John Swanwick Drennan (1809-1903), Poems and Sonnets, 1895. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Dr. John Swanwick Drennan (1809-1893) was an Irish poet and physician.
Life[]
Drennan was born in Belfast, a son of Sarah (Swanwick) and poet William Drennan and a grandson of Thomas Drennan, minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Belfast. He had an elder brother, also William Drennan (1802-1873).[1]
He became president of the Ulster Medical Society.[2]
Recognition[]
His poems, "On the Telescopic Moon" and "Epigrams", were featured in The Faber Book of Irish Verse, 1974.[1]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Glendalloch, and other poems (with William Drennan). Dublin: W. Robertson / London: Simpkin, Marshall / Edinburgh: J. Menzies / Belfast: H. Greer, 1859.
- Poems and Sonnets. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1895.
Non-fiction[]
- We Meet! (A voice from the Ulster Convention). Belfast: Baird, 1892.
- Our Club. Belfast:1904.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Swanwick Drennan, Wikipedia, April 12, 2022. Web, Jul. 30, 2022.
- ↑ Presidential Opening Address, Ulster Medical Society, 1866. Web, Jan. 19, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Swanwick Drennan, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 19, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- John Swanwick Drennan at Sonnet Central ("On the Telescopic Moon")
- Prose
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