Quote of the day
Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself.
William Carleton

Born: February 20, 1794
Died: January 30, 1869 (aged 74)
Bio: William Carleton was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman.
Known for:
- Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry (1830)
- The Black Prophet (1846)
- Fardorougha the Miser (1848)
- The works of William Carleton
- The emigrants of Ahadarra (1844)






