Life
1766-1831 [also O’Halloran or Hallaran]; ord. 1790; served as naval
chaplain Earl of Northesk on board Britannia at Trafalgar, 1805; The Battle of Trafalgar (1806), considered interesting as eye-witness
account; appt. chaplain [var. rector] of Grammar School at Capetown; for
his Cap-Abilities, or South African Characteristics (1811); transported
for forging a frank [stamp] and transported to Sidney in spite of protests
of innocence, 1818; wrote verse incl. The Female Volunteer (1801).
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Works
A Collection of Odes, Poems and Trans. (Exeter 1789); Poems on
Several Occasions (2nd edn. 1791); The Female Volunteer; or, The
Dawning of Peace (London 1801); Lachrymae Hibernicae, or the Genius
of Erin’s Complaint (1805), addressed to Lord Hardwicke; The
Battle of Trafalgar: A Fugitive Poem with Other Pieces (Lon 1806) Cap-abilities, or South African Characteristics (1811).
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References
D. J. O’Donoghue, Poets of Ireland (Dublin: Hodges
Figgis 1912), calls him Rev. Laurence H. Hallaran [sic on title page first
work] and lists A Collection of Odes, Poems and Trans. (Exeter
1789), Poems on Several Occasions (repr. 1791); The Female Volunteer,
or The Dawning of Peace (Lon. 1801); Lachrymae Hibernicae, or the
Genius of Erin’s Complaint, a ballad add. to Lord Hardwicke,
Viceroy ... (1805), The Battle of Trafalgar (1806), a fugitive
poem with other pieces (Lon 1806) Cap-abilities, or South African Characteristics,
satire (1811); ended in trouble; Capetown and Australia.
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