DOWNEY, Edmund (nom de plume F. M. Allen), novelist. Editor of "Waterford News" since 1906; b. Waterford, 24th July, 1856. Educ.: Catholic University School; St. John's College, Waterford. Pubns.: Anchor Watch Yarns, 1884; In one Town, 1885; A House of Tears, 1886; Through Green Glasses, 1887; The Voyage of the Ark, 1888; From the Green Bag, 1889; Brayhard, 1890; Captain Lanagan's Los, 1891; Green as Grass, 1892; Round Tower of Babel, 1892; The Land Smeller, 1893; Merchant of Killogue, 1894; Ballybeg Junction, 1894; Little Green Man, 1895; Pinches of Salt, 1895; The Ugly Man, 1896; Mr. Boyton, 1899; Clashmore, 1903; The Brass Ring, 1904; Twenty Years Ago, 1905; Dorothy Tuke, 1905; Charles Lever, 1906; Dunleary, 1911; The Story of Waterford, 1914. Res.: Fairview, Newtown, Waterford.