Gerald Henry Supple (1823 – 16 August 1898) was an Irish patriot, poet, barrister and journalist, active in colonial Australia and New Zealand.
Four of them—"Sir Morrogh's Ride," "The Raid of Fitzmaurice," "The Sally from Salerno," and "Columbus"—are included in "The Ballads of Ireland" collected by Edmund Hayes.
"Columbus" is a very striking and sonorous poem, resembling in many respects "The Dream of Dampier," which in later years he contributed to the Melbourne Review, and by which he is best known in the colonies.
[2] Supple left The Age in 1862 offended by the treatment of Irish matters by its editor George Paton Smith, a barrister (later M.L.A.
[1] On 5 October 1878, George Paton Smith having died the previous year, Supple was released on compassionate grounds and soon left for Auckland, New Zealand, to join his sisters.