William Forbes Marshall (8 May 1888 – January 1959) was an Irish poet and

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minister from

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. He was the younger brother of the Rev.

Robert Lyons Marshall Robert Lyons Marshall (11 March 1887 – 23 March 1971), known by the pen name Tullyneil, was an Irish writer and clergyman. Marshall was from Sixmilecross in County Tyrone, Ireland, where he was a Presbyterian minister, a writer and poet, and p ...

, professor, poet and dialect writer. Marshall's father was principal teacher at Sixmilecross National School, where he was first educated. He was further educated at

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(for which Marshall wrote the school song) and then Queens College Galway. He served as a Presbyterian minister at

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for over thirty years. Known as "The Bard of Tyrone", Marshall composed poems such as '' Hi Uncle Sam'', '' Me an' me Da'' (subtitled ''Livin' in Drumlister''), Livin In Drumlister, The Blackstaff Press, 1983, Belfast. ''Sarah Ann'' and ''Our Son''. Marshall was a leading authority on

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(the predominant dialect of Ulster), and broadcast a series on the

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entitled ''Ulster Speech''. A prolific writer and poet, he also wrote ''Ulster Sails West'', a book on people from Ulster who settled in

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during the 18th century. The W.F. Marshall Summer School is an annual event held at

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in Londonderry in honour of Marshall.

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