Ledwich, Edward, D.D
Ledwich, Edward, D.D
an Irish antiquary, fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, subsequently vicar of Aghaboe, Queens County, Ireland, was born in 1739, and died in 1823. He published The Antiquities of Ireland (1794), a very valuable work. He offended many of his countrymen by denying the truth of the legend of St. Patrick.