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    Barry, Michael Joseph (male) 1817 - 01/23/1889 Irish

    Writer and barrister, wrote humorous poems for the Dublin University Magazine; wrote political articles; member of Young Ireland; imprisoned for political actions; published Lays of the War (1856). See ODNB.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Bigg, John Stanyan (male) 07/14/1828 - 05/25/1865 English

    Editor and proprietor of Ulverston Advertiser; editor of the Downshire Protestant; wrote The Sea King, a metrical romance (1848), Night and the Soul, a dramatic poem (1854), other works. See Boase I: 274, ODNB.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Boyd, Percy (male) 1828 - 01/01/1876 Irish

    Friend of Dickens and Thackeray; contributor to Belgravia; author of A book of Ballads from the German (1848). See Boase I: 367.

    Carpenter, Thomas (male) 04/25/1810 Irish

    According to RLF # 2203 wrote for Leisure Hours, Good Stories, and Cork Herald. Still living in 1884.

    Dobson, William T. (male) Scottish

    Author and editor; wrote The Classic Poets (1879), Literary Frivolities (1880), Political Ingenuities and Eccentricities (1882).
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Grant, Alexander Henley (male) 1830 Scottish University of Edinburgh

    Wrote The Literature and Curiosities of Dreams (1865), The Church Seasons (1869); barrister; still living in 1907. Sometimes used the pseudonym Frank Seafield.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Irwin, Thomas Caulfield (male) 05/04/1823 - 02/20/1892 Irish

    Essayist and poet; wrote for the Nation, Dublin University Magazine, the Shamrock, The Irish People, Tinsley's Magazine, and other periodicals. Author of Irish Poems and legends (1869), Songs and Romances (1878), Pictures and Songs (1880), and other works. See Boase V: 752-3.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Kennedy, Patrick (male) 1801 - 03/29/1873 Irish

    Managed bookstore and circulating library; wrote for Dublin Review and Dublin University Magazine; author of Legendary fictions of the Irish Celts (1866), The bardic stories of Ireland (1871), other works. See Boase II: 199.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    M'Glashan, James (male) ? - 1858 Scottish

    Proprietor and editor of Dublin University Magazine; publisher in Dublin.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Starkey, Digby Pilot (male) 1806 - 11/15/1876 Irish Trinity College, Dublin

    Barrister; wrote for Dublin University Magazine; wrote Judas, a tragic mystery (1843), Theoria and other poems (1847), other poems and romances. See Boase VI: 609.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

    Taylor, Philip Meadows (male) 1779 - 1868 Irish Anglo-Irish business man, writer, and country gentleman; father of Capt. Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-1876).

    Vicary, Michael (male) 1815 - 07/03/1892 Irish

    Protestant cleric. Information from Dr. Susan Hood, Assistant Librarian and Archivist, Church of Ireland, Dublin; thanks to Jerry Stevens for passing on this note.
    (Also in the Wellesley Index.)

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