William Kenealy

Life
1828-1876; b. Cloyne, Co. Cork, 1 July 1828; contrib. to Nation as William of Munster [pseud.], 1850s; “The Moon Behind the Hill”, 20 Dec. 1856, later famous as a Christy Minstrel ballad; same pseud. in Duffy’s Fireside Magazine, 1851-52; author of anon. introduction to Hayes’s Ballads of Ireland (1855); ed. The Lamp, in Leeds; then Tipperary Leader, and lastly Kilkenny Journal; Mayor of Kilkenny; d. 3 Sept 1876. PI