Life
1831-1889; first Catholic fellow of TCD; Chair of Classical Composition;
took part in discussion concerning Pigott letters. Essays on the Platonic
Idea (1866), and other works. ODNB PI
Works
(Selected), Essays on the Platonic Idea (1866); England’s
Duty to Ireland, as Plain to a Loyal Irish Roman Catholic (Dublin
1886), 16pp.
Commentary
Thomas
Duddy, ‘The Peculiar Opinions of an Irish Platonist: The Life
and Thought of Thomas Maguire’, in in Tadhg Foley and Seán
Ryder, Ideology and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century (Dublin:
Four Courts Press 1998), p143-58.
D. J. Donoghue, Poets of Ireland (1909) - writes: ‘MAGUIRE, THOMAS, LL.D.— A celebrated Catholic professor at T.C.D., where he graduated B.A., 1855; M.A., 1861; LL.B. and LL.D., 1868, andFellow, 1880. He was born in Dublin on January 24, 1831, the son of aCatholic merchant, who afterwards became a stipendiary magistrate in Mauritius. He wrote many poems and translations for Kottabos, “Dublin Translations,” etc. He died suddenly in London, February 26, 1889, having journeyed to England to give evidence before the Parnell Commission. He was a very distinguished scholar, and wrote several valuable works. He was appointed Professor of Latin in Queen’s College, Galway, in 1869, and was subsequently Professor of Moral Philosophy in T.C.D.
Hyland
Books (Cat. 1996) lists England’s Duty to Ireland, as Plain to
a Loyal Irish Roman Catholic (Dublin 1886), 16pp. [ltd. edn. 1000], incl.
extracts from Cardinal’s Pastoral Address.
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