Edward Byrne

Life
Edward Byrne, merchant.; poss. apocryphal account in W. J. Fitzpatrick (Ireland Before the Union, 1867, pp.188-90); see also Sir John Gilbert, History of Dublin, I (1861 Edn.), p.354.

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Notes
Rise & Fall: Byrne’s son lost everything in speculation in Liverpool. (See Maureen Wall, Catholic Ireland in the 18th Century, ed. Gerard O’Brien, Dublin: Geog. Publ., 1989.)

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