Other names Caroll Malone Name William McBurney Occupation poet Role Poet | Years active 1845-1892 Died 1892 Employer Boston Pilot Home town Belfast | |
William B. McBurney (died 1892) was an Irish poet who used the pseudonym Carroll Malone. He was the author of The Croppy Boy, a poem commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and “The Good Ship Castle Down” . He immigrated to the United States, where he continued to write poetry in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in 1892.
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