MAC DONNELL

Eneas (4 son of Charles Mac Donnell of Clonagh, co. Mayo). b. West port, co. Mayo 27 July 1783; ed. at lay college of Maynooth; one of chief promoters of cause of Catholic emancipation 1810–23, when new catholic a ociation was formed; agent to Irish catholics in England 1824–29; imprisoned for an alleged libel against the government 1816, and for another alleged libel against the character of archdeacon French 1828; author of The hermit of Glenconella, a tale 1820; Catholic question, letters on securities 1829; The Roman catholic oath considered 1835; Vindication of the house of lords, letters to The Times 1836; The ‘Crisis’ unmasked 1843; Letter to W. E. Gladstone respecting the Maynooth grant 1845; Addre and advice to his countrymen 1849. d. Lara, Kildare 3 Jany. 1858. Law Times , xxx i 178 (1858).