Author: MCDERMOTT, Patrick
Biography:
MCDERMOTT, Patrick (1797-1862: O’Donoghue)
No records have been located to corroborate the birth and death dates supplied by O’Donoghue. He was born in Kells, County Meath. O’Donoghue states that he was successively a teacher, a letter carrier, and a soldier who served in Spain. Niall Ó Ciosáin adds that he worked as a weaver. He published verse in newspapers and in Dublin almanacs. (O’Donoghue; Niall Ó Ciosáin “Almanacs” Oxford History of the Irish Book 4 [2011] 202)
Books written (1):
Kells: Printed by Henderson, 1835