Thomas Crofton Croker was an Irish

Ireland

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 antiquary, born at Cork

Cork (city)

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. For some years, he held a position in the Admiralty

Admiralty

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, where his distant relative, John Wilson Croker

John Wilson Croker

John Wilson Croker was an Irish statesman and author.He was born at Galway, the only son of John Croker, the surveyor-general of customs and excise in Ireland. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1800...

, was his superior.

Croker devoted himself largely to the collection of ancient Irish poetry

Irish poetry

The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...

 and Irish folklore. He assisted in founding the Percy Society

Percy Society

The Percy Society was a British book-club. It was founded in 1840 and collapsed in 1852.It was a scholarly collective, aimed at publishing limited-edition books of rare poems and songs...

 and the Camden Society

Camden Society

The Camden Society, named after the English antiquary and historian William Camden, was founded in 1838 in London to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books....

. He and his wife's testimonies about funereal customs, particularly the tradition of keening the deceased are among the earliest and most significant contributions to the understanding of the Irish language

Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...

 lament

Lament

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 and the accompanying traditions. His work South of Ireland went six editions, it was translated into German by the Brothers Grimm

Brothers Grimm

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.

Croker died in 1854 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery

Brompton Cemetery

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, London.

T.F. Dillon Croker

Thomas Francis Dillon Croker

Thomas Francis Dillon Croker FSA FRGS was a British antiquary and poet. In the literature, he is usually referred to as "T. F. Dillon Croker".He was the only child of Thomas Crofton Croker, some of whose works he revised and edited....

 FSA, FRGS, was his son and only child.

Works

• Researches in the South of Ireland (1824)
• Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland (1825-27)
• Popular Songs of Ireland (1837)
• Daniel O'Rourke
  Daniel O'Rourke
  Daniel O'Rourke was an Irish politician and teacher. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Mayo South–Roscommon South constituency. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was re-elected unopposed as a...
  
  (1829)
• Barney Mahoney (1832)

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