Death of a '48 Man.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 29

Death of a '48 Man.

A cable message received from Brisbane on Friday announced tne death of Dr. KeVin I/od O'Doherty, the last of the survivors of the i Young Ireland Party. The deceased was born in Dublin in 1824, amd was educated for the medical profession. Whilst "Stall a student he entered heartily into the Young Ireland Movement, and joined with R. IX Williams (' Shamrock ' of the ' Nation '), in founding the ' Irish Triblutie,' the first number of which was, published in Dublin on June 10, 1848. At the fifth number, issued on July 10, the new journal was suppressed by the Castle authorities, and Mr< O'DoheLty was lodged in gaol on a charge of treason-felony. < I ln the following mouth he was placed on his tHal, but the jury disagreed, and the same fate awaited a second experiment. Arraigned a third time, he was foiuid guilty, and sentenced to len jears' transportation. Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was hfs destined location, for which he sailed in company with John Martin, arriving in November, 18 19. He was at once released on parole, and his professional services were utilised at St. Mary's Hospital, Ilobart. Five years later Mr. O'Doherty received a pardon, conditional on his residing anywheru out of tl^e I nited Kingdom Of this he availed himself to settle in Paris, where he resumed his medical studiis, mailing a secret excursion to Dublin m order to marry Miss Kelly (' Eva,' of the l Nation '), to whom he had been affianced at the time of his trial, and who had promised to wait for him when their prospects of rcvuuon seemed Maei-est In 185H Mr i O'Doherty received an unconditional pardon, and in the following year ho returned to Dublin, where he was admitted F.R CS. in 1857, and LM. and LRQ C P in 185!) After practising; in Dublin for some time with much success, Dr O'Doherty emigrated to Brisbane, where he took a leading position m his profession, anid was for six years one of the members for the capital in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland In 1877 he was nominated a member of the Legislative .Council, and retained .his seat till 1880, when he resigned, with a \ievv of settling in Europe He was received with great cordiality on his return to Irelani, and was at ewe nominated and rcturnei to the House of Commons for Mcath in the Pa'jnellite inteiest After a few months, however, he, resign© 1 his seat in Parliament and returned to Queensland, where he resided until his death. Pi . O'Doticrty was for some time president of the Irish National League of Australia, ami was chairman of the Irish Australian^ Convention, held in Melbourne in 1883.