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Marguerite, Countess of BlessingtonThe Cabinet of Irish Literature (1892)

After a painting by A. E. Chalon, R.A. The Countess of Blessington (1789 – 1849) lived in London in the first half of the nineteenth century, where she became a close friend of Byron and wrote several [...]

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Rev. Theobald MathewThe Cabinet of Irish Literature (1892)

Father Mathew, from the picture by J Haverty. The Reverend Theobald Mathew, D.D. (1790 – 1856) was a temperance reformer from Thomastown in Kilkenny County. He was known for speaking against drinking [...]

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