hiː wʌz bɹˈiːfli ɐpɹˈɛntɪst tʊ ɐ ˈaɪɚnmˌɑːŋɡɚ bᵻfˌoːɹ bˌiːɪŋ ɐdmˈɪɾᵻd tə kwˈiːnz kˈɑːlɪdʒ kˈɔːɹk, wˌɛɹ hiː ɐtˈɛndᵻd fɔːɹ ˈoʊnli ɐ jˈɪɹ bᵻfˌoːɹ mˈuːvɪŋ tə lˈʌndən.
He was briefly apprenticed to a ironmonger before being admitted to Queen's College Cork, where he attended for only a year before moving to London.