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He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House near Elphin in County Roscommon, where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a clergyman and master of the Elphin ...
Oliver Goldsmith was born in 1728 in either his father’s rectory in Pallas, a townland outside Ballymahon, Co. Longford, or at the home of his maternal grandparents in Elphin, Co. Roscommon; he was raised primarily in Lissoy, Co. Westmeath.
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was born in Ireland, then essentially a colony of England, either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, where his father Charles was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney (as stated on his memorial plaque in London's Temple Church), or at the residence of his ...
He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House near Elphin in County Roscommon, where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a clergyman and master of the Elphin ...
A statue of him stands in a limestone cell at the ruin of his birthplace in Pallas, Forgney, Ballymahon, County Longford. The statue is a copy of the Foley statue that stands outside Trinity college Dublin and is the focus point of the annual Oliver Goldsmith Summer School.
He was born either in the townland of Pallas, near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ireland, where his father was the Anglican curate of the parish of Forgney, or at the residence of his maternal grandparents, at the Smith Hill House in the diocese of Elphin, County Roscommon where his grandfather Oliver Jones was a clergyman and master of the ...
Oliver Goldsmith was born in either Ballymahon, County Longford or Elphin, County Roscommon in Ireland in 1728, the son of an Anglican curate. He was raised in County Westmeath, and he was expelled from Trinity College Dublin in 1747 for taking part in a riot at the Marshalsea Prison.
