Gallagher, William Joseph (M)

Surname: Gallagher
Forename(s): William Joseph
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

Total poems: 7
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