CROKER, THOMAS CROFTON (1798-1854), Irish anti quary and humorist, was born in Cork on Jan. 1798, and died in London on Aug. 8, 1854. In 1819 he became a clerk in the Admiralty. Moore was indebted to him in the production of his Irish Melodies for "many curious fragments of ancient poetry." In 1825 he produced his most popular book, the Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, which he followed up by the publication of his Legends of the Lakes (182g), his Adventures of Barney Mahoney (1832), and an edition of the Popular Songs of Ireland (1839). He wrote Narratives Illustrative of the Contests in Ireland in 1641 and 1688 (1841), for the Camden Society, His torical Songs of Ireland, etc. (184I), for the Percy Society, and several other works. He was a member of many learned societies, and one of the founders of the British Archaeological Association.