@prefix rdf: . @prefix dbpedia: . @prefix ns2: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon rdf:type ns2:IrishPoliticians , , ns2:PeopleFromCountyRoscommon . @prefix owl: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon owl:sameAs . @prefix ns4: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon owl:sameAs ns4:John_Blake_Dillon . @prefix foaf: . @prefix ns6: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon foaf:page ns6:John_Blake_Dillon . @prefix dbpprop: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon dbpprop:reference , . @prefix rdfs: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon rdfs:label "John Blake Dillon"@en . @prefix dbpedia-owl: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon dbpedia-owl:thumbnail ; dbpprop:abstract "John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 – 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland movement. John Blake Dillon was born in the town of Ballaghaderreen, on the border of Co. Mayo and Co. Roscommon. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, leaving after only two years there, having decided that he was not meant for the priesthood. He later studied law at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD), and in London, before being called to the Irish Bar. It was during his time at TCD that he first met and befriended Thomas Davis. While working for The Morning Register newspaper he met Charles Gavan Duffy, with whom he and Davis founded The Nation in 1842, which was dedicated to promoting Irish nationalism and all three men became important members of Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association, which advocated the repeal of the Act of Union 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The young wing of the party, of which they were key members with William Smith O'Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher, came to be known as Young Ireland and advocated the threat of force to achieve repeal of the Act of Union. This was in contrast to the committed pacifism of O'Connell's \"Old Ireland\" wing. This posturing eventually led to the Young Ireland rebellion of 1848 where a countryside devastated by the Irish Potato Famine failed to rise up and support the rebels. According to fellow Irish nationalist, Justin McCarthy: \"... it has been said of him that while he strongly discouraged the idea of armed rebellion, and had no faith in the possibility of Ireland's succeeding by any movement of insurrection, yet when Smith O'Brien risked Ireland's chances in the open field, he cast his lot with his leader and stood by his side in Tipperary. \" After the failure of Young Ireland's uprising, Dillon fled Ireland, escaping first to France and, eventually, to the United States, where he served the New York Bar. Dillon returned to Ireland on amnesty in 1855 and in 1865 was elected as a Member of Parliament for Tipperary. By now he advocated a Federal union of Britain and Ireland and denounced the violent methods advocated by the Irish Republican Brotherhood or Fenian movement. John Blake Dillon died of cholera in Killarney, aged 52, and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. He was the father of John Dillon, and grandfather of James Dillon. Additional Reading The Politics of Irish Literature: from Thomas Davis to W.B. Yeats, Malcolm Brown, Allen & Unwin, 1973. John Mitchel, A Cause Too Many,\tAidan Hegarty,\tCamlane Press. Thomas Davis, The Thinker and Teacher,\tArthur Griffith, M.H. Gill & Son 1922. Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher His Political and Military Career,Capt. W. F. Lyons, Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited 1869 Young Ireland and 1848,\tDennis Gwynn,\tCork University Press 1949. Daniel O'Connell The Irish Liberator,\tDennis Gwynn,\tHutchinson & Co, Ltd. O'Connell Davis and the Collages Bill,\tDennis Gwynn,\tCork University Press 1948. Smith O\u2019Brien And The \u201CSecession\u201D, Dennis Gwynn,Cork University Press Meagher of The Sword,\tEdited By Arthur Griffith,\tM. H. Gill & Son, Ltd. 1916. Young Irelander Abroad The Diary of Charles Hart, Edited by Brendan O'Cathaoir,\tUniversity Press. John Mitchel First Felon for Ireland, Edited By Brian O'Higgins, Brian O'Higgins 1947. Rossa's Recollections 1838 to 1898, Intro by Sean O'Luing, The Lyons Press 2004. Labour in Ireland, James Connolly, Fleet Street 1910. The Re-Conquest of Ireland, James Connolly,\tFleet Street 1915. John Mitchel Noted Irish Lives, Louis J. Walsh,\tThe Talbot Press Ltd 1934. Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems, Centenary Memoir, M. H Gill, M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd MCMXLV. Life of John Martin,\tP. A. Sillard,\tJames Duffy & Co. , Ltd 1901. Life of John Mitchel,\tP. A. Sillard,\tJames Duffy and Co. , Ltd 1908. John Mitchel,\tP. S. O'Hegarty, Maunsel & Company, Ltd 1917. The Fenians in Context Irish Politics & Society 1848-82, R. V. Comerford, Wolfhound Press 1998 William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848,\tRobert Sloan, Four Courts Press 2000 Irish Mitchel,\tSeamus MacCall,\tThomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1938. Ireland Her Own, T. A. Jackson,\tLawrence & Wishart Ltd 1976. Life and Times of Daniel O'Connell,\tT. C. Luby,\tCameron & Ferguson. Young Ireland,\tT. F. O'Sullivan, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945. Irish Rebel John Devoy and America's Fight for Irish Freedom, Terry Golway, St. Martin's Griffin 1998. Paddy's Lament Ireland 1846-1847 Prelude to Hatred, Thomas Gallagher,\tPoolbeg 1994. The Great Shame, Thomas Keneally, Anchor Books 1999. James Fintan Lalor, Thomas, P. O'Neill, Golden Publications 2003. Charles Gavan Duffy: Conversations With Carlyle (1892), with Introduction, Stray Thoughts On Young Ireland, by Brendan Clifford, Athol Books, Belfast, ISBN 0 85034 1140. (Pg. 32 Titled, Foster\u2019s account Of Young Ireland. ) Envoi, Taking Leave Of Roy Foster, by Brendan Clifford and Julianne Herlihy, Aubane Historical Society, Cork. The Falcon Family, or, Young Ireland, by M. W. Savage, London, 1845. Quinnipiac University"@en ; rdfs:comment "John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 – 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland movement. John Blake Dillon was born in the town of Ballaghaderreen, on the border of Co. Mayo and Co. Roscommon. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, leaving after only two years there, having decided that he was not meant for the priesthood."@en ; foaf:depiction . @prefix skos: . @prefix ns11: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon skos:subject ns11:People_from_County_Roscommon , , ns11:Young_Irelanders , ns11:Burials_at_Glasnevin_Cemetery , , ns11:UK_MPs_1865-1868 , ns11:Newspaper_founders , ns11:Deaths_from_cholera , , ns11:Infectious_disease_deaths_in_Ireland , ns11:Irish_Nationalist_politicians , . @prefix ns12: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate ns12:s-ttl , ns12:hidden_begin ; dbpprop:title dbpedia:Member_of_Parliament , , "Books by Young Irelanders (Irish Confederation)"@en ; dbpprop:years " 1865 – 1866"@en ; dbpprop:titlestyle "background:pink; text-align:center;"@en ; dbpprop:alongside . @prefix ns13: . dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection ns13:John_Blake_Dillon . @prefix yago: . yago:John_Blake_Dillon owl:sameAs dbpedia:John_Blake_Dillon .