Francis S. Mahony

A Poem on the Death of Father Prout Go Where Glory Awaits Thee Groves of Blarney Pray for Me The Bells of Shandon The Carrier-dove of Athens The Death of Socrates The Ladye of Lee To A Beautiful Milkmaid Translations: The Autobiography of P. J. de Beranger The Cymbaleer's Bride The Feast of Freedom The Garret of Beranger The Grandmother The Song of Brennus The Song of the Cossack

Father Prout

Francis Mahony was born in Cork, Ireland around 1805. His father had destined him for the church, and to that end, Francis was placed in a Jesuit college in France. From there he proceeded to the Jesuit college in Rome, where he wrote the poem, "The Shandon Bells".      After ordination Father Mahony taught for a while at the Jesuit College in Clongowes Wood. He gave up his clerical career for the literary life and went to London where he led as he described it, "a Bohemian Life".      He wrote for Fraser's Magazine as "Father Prout" and ultimately became its director.       He died in France in 1866.