Patrick O'Kelly

Patrick O'Kelly (1754–1835) was an Irish writer and eccentric.

O'Kelly was born in Loughrea, Ireland, and was noted in his lifetime for poems such as Killarney (1791) and the satire, Doneraile Litany, (1808). He was familiar with the upper echelons of literary society, becoming acquainted with Sir Walter Scott in 1821, and George IV in Dublin in 1821.

Bibliography

• Killarney:a descriptive poem, Dublin, 1791.
• Poems on the Giant's Causeway and Killarney;and other miscellanies, Dublin, 1808.
• The Eudoxologist; or an eticographical survey of the western parts of Ireland. A poem, Dublin, 1812.
• Aonian Kaleidoscope;or a collection of original poems, Cork, 1824.
• The Hippocrene;a collection of poems, Dublin, 1831.
• General History of the Rebellion of 1798; .2,. . also a brief account of the insurrection of 1803, Dublin, 1842.
• Historica descriptio Hiberniae, opus. 2,. .editum .2,. .de novo a Patrick O'Kelly, G.D. O'Kelly, 1938.

References

• Galway Authors, Helen Mahar, 1976.