William B. McBurney | |
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Died | 1892 |
Other names | Caroll Malone |
Occupation | poet |
Years active | 1845-1892 |
Employer | Boston Pilot |
Home town | Belfast |
William B. McBurney (died 1892) was an Irish poet who used the pseudonym Carroll Malone. He was the author of The Croppy Boy, a poem commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and “The Good Ship Castle Down” . He immigrated to the United States, where he continued to write poetry in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in 1892.