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Mr. Dooley (or Martin J. Dooley) is a fictional Irish immigrant bartender created by American journalist Finley Peter Dunne. Dooley was the subject of many Dunne columns between 1893 and 1915, and again in 1924 and 1926. Dunne's essays contain the bartender's commentary on various topics (often national or international affairs). They became extremely popular during the 1898 Spanish–American War and remained so afterwards; they are collected in several books. The essays are in the form of conversations in Irish dialect between Mr. Dooley, who owns a tavern in the Bridgeport area of Chicago in the columns, and one of the fictional bar's patrons (in later years, usually Malachi Hennessy) with most of the column a monologue by Mr. Dooley. The pieces are not widely remembered, but originated lasting sayings such as "the Supreme Court follows the election returns".
