Editing Isaac Butt (section)

==Early life==

Butt was born in 1813 in Glenfin, a district bordering the Finn Valley in [[County Donegal]] in [[Ulster]], the northern [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] in [[Ireland]]. Glenfin is a short distance west of [[Ballybofey]], a town in East Donegal. He was born into an [[Ulster Protestants|Ulster Protestant]] family, being the son of a [[Church of Ireland]] [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]], and was descended from the [[O'Donnells of Tyrconnell]],{{sfn|Spence|1996|p=}} through the Ramsays.{{sfn|Burke|2009|p=155}} Butt received his secondary school education at [[Royal and Prior School|The Royal School]] in [[Raphoe]] in the Laggan district of East [[County Donegal|Donegal]], and at [[Midleton College]] in [[County Cork]], before going to [[Trinity College Dublin]] (TCD), at the age of fifteen,<ref>''Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of [[Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College in the University of Dublin]] (1593–1860)'', [[George Dames Burtchaell]]/[[Thomas Ulick Sadleir]] p. 123: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935</ref> where he was [[List of Scholars of Trinity College Dublin|elected a Scholar]], and president of the (extern) [[College Historical Society]].<ref name="Monitor"/> Whilst there he co-founded the ''[[Dublin University Magazine]]'' and edited it for four years. For much of his life he was a member of the [[Irish Conservative Party]], and he founded the conservative ''Ulster Times'' newspaper.<ref name="Monitor">{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/politics-clipping-dec-27-1913-1340776 |title=Life Story of Isaac Butt - His Early Career - Political Opponent of O'Connell |work=[[The Monitor and New Era]] |location=[[London]] |date=27 December 1913 |page=6 |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |access-date=3 September 2019}}</ref> He became [[Whately Professor of Political Economy]] at Trinity in 1836 and held that position until 1841.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Irish Times |date=26 August 2008| page =15|title= An Irishman's Diary|first= Frank|last= Bouchier-Hayes}}</ref>