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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thomas_Whaley_(politician)Thomas Whaley (politician) - Wikipedia

    Thomas Whaley (15 December 1765 – 2 November 1800), commonly known as Buck Whaley or Jerusalem Whaley, was an Irish gambler and member of the Irish House of Commons.

  2. www.irishtimes.com › culture › booksLost manuscript reveals true story of Buck Whaley, a great ...

    Mar 22, 2019 · His name was Buck Whaley, and a new biography reveals his incredible story. He was the madcap rake and gambler who travelled to Jerusalem on the back of a £15,000 bet.

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  4. www.historyireland.com › buck-whaley-drinkingBuck Whaley: drinking, dissipation and destruction

    WHALEY, Thomas (‘Buck’) (1766–1800), politician and rake, was born on 15 December 1766, son of Richard Chapel Whaley, a wealthy landowner and notorious priest-hunter of Whaley Abbey, Co. Wicklow, and his second wife Anne, daughter of Revd Bernard Ward.

  5. www.thejournal.ie › readme › extract-buck-whaleyBuck Whaley The Irish adventurer's feverish Christmas

    Dec 25, 2019 · In December 1788, an Irish adventurer called Thomas ‘Buck’ Whaley was laid low in Constantinople (Istanbul) by a malignant fever that very nearly put paid to him.

  6. issuu.com › docs › 9781785372292_buck_whaley_previewBuck Whaley: Ireland's Greatest Adventurer - Issuu

    Thomas 'Buck' Whaley was one of the greatest adventurers in Irish history. In 1788 he made a 10-month journey from Dublin to Jerusalem for a wager of £15,000. Nearly shipwrecked in the...

  7. www.independent.ie › entertainment › booksBiography of Buck Whaley - who gambled away the family ...

    Mar 2, 2019 · Fri 1 Mar 2019 at 18:30. For several generations of revellers, Buck Whaley's was a popular Dublin nightclub until it was sold in 2017. It was also one of those clubs which frequently saw...

  8. www.dib.ie › biography › whaley-thomas-buck-a8981Whaley, Thomas (‘Buck’) | Dictionary of Irish Biography

    Whaley, Thomas (‘Buck’) (1766–1800), politician and rake, was born 15 December 1766, son of Richard Chapel Whaley (1700–69) a wealthy landowner, of Whaley Abbey, Co. Wicklow, and the only son of Richard Whaley (a. 1663–1725) and his wife Susanna, daughter of John Whaley.