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Castillo, John (1792–1845), stonemason, poet, and preacher  

W. E. A. Axon

revised by Sarah Couper

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Castillo, John (1792–1845), stonemason, poet, and preacher, was born at Rathfarnham, near Dublin. When he was two or three years old his parents, who were Roman Catholics, emigrated to England, and on the voyage were shipwrecked off the Isle of Man. They settled in the hamlet of ...

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Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver  

Bridget Keegan

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver, is of unknown origins. The title-page to his single publication, A domestic winter-piece: a poem, exhibiting a full view of the author's dwelling place in the winter-season. In two parts. Interspersed with a great variety of entertaining reflections...

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Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver  

Stephen Roberts

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver, was born in Aberdeen, probably on 12 March 1798. He hardly knew his father, who may have been a merchant or an architect. Run over by a nobleman's carriage at an early age, Thom was lamed for life; his widowed mother was offered compensation of ...

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Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet  

David Hill Radcliffe

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet, was born on 1 September 1805 in the parish of Sorn, Ayrshire, the son of James Wright of Galston, coal-driver, and Grizzle Taylor (d. 1842). John, the fourth of seven children, grew up in ...