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Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
John Boyle O'Reilly
Born: June 28, 1844
Died: August 10, 1890 (aged 46)
Bio: John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia.
Known for:
- Moondyne (1879)
- In Bohemia
- Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport (1888)
- Moondyne Joe
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