L.--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.

FITZSIMON, CHRISTOPHER.--Son-in-law of Daniel O'Connell, elected to the
British Parliament for Co. Dublin. He deserted Repeal to support the
Government and was rewarded with the post of Clerk of the Hanaper. His
desertion caused the representation of the Co. Dublin to revert to the
Unionists for half-a-century.

GRAY, SIR JOHN (1815-1875).--A medical doctor and owner of the
_Freeman's Journal_, publicly supporting O'Connell, but personally in
sympathy with Young Ireland. He sat in the British Parliament
subsequently for Kilkenny and was an active member of the Dublin
Corporation.

GRATTAN, HENRY, JUN.--Son of the great Grattan and member for Meath,
1831-52. An honest but weak politician.

GREY, EARL (1802-