built on soil imported from Ireland, so Whaley could win a bet that he could "live upon Irish ground without residing in Ireland". A recovery in the state of his finances enabled Whaley to be re-elected to the Irish House of Commons, this time representing the constituency of Enniscorthy from 1798 until his death in 1800. Whaley is said to have accepted bribes for his vote from both sides to support and later oppose the Act of Union. Miss Courtney died in the late 1790s. A year before his death, Whaley married Mary Lawless, the sister of his friend Valentine Lawless, 2nd Baron Cloncurry. Whaley died on 2 November 1800 in the Cheshire town of Knutsford, while travelling from Liverpool to London. The cause of death was attributed to rheumatic fever, although a popular story circulated in Ireland that he was stabbed in a jealous rage by one of two sisters, both of whom were objects of his attentions. Whaley wrote his memoirs in 1797, but these were suppressed by the executors of his estate and remained unpublished until 1906. A full-length biography of Whaley, Buck Whaley: Ireland's Greatest Adventurer by David Ryan, was published by Merrion Press in February 2019. This book draws on Whaley's memoirs, an unpublished journal that Hugh Moore kept while on the Jerusalem expedition, and many other manuscripts sources including the extensive correspondence of Whaley's land agent Samuel Faulkner. Portrayal in popular culture Literature Tom Knox (Pseudonym) in the 2009 novel The Genesis Secret. Television (2016), a four-part TG4 documentary in which Rossa Ó Snodaigh of Kíla re-enacted the journey of Buck Whaley to Jerusalem and back. References External links Buck Whaley's Memoirs Including His Journey to Jerusalem (Text of Whaley's memoirs published in 1906) 1766 births 1800 deaths Irish MPs 1783–1790 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Dublin constituencies Politicians from County Dublin Holy Land travellers