John George Augustus Prim (1821–1875) was an Irish journalist, newspaper editor, antiquary and archaeologist of the Victorian era.

[1] Prim had eight children with Mary McCrea, the daughter of the founder of the Moderator, Abraham Denroche.

[1] Prim had begun transcribing from medieval manuscripts, collecting Irish ballads, and also planned to publish the songs of the county.

They had had an interest in Kilkenny antiquities from their youngest days, when they had rambled as far afield as Kilfane Church to see the famous tomb sculpture of Cantwell Fada.

Prim had begun transcribing from medieval manuscripts, while Graves had been making sketches of the ancient monasteries of the vicinity.