A Compendium of Irish Biography/Walker, Joseph Cooper

by Alfred Webb

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Walker, Joseph Cooper, author of The Historical Memoirs of the Bards and Music of Ireland, and of the Historical Essay on the Dress, Armour, and Weapons of the Irish, was born in the County of Dublin about 1762, and was educated by Dr. Ball. Ill health obliged him to visit Italy, where he devoted himself to the study of Italian literature, and his valuable works above mentioned are disfigured by a superabundance of Italian quotations. He died at St. Valerie, near Bray, 12th April, 1810, aged48. ^{[1] [2]}

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1. Manuscript and Special Information, and Current Periodicals.
2. Worthies of Ireland, Biographical Dictionary of the: Richard Ryan. 2 vols. London, 1821.