MITCH'EL, ,Toni (1815-75). An Trish Na tionalist agitator. lie was born in Dungiven. Ireland : was educated at Trinity College, Dub lin; and studied and practiced law. Throug.h his Life of Hugh CrYeil. Prince of Ulster (1845), He gained a reputation as a writer and a Nation all-4. He became a contributor to the Irish Nation, and, after the death of Thomas Davis, was its chief editor. lie withdrew from the Na tion in 1848, and established the United Irish man. In the same he was arrest( d under the Treason-Felony Act, was convicted and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years, and was sent to Bermuda for one year and then to Tas mania. Escaping from the convict colony in 18a. hr (-ante to the United Slates, and in the following year established at New York the Citizen. lie removed to Knoxville, Tenn.. in 1857. started the South( rn ('itizen, and advo eated in its columns the revival of the slave trade.
He lived in Paris in 1860-62. then returned to America, and for a time edited the Richmond Enquire r. lle afterwards came back to New York and in 1867 started the Irish Citizen, which had only a short career, being discon tinued in 1872. Returning to Ireland in 1874. he was elected to Parliament from Tipperary, but was declared ineligible and denied his seat. on the ground that he was a convicted felon. He was elected a second time, hut died be fore his ease could be tested. Besides the work already mentioned, he published The Last Con quest of Ireland (perhaps) (181101, and History of Ireland front the Treaty of Limerick (1808) ; and edited The forms of Thomfm Paris (1850) and of James C. ilanym (185111, with biogra phies. For his life, consult Dillon (London, 1888).