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  ©Donegal County.com & Dún-na-nGall.com - William Allingham
William Allingham was born in the Mall of Ballyshannon where his father was a ship-owner and merchant.
Allingham later became a customs officer in which capacity he worked in various locations in Ireland and in England between 1846 and 1870 when he left the Customs service to write full-time.
Rugadh William Allingham i mBéal Átha Seannaigh agus bhí gnó long trádala ag a athair agus ceannaí a bhí ann.
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  William Allingham - LoveToKnow 1911
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM (1824-1889), Irish man of letters and poet, was born at Ballyshannon, Donegal, on the 19th of March 1824 (or 1828, according to some authorities), and was the son of the manager of a local bank.
Allingham was on terms of close friendship with D. Rossetti, who contributed to the illustration of the Songs.
Allingham married in 1874 Helen Paterson, known under her married name as a water-colour painter.
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 William Allingham, From Ireland URL http://www.from-ireland.net, ©Jane Lyons
William Allingham was born at Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, in 1824.
Allingham made the personal acquaintance of Leigh Hunt, who treated the young writer with great kindness and he was also friendly with Alfred Lord Tennyson.
In 1850, William Allingham published his first volume of "Poems." It was followed by "Day and Night Songs" (1854) and by various other volumes including "Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland," a long poem which was regarded by Allingham himself as his most important work.
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  William Allingham
William Allingham (March 19, 1824 or 1828 - November 18, 1889) was anIrish man of letters and poet.
Allingham was on terms of close friendship with DG Rossetti, who contributed to the illustration of the Songs.
Allingham married in 1874 Helen Paterson[?], known under her married name as a water-colour painter.
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 William Allingham Biography and Summary
William Allingham is best known today for a few poems in anthologies, of which "The Maids of Elfin-Mere," "The Fairies," and "The Winding Banks of Erne" are the three most frequently republished.
William Allingham(March 19, 1824 or 1828- November 18, 1889) was an Irish man of letters and poet.
William Allingham: An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen (Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library)
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 William Allingham
Allingham was on terms of close friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who contributed to the illustration of the Songs.
Allingham married in 1874 Helen Paterson, known under her married name as a watercolor painter.
Though working on an unostentatious scale, Allingham produced much excellent lyrical and descriptive poetry, and the best of his pieces are thoroughly national in spirit and local coloring.
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 Biography for: William Allingham
William Allingham was an Irish poet and civil servant.
Allingham married the watercolourist Helen Paterson in 1874.
In 1855 Allingham's Day and Night Songs was published with nine illustrations by Rossetti, John Everett Millais and Arthur Hughes, cut by the Dalziel brothers.
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 WILLIAM ALLINGHAM (182... - Online Information article about WILLIAM ALLINGHAM (182...
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His Letters to Allingham (1854–1870) were edited by Dr See also:
Diary (1907), edited by Mrs Allingham and D.
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 William Allingham - Search Results - MSN Encarta
William Allingham - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Allingham, William (1824-1889), Irish poet and editor, born in Ballyshannon, Donegal, Ireland.
Tell, William, legendary Swiss patriot of the 14th century.
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 Poet: William Allingham - All poems of William Allingham
Poet: William Allingham - All poems of William Allingham
Poet: William Allingham - All poems of William All
An 1880 portrait of William Allingham by his wife Helen (Mark Samuels Lasner Collection, on loan to the University of Delaware Library)...
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 William Allingham
Modern Editions, W. Yeats, ed., Sixteen Poems (Dun Emer 1905); Helen Allingham, ed., By the Way: Verses, Fragments, and Notes (London: Longmans, Green 1912); Helen Allingham, ed., Poems of William Allingham (London: Macmillan 1912); John Hewitt, ed.
Yeats on William Allingham in (1904) [infra]; A. Graves, ‘William Allingham,’ Irish Literary and Musical Studies (1913), pp.70-101 [infra];
Terence Brown, ‘William Allingham, Cultural Confusion’, Northern Voices: Poets from Northern Ireland (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan 1975), pp.42-54;
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 William Allingham - Poems, Biography, Quotes
William Allingham was an Irish poet and civil servant.
Allingham married the watercolourist Helen Paterson in 1874.
A man who keeps a diary pays, Due toll to many tedious days; But life becomes eventful - then, His busy hand forgets the pen.
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 all things William
The nihilists say it is the end; the fundamentalists, the beginning; when in reality it is no more than a single tenant or family moving out of a tenement or a town.
~ William Pitt, The Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin.
I see death as a private event, the destruction of the universe in the brain and in the senses of man, and I cannot see any man's death as a contributing factor in the success or failure of a military campaign.
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 [minstrels] The Fairies -- William Allingham
In almost dissonant contrast to the "fear of little men" note is the light, tripping metre of the poem; a reminder that the wee folk are indeed wondrous and magical, and a harbinger, in its nursery-rhyme sing-song, of a time when they would dwindle in significance to "fairy tales".
Browning and Carlyle in London feature prominently, and Leigh Hunt, Thackeray, Emerson, George Eliot, William Morris, the Rossettis, Patmore, William Barnes, Froude, Palgrave, Burne-Jones, Turgenev are other dramatis personae of a diary covering nearly half a century.
From: "Kay Clover" My mother would read me this strange and scary poem when I was a child.(taken from an old 1918 4th grade primer from when she was a child).
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 all things William
William Tell -- The National Hero of Switzerland
I am glad enough to have something to do that is worth doing; something to believe in; something to hope for.
The use of copyrighted work on this website for research and educational purposes is believed to constitute a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law.
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 Allingham Arms Hotel, Hotels in Bundoran, county Donegal Hotels, west of Ireland Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Allingham is widely known, as luxurious destination for any traveller.
Named after William Allingham, a local and famed 19th century poet the hotel is imbued in local culture and tradition keeps faith with Allingham's description of the locality....
The Allingham provides everything you'd expect from a luxury hotel; a fine bar, restaurant and nightly entertainment from some of Irelands most popular entertainers in one of several venues in the building...
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 William Allingham: 'Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland.'
Allingham's many beautiful ballads, so full of Irish nature, have wondered whether he would fulfil the promise which was given in his poetry from the first.
Allingham only follows the modern tendency in turning to whatsoever lies close about us to paint his picture of that present in which we live and move and have our being.
Allingham portrays the place and people fairly; states his case justly.
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 William Allingham Biography and Quotes Sites
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 William Allingham Quotes
Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.
William Allingham Poems - a collection of his poetry.
William Allingham Bibliography - a bibliography, including list of critical resources.
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 Channel View B&B accommodation - The Abbey, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, William Allingham, Rossnowlagh
Patricia and Desmond Brennan have been welcoming bandb guests to this delightfully situated bungalow accommodation over looking the Erne Estuary with a view of the dramatic heights of Ben Bulbin.
Situated beside the Old Restored Abbey Mill Waterwheels, Channel View Bed and Breakfast is just half a mile from Ballyshannon Town Centre, off the main Rossnowlagh Road.
The town has developed on both sides of the River Erne and the Allingham Bridge, named after the famous poet, joins the two sections of the town.
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 Remarks by Alfred Russel Wallace in "William Allingham: A Diary"
Remarks by Alfred Russel Wallace in "William Allingham: A Diary"
The diary of William Allingham (1824-1889), prominent English poet, was edited into publishable form in 1907 by his wife Helen and Dollie Radford.
Wallace didn't think that the courts should involve themselves in the hereditary transfer of property.
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 [minstrels] Writing -- William Allingham
Not a poem that needs a whole lot said about it - I liked the idea, and I liked the way Allingham expressed it in verse.
Illustrative is another of his quotes: "Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day." Biography: Allingham, William poet, civil servant great-britain 1824, Ballyshannon (Ireland) - 18 Nov 1889, London Son of a banker.
He was a civil servant, but actively sought literary acquaintances.
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 William Allingham quotes, Famous quotations from William Allingham, Populay Sayings at Entwagon.com
William Allingham quotes, Famous quotations from William Allingham, Populay Sayings at Entwagon.com
Popular quotations from William Allingham, Top William Allingham quotes, Famous Authors,
I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the machinery of civilized life?
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 William Allingham Famous Quote, Quotes, Quotations, Proverbs - QuoteMountain.com
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 RPO -- Selected Poetry of William Allingham (1824-1889)
William Allingham, born at Ballyshannon, published and edited verse from 1850 to his death in London on November 18, 1889.
Alan Warner has published a book of criticism, William Allingham (Lewisburg, Pa.: Bucknell University Press, 1975; PR 4004.A5Z875 Robarts Library).
For the standard biographical summary see Robert Welch, “Allingham, William (1824-1889)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, ed.
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 William Allingham Quotes
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 all things William
I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing.
I can remember, at the age of five, being told that childhood was the happiest period of life (a blank lie, in those days).
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
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 A Day-Dream's Reflection - William Allingham Poems - Poems and Poetry
A Day-Dream's Reflection - William Allingham Poems - Poems and Poetry
Slow heaved his filmy skiff, and fell, with sway
Send "A Day-Dream's Reflection" poem by William Allingham to a friend
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 William Allingham WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A DIARY 1824 1889
William Allingham WILLIAM ALLINGHAM A DIARY 1824 1889
William Angus Sinclair - Socialism and the Individual: Notes on Joining the Labour Patry
from our logs: william allingham illiam wlliam wiliam willam willim willia williamallingham llingham alingham allngham alligham allinham allingam allinghm allingha
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 Poetry X » Poetry Archives » William Allingham
Poetry X » Poetry Archives » William Allingham
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 Fairies by William Allingham (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
Fairies by William Allingham (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
by William Allingham, Helen Allingham, D. Radford, Folio Society
The music master; a love story and two series of day and night songs.
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