Who is William A. Byrne
William A. Byrne (William Dara) 1872–1933 was an Irish poet and educator from Rathangan, Co. Kildare. He often wrote under the pen name William Dara.He was educated at Carlow College as a lay student from 1885 to 1889, and went to Maynooth College to study for the priesthood, where he was invited to write an ode on the college's centenary; however, he left priestly formation due to ill health. After Maynooth he became a teacher in St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, and in St. Mary's Knockbeg College, Carlow, where he was Professor of English.In 1916 became assistant professor of English at University College Dublin succeeding the executed Irish patriot Thomas MacDonagh and went on to be professor of English Literature at University College Galway. He died in Galway, on 13 May 1933, aged 59.W...Read Full Biography of William A. Byrne
William A. Byrne Poems
- The Bog Lands
The purple heather is the cloak
God gave the bogland brown,
But man has made a pall o' smoke
To hide the distant town....
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Dominionpostwv: larry starcher died on the day before christmas this past year, after suffering from a lengthy illness. he was 80. former mayor of morgantown and legal aid attorney william byrne was among the handful who spoke at his memorial service.Masslivenews: in a free-wheeling interview, the most rev. william d. byrne acknowledged the loss parishioners feel in chicopee. but he spoke, too, of things that give him hope.
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Campfiremn: can you spot the bird these william byrne elementary students are watching? while robins' seasonal patterns are complex (and not necessarily a sign of spring), we'll take it!
Davidcranmerun1: judge william m. byrne jr. dismissed the case in may 1973 before it reached a jury, after the office of ellsberg's psychiatrist had been burglarized and the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) had lost records of what may have been illegally taped telephone conversations.
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