MAC HALE

John (5 child of Patrick Mac Hale of Tobber-navine, barony of Tyrawley, co. Mayo, farmer). b. Tobber-navine 6 March 1791; ed. at Castle bar and at Maynooth 1807–14; ordained priest 1814; lecturer and profe or of dogmatic theology in Maynooth college 1814–25; published 32 letters signed Hierophilos, Feb. 1820 to March 1824; elected bishop of Maronia in part i bus infidelium 31 Jany. 1825, appointed 8 March, consecrated 5 June and became coadjutor bishop of Killala and priest of Cro mol in a; bishop of Killala 20 May 1834; visited Rome 1831 and 1854; archbishop of Tuam 21 July 1834, consecrated 26 Aug., helped by a coadjutor bishop from 1878; preached often in the Irish language; the most popular man after D. O’Connell who called him ‘the lion of St. Jarlath’s’ and ‘the lion of the fold of Judah’; opposed Newman’s residence in Ireland 1854; author of The evidences and doctrines of the catholic church 1827, 2 ed. 1842; The letters of J. Mac Hale under their respective signatures of Hierophilos, John bishop of Maronia, bishop of Killala, and archbishop of Tuam 1847; Sermons and discourses 1883, and many works in the Irish language 1842–73. d. St. Jarlath’s, Tuam 7 Nov. 1881. B. O’Reilly’s J. Mac Hale 2 vols. New York (1890), 2 portraits ; Brady’s Episcopal succe ion , ii 148–50 (1876); Burke’s History of catholic archbishops of Tuam (1882) 240–374; I.L.N. xvii 225 (1850), portrait ; Biograph iv 85–91 (1880). M’HARDY, John Bunch Bon nema is on . b. 3 Dec. 1801; entered navy 25 May 1812; captain 1 Jany. 1840; chief constable E ex constabulary 11 Feb. 1840 to Nov. 1881; admiral on half pay 1 April 1870. d. Clan lodge, Bath 19 Dec. 1882. M’HENRY, James . b. 1816 or 1817; merchant Liverpool; the originator of the provision trade between Liverpool and U.S. America; submitted first samples of Indian corn as food to sir R. Peel during the Irish famine 1846; contractor for the western extension of the railway under facilities afforded by the government, disagreements arose, and it took him 20 years to substantiate his claims, which were not paid when he died. d. 25 Add is on road, Kensington, London 26 May 1891. M’IAN, Robert Ronald (son of Robert M’Ian, sheep farmer). b. Inverne 1805; ed. Liverpool and Res scliff; apprentice to a nurseryman at Dingwall; a soldier in 42 regt.; scene painter Glasgow theatre; a provincial actor in Penley’s companies; acted at Bath and Bristol 1827–31; a good swordsman; his best part was the Dougal Creature, in Sir Walter Scott’s Two Drovers; first appeared in London at Lyceum theatre in Lo Zingaro 1834; acted at Covent Garden 1838, at Drury Lane 1839; was the jester at Eglinton tournament 28 to 30 Aug. 1839; painter of historical subjects 1835 to death; exhibited 13 pictures at R.A., 13 at B.I. and 13 at Suffolk st. 1835–47; A.R.S.A. 1852; illustrated J. Logan’s 3 works, The clans of the Scottish highlands 1845, new ed. 1857, Gaelic gatherings 1848, Highlanders at home 1863; and E. A. H. Ogilvy’s A book of highland minstrelsy 1846, 2 ed. 1848; (his wife Fanny M’Ian was also an historical painter and mistre of school of design at Somerset House, exhibited 10 pictures at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 13 at Suffolk st. 1835–47); he lived latterly at 36 Charlotte st. Portman sq. London, and d. Heath Mount, Hampstead 13 Dec. 1856. The Era 21 Dec. 1856 p. 11; Actors by gaslight (1838) 185–6, portrait .