Sir Boyle Roche (1743 - 1807) was an Irish politician.

He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics: they were reputedly riddled with mixed metaphors ("Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I'll nip him in the bud"), malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ("What has posterity ever done for us?").

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