Samuel Ferguson
Sir Samuel Ferguson | |
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Sir Samuel Ferguson | |
| Born | 10 March 1810 Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland |
| Died | 9 August 1886 (aged 76) Howth, County Dublin, Ireland (now Republic of Ireland |
| Occupation | Barrister, writer, Antiquarian |
| Nationality | Irish – British subject |
| Genre | Irish poetry |
| Notable works | Congal, Lays of the Western Gaels |
| Spouse | Mary Guinness |
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Sir Samuel Ferguson (10 March 1810 – 9 August 1886) was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant. He was an acclaimed 19th-century Irish poet, and his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history can be seen as a forerunner of William Butler Yeats and the other poets of the Irish Literary Revival.