BIRMINGHAM

John . b. 1816; lived at Mill brook near Tuam; discovered a remarkable new star in Corona Borealis 12 May 1866; author of Catalogue of red stars in Transactions of Royal Irish Academy xxvi , 249 (1879); Cunning ham medallist of the Academy 1884; discovered 22 May 1881 a deep red star in Cygnus which proved strikingly variable and became known by his name; author of a small poetical work entitled Anglicania or England’s mi ion to the Celt 1863. d. Mill brook 7 Sep. 1884.