Edward Walsh (1805 – 6 August 1850) was an Irish poet, the son of a sergeant in the Cork militia, and was born in Derry City,[1] where his father's regiment had been sent for training.
[2][3] His parents were natives in the village of Millstreet, County Cork, near which his father at one time possessed a small holding.
In an uncongenial occupation, and pestered by officials, he went to reside in Dublin in 1843, and was befriended by Charles Gavan Duffy, who got him appointed sub-editor of the Monitor.
A fine monument, with an epitaph in Irish and English, was erected to his memory in the Father Mathew Cemetery at Cork.
Hayes says in his Ballads of Ireland: "There is a singular beauty and fascinating melody in his verse, which cheers and charms the ear and heart.