Davis, Thomas, an Irish patriot, born at Mallow; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and called to the Irish bar; took to journalism in the interest of Irish nationality; founded the Nation newspaper, and by his contributions to it did much to wake up the intelligence of the country to national interests; died young; was the author of “Songs of Ireland” and “Essays on Irish Songs” (1814‒1845).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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