Son of Lord Claddaugh, and one of Phineas Finn's best friends. A charming Irishman, who had been in Parliament for his father's borough for fifteen years and persuaded Phineas that there was no life comparable to it. He held various secondary posts in the government: Junior Lord of the Treasury and Undersecretary for the Colonies. Appears frequently in Phineas Finn and Phineas Redux; briefly in Prime Min. 13; and Eustace 17