(1867-1936), humorist and journalist. Dunne edited three Chicago newspapers before he was thirty. His fictional character of Mr. Martin Dooley, a witty American-Irish Roman Catholic bartender who explains to customer Hennessy the current events of the day, became extremely popular. Dunne's biting and raucous commentary, written in broad Irish dialect, criticized American foreign policy and domestic social conditions in over seven hundred newspaper sketches between 1893 and 1919. His books include Mr. Dooley in Peace and War (1898) and Mr. Dooley's Philosophy (1900).
