Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was rector of Clonmethsn, prebendary of St. Patrick's, religious controversialist in Edinburgh, and contributor to the Edinburgh Review.

REFERENCES TO WORKS BY Richard Quail Shannon:

An Address to the Clergy of the United Church of England and Ireland, on behalf of the Roman Catholic Claims, exposing the Culpability and Danger of resisting those Claims and suggesting a Plan for their immediate Settlement.

A Report of the Arguments of counsel in the Case of the Queen at the Prosecution of the Rev. Richard Quail Shannon versus the Churchwardens of the Parish of St. Nicholas within Dublin, and the Unanimous Judgment of the Court.