William Allingham Poetry

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William Allingham was an Irish poet and civil servant. His father was a shipping merchant. The eldest of five children, his mother died when he was aged nine. Allingham married the watercolourist Helen Paterson in 1874.

He began his career aged fourteen, working in a bank but quit in 1846 to join the Customs Office. Visiting London in 1847, he became acquainted with the poet Leigh Hunt and in 1849 with Coventry Patmore. In 1850 his first book of poems was dedicated to Leigh Hunt. From 1850-53... about William Allingham

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By margaret hoey 27 Aug, 2010
William allingham was an uncle off my mother i did not know much about him but after been in ballyshannon for a hoilday ,i found out about him what a sad way that he died at a early age when he had so much to give to the arts especially to the world of poetry