Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (born 1881)

Francis Ledwidge

Irish poet

Francis Edward Ledwidge was a 20th-century Irish poet. From Slane, County Meath, and sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was later also known as a First World War war poet. He befriended the established writer Lord Dunsany, who helped with the publication of his…