The Poetry of Fitz-James O'Brien

Michael O'Brien was born in Cork, Ireland on 25th October 1826. He finished his education at the University of Dublin and some accounts have him serving for a time in the British army at some in this period. Whilst at college he had shown some talent for writing poetry and two of his poems were later published in ‘The Ballads of Ireland’ (1856). Departing for London with an £8,000 inheritance that was all spent during his stay of 4 years, he spent some time editing a periodical to aid the World’