CRILLY, Daniel, journalist, reviewer; b. 14th Dec, 1857; son of late Daniel Crilly, Rostrevor, Co. Down; m. 1887, Mary Ellen Colclough, Dublin. Served his full apprenticeship to a cotton broker in Liverpool; became a journalist; edited the "United Irishman," Liverpool, 1876; joined the editorial staff of "The Nation," Dublin, 1880; stood his trial before a jury in Dublin, 1887, for alleged connection with Plan of Campaign; jury disagreeing, prosecution was abandoned; was Hon. Sec, Home Rule Confederation, 1875-77, and Irish National League of Great Britain; M.P., North Mayo, 1885-1900. Pubns.: In the Bye-ways with Young Ireland, 1888; The "Felon" Literature of Ireland, 1889; The Celt at Westminster, 1892; Pencillings on Parnassus, 1899; In the Footsteps of John Mitchel, 1900-1.