John O'Hagan

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John O'Hagan (born March 19, 1822 in Newry (Northern Ireland) , † November 10, 1890 near Dublin ) was an Irish lawyer and high-ranking judge in English courts, who also worked as a writer.

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O'Hagan was born in Newry, Ireland in 1822. He attended a Jesuit school and Trinity College in Dublin, where he graduated in law in 1842 . In 1842 he was appointed judge in the province of Munster , in 1861 Commissioner of Education and in 1865 Crown Attorney . In 1865 he married Frances, the daughter of the first Lord O'Hagan. After William Ewart Gladstone got his Irish Land Act through, O'Hagan became the first judge on the Irish Land Commission and judge on the Supreme Court of England and Wales . John O'Hagan died near Dublin in 1890.

He was an advocate of Catholic higher education and wrote an article in the Dublin Review in 1847 , which was reprinted by the Irish Catholic Truth Society under the title Trinity College No Place for Catholics . O'Hagan was friends with John Kells Ingram , an Irish economist, poet, and patriot.

Works

  • Dear Land (poem)
  • La Chanson de Roland (translation)
  • Ourselves Alone (poem)
  • The Children's Ballad Rosary

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Kells Ingram - Sonnets and Other Poems - Adam & Charles Black, London 1900, (page 9, “… and I had one dear friend amongst them - John (afterwards Judge) O'Hagan”) ( Memento of the original from 19. July 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kh5.de

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SURNAME O'Hagan, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish lawyer, judge and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Newry (Northern Ireland) , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1890
Place of death near Dublin , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland