He was born in Avondale, County Wicklow and died in Dublin.
He made his first-class debut in 1831 and appeared in one match as an unknown handedness batsman whose bowling style is unknown, playing for Cambridge University.
[1] Parnell was born to William Parnell-Hayes and his wife Frances Howard.
They had eleven children including the Irish nationalist politicians Charles Stewart Parnell and John Howard Parnell, Irish nationalist and leader of the Ladies' Land League Anna Catherine Parnell, and Irish nationalist and poet Fanny Parnell.
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