union of Britain and Ireland and denounced the violent methods advocated by the Irish Republican Brotherhood or Fenian movement. John Blake Dillon died of cholera in Killiney, Co. Dublin, aged 52, and is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. He was the father of John Dillon, and grandfather of James Dillon. References Further reading The Politics of Irish Literature: from Thomas Davis to W.B. Yeats, Malcolm Brown, Allen & Unwin, 1973. John Mitchel, A Cause Too Many, Aidan Hegarty, Camlane Press. Thomas Davis, The Thinker and Teacher, Arthur Griffith, M.H. Gill & Son 1922. Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher His Political and Military Career, Capt. W. F. Lyons, Burns Oates & Washbourne Limited 1869 Young Ireland and 1848, Dennis Gwynn, Cork University Press 1949. Daniel O'Connell The Irish Liberator, Dennis Gwynn, Hutchinson & Co, Ltd. O'Connell Davis and the Colleges Bill, Dennis Gwynn, Cork University Press 1948. Smith O’Brien And The "Secession", Dennis Gwynn, Cork University Press Meagher of The Sword, Edited By Arthur Griffith, M. H. Gill & Son, Ltd. 1916. Young Irelander Abroad The Diary of Charles Hart, Edited by Brendan O'Cathaoir, University Press. John Mitchel First Felon for Ireland, Edited By Brian O'Higgins, Brian O'Higgins 1947. Rossa's Recollections 1838 to 1898, Intro by Sean O'Luing, The Lyons Press 2004. Labour in Ireland, James Connolly, Fleet Street 1910. The Re-Conquest of Ireland, James Connolly, Fleet Street 1915. John Mitchel Noted Irish Lives, Louis J. Walsh, The Talbot Press Ltd 1934. Thomas Davis: Essays and Poems, Centenary Memoir, M. H Gill, M.H. Gill & Son, Ltd MCMXLV. Life of John Martin, P. A. Sillard, James Duffy & Co., Ltd 1901. Life of John Mitchel, P. A. Sillard, James Duffy and Co., Ltd 1908. John Mitchel, P. S. O'Hegarty, Maunsel & Company, Ltd 1917. The Fenians in Context Irish Politics & Society 1848–82, R. V. Comerford, Wolfhound Press 1998 William Smith O'Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848, Robert Sloan, Four Courts Press 2000 Irish Mitchel, Seamus MacCall, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd 1938. Ireland Her Own, T. A. Jackson, Lawrence & Wishart Ltd 1976. Life and Times of Daniel O'Connell, T. C. Luby, Cameron & Ferguson. Young Ireland, T. F. O'Sullivan, The Kerryman Ltd. 1945. Irish Rebel John Devoy and America's Fight for Irish Freedom, Terry Golway, St. Martin's Griffin 1998. Paddy's Lament Ireland 1846-1847 Prelude to Hatred, Thomas Gallagher, Poolbeg 1994. The Great Shame, Thomas Keneally, Anchor Books 1999.