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William Congreve
William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Congreve spent much of his childhood in Ireland because his father was granted an army commission to serve in the garrison at Youghal in 1674. Later, when his father was transferred, Congreve attended school in Kilkenny, which was known as the "Eton of Ireland," starting in 1681.1