, where she now resides. Is represented in
Stevens' "Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
WRIGHT, REY. DAYID MoKEE.— Aoeangi and other Vehses, 1896; Station
Ballads and othek Verses, Dunedin, 1897; Wisps op Tussock, Damara,
New Zealand, 1900; New Zealand Chimes, Wellington, 1900.
Born in Co. Down, August 6, 1869, and is the son of the late Rev. Wm.
Wright, author of "The Brontes in Ireland," etc. Went to New Zealand
in 1887, where he became a Congregational minister. Is represented in
Stevens' " Golden Treasury of Australian Verse," 1909.
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APPENDIX B.
COLLECTIONS AND ANTHOLOGIES OP IRISH YERSE.
1724-1912.
Mattheic Concanen. — "Miscellaneous Poems . . by several hands." London,
1724, 8vo.
Samuel VVhyte. — " The Shamrock, a collection of poems, songs, and epigrams,
the original production of Ireland." Dublin, 1772, 4to; London,
1773, 8to.
Miss Charlotte BrooTce. — " Reliqvies of Irish Poetry," translated by herself.
Dublin, 1789, 4to. 2 vols., 1816, 8vo.
" Paddy's Resource, or the Harp of Freedom attuned to Freedom, a collection
of patriotic songs selected for Paddy's Amusement, printed by the printers
hereof, price an Irish hog." Dublin, 179-.
Josliva Edkins. — "A collection of poems by different hands." Dublin,
1801, 8vo.
"Harmonica." — J. Bolster, Cork, 1818, 8vo. Largely by Irish authors.
James Bardiman. — " Irish Minstrelsy, or Bardic Remains," 2 vols. London,
1831, 8vo.
Thomas Crofton Crolier. — "Popular Snngs of Ireland." London, 1839, 8vo;
1886, 8vo.
"The Spirit of the Nation."— Dublin, 1843, 12mo ; fiftieth edition, 1870.
Charles Gavan Duffy.— " B&Wad Poetry of Ireland." Dublin, 1843, 12mo ;
fortieth edition, 1869.
Edward Walsh. — " Reliques of Ancient Jacobite Poetrv, etc.," translated by
himself. Dublin, 1844, 8vo.
M. J. Barry.— " Thes Songs of Ireland." Dublin, 1845, 12mo.
" Irish National Poetry from the landing of the Milesians to the present
time." Dublin and London, 1846 (P), 12mo.
Denis Florence McCarthy.— "The Book of Irish Ballads." Dublin, 1846,
12mo, etc.
H. It. Montgomery. — " Specimens of the early Native Poetry of Ireland,"
translated by various writers. Dublin, 1846, 16mo ; 1892, 8vo.
Edward Walsh. — " Irish Popular Songs," translated by himself. Dublin,
1847, 12mo.
"Echoes from Pai-nasstiB," selected from the original poetry of the Southern
Reporter, Cork, 1849, 8vo.
Hercules Ellis. — " Songs of Ireland," second series. Dublin, 1849, 12mo.
Hercules Ellis. — " R/omances and Ballads of Ireland." Dublin, 1850, 12mo.
James Clarence Mangan. — " Tlie Poets and Poetry of Munster," translated by
himself. Dublin, 1850, 8vo, etc.
Ber. TFm. Ha,m,ilton Drummond, D.D. — "Ancient Irish Minstrelsy," trans-
lated by himself. Dublin, 1852, 12mo.
Edward Hayes. — "The Ballads of Ireland." London, 1855, 12mo; two vols.
Sam,uel Lover. — " Lyrics of Ireland." London, 1858, 8vo ; 1884, 8vo.
William John.ston. — "The Boyne Book of Poetry and Song" (an Orange
collection). Downpatrick, 1859, 12mo.
Oeorge Sigerson, M.T). — "The Poets and Poetry of Munster," translated by
himself (Erionnach). Second series. Dublin, 1860, 8vo.
503
Italph Tarian (Duncathail). — "Street Ballads, Popular Songs, etc." Dublin,
1865, 12mo.
Italph Varian (Duncathail).—" The Harp of Erin," Dublin, 18G9, 12mo.
John O'Kane Murray. — " The Prose and Poetrv of Ireland." New York,
1877, 8vo.
"Lyra Hibernica Sacra," compiled and edited by the Rev. W. Mclhvaine.
Dublin, 1879.
Charles A. Bead & T. P. O'Connor. — "The Cabinet of Irish Literature."
London and Edinburgh, 1879-80, 4to; four vols.
T. D. Sullivan. — " Penny Readings for the Irish People." Dublin, 1879-85,
8vo ; four vols.
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