Alfred Perceval Graves
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Alfred Perceval Graves (
July 22,
1846 -
December 27,
1931), was an
Irish writer. The poet and scholar
Robert Graves was his son.
He was born in
Dublin, the son of the bishop of
Limerick. He was educated at
Windermere College, and
Dublin University.
In 1869 he entered the Civil Service as clerk in the
Home Office, where he remained until he became an inspector of schools in 1874 . He was a contributor of prose and verse to the
Spectator,
The Athenaeum,
John Bull, and
Punch magazine.
He took a leading part in the revival of Irish letters. He was for several years president of the
Irish Literary Society, and was the author of the famous
ballad of
Father O'Flynn and many other songs and ballads. In collaboration with
Charles Stanford he published
Songs of Old Ireland (1882),
Irish Songs and Ballads (1893), the airs of which are taken from the Petrie MSS.; the airs of his
Irish Folk-Songs (1897) were arranged by
Charles Wood, with whom he also collaborated on
Songs of Erin (1901).
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