William Carleton
(1794-1869)

poet and novelist

Died aged c. 75

William Carleton (4 March 1794, Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone), Clogher, County Tyrone – 30 January 1869, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman.

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Augher, United Kingdom

William Carleton 1794-1869 Poet and Novelist lived here

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