Who is Charles Gavan Duffy

Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC (12 April 1816 – 9 February 1903), was an Irish poet and journalist (editor of The Nation), Young Irelander and tenant-rights activist. After emigrating to Australia in 1856 he entered the politics of Victoria on a platform of land reform, and in 1871-72 served as the colony's 8th Premier.

Ireland

Early life and career

Duffy was born at No. 10 Dublin Street in Monaghan Town, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of a Catholic shopkeeper. He was educated in Belfast at St Malachy's College and in the collegiate department of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution where he studied logic, rhetoric and belles-lettres.

One day, when Duffy was aged 18, Charles Hamilton Teeling, a United Irish veteran of the 1798 r...
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Charles Gavan Duffy Poems

• The Irish Rapparees
  Righ Shemus he has gone to France, and left his crown behind;
  Ill luck be theirs, both day and night, put running in his mind
  Lord Lucan followed after, with his Slashers brave and true,
  And now the doleful keen is raised-”What will poor Ireland do?...

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Comments about Charles Gavan Duffy

• Irishnewspapers: the death of the young irelander charles gavan duffy reported on this day in 1903 for more read:
• Anchartlann: charles gavan duffy: "we do not seek to make idlers and talkers: men must grow better by joining us. but learn to love the cause with all your soul, and it will be your recreation at every leisure hour to help it. be up early to give it an hour..."
• Savegavanduffy: do you support the plans by monaghan
• Katheder: sir charles gavan duffy (in 'league of north & south', 1886) being astute on the nature of democratic politics. most modern british liberals and centrists are parliamentary constitutionalists, a very different thing.
• Railmaps: today's historic pic: streamlined s class vline diesel locos: s309 (william lonsdale), s315 (sir charles gavan duffy) and s307 (john pascoe fawkner) await departure with train 8125 bound for ballarat at spencer street station, melbourne, 35 years ago today, july 12 1987.

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