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MIL at Tailtinn [Teltown, Meath], against the three Kings of the Tuatha-de-Dananns." Eremhon and Eamhear then divided Ireland between them; but a dispute arising, they fought a battle at Geshill, at which Eamhear was killed. Eremhon, after reigning fifteen years, died, and was buried at Argat Eos, a mile below Ballyragget, on the banks of the Nore. The long line of Irish kings, given by Keating and other historians, all trace their descent from Milesius, through his three sons, Eremhon, Eamhear, and Ith (who died before the settlement in Ireland). '^4 171

Miley, John, D.D., a distinguished Catholic divine, was born in the County of Kildare about the year 1800. He received his education at Maynooth and at Rome. After his ordination he was appointed a curate in the metropolitan parish, Dublin, by Archbishop Murray. He became Rector of the Irish College, Paris, in 1849; and in 1859 was appointed parish priest of Bray. He was the friend of O'Connell, whom he attended in his last moments, and whose funeral panegyric he pronounced in Dublin. Dr. Miley was an accomplished preacher, and was the author of several works, amongst which may be noted Rome under Paganism and the Popes (1848), History of the Papal States (1850), and Temporal Sovereignty of the Popes. He died at Bray, 18th April 1861, aged 61. '^

Miller, George, D.D., author of the Philosophy of History and numerous theological works, was born in Dublin, 22nd October 1764. He entered Trinity College in 1779, and in May 1789 was elected a Fellow. His memoirs contain many interesting details regarding his school-fellow, Wolfe Tone, the fortunes of the Historical Society, the opposition to the appointment of Hely-Hutchinson as Provost, and the efforts made by his party to secure the post in future for "distinguished alumni of the University." The particulars of his deputation to London and interview with Edmund Burke regarding the appointment of a provost, are specially worth perusal. In 1793, as Senior Non-Regent of the University, his best efforts were put forth to smooth the way for the admission of Catholics to degrees. In the same year he made an extended tour in England, and became acquainted with Sir Joshua Reynolds and other distinguished personages. Dr. Miller married in 1794, and settled down diligently to college work. In 1795 he delivered a series of lectures on the Philosophy of History, which were first published between 1816 and 1828, in 8 vols., and have since run through several editions. The correction of the last edition, for Mr. Bohn, employed the author to within a week of his death. "Examining the progress of every leading nation in Europe, from its first foundation, through all the vicissitudes of wealth and poverty, of triumph and decay, and developing the causes of their several catastrophes, he views them in combination, and elucidates the general principles of the European commonwealth, by their reciprocal actions and impressions." In 1804 he accepted the living of Derryvullen, in the diocese of Clogher, and in 1817 became head master of the Royal School of Armagh. He strenuously opposed Catholic Emancipation — in the words of his biographer — "that fatal policy of statesmen, by which Roman Catholics were admitted, in the year 1829, to political power." He was the ardent supporter of the Church Education Society, and a formidable opponent of Dr. Pusey and his party. Dr. Miller died 5th October 1848, aged 83. "*'t

Millikin, Richard Alfred, a minor poet, was born at Castlemartyr, County of Cork, in 1767. He wrote several fugitive pieces, and was for a time editor of a Cork magazine. During the Insurrection of 1798 he became conspicuous by zeal and activity in the formation of yeomanry corps. About the year 1798 he wrote The Groves of Blarney, a short humorous ballad, in imitation or ridicule of the rambling rhapsodies then so popular amongst the Irish peasantry. He died 16th December 1815, aged 48, and was buried at Douglas, near Cork. ^33 349

Mitchel, John, a politician and journalist, was born in Newry, 3rd November 1815. His father, who had been a United Irishman, was the Unitarian clergyman of the distinct. Mitchel was educated at Newry, studied for a time at Trinity College, and in 1835 married Jane Vemer, a girl of extraordinary beauty, but sixteen years of age. He practised as a solicitor at Banbridge until 1845, became more and more deeply interested in the progress of the Repeal movement, wrote for the Nation, and contributed a Life of Aodh O'Neill to Duffy's Irish Library. After the death of Thomas Davis, Mitchel removed to Dublin, and became editor of the Nation. His brilliant, trenchant, and picturesque style added greatly to the influence of the paper, and he became a prominent figure in the circle of young men that surrounded O'Connell. In July 1846, Mitchel, Meagher, O'Brien, Duffy, and others, hopeless of effecting anything for Ireland by peaceful means, formally separated from O'Connell's party, and established the Irish Confederation. In the 340