Delicious Mirth

James McCarroll (1814–1892) was a talented Irish poet, journalist, humorist, musician, and arts critic who left his mark on nineteenth-century Canada by seemingly engaging with anything topical in every medium. Often writing anonymously or under pseudonyms, McCarroll''s best-known nom de plume was "Terry Finnegan," who wrote weekly comic letters to his "cousin" Thomas D''Arcy McGee, offering advic...