Poet. Alternative signatures: “William J. Gallagher,” “Wm. Joseph Gallagher.” From
County Donegal. Contributed to *Weekly Irish Times*, *Chambers’s Journal*, and *Old
and Young*, and won several newspaper poetry competitions. *Chambers’s Journal* ledger
entry for Gallagher’s poem “Summer’s Later Flowers,” published on 8 October 1892,
lists his address as St Johnstown, Londonderry (NLS Dep 341/370). Biographical information:
W. J. Paul, *Modern Irish Poets*, Belfast Steam-Printing Company, 1894, p. 56. (AC)