See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WILLIAM CARLETON (1794-1869)

CARLETON (1794-1869)  , Irish novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Prillisk, See also:

• CLOGHER

Clogher, Co . See also:

• TYRONE
• TYRONE, EARLS OF

Tyrone, on the 4th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1794 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, who supported a See also:

• FAMILY

family of fourteen See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children on as many acres, and See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• CARLETON, WILLIAM (1794-1869)

Carleton passed his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life among scenes precisely similar to those he after-wards delineated with so much See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and truthfulness . His father was remarkable for his extraordinary memory, and had a thorough acquaintance with Irish See also:

• FOLKLORE

folklore; the See also:

• MOTHER

mother was noted throughout the See also:

• DISTRICT

district for the sweetness of her See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice . The beautiful See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of Honor, the See also:

• MISER

miser's wife, in Fardorougha, is said to have been See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from her . The See also:

• EDUCATION

education received by Carleton was of a very humble description . As his father removed from one small See also:

• FARM

farm to another, he attended at various places the hedge-See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools, which used to be a notable feature of Irish life . The admirable little picture of one of these schools is given in the See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch called " The Hedge School " included in Traits and Stories of Irish Peasantry . Most of his learning was gained from a See also:

• CURATE (from the Lat. curare, to take care of)

curate named Keenan, who taught a classical school at Donagh (Co . See also:

• MONAGHAN

Monaghan), which Carleton attended from 1814 to 1816 . Before this Carleton had resolved to prosecute his education as a poor See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar at See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, with a view to entering the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church; but in obedience to a warning See also:

• DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream, the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of which is told in the Poor Scholar, he returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, where he received the unbounded veneration of the neighbouring peasantry for his supposed wonderful learning . An amusing See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of this phase of his existence is given in the ittle sketch, " See also:

• DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
• DENIS, JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL (1729-1800)

Denis O'Shaughnessy." About the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nineteen he undertook one of the religious pilgrimages then See also:

• COMMON

common in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland .

His experiences as a See also:

• PILGRIM

pilgrim, narrated in "The Lough See also:

• DERG, LOUGH

Derg Pilgrim," made him resign for ever the thought of entering the church, and he eventually became a See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant . His vacillating ideas as to a mode of life were determined in a definite direction by the See also:

• READING

reading of Gil Blas . He resolved to See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast himself boldly upon the See also:

• WORLD

world, and try what See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune had in See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store for him . He went to Killanny, Co See also:

• LOUTH

Louth, and for six months acted as See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in the family of a farmer named Piers See also:

• MURPHY, ARTHUR (1727–1805)
• MURPHY, JOHN FRANCIS (1853– )
• MURPHY, ROBERT (1806-1843)

Murphy, and after some other experiments he set out for See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin, and arrived in the See also:

• METROPOLIS (Gr. piir17Pi mother, srGXis, city)

metropolis with 2S 9d. in his See also:

• POCKET

pocket . He first sought occupation as a See also:

• BIRD

bird- stuffier, but a proposal to use potatoes and See also:

• MEAL

meal as stuffing failed to recommend him . He then determined to become a soldier, but the See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel of the See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment in which he desired to enlist persuaded him—Carleton had applied in Latin—to give up the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea . He obtained some teaching and a clerkship in a See also:

• SUNDAY

Sunday School See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, began to contribute to the See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, and his See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper " The See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

Pilgrimage to Lough Derg," which was published in the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Examiner, excited See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention . In 183o appeared the first See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry (2 vols.), which at once placed the author in the first See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of Irish novelists . A second series (3 vols.), containing, among other stories, "Tubber Derg, or the Red Well," appeared in 1833, and Tales of Ireland in 1834 . From that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time till within a few years of his See also:

• DEATH

death Carleton's See also:

• LITERARY

literary activity was incessant . "Fardorougha the Miser, or the Convicts of Lisnamona " appeared in 1837–1838 in the Dublin University See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine . Among his other famous novels are: See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

Valentine McClutchy, the Irish See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

Agent, or See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

Chronicles of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Cumber See also:

• PROPERTY

Property (3 vols., 1845); The See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

Prophet, a See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale of the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

Famine, in the Dublin University Magazine (1846), printed separately in the next See also:

• YEAR

year; The Emigrants of Ahadarra (1847); Willy Reilly and his dear Colleen Bawn (in The See also:

• INDEPENDENT

Independent, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1850); and The Tithe See also:

• PROCTOR
• PROCTOR, ALEXANDER PHIMISTER (1862– )
• PROCTOR, RICHARD ANTHONY (1837-1888)

Proctor (1849), the violence of which did his reputation harm among his own countrymen .

Some of his later stories, The Squanders of Castle Squander (1852) for instance, are defaced by the See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• MATTER

matter with which they are overloaded . In spite of his very considerable literary See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production Carleton remained poor, but his necessities were relieved in 1848 by a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £too a year granted by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell in response to a memorial on Carleton's behalf signed by See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of distinguished persons in Ireland . He died at See also:

• SANDFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1294)

Sandford, Co . Dublin, on the 3oth of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1869 . Carleton's best See also:

• WORK

work is contained in the Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry . He wrote from intimate acquaintance with the scenes he described; and he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew with a sure See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand a series of pictures of See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant life, unsurpassed for their appreciation of the passionate tenderness of Irish home life, of the buoyant See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour and the domestic virtues which would, under better circumstances, bring prosperity and happiness . He alienated the sympathies of many Irishmen, however, by his unsparing See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism and occasional exaggeration of the darker See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Irish character . He was in his own words the " historian of their habits and See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, their feelings, their prejudices, their superstitions and their crimes." (See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

Preface to Tales of Ireland.) During the last months of his life Carleton began an autobiography which he brought down to the beginning of his literary career . This forms the first See also:

• PART

part of The Life of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Carleton . . . (2 vols., 1896), by D . J .

O'Donoghue, which contains full See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information about his life, and a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his scattered writings . A selection from his stories (1889), in the " Camelot Series," has an introduction by Mr W . B . Yeats . He must not be confused with Will Carleton (b . 1845), the See also:

• AMERICAN

American author of Farm See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads (1873) .