Tales of Jonah Barrington.
Sir Jonah Barrington Sir Jonah Barrington, whose name we have frequently mentioned, published a work entitled "Personal Sketches," containing m...
shamsquire
Who's who in "Baratariana."
Baratariana This book has always possessed peculiar interest for historic students of the period to which it refers; and several communications ...
Bequests of the Sham Squire
The Sham Squire's Bequests. After several letters of inquiry on the subject appeared, it was urged by the Irish Times, in a voluminous leadin...
Jephson punished, Jebb rewarded.
How Lord Buckingham Punished Jephson and Purchased Jebb. Magee's lampoons on the Sham Squire's patron, the Marquis of Buckingham, were met by r...
The secrets of the Castle revealed.
Abstraction of Papers from the Castle Archives. We have received from Mr S. Redmond, a respectable gentleman connected for many years, first wi...
An equally base Englishman.
Cockaigne, the English Spy. So many examples of treachery, perpetrated and prompted by Irishmen, have been given in the foregoing pages, that i...
Documents relating to the Sham.
Deeds Relating to Higgins, Magan, and Others. (See Chapter 6) Among the documents relating to Francis Higgins, preserved in the Registry of D...
A treacherous priest
Projected Rebellion in Cork - Secret Services of Fr. Barry. The appendix to the new edition of the first volume of "The Lives and Times of the ...
Duggan gives his account..
Duggan the Informer The allusion to Duggan and M'Guickan in the foregoing letter reminds us that of both we have something curious to tell. M...
Informers in history
Informers not confined to Ireland Conspirators and informers will co-exist until the crack of doom, and the wider the conspiracy the greater is...
Death of Lord Kilwarden
Emmet's Insurrection. Emmet's revolt exploded on the evening of July 23, 1803. Mr Phillips, in "Curran and his Contemporaries," writes:- "Lor...
A human bloodhound.
Jemmy O'Brien. O'Brien, to whom Mr Macready refers, had obtained an unenviable notoriety for murder, burglary, and general chicane, when Major S...
Unscrupulous and wily
John Pollock (See Chapter 6)) In the "Memoirs and Correspondence of Marquis Cornwallis," (vol. iii., p. 320,) a letter appears, addressed by M...
A matter of judgement.
Judge Robert Johnson. The history of Judge Johnson, whose name occurs in a previous page as counsel for the Sham Squire, discloses some curious...
Rebellion in Kildare
The Rebellion in Kildare. We are indebted to the Rev. John O'Hanlon, the able biographer of Archbishops O'Toole and O'Morghair, for the followi...
Burial of Lord Edward?
Lord Edward Fitzgerald. A late eminent writer, Mr Daniel Owen Maddyn, author of "Ireland and its Rulers," "Revelations of Ireland," "The Age of...
General Lawless makes his escape.
General Lawless (See Chapter 5) Having some reason to doubt the accuracy of the account given on hearsay by the late Lord Cloncurry, and quo...
Details of the period of the Rebellion.
Mr. Macready's Statement. [After we had received from Mr Macready a verbal statement of the facts recited (Chapter 5), he was good enough to co...
MacNally the betrayer.
MacNally and Turner. (See Chapter 6) The "Cornwallis Correspondence," published in 1859, confirms the allegation that Leonard MacNally, the c...
Where was Emmet buried?
The Mystery Enshrouding Emmet's Grave Robert Emmet, when asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon hi...
O'Connell gets carried away.
O'Connell "A United Irishman". The uncompromising attitude of hostility maintained by O'Connell towards the advocates of physical force, specia...
Rebellion in Wicklow
The Rebellion in Wicklow - Fusilade at Dunlavin. The Rev. John F. Shearman, late of Dunlavin, and now of Howth, has obligingly sent to us, sinc...
Some odd memories of the Rebellion.
Reminiscences of the Rebellion. The same hand which conveyed the foregoing traditional details from the Rev. S. F. Shearman, also brought to us...
An enemy of the cause.
Reynolds the Informer, and Mr. William Cope. The following remarks have been addressed to us by Sir William H. Cope, Bart., in vindication of t...
Satires on the Sham Squire and his Friends.
Slang Satires on Shamado and his Friends. By desire of the Publisher and others, we give, unabridged, in this Appendix the songs from which in ...
Juggling Judges. Inefficiency of the Police.
CHAPTER III Lord Clonmel and the Fiats. - Richard Daly. - Persecution of Magee. - A Strong Bar. - Caldbeck, Duigenan, and Egan. - The Volunteers...
The Duke of Wellington on Bribing the Press.
CHAPTER II. Peculation. - The Press Subsidised and Debauched. - How to get up an Ovation for an Unpopular Viceroy. - Lord Buckingham. - Ju...
Magee's Vengeance on Lord Clonmel. More Turpitude.
CHAPTER IV Magee's Vengeance on Lord Clonmel. - Hely Hutchinson. - Lord Clare. - The Gods of Crow Street. - Renewed Effort to Muzzle Magee. - Le...
Annesley Trial. Early Struggles of the Sham Squire. How to catch an heiress.
CHAPTER I. The great Annesley Trial. - Wonderful Adventures. - Murder of Patrick Higgins. - Early Struggles and Stratagems of the Sham Squir...
Escape of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. Major Sirr. Death of Lord Edward.
CHAPTER V. Hairbreadth Escapes of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. - Testimony of Lords Holland and Byron. - A Dark Picture of Oppression. - Moira House....
Secret Service Money. Shrouded Secrets Opened.
CHAPTER VI. A Secret well Kept. - The "Setter" of Lord Edward Traced at Last. - Striking in the Dark. - Roman Catholic Barristers Pensio...
A Dark and Painful Mystery. In the footsteps of Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
CHAPTER VII. Was Higgins Guiltless of Oliver Bond's Blood? - Walter Cox - Reynolds the Informer - William Cope. - Insatiable Appetite for Bloo...
Death of the Sham Squire. His tomb attacked.
CHAPTER VIII Effort of Conscience to Vindicate its Authority- Last Will and Testament of the Sham Squire. - A Tempest Roars Round his Death-be...
Index to the Sham Squire. 1798 in Dublin and Ireland.
So who really informed on Lord Edward? Just about everyone did, could or would have if they'd been offered the money. Extremely popular when published it went through many editions, each one adding information to the last. Trying to keep track of the cast of characters is a full-time job. A book for dipping into - not to be read in one sitting. [KF. Oct 2000.]
Introduction to The Sham Squire.
The Sham Squire and The Informers of 1798 with a view of their contemporaries. To which are added, in the form of an Appendix, ...
Lives and deaths of the brothers Sheares
John and Henry Sheares The Brothers Sheares were natives of Cork, whither the younger had proceeded, early in May 1798, for the purpose of orga...
And finally ...
Supplemental Note We have received from an ex-member for Limerick an interesting letter suggesting a few additional details at p. 167, which he ...
No law but martial law.
The Reign of Terror in Ireland. Exception has been taken to impressions of the reign of terror in Ireland, whether derived from traditional sou...
The men at the top.
"The Step-Ladder, or a picture of the Irish Government as it was before Lord Cornwallis's arrival, and during the System of Terror, etc. No....
Hard drinking and some verses about it.
Toping Seventy Years Ago. It did not need the example of the Duke of Rutland to make hard drinking the fashion in Ireland. The anecdote, "Had y...
Keeping Ulster quiet.
Treason in Ulster - Houlton. (See Chapter 2) The repeated mention of Houlton's name in the history of the Sham Squire leads to the query whet...
The Yeomanry in 1798.
The Irish Yeomanry in 1798. (See Chapter 5.) The connivance of Dempsey, the yeoman, at Lord Edward's escape is the more singular, when we rem...
Seduction of a patriot.
Walter Cox. (See Chapter 6) The seduction of the once-indomitable patriot Watty Cox, who was eventually bought up by the Richmond government, ...