Temperance Gems

McGonagall was a life-long campaigner against the demon drink, one reason to which he ascribed his poor reception by publicans. His lack of success may be gauged by the fact that, for many years, the only monument to him in Dundee was a public house that bore his name! Nonetheless, he wrote several pieces to further the cause of the temperance movement...

The Rattling Boy from Dublin
A Tribute to Mr Murphy and the Blue Ribbon Army
The Destroying Angel or The Poet's Dream
The Troubles of Matthew Mahoney
The Demon Drink
A New Temperance Poem, in Memory of my Departed Parents