Nicholas John Halpin
Nicholas John Halpin was a cleric of the Church of Ireland, known as a writer.
Life
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.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.
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.
- , 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.
- , Dublin, 1849.
- Observations on Certain Passages in the Life of Edmund Spenser, Dublin, 1850.