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John Boyce was born in Donegal and educated at seminaries in Navan and Maynooth where
he was ordained into the Catholic Church in 1837. He emigrated to America in 1845 and
preached in Maine and Worchester, writing under the pseudonym 'Paul Peppergrass'. Boyce
published 3 novels: Shanty Maguire, or Tricks upon Travellers (New York, 1848);
The Spaewife, or the Queen's Secret (Baltimore, 1853) and Mary Lee or the
Yankee in Ireland (1859). Boyce also contributed to the influential 'Boston Pilot' newspaper and lectured extensively until his death in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 2nd, 1864.© |
Rugadh John Boyce í Dún na nGall agus fuair sé a oideachais í coláiste cléireach í An
Uaimh agus í Maigh Nua an ait a rinneadh sagart de isteach go dtí Teach Phobal an Uillí
í 1837. Eisimireadh é go dtí Meiriceá í 1845 agus seanmóir é, í Maine agus Worchester,
scríobhneoir faoí an ainm Paul Peppergrass, chuir Boyce trí úrscéal amach: Shantry
Maguire nó Tricks Upon Travellers (Nua Eabhrac, 1848); The Spaewife, nó The Queen's
Secret (Baltimore, 1853) agus Mary Lee nó na Yankee í Éireann. (1859).
Scríobh Boyce do pháipéar 'Boston Pilot ' agus léacht sé go dtí a bás í Worcester,
Massachusetts ar an 2ú lá de Eanair, 1864. |