Denis Aloysius McCarthy papers

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Denis Aloysius McCarthy papers

1901-1931

https://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS1986-166

Papers documenting the life of early twentieth-century Irish-American poet, author, and lecturer Denis Aloysius McCarthy. Includes correspondence, and printed copies of his poems, articles, and addresses.

2 Linear Feet, 2 containers

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11677428

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McCarthy, Denis Aloysius, 1871-1931

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Denis Aloysius McCarthy was born in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland on July 25, 1871. He attended the Christian Brothers School before emigrating to the United States at the age of 15. McCarthy initially settled in Boston, Massachusetts, before moving to Omaha, Nebraska when he was nineteen. He struggled with loneliness and unemployment in Omaha, and it was there that he wrote his first poem, “When Mother Sleeps”, which was published under an assumed name in the Omaha World Herald. ...