Confessions of Con Cregan, an Irish Gil Blas

Popular novel, first published in the 19th century. According to Wikipedia: "Charles James Lever (31 August, 1806 - 1 June, 1872) was an Irish novelist… The inimitable Frank Webber in Charles O'Malley (spiritual ancestor of Foker and Mr. Bouncer) was a college friend, Robert Boyle, later on an Irish parson. Lever and Boyle sang ballads of their own composing in the streets of Dublin, after the manner of Robert Fergusson or Oliver Goldsmith, filled their caps with coppers and played many other pranks embellished in the pages of O'Malley, Con Cregan and Lord Kilgobbin."