U Dhammaloka

U Dhammaloka
ဦးဓမ္မလောက
Dhammaloka in 1902 aged about 50.
Personal
Born	Laurence Carroll 1856 Booterstown, Ireland
Died	1914 (1915) (aged 58) Unknown
Religion	Buddhism
School	Theravada
Dharma names	Dhammaloka

U Dhammaloka (Burmese: ဦးဓမ္မလောက; 1856–1914) was an Irish-born migrant worker^[1] turned Buddhist monk, strong critic of Christian missionaries, and temperance campaigner who took an active role in the Asian Buddhist revival around the turn of the twentieth century.

Dhammaloka was ordained in Burma prior to 1900, making him one of the earliest attested Western Buddhist monks in modern times. He was a celebrity preacher, vigorous polemicist and prolific editor in Burma and Singapore between 1900 and his conviction for sedition and appeal in 1910–1911. Drawing on Western atheist writings, he publicly challenged the role of Christian missionaries, and resisted attempts by the colonial government to charge him for sedition.