Maurice Lenihan papers

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Maurice Lenihan papers

1818-1884

https://hdl.handle.net/2345.2/MS2004-050

These papers document the life of nineteenth-century Irish historian, politician, and journalist Maurice Lenihan. Includes correspondence, records of the O'Connell Testimonial Committee in Limerick, papers of Irish painter Bernard Mulrenin collected by Lenihan, and a draft portion from Lenihan's series 'Reminiscences of a Journalist.'

3.5 Linear Feet, 6 containers

eng, Latn

Boston College. John J. Burns Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11677422

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Lenihan, Maurice, 1811-1895

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Maurice Lenihan was born on February 5, 1811 in Waterford, Ireland. He received his early education at a school attached to St. John’s Seminary, before moving to Carlow College in 1823, where he boarded for eight years. In 1831, he began working at the Tipperary Press, before moving to the Waterford Chronicle in 1833. By 1841, he was editor of the Limerick Reporter. He settled in Nenagh, North Tipperary (now County Tipperary), established his own newspaper, the Tipperary Vindicator, and married ...