LEONARD

Denis . b. Kilkenny 1800; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin; an attorney; appeared at a minor London theatre under name of Mr. O’Neil; played sir Lucius O’Trigger at the Hay market; acted in America, the Southern States and Canada; acted in the provinces; again visited America; the leading Irish actor of his time; played Richmond to Kean’s Richard III. in Belfast 1830; played all Tyrone Power’s Irish parts at the Hay market, at the T.R. Dublin 1843 . and in America; his drama The Foster Brothers produced in Belfast about 1867; an attorney in Belfast and law agent for marque of Down shire. d. 8 Cromwell terrace, Belfast 31 May 1878.