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Stephen Joseph . b. Ennis; a constable in Dublin, where he was dismi ed; reporter on the Clare Journal, then on the Limerick Chronicle and afterwards on the Freeman’s Journal; travelling companion of Daniel O’Connell during repeal agitation; left O’Connell and joined the Young Ireland movement, a prisoner in Kilmainham gaol; editor of the Drogheda Argus 1854; started at Liverpool the Lancashire Free pre ; bankrupt 27 April 1860; connected with the foreign refreshment department of the Exhibition of 1862; sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at Middle sex se ions for obtaining goods under false pretences Oct. 1882; went to America and joined the Fenians; private sec. to Head-Centre Stephens, returned to London and was committed to Richmond gaol, Dublin for high treason Dec. 1886; author of Shreds of fancy, a volume of poems. Ennis 1841. d. New York 8 Feb. 1888. bur. Queens town. Newspaper Pre , i 35, 44 (1867); E. L. Blanchard’s Life , ii 617 (1891).