biography
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Curran, John Philpot
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| lived:
| (1750–1817)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and orator, born in Newmarket, Co Cork, S Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and Middle Temple, London, and was called to the Irish bar in 1775, where he earned a considerable reputation for his wit and powers of advocacy. He entered the Irish parliament in 1783, and strongly opposed the Union, which he described as ‘the annihilation of Ireland’. He later became Master of the Rolls in Ireland (1806–14). He is remembered mainly as an eloquent advocate and champion of Irish liberties. |
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