Patrick Gallaher (ventriloquist)
Patrick Frederick Gallaher (1800 – 1863) was an Irish ventriloquist who was active in Ireland throughout the Victorian era.[1][2][3]
Gallagher was born in Chapleizod, Dublin in 1800 and was performing in theatres on Grafton Street by 1825.[4] Following his death in 1863, he was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.[5]
His son John Blake Gallaher was a political newspaper editor. John's daughter Fannie was an author, and his son Fred Gallaher, a journalist for the Freeman's Journal was referred to in A Little Cloud by James Joyce. [6]
References
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- ^ O'Duffy, Richard J. (1915). Historic Graves in Glasnevin Cemetery. J. Duffy and Company, limited.
- ^ "JJON - John Blake Gallaher". www.jjon.org. Retrieved 2025-02-19.