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O'SU entered the British service, which he ulti- mately exchanged for the Dutch: he died a major at the Hague in 1824.]

O'Snllivan, Mortimer, D.D., a theo- logical writer, and champion of the Irish Church, was born towards the end of the 1 8th century. In 18 13 he took a scholarship in Trinity College, Dublin. He was the author of numerous works, the principal of which were: Captain Rock Detected {1824), Guide to an Irish Geiitle- man in Search of a Religion (1833), Ca^e of the Protestants in Ireland Stated (1836), Theory of Development in Christian Doctrine (1846), Remains of Samuel C Sullivan, D.D. (1851 ). Dr. O'Sullivan was rector of Killyman until 1849, when he was collated to the prebend of Ballymore. He was the first Head Master of the Royal School of Dungannon. He died 30th April " 1859, and was buried at Chapel- izod, near Dublin.

O'Sullivan, Samuel, D.D., brother of preceding, was born near Clonmel, about 1790. He became a convert to Pro- testantism in early life, and for twenty- four years filled the position of Chaplain to the Hibernian School, in Phoenix Park, Dublin. He was a constant contributor to the pages of the Dublin University and Blackwood's Magazine, and the author of a Church Catechism and other works. "His style was formed at an earlier period than that of most of the writers who have of late years addressed the public, and it more often reminds us of Goldsmith in its truth of delineation, and of Swift in its perfect purity of language, than of any one modern author." He died 6th August

1851, and was buried at Chapelizod.

O' Toole, Laurence, Saint, was born, it is said near Castledermot, in 1 132. His father, Maurice O'Toole, was a chief of Hy-Muireadhaigh (the southern half of Kildare), and in consequence of a dispute with Defmot MacMurrough, was obliged to deliver Lawrence to him as a hostage. The lad was brutally treated, but was rescued and cared for by the Bishop of Glendalough, under whose influence he determined to enter the Church. He was ordained priest at an early age, and in 1 1 57 was appointed Abbot of Glendalough, where for many years he presided over his secluded commimity with singular wisdom, and gathered around him many disciples. In 1 161 he was appointed Archbishop of Dublin, and was consecrated next year in Christ Church. In 1167 he attended Ro- deric O'Conor's council at Athboy. After the Anglo-Norman invasion he exerted all his influence to urge his countrymen to united resistance to the common enemy, and in the assault on Dublin, braved every danger — encouraging the defenders, and administering spiritual consolations to the wounded. When all hope of successful resistance was over, he gave in his adhesion to the Anglo-Normans, and in 1172 attended Henry II.'s Synod of Cashel, where many new canons were enacted for the government of the Irish Church. At his instigation Earl Strongbow added a steeple and two chapels to Christ Church Cathedral. With five other Irish prelates, he attended a council at Rome in 1179, a promise having been first exacted from him by Henry II. that he would urge nothing detrimental to theKing's interests orpolicy in Ireland. In 1180 the Archbishop was entrusted with the delivery of the son of Roderic O'Conor to Heury II. as a hos- tage. He followed the King to Normandy ; but taking ill almost immediately after his arrival, died at Eu,onthe 14th Novem- ber 1180. He was buried in the Abbey of Eu, where his relics were preserved until the French Revolution. He was canonized by Honorius III. in 1226. The Saint is described as tall and graceful in figure.

O'Toole, Adam Duff, one of the few

persons who have sufiered at the stake in Ireland for the expression of religious con- victions. The case is thus mentioned by Holinshed, under date 1327: "A gen- tleman of the familie of the O'Toolies in Leinster, named Adam Duffe, possessed by some wicked spirit of error, denied obsti- uatelie the incarnation of our Sauior, the trinitie of persons in the vnitie of the Godhead, and the resurrection of the flesh; as for the holie Scripture, he said it was but a fable: the Virgin Marie he affirmed to be a woman of dissolute life, and the apostolike see erroneous. For such assertions he was burnt in Hogging [CoUege] greene, beside Dublin."

Otway, Caesar, Rev., author, was born in the County of Tipperary, in the latter part of the 1 8th century. He was the dMihov oi Sketches in Ireland (iS^g), Tour in Connaught (1839), and Sketches in Erris (1841). They are written in a kindly and cheerful spirit, with a keen appreciation of the picturesque; and depict a condition of things now almost passed away. The publication of these works drew attention to many beautiful localities previously almost unvisited. Mr. Otway was one of the founders and original conductors of the Dublin Christian Examiner. He assisted Petrie in editing the first volume of the Dublin Penny Journal, and wrote many articles for the University Magazine.