Rt.Hon. Denis Bowes Daly , MP for co. Galway. Denis was Speaker of the Irish House of Commons - Grattan's Parliament Denis Daly (1747-91), a Member of Parliament for Galway, won government office and £1,200 a year for opposing a measure for independence. He was also against Flood's Bill for Parliamentary Reform. Despite these rigid views, his friendship with Henry Grattan, leader of the Irish Opposition, remained unbroken. Although often inclined to indolence, when he spoke he could be dynamic. Grattan described his death, at the age of 44, as an irretrievable loss to Ireland: "Had Daly lived there would probably have been no insurrection. He would have spoken to the people with authority and would have restrained them". FREEMEN OF LIMERICK 1746-1836 Daly Denis Rt Honble, Dunsandle, Co Galway 13/10/1788
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