Nicholas John Halpin (1790–1850) was a cleric of the Church of Ireland , known as a writer.
Halpin was born 18 October 1790, at Portarlington . He graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin in 1815, and took orders in the Church of Ireland.[ 1]
Mainly involved with writing, Halpin was for many years editor of the Dublin Evening Mail . He was a permanent member of the Royal Irish Academy .[ 1]
Halpin died at Dublin 22 November 1850.[ 1]
Halpin wrote:[ 1]
An University Prize Poem, on His Majesty King George the Third having completed the Fiftieth Year of his Reign , 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.Halpin married Anne Grehan in 1817. She survived him, with three sons, including Charles Graham Halpin , and four daughters.[ 1]
Attribution This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Stephen, Leslie ; Lee, Sidney , eds. (1890). "Halpin, Nicholas John ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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