John Francis Waller Biography

John Francis Waller (1810 - 1894) was an Irish poet and editor.

He was born at Limerick, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1833. He became a contributor to and ultimately editor of the Dublin University Magazine, usually writing under the pseudonym of "Jonathan Freke Slingsby".

He published several volumes of poems and also wrote popular songs, including Cushla Ma Chree, The Spinning Wheel and Song of the Glass. He was responsible for the explanatory notes and a life of the author in a new edition of "Gulliver's Travels" written by Dean Jonathan Swift.

He held the position of vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy and was appointed Registrar of the Rolls Court in 1867