Early Life
McNally was born in Dublin in 1752, the son of a merchant. He was a Protestant. In 1776 he was called to the Irish bar, and in 1783 he qualified as a barrister in England as well. He practised for a short time in London, and, while there, supplemented his income by writing plays and editing The Public Ledger.
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