Life
1811-1883; b. Stradbally, Queen’s Co. [mod. Laois]; 4th son of John Kelly of Stradbally; ed. TCD (though not listed as alumnus); non-practising lawyer; active in politics, espec. Tithe agitation; noted speaker, Clerk of the Peace, Queen’s Co. (Offaly), through influence of Lord Castletown; wrote Glenmore, or the Irish Peasant (1839), a novel about eviction, signed ‘A Member of the Irish Bar’ and ded. to his friend his friend the poet Thomas Campbell [q.v.]; d. 24 Mar., at residence Glentolka, Fairview, Dublin; bur. Stradbally. PI IF
References
Ireland in Fiction, ed. Stephen Brown (Dublin: Maunsel 1919), lists The Manor of Glenmore, or The Irish Peasant (London 1839) [Stradbally in last year of Catholic Emancipation agitation, viz. 1828; sympathetic to peasants; many historical portaits, including Dr. Doyle, JKL; strongly critical of Protestant ascendancy; urges reconciliation]. [LAND]
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