by his wife Ellen, and daughters Annie and Ellen, and son John. His nephew Francis Maginn, who was deaf, was a co-founder of the British Deaf and Dumb Association, now called the British Deaf Association (BDA). Notes Further reading The Shakespeare Papers; R. Bentley, 1859 (reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2009; ) William Maginn and the British Press, by David Latané (Ashgate, 2013) External links Irish journalists 1794 births 1842 deaths People from County Cork