Florence Mary Wilson
BornFlorence Mary Addy
c.1870
County Antrim, Ireland
Died1946
County Down, Ireland
OccupationWriter
NationalityIrish

Florence Mary Wilson (c.1870–1946) was a poet who wrote the ballad The Man from God Knows Where.

Life

Born in Lisburn, County Antrim to Robert Addy a mill manager, she married solicitor Fred Wilson in 1898 and lived in Bangor, County Down with whom she had six children. Wilson was a regular contributor to the Irish Homestead, Northern Whig, and other papers. She was a friend of Alice Milligan and Alice Stopford Green. Wilson wrote the ballad, The Man from God Knows Where in 1918 about Thomas Russell. She wrote a volume of poetry The Coming of the Earls which was republished frequently and was popular in America.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. "[Mrs] Florence Mary Wilson". www.ricorso.net.
  2. Down, K-Point Internet Solutions - Warrenpoint, Newry, County. "The Dictionary of Ulster Biography". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Florence Mary Wilson". My Families. 9 July 2010.
  4. "Linen Hall Library celebrates its 225th anniversary". The Irish Times.
  5. Guy Beiner (1 February 2007). Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-0-299-21823-2.
  6. "Strangford Lough - Literary Strangford". www.visitstrangfordlough.co.uk.
  7. "Irish Genealogy" (PDF). civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie.
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