Graves, Alfred Perceval (1846–1931)

Irish poet, born in Dublin and educated there at Trinity College. His verse includes Songs of Killarney (1872), Irish Songs and Ballads (1879), and Father O'Flynn and Other Lyrics (1889). One of the participants in the Irish literary revival, he edited many poetry anthologies. His autobiography To Return to All That (1930) was a reply to Goodbye to All That by his son, the poet Robert Graves.

In his early career, he was a clerk and private secretary in the Home Office, and later became an inspector of schools.