“ Mr. Fitzpatrick was the son of Mr. John Fitzpatrick, of Thomas-street, Dublin and Griffinwrath, co. Kildare. He was born on August 31, 1830, was educated first at a Protestant school and afterwards at the Roman Catholic College of Clongowes Wood. He was a magistrate and grand juror for the counties of Dublin and Longford, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, and one of the executive of the Royal Dublin Society. In 1876 he was appointed by the Viceroy for the second time High Sheriff of the county of Longford. ”

“ Mr. William John Fitzpatrick, J.P., LL.D., a well-known writer, who was the author of a number of biographical and historical works, died yesterday morning at his residence in Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin. ”

“ Ireland before the Union, with the Unpublished Diary of Lord Chief Justice Clonmel, 1774-1798, which has gone into six editions; Irish Wits and Worthies, with Dr. Lanigan: his Life and Times; Charles Lever: a Biography ”