Who is Father Prout

Francis Sylvester Mahony (31 December 1804 – 18 May 1866), also known by the pen name Father Prout, was an Irish humorist and journalist.

Life

He was born in Cork, Ireland, to Martin Mahony and Mary Reynolds. He was educated at the Jesuit Clongowes Wood College, Kildare, and later in the College of Saint-Acheul, a similar school in Amiens, France and then at Rue de Sèvres, Paris, and later in Rome. He began teaching at the Jesuit school of Clongowes as master of rhetoric, but was soon after expelled. He then went to London, and became a leading contributor to Fraser's Magazine, under the signature of "Father Prout" (the original Father Prout, whom Mahony knew in his youth, born in 1757, was parish priest of Watergrasshill, County Cork). Mahony at one point was d...
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Father Prout Poems

  • Malbrouck
    Malbrouck, the prince of commanders,
    Is gone to the war in Flanders;
    His fame is like Alexander's;
    But when will he come home? ...
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Helmet 1 Shield 1 Field 1 Deep 1 Ready 1 Tower 1 Hear 1 Tear 1 Bring 1 Trinity 1


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