His father was a translator and Orientalist scholar (the first to translate Buddhist texts into English) and his mother, née Barton, came of an Anglo-Irish landowning family in Glendalough which family owned, and still owns the Château Langoa-Barton winery in Bordeaux, France. Had careers as navy analyst and high school teacher – now a writer! Published several articles in the past year on Oscar Wilde and his family who have roots in Galway.Įrskine Childers was born in London in 1870. Berkeley in literature, gained a couple more degrees. Peter Garland was born in Dublin, went to the U.S.