William Drennan
Born: 1754
Died: February 5, 1820 (aged 66)
Bio: William Drennan, a physician, poet and political radical, was one of the chief architects of the Society of United Irishmen. He is known as the first to refer in print to Ireland as "the emerald isle" in his poem "When Erin first rose".
Known for:
- Advocacy Words
- Selected writings
- Lay Words for Lawyers
- The Drennan-McTier letters
- The trial of William Drennan (1794)
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