Nicholas John Halpin (1790–1850) was a cleric of the
Church of Ireland
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, known as a writer.
Life
Halpin was born 18 October 1790, at
Portarlington. He graduated B.A. at
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
in 1815, and took orders in the Church of Ireland.
Mainly involved with writing, Halpin was for many years editor of the ''
Dublin Evening Mail
The ''Dublin Evening Mail'' (renamed the ''Evening Mail'' in 1928) was one of Dublin's evening newspapers between 1823 and 1962.
Origins
Launched in 1823, it proved to be the longest lasting evening paper in Ireland. The paper was an instant suc ...
''. He was a permanent member of the
Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le ...
.
Halpin died at Dublin 22 November 1850.
Works
Halpin wrote:
Dublin, 1811.
*''Tithes no Tax'', Dublin, 1823.
*''Authentic Report of the Speeches and Proceedings of the Meeting held at Cavan 26 January 1827, for the purpose of forming a Society for Promoting the Reformation, to which are added Notes and Appendix'', edited Dublin, 1827.
*''The Impossibility of Transubstantiation''.
*''No Chimæra, or the Lay Reformation in Ireland'', Dublin, 1828.
''Oberon's Vision in the "Midsummer Night's Dream", illustrated by a comparison with Lylie's "Endymion"'' London, Shakespeare Society, 1843, an attempt to prove that Shakespeare was covertly referring to current events connected with Queen Elizabeth and Leicester.
*''Bridal Runaway, an Essay on Juliet's Soliloquy'', London, Shakespeare Society, 1845.
The Dramatic Unities of Shakespeare, in a Letter addressed to the editor of "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine" Dublin, 1849.
*''Observations on Certain Passages in the Life of Edmund Spenser'', Dublin, 1850.
Family
Halpin married Anne Grehan in 1817. She survived him, with three sons, including
Charles Graham Halpin, and four daughters.
Notes
;Attribution
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1790 births
1850 deaths
19th-century Irish Anglican priests
Irish newspaper editors
Irish male writers
19th-century Irish businesspeople
People from Portarlington, County Laois
Christian clergy from County Laois
Businesspeople from County Laois
Writers from County Laois
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Dublin Evening Mail people