A.M. Munster

A.M. Munster "Waifs and Strays", Hollywood Belfast 1879, wrote an excellent poem for the Burns Centenary, both of which are in Finlay and Anderson's collection of the centenary pieces (Glasgow, 1859). Her maiden name was Mary C. F. Monck, and it was over that name many of her poems were contributed to Dublin University Magazine, (1855-58), All the Year Round Bentley's Miscellany, Household Words, Chambers 'Fourna', and Colburn's New MonthIy Magazine. She was the eldest daughter of Richard Monck, of Banagher, King's County, and was born there about 1835. Married Alfred M. Munster, Danish Consul for Ireland, in 1858, and resided at Hollywood, near Belfast, till her death on January 16th, 1892.

She is represented in Jenning's "Readings from Irish Authors," and is in Connolly's collection also where her name is given as "A.D. Munster."

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