Michael Scanlon (poet)
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Michael Scanlon was an Irish
nationalist, editor, poet and writer. He was known as the "Fenian poet" and is remembered as the author of stirring Irish ballads such as the "Bold Fenian Men" and "The Jackets Green".
, County Limerick
. He emigrated to the United States at fifteen years of age and with his brothers, John and Mortimer, settled in Chicago. They started a sweets (candy) business which became very successful. Scanlon joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood
and wrote articles and poems for a number of newspapers.
He supported the Fenian invasion of Canada (31 May 1866), following the leadership of William R. Roberts and was a member of a body known as the Senate. After the failure of that enterprise he was appointed editor of a new newspaper, the Irish Republic, and he continued writing for Irish and American newspapers. He later became a senior official in the American administration in Washington. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the State Department. He retired in 1912.
He died, aged eighty-four years, in the hospital of St. Mary of Nazareth in Chicago, after having been ill for a week. He was survived by a son, Judge Kickham Scanlon, and two daughters.
Ireland
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nationalist, editor, poet and writer. He was known as the "Fenian poet" and is remembered as the author of stirring Irish ballads such as the "Bold Fenian Men" and "The Jackets Green".
Life
He was born in CastlemahonMahoonagh
Mahoonagh village is two miles south east of the town of Newcastle West, County Limerick. Ireland.There are two villages within the parish of Mahoonagh.The parish has two main centres, Mahoonagh and Feohanagh villages....
, County Limerick
County Limerick
It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...
. He emigrated to the United States at fifteen years of age and with his brothers, John and Mortimer, settled in Chicago. They started a sweets (candy) business which became very successful. Scanlon joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood
Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century...
and wrote articles and poems for a number of newspapers.
He supported the Fenian invasion of Canada (31 May 1866), following the leadership of William R. Roberts and was a member of a body known as the Senate. After the failure of that enterprise he was appointed editor of a new newspaper, the Irish Republic, and he continued writing for Irish and American newspapers. He later became a senior official in the American administration in Washington. In 1887 he was appointed chief of the Bureau of Statistics in the State Department. He retired in 1912.
He died, aged eighty-four years, in the hospital of St. Mary of Nazareth in Chicago, after having been ill for a week. He was survived by a son, Judge Kickham Scanlon, and two daughters.