William Henry Drummond was an Irish-born Canadian poet whose humorous dialect poems made him "one of the most popular authors in the English-speaking world," and "one of the most widely-read and loved poets" in Canada.
William Henry Drummond
Defenders take refuge in the church of Saint-Eustache (F.S. Coburn illustration from The Habitant and Other Poems)
William Henry Drummond plaque, Cobalt, Ontario. Photo by Alan L. Brown, July 2006. Photo used with permission from the website.
Mohill is a town in County Leitrim, Ireland. The town of Carrick-on-Shannon is approximately 16 km (10 miles) away.
Statue of the blind harpist Turlough O'Carolan in Mohill