Joseph Brenan

A Ballad for the Young South Alone An Exile's Dreams Caoch the Piper Charlotte Corday Come to Me Dearest Geraldine War-Song Jessie, the Flower of Dumblane Lament for Captain Rock Lament for Oliver Grace of Courtsdown Lament of the Emigrant Connaught Woman The "Dark Girl" by the "Holy Well" The Devil's Mangeen The Dying Mother's Lament The Exile to His Wife The Holiday Dance The "Holly and Ivy" Girl The Lobishomen The Midnight Mass The Miller's Song The Romance of the Headless Horseman The Southern Pauper to His Priest Thanatos To-morrow

1848 Insurrection

Jospeh Brenan was born in Cork in 1828.  In his early years he particpated in several incursions with the Fenians and Young Irelanders. He escaped to the United States where he became editor of the New Orleans Times, He wrote poetry until his death in  1857, but no collection has been made of his works.  What exists is scattered as in the source of most of the poems here:  "Legends and Poems" by John Keegan. He was a friend of James Clarence Mangan who wrote a poem dedicated to him.

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