William Carleton

This article is about the Irish novelist. For other people with the same name, see William Carleton (disambiguation).

William Carleton by John Slattery, circa 1850s

William Carleton (4 March 1794, Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone), Clogher, County Tyrone – 30 January 1869, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin[1]) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference eb1911 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Sutherland, John (1989). "Carleton, William (1794–1869)". The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 0-8047-1842-3.