The Poor Scholar

William Carleton (1794–1869) was an Irish writer and novelist, renowned for his depictions of the nuances of Irish rural life. Born in Prillisk, Clogher, in County Tyrone, Ireland, Carleton's humble beginnings as the youngest of fourteen children born to a poor Catholic peasant family were the foundation for his later work. His most notable contribution to the literary canon is the realism with wh...