Life
1789-1866, antiquarian; b. Dublin, merchant; consul for Greece, sec. to
Dublin Chamber of Commerce; director, Bank of Ireland; MRIA 1847; large
collection of pamphlets on politics and history of Ireland, but especially
of Dublin, 25,000 in number, donated to the RIA by his widow; commissioned
to produce a "History of the Port of Dublin" by Ballast Board,
1850, prompting him to write The Scandavian Kingdom of Dublin,
edited [encrypted] posthumously by John P. Prendergast (1881); d. 14 Sept.,
Monkstown, Co. Dublin; there is a burial plaque in Monkstown [Church of
Ireland] Church. DIB DIW
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Works
Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin, ed. John P. Prendergast (Dublin:
Thom 1881), Do., rep. (Shannon: IUP 1969), 300pp.; Do.,
(Dublin: IAP 1972); The Manuscripts of Charles Haliday of Dublin: Acts
of Privy Council in Ireland, 1556-1571 (London HMSO 1897) [Red Council
Book; Outlawry of Shane O’Neill; Reduction of Ulster; lists of baronies
and persons.]
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Notes
Belfast Public Library holds J[ohn] P. Prendergast, ed., Charles
Haliday, Scandinavian Kingdom of Dublin (1881); NOTE, there is an IAP
reprint (1972).
Emerald Isle Books (Cat. 1995) lists The Manuscripts of Charles Haliday of Dublin: Acts of Privy Council in Ireland, 1556-1571 (HMSO 1897) [£55].
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)