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Michael O'Brien was born in Cork, Ireland on 25th October 1826.
He finished his education at the University of Dublin and some accounts have him serving for a time in the British army at some in this period.
Whilst at college he had shown some talent for writing poetry and two of his poems were later published in `The Ballads of Ireland' (1856).
Departing for London with an £8,000 inheritance that was all spent during his stay of 4 years, he spent some time editing a periodical to aid the Wo...























