Michael MacDonagh

Michael MacDonagh (26 August 1860 – 27 February 1946) was an Irish author and journalist. From 1894 until 1933 he wrote for The Times as a member of their parliamentary and reporting staff.

Early life and career He was born in Limerick and educated at the Christian Brothers' School. He began writing for the Freeman's Journal when he was 21, and was their special correspondent for eight years. In 1887 he was appointed as sketch writer in the House of Commons.

Personal life In 1888 he married Mary Josephine (d. 1924) and they had one son. The Times said MacDonagh was a "staunch Roman Catholic, and one of the most tolerant of men".

Works Irish Graves in England: A Series of Articles (Dublin: Evening Telegraph Office, 1888). Bishop Doyle "J.K.L.": A Biographical and Historical Study (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896). The Book of Parliament (London: Isbister, 1897, 1917). Irish Life and Character (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1898). Parliament—Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos (Westminster: P.S. King & Son, 1902). The Life of Daniel O'Connell (London: Cassel & Co, 1903). The Viceroy's Post-bag; Correspondence, Hitherto Unpublished, of The Earl of Hardwicke, First Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, After the Union (London: John Murray, 1904). The Reporters' Gallery (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913). The Speaker of the House of Commons (London: Methuen, 1914). The Irish at the Front (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916). The Irish on the Somme; Being the Second Series of "The Irish at the Front" (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917). The Home Rule Movement (Dublin: Talbot Press; London: T. F. Unwin, 1920). The Pageant of Parliament Vol.1 (London: T. F. Unwin, 1921). The Life of William O'Brien, the Irish Nationalist: A Biographical Study of Irish Nationalism, Constitutional and Revolutionary (London: Ernest Benn, 1928). Daniel O'Connell and the Story of Catholic Emancipation (London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne Ltd, 1929). The English King: A Study of the Monarchy and the Royal Family, Historical, Constitutional and Social (London: Ernest Benn, 1929). In London during the Great War (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935).