Editing The Luck of Barry Lyndon (section)

===The Irish Robin Hood===
According to other sources, an inspiration for his character was Captain [[James Freney]], the "Irish Robin Hood", whose adventures he read about in an inn in [[Galway]] in 1841,<ref>{{harvsp|Colby|1966|p=113}}.</ref> whom he places in his novel on Barry's path in Ireland shortly after his hero's departure for the great world, and who is briefly mentioned in chapter IV where Barry learns about his exploits from Mrs. Fitzsimmons.<ref>Thackeray, William Makepeace. ''Works'', XXIII, {{p.|174}}.</ref> However, while Freney, in Thackeray's words, "declines great deeds with all modesty", Barry brandishes "little deeds high and loud".<ref name="Colby2">{{harvsp|Colby|1966|p=120}}.</ref> According to another hypothesis, the model encompasses the Irish in general, whom he sketched in his ''Irish Sketch Book'' of 1843, "this brilliant, audacious, belligerent, exuberant, whiskey-drinking people".<ref>{{cite book|language=en|first=William Makepeace|last=Thackeray|title=Works, XXIII|pages=171, 256–257}}</ref>