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<p><b>John Philpot Curran</b> (24 July 1750 - 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, and lawyer celebrated for his defence of civil and political liberty. He first won popular acclaim in 1780, as the only lawyer in his circuit willing to represent a <a href="page.php?w=Priesthood_in_the_Catholic_Church">Catholic priest</a> horsewhipped by an <a href="page.php?w=St_Leger_St_Leger%2C_1st_Viscount_Doneraile">Anglo-Irish lord</a>. In the 1790s he was celebrated as a champion in the <a href="page.php?w=Irish_House_of_Commons">Irish House of Commons</a></p><p>
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