Background
Egan was born around 1750 at Charleville, County Cork, where his father was a beneficed clergyman.
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John Egan
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Education
Having entered Trinity College, Dublin, as a sizar, he graduated there Bachelor of Arts 1773, and Bachelor of Laws 1776. The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him, honoris causa in 1790.
Career
In due course he received his silk gown. In 1787 he was elected a bencher of the Honorary Society of King"s Inns, Dublin.
And for several years before his death he held the judicial office of chairman of Kilmainham.
He had taken a large share of business as a practising barrister, but a quarrel with Henry Grattan damaged him professionally. In the Irish House of Commons he for some years represented the borough of Tallaght, County Waterford, prominent on the question of the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland.
He died in 1810.
