HB
published another highly politicised, even satirical, epithalamium: an Irregular Ode to Edward Byrne
, Esq. of Mullinahack, on his marriage with Miss Roe, step-daughter to one noble lord
, and niece to another
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Fitzpatrick, William John. "The Sham Squire and the Informers of ’98", 1866. http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/shamsquire/shamindex.htm.
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Henrietta Battier
Mullinahack is not a country estate but a district of Dublin. Byrne was a wealthy middle-class mercant and a supporter of Catholic
emancipation. His bride was, according to the Hibernian Magazine for this month, a...