Life
?1858-1922; b. Maryhill, Lanark, Scotland, of Donegal parents; appeared as Cruck-a-leaghan in Lays and Legends of the North of Ireland (London 1884[?]), by Cruck-a-leaghan and Slievegallion [David Hepburn]; admired by D. F. MacCarthy, to whom his second work, Songs from the City (1887), is dedicated; employed in leading drapery concern, Glasgow; d. 24 Dec., St. Bernard, Edinburgh, Scotland. PI
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NotesAdditional genealogical information supplied by Tricia Ward (Ontario): parents - Dugald MacFadyen born in 1830/1831 in Ireland; Mary Dougherty born 1827/1828 in Ochnish Parish, Donegal, Ireland; married Jan 1852 at Rathmelton, Donegal, Ireland; m. Jane Buchanan Haddow; born 13 April 1858 at Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland, d. 14 April 1937 at Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland; marriage 18 July 1893 at Dumbarton, Scotland. Children: 1] Denis Florence MacCarthy MacFadyen; born 29 November 1897 at St. George, Edinburgh, Scotland; 2] R. MacFadyen; born after 1901.
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