Hugh Porter (poet)
Hugh Porter (1780–1839) was an Ulster Scots dialects poet.  He was known as the Bard of Moneyslane, a village in County Down.

Hugh Porter correct dates are 1780 – 1865 – taken from his headstone as he is buried in Drumgooland Presbyterian church near Moneyslane along with his wife Agness.
Interesting fact – He named one of his sons after his patron ‘Thomas Tighe’.

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Writers from County Down
1780 births
1839 deaths
Irish male poets
19th-century Irish poets