Gallagher, William Joseph (M)

b. 1864. Nationality: Irish.
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)

Poems associated with this person

Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
Summer’s Later Flowers 1892-10-08 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13266
An Evening Musing 1892-11-12 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13271
The Later Flowers 1898-10-01 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12730
Sunset 1900-04-28 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12445
The Day’s Best Hour 1900-06-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12450
The Waning Light 1900-10-27 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12470
A Spring Morning 1901-04-06 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12498