
What is recorded here
Ferguson was born at number fourteen on this exact spot in 1810. The Ulster History Circle placed the blue plaque at number twenty-three because the old building no longer stands. A poet and antiquarian emerged from that vanished house to shape Irish memory.
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Samuel Ferguson 1810-1886 poet and antiquarian born in 14 High Street which was on this site Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.
Sir Samuel Ferguson was a prominent Irish poet and antiquarian who significantly contributed to the revival of interest in early Irish literature and mythology.
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