Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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)