What is recorded here
Thomas Bracken is a birthplace in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. Perhaps a boy born in December 1843 first heard rain striking thatched roofs before he ever wrote about distant lands. Maybe his young mind captured the shape of Clones so completely that it followed him across oceans into every poem. Imagine the small house holding the breath of a future poet, waiting for him to return in ink and memory.
Why this person is known: Anglo-New Zealand poet, journalist, politician (1843–1898)
- Birthplace
- Clones
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