Charles Gavan Duffy
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy (1816 - 1903) was a poet, born in Monaghan, early took
to journalism, and became one of the founders of the Nature newspaper,
and one of the leaders of the Young Ireland movement. Thereafter he went
to Australia, where he became a leading politician, and rose to be
Premier of Victoria. His later years were spent chiefly on the Continent.
He did much to stimulate in Ireland a taste for the national history and
literature, started The Library of Ireland, and made a collection, The Ballad Poetry of Ireland, which was a great success. He also published an
autobiography, A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.
