John Forster the younger, merchant of Dublin in Ireland'. There is, however, one very clear piece of evidence pointing to Dublin as his place of origin: he dedicated the song 'From Silent Night' to 'my loving countryman Mr. Grattan Flood claimed that he was born in Dalkey, near Dublin, but no corroborating evidence has ever been found either for that or for Thomas Fuller's claim that he was born in Westminster. Very little is known of John Dowland's early life, but it is generally thought he was born in London some sources even put his birth year as 1562.
