Florence Mary Wilson (writer)
Florence Mary Wilson (c. 1870–1946) was a poet who wrote the ballad The Man from God Knows Where.
Florence Mary Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Florence Mary Addy c. 1870 County Antrim, Ireland |
| Died | 1946 County Down, Ireland |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Irish |
Life
Born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim to Robert Addy a mill manager, she married solicitor Fred Wilson in 1898 and lived in Bangor, County Down with whom she had six children. Wilson was a regular contributor to the Irish Homestead, Northern Whig, and other papers. She was a friend of Alice Milligan and Alice Stopford Green. Wilson wrote the ballad, The Man from God Knows Where in 1918 about Thomas Russell. She wrote a volume of poetry The Coming of the Earls which was republished frequently and was popular in America.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
- "[Mrs] Florence Mary Wilson". www.ricorso.net.
- Down, K-Point Internet Solutions - Warrenpoint, Newry, County. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- "Florence Mary Wilson". My Families. 9 July 2010.
- "Linen Hall Library celebrates its 225th anniversary". The Irish Times.
- Guy Beiner (1 February 2007). Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-0-299-21823-2.
- "Strangford Lough - Literary Strangford". www.visitstrangfordlough.co.uk.
- "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
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