Flood, Geary studied at Trinity College, Dublin, but there is no evidence for this claim.
According to an 1818 source, "labouring under some depression of mind he rushed out of the house, and was found drowned in the canal".
[2] In Brian Boydell's opinion, "his premature death undoubtedly robbed Irish music of a sensitive and promising talent".
[3] Geary was the first Irish composer to systematically explore the form of popular airs or folktunes with variations, which were very much in demand at his time.
Many of his songs and piano pieces were reprinted in London and the United States for decades after his early death.