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James Clarence Mangan

1803–1849·Wrote in English, with versions from Irish

The long nineteenth century · Anglo-Irish poetry (late 17th–19th centuries) · Co. Dublin · English

Dublin scrivener, opium and alcohol addict, died of cholera in destitution at 46. Dark Rosaleen, Siberia and The Nameless One are extraordinary. Joyce lectured on him twice; he is the great haunted outsider of Irish poetry.

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