Thomas Dermody

Thomas Dermody (* 15 January 1775; † 1802) drew attention to his poetic skills at the age of nine. When he was still a child, he went to Dublin, where he lived off numerous patrons who kept dismissing him. The poet spent most of his time in debt, living on the streets and drowning his disappointment in alcohol. Reverend Austin published some of Dermody’s poems in 1792. The following year he enlisted in the English army. This not only took him to London, but enabled him to work independently for the first time. Dermody made it to 2nd Lieutenant in a wagon corps, but he did not manage a permanent exit from his misery. He died marked by illness and completely impoverished at the age of twenty-seven. His collected poems were published posthumously in 1807.


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