John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890), born at Dowth Castle, County Meath, was a Fenian transported to Western Australia, from which he escaped in 1869. He settled in Boston, became editor and part-owner of the Pilot, and published several volumes of verse.

The poems here are taken from H. Halliday Sparling's anthology Irish Minstrelsy (London: Walter Scott, 1888).