Life
Born Cullen [Cologne?], Germany; traveller, linguist to Lord Falkland;
obtained grants in Westmeath and Wexford, 1622; knighted, 1627; composed
Irish dictionary, grammar and chronology, completed by his son Matthew,
1635. ODNB.
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References
See R. F. Foster, Modern Ireland (1988).
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Notes
Kith & Kin: See also the Doom of Derenzie (1829) by Thomas Furlong (q.v.), a poem celebrating the rapacious treachery and magical death of a member of the Wexford landlord lineage.
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