William English (died 1778) was an

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poet. English was a native of

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. After teaching schools at

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and

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, he finally entered the Augustinian order. He died at Cork on 13 January 1778 and was buried in St. John's churchyard. As a Gaelic poet of humble life English acquired considerable reputation. His best-known ballad, "Cashel of Munster", was translated by

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in ''Lays of the Western Gael'' (1865), pp. 209–10.

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