First letters of answers spell out a famous and well-loved humorous writer. First posting to this thread identifying this great man wins a fabulous prize.Don't bother giving answers to individual questions.

(1) Daddy Rice wheeled and turned.
(2) Rouse's famous fiddle tune.
(3) Luderin Darbone's group
(4) Where did the girl go who lived down in Kent?
(5) Blackwater-side Co Cork town, whose girls inspired a famous reel.
(6) Infeasibly large animal, shared a home with Pretty Peggy.
(7) St Clement sang about them.
(8) A freeman on Sunday, where did he go back to on Monday?
(9) Bob and co sang about them in England, Stephen in American hoped they wouldnt come again
(10) Pleasant sylvan location, hymned by Amiens and Hardy.
(11) Whose streams sang lullaby?
(12) He lived on the moss.

Some questions are a little ambiguous, to avoid making this too easy. OK, go to it, the clock is ticking.