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Valentine Blake Dillon
Valentine Blake Dillon (1847 – 31 March 1904)'Obituary', ''The Times'', 1 April 1904 was an Irish lawyer and politician. Valentine Blake Dillon was a nephew of John Blake Dillon and cousin of John Dillon. He qualified as a solicitor in 1870, and took part in many high-profile trials, including those related to the Land War. In 1891 he was the Parnellite The Irish National League (INL) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded on 17 October 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell as the successor to the Irish National Land League after this was suppressed. Whereas the Land League h ... candidate in the closely fought North Sligo by-election, but failed to win the seat. He later acted as election agent for James McCann in his successful campaign to win Dublin St Stephen's Green, a seat hitherto held by the Conservatives, and for his successor, Laurence Waldron. From 1894 to 1895, he was Lord Mayor of Dublin. References 1845 births 1904 death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blake Dillon
John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 – 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland movement. John Blake Dillon was born in the town of Ballaghaderreen, on the border of counties Mayo and Roscommon. He was a son of Anne Blake and her husband Luke Dillon (d. 1826), who had been a land agent for his cousin Patrick Dillon, 11th Earl of Roscommon. His niece was Anne Deane, who helped to raise his family after his death. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, leaving after only two years there, having decided that he was not meant for the priesthood. He later studied law at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), and in London, before being called to the Irish Bar. It was during his time at TCD that he first met and befriended Thomas Davis. While working for ''The Morning Register'' newspaper he met Charles Gavan Duffy, with whom he and Davis founded ''The Nation'' in 1842, which was dedicated to promoting Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
