Born 17 March 1852 at Mallow, Co. Cork, Ireland. Educated at St Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork and at Maynooth College. Ordained to the priesthood in 1875, he ministered in Plymouth and Exeter in England, and at Mallow, Queenstown and Doneraile, Co. COrk.
For I do hate thee, O thou spectre Death!
Pale moonbeams flit between thy naked ribs.
There is a hollow darkness o'er thy hips,
And elfin lights gleam from unlustrous eyes,
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Swallows of Allah! unfurl your white wings,
Come to us, strangers, o'er the friendless sea,
Welcomed by Islam and its chivalry.
For bene of all your hallowed minist'rings.
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I have beheld Nature and Art at war,
For on this summer eve the thunder pealed,
Where the Pilatus threat'ning raised his steeled
And crested helmet o'er the smoking bar,
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