The Emigrants of Ahadarra (Esprios Classics)

William Carleton (4 March 1794 Prolusk (often spelt as Prillisk as on his gravestone) Clogher County Tyrone - 30 January 1869 Sandford Road Ranelagh Dublin) was an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry a collection of ethnic sketches of the stereotypical Irishman. Carleton received a basic education. As his father moved from one small farm to another he attended various hedge schools which used to be a notable feature of Irish life. A picture of one of these schools occurs in the sketch called The Hedge School included in Traits and Stories of Irish Peasantry.