Florence Mary Wilson (writer)

Florence Mary Wilson
Born Florence Mary Addy
c. 1870
County Antrim, Ireland
Died 1946
County Down, Ireland
Occupation Writer
Nationality Irish

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

Life

Born in Lisburn, Co. 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.
  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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