The contributors
in addition to the founders included
James Clarence Mangan, (1803-1849). born, Dublin. Poet, essayist, translator.
Denis Florence McCarthy (1817-1882). born, Dublin. Poet, translator
& biographer
Father C. P. Meehan
Father John Kenyon (1812-1869). born Co. Tipperary.
Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867), born Waterford. Brigadier General
US Civil War
William Smith O'Brien M.P (1803-1864) born Co. Clare. Irish Nationalist
& Minister of Parliament. Son of Sir Edward O'Brien
William
Carleton (b1794), Co. Tyrone. Although he wrote for the Nation he regarded
Duffy and Davis as 'insane politicians'
Denny
Lane (1818-1895) b. Cork. Poet, Scholar, Businessman & politician.
Author of 'Carrigdhoun'
Thomas
MacNevin b. Dublin, barrister, author of 'History of Volunteers of 1782'
amongst others. Brother to Capt. Edmund McNevin, San Francisco
John Mitchel (1815-1875), b. Londonderry, voice of Southern American
viewpoint in US 1850's & 1860's. Elected to British House of Commons
but disqualified
Richard Dalton Williams, M.D.
Michael Doheny (1805-1863), poet. Lawyer & soldier in the U.S. with
the Fenian Brotherhood
Martin MacDermott (1823-1905)
John Thomas campion
Thomas
D'Arcy Mcgee (1825-1868), b. Louth. Elected to 1st Canadian parliament
1867, assinated 1868.
John O'Hagan
- Judge
Michael Joseph Barry
Michael Joseph McCann
John Kells Ingram
Edward Walsh
John Keegan
William Drennan
John Cashel Hoey
Dr. R. R. Madden
James Fintan Lalor
Father P. O'Brien Davern
James McBurney
Thomas Devin Reilly
John Edward Pigot
Arthur Gerald Geoghegan
John Fisher Murray
John Walsh
J.D. Frazer
William Pembroke Mulchinock
John Cornelius O'callaghan
W. J. O'Neill Daunt
Bartholomew Dowling
Hugh Harkin
K.T. Buggy
Charles Kickham
Dr. Robert Dwyer Joyce
Terence MacMahon Hughes
Dr.
John Thomas Campion
And others............
O'Donovan
and O'Curry the Irish scholars became subscribers to the journals from
the start and co operated with Davis in presenting to the public the
correct spelling of Irish names which had been changed.
Samuel
Ferguson who founded the Protestant Repeal Association came to sympathise
with the aims of the journal.
William
Elliot Hudson provided suitable airs for a number of the lyrics from
the Nation when they were published in book form.
Women
also contributed:
Jane Francesca Elgee: Lady Wilde (mother of Oscar Wilde)
Elizabeth Willoughby Treacy
Mary Eva Kelly
Ellen Mary Patrick Downing
