We have so much information about Patrick Byrne that I am concerned whether this series of blog posts is going to get too much for me. John Scully made an entire book of “not the complete story” of Patrick Byrne’s life (Ah how d’you do sir, Carrickmacross 2024). But I think there is still value in me continuing to try and work through every single reference I can find about Patrick Byrne, in an attempt to trace his life story. So we will carry on here for now.
This post will cover Patrick Byrne’s activities from when he travelled back to Ireland at the end of June 1845. We will try to follow Byrne for about six months in Ireland to the end of 1845, and then for the first half of 1846 in England, and finally for the second half of 1846 touring the north of Ireland, including a very interesting paper trail of letters of introduction from aristocratic patrons.
Continue reading Patrick Byrne part 6: 1845-6