Life
1709-1778 [Uilliam English; Liam Inglis]; 18th c. Augustinian monk who wrote Cashel of Munster; possibly tutor to Edmund Burke; see also Padraig J. Daly, trans., Without Shoe or Horse [Uilliam English] (Dublin: Waxwing 2005), 64pp. DIW
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References
Brian Cleeve & Ann Brady, A Dictionary of Irish Writers [rev. 1 vol. edn.] (Dublin: Lilliput 1985) calls him Dominican having refused to take the poverty oath in the former order. Note that the authorship of Cashel of Munster is disputed by R. Welch (Irish Verse in Translation).
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