ALLINGHAM, WILLIAM (1824-1889), Irish poet and man of letters, was born at Ballyshannon, Donegal, Mar. ig, 1824, and died at Hampstead, London, Nov. 18, 1889. He held various posts in the customs until 187o, when he became sub editor of Fraser's Magazine, where he succeeded Froude as editor in 1874. He was a friend of D. G. Rossetti, and the end edition of Day and Night Songs (1855) had two illustrations by Rossetti and Millais. Allingham is best remembered for many charming lyrics, some of which, like "Up the airy mountain," still find a place in anthologies.
His chief works are Poems (185o) ; Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland (1864) ; Irish Songs and Poems (1887) ; Flower Pieces and other Poems (1888), with two designs by D. G. Rossetti. William Allingham: a Diary (19o7), ed. Mrs. Allingham (Helen Paterson, b. 1848) and D. Radford, contains many interesting reminiscences of Tennyson, Carlyle and other famous con temporaries. Mrs. Allingham also published a volume of letters addressed to her husband. She died in 1926 and was herself an artist of some distinction.