John Philpot Curran

John Philpot Curran was an Irish barrister, orator and politician, born in Newmarket, County Cork. He defended many of the United Irishmen and served as Master of the Rolls in Ireland from 1806 to 1814.

His best-known song, "The Deserter's Meditation", is included in W. B. Yeats's A Book of Irish Verse (1900).