Life
1820-97; [pseud. ‘Ulster Scot’]; b. 27 Dec., Belfast;
licensed to preach Belfast Presbytery, Nov. 1842; evangelical work in
New Ross; installed Hollywood, Co. Down, 25 Sept. 1844; neighbour of A.
J. McKenna; a popular platform speaker of strong Orange and Conservative
views; two controversial sermons published, 1859; The True Heir of
Ballymore, passages from the History of a Belfast Ribbon Lodge (Belfast
Newsletter Office 1859), anti-Ribbon pamphlet in fiction-form; Dark
Monk of Feola, Adventures of a Ribbon Pedlar (1859); Sandy Row
Convert: A Tale of the Belfast Revival, pref. J. Sheridan Knowles
(1861); author of ‘Ulster Scot’s Letters ...’ published
regularly in Belfast Weekly News; d. 7 Dec. MKA IF/2
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Criticism
John J. Marshall, ‘Ulster Scot’, Irish Book Lover, 14,
6 (June 1924), pp.101-03.
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References
Stephen Brown, Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels,
Tales, Romances and Folklore [Pt. I] (Dublin: Maunsel 1919), lists The True Heir of Ballymore [1857] [perils of mixed marriage from
Protestant standpoint, approved by Downshire Protestant reviewer as illustrative
of ‘evils’]; Sandy Row Convert, set during ‘Revival’
of 1859 [1860].
Desmond Clarke, Ireland in Fiction: A Guide to Irish Novels, Tales, Romances and Folklore [Pt. 2] (Cork: Royal Carbery 1985), adds other works of ‘fiction’, Woodleigh Hall: A Tale of Fenians (Belfast: Weekly News 1867); Sir Harry Aubrey: A Tale of Indian Warfare and Irish Life (Belfast: Weekly News 1873); The Moutrays of Clonkeen (Belfast: Weekly News 1877), and The Squire of Ballynascree, a Tale of the Turf and the Tent (Belfast: Weekly News 1877).
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