IRISH CATHOLIC HERO JOHN PHILPOT CURRAN LAWYER POLITICIAN SPEECHES FORENSIC ELOQUENCE ORATOR
Forensic eloquence.
Sketches of trials in Ireland for high treason, etc. including the speeches of Mr. Curran at length. To which are prefixed, a brief sketch of the history of Ireland, and a biographical account of Mr. Curran: with an elegant engraved likeness of that orator ...

John Philpot Curran

1805 2d ed., with additions.
English Book Book iv, 40, 433 pages frontispiece (portrait) 23 cm
Baltimore, G. Douglas, 1805. 

8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches, ex-library in a worn library buckram with scuffed leather labels to the spine. Complete in 432 (2) pages and a striking engraved portrait frontis of Curran. Pages 387/388 with a margin tear and the loss of a couple letters. Textblock a bit toned but otherwise in Good condition. 

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John Philpot Curran
Member of Parliament for Banagher
In office
1800–1801
Serving with Arthur Dawson
Preceded byEdward Hoare
Arthur Dawson
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
Member of Parliament for Rathcormack
In office
1790–1798
Serving with Henry Duquery
Member of Parliament for Kilbeggan
In office
1783–1790
Serving with Henry Flood
Personal details
Born24 July 1750
Newmarket, County Cork, Ireland
Died14 October 1817 (aged 67)
Brompton, London, UK
Resting placeGlasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
Political partyIrish Patriot Party
SpouseSarah Creagh
RelationsAmelia Curran
Sarah Curran
Children9
Parent(s)James Curran
Sarah Curran
Alma materTrinity College Dublin
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Orator

John Philpot Curran (24 July 1750 – 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, wit, and lawyer renowned for employing his skills in defence of civil and political liberty. He first won popular acclaim in 1780, as the only lawyer in his circuit willing to represent a Catholic priest horsewhipped by an Anglo-Irish lord. In the 1790s he was celebrated as a champion of Catholic emancipation and reform in the Irish Parliament and as defence counsel in court for United Irishmen facing charges of sedition and treason. He was vocal in his opposition to Britain’s incorporation of Ireland in a United Kingdom.

Curran’s speeches before the judicial bench were widely admired. Lord Byron said of Curran, "I have heard that man speak more poetry than I have seen written". Karl Marx described him as the greatest "people's advocate" of the eighteenth century.