Anthony John Charles Donelan (1846 – 12 September 1924) was a soldier and Irish nationalist politician.
Donelan came from an Irish Protestant[1] landlord family who had extensive property and a strong military tradition.
His father was Colonel of the 48th Regiment, and his grandfather was killed in action at the Battle of Talavera in the Peninsular War.
Donelan was educated privately and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Norfolk Regiment, being stationed for some time at Corfu.
His funeral at Midleton, County Cork, on Sunday 14 September 1924 was attended by thousands of people.