The Felon's Track; Or, History of the Attempted Outbreak in Ireland: Embracing the Leading Events in the Irish Struggle From the Year 1843 to the Close of 1848Doheny, Michael
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The Felon's Track; Or, History of the Attempted Outbreak in Ireland: Embracing the Leading Events in the Irish Struggle From the Year 1843 to the Close of 1848
Doheny, Michael
Ireland -- History -- Rising of 1848; Young Ireland Party -- History; Young Ireland movement
CLEMENTS, EDWARD.--A barrister. One of O'Connell's "tail" in
Conciliation Hall. The attempt of O'Connell to provide "poor Ned
Clements" with a Government situation precipitated the rupture with
Young Ireland.
CONWAY, M.G.--A journalist of ability and no principle who followed the
path of fortune. He professed ultra-Catholic views while O'Connell was
in the ascendant. After O'Connell's death he abjured Catholicism to
ingratiate himself with the Ascendancy element.
CRAMPTON, JUDGE (17-- -1858).--Philip Crampton, called to the Bar 1810,
Solicitor-General 1832, and raised to the Bench 1834. One of the judges
at O'Connell's trial, a strong Tory but a clever lawyer.
CREAN, MICHAEL.--Like M.G. Conway, a Clare man, but of the opposite
type. Crean worked in Dublin as a shopman and with Hollywood was one of
the two trades-union leaders on the Council of the Confederation, where
he opposed Mitchel's policy. After the failure of the insurrection he
went to the United States.
CROLLY, DR. (1780-1849).--Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All
Ireland from 1835 until his death.
DAUNT, W.J. O'NEILL.--A Co. Cork gentleman, one of O'Connell's first
Protestant supporters in the Repeal Movement. He was elected for Mallow,
but unseated. He ceased to attend Conciliation Hall after the rupture
with the Young Irelanders. Many years later he took a prominent part in
the Home Rule movement.
DAVIS, THOMAS (1814-1845).--The founder and inspiration of the Young
Ireland movement. Son of an English father of Welsh descent and an Irish
mother. From the inception of _The Nation_ newspaper until his death he
was the chief writer of that journal.
DILLON, JOHN BLAKE (1816-1866).--The close personal friend of Thomas
Davis and with him one of the founders of the _Nation_. On his return
from exile he attempted to found an Irish Party in alliance with the
British Radicals and sat in the British Parliament for Tipperary.
DOYLE, DANIEL.--A Limerick solicitor who acted with John O'Donnell and
O'Gorman in inciting Limerick county to insurrection in July, 1848.
After the failure he escaped across the water.
DUFFY, CHARLES GAVAN (1816-1903).--One of the three founders of the
_Nation_ and its editor from 1842 to 1854, when he left Ireland for
Australia where he became Prime Minister of Victoria. In 1873 he
received a knighthood.
"EVA" (1825-1910).--Miss Mary Kelly of Galway, afterwards Mrs. Kevin
Izod O'Doherty. One of the chief poets of the _Nation_.
FERGUSON, SAMUEL (1810-1886).--A Belfast barrister and, save Edward
Walsh, the most Gaelic of Irish poets in the English language. Ferguson
took a leading part in the Protestant Repeal Association in 1848 and
afterwards became one of the first of Irish archaeologists. In 1878 he
was knighted.
FITZGERALD, JOHN LOYD.--Of Newcastle West, Limerick. A lawyer of high
standing.
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