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Cunningham, Joseph Mullan

Cunningham, Joseph Mullan (1877–1965), trade unionist, senator, and Orangeman, was born in Belfast, and educated at a national school. His apprenticeship to the engineering trade began in 1890 with Combe Barbour & Coombe; in 1896 he travelled to Glasgow, and worked as a…

Cunningham, Josias

Cunningham, Josias (1819–95), stockbroker, was born 19 January 1819 at Rosemary St., Belfast, eldest son of Barber Cunningham (1787–1841) who was a partner with his brother Josias in the tobacco manufacturing and importing firm of Josias & Barber Cunningham, Belfast, and his…

Cunningham, Larry

Cunningham, Larry (1938–2012), country music singer, was born on 13 February 1938 in Clooneen, Mullinalaghta, near Granard, Co. Longford, the second youngest of seven children (four daughters and three sons) of Michael Cunningham and Julia Cunningham (née Cosgrove), who farmed fifty…

Cunningham, Mary Elizabeth

Cunningham, Mary Elizabeth (1868–1939), philanthropist and war worker, was born 28 January 1868 in Glencairn, Belfast, Co. Antrim, the fourth child of Josias Cunningham (qv), a prosperous stockbroker, and Jane Agnes (Davis) Cunningham…

Cunningham, Patrick

Cunningham, Patrick (1878–1960), politician and farmer, was born 4 June 1878 in Mountjoy East, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, son of Michael Cunningham, farmer, and his wife Catherine (née McConalogue), both of Co. Tyrone. He was educated locally, before becoming a highly successful farmer. His…

Cunningham, Philip

Cunningham, Philip (d. 1804), United Irishman and leader of the most serious convict insurrection in Australian history, was born c.1770 at Gleann Liath (Moyvane), near Listowel, Co. Kerry. He moved to Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, in the 1790s to work as a publican and a mason…

Cunningham, Samuel

Cunningham, Samuel (1862–1946), stockbroker and Northern Ireland senator, was born 14 October 1862 at Glencairn, Belfast, third son of Josias Cunningham (qv) (1819–95) who founded the stockbroking firm of Josias Cunningham & Co…

Cunningham, Sir Josias

Cunningham, Sir Josias (1934–2000), stockbroker and unionist, was born 20 January 1934, eldest son of Josias Cunningham (1899–1986) of Crookedstone, Co. Antrim, and Fernhill, Belfast, partner in the firm of Josias Cunningham & Co., and his wife, Isobel Mary Hazel, only daughter of…

Cunningham, Sir Samuel Knox

Cunningham, Sir Samuel Knox (1909–76), politician, was born 3 April 1909 in Belfast, youngest among four sons of Samuel Cunningham of Belfast, NI senator and businessman, and his wife Janet Muir Knox, eldest daughter of Dunlop McCosh, solicitor, of…

Cunningham, Timothy

Cunningham, Timothy (d. 1789), legal writer and antiquary, was of Irish birth. It is possible that records refer to two or even three men of the same name, all members of the legal profession and more or less contemporary, and perhaps related; if so, their careers are…

Cunningham, Waddell

Cunningham, Waddell (1728/9–1797), merchant and public figure in Belfast, was born at Ballymacilhoyle in the parish of Killead, Co. Antrim, the youngest son in the large family of John Cunningham and his wife, Jane, daughter of James Waddell of Islandderry, a townland in the…

Cupples, Snowden

Cupples, Snowden (1750–1835), protestant clergyman and Orangeman, was born in 1750 at Mullahead, Kilmore, Co. Armagh, the son of William Cupples of Prospect House. He entered Glasgow University in 1771, and graduated MA (1773) and…

Curley, Daniel

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Curran, Amelia

Curran, Amelia (1775–1847), artist, was born in Redmond's Hill, Dublin, eldest child of John Philpot Curran (qv), orator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, and Sarah Curran (née Creagh), both of Newmarket, Co. Cork. Her artistic…

Curran, Constantine Peter (‘Con’)

Curran, Constantine Peter (‘Con’) (1883–1972), lawyer and writer, was born 30 January 1883 in Dublin, younger of two children of Patrick Curran (d. 1924), head of the General Post Office (GPO) telegraph division, of Dublin, and Mary Elizabeth Curran (née McGahan), daughter of a Monaghan…

Curran, Henry Grattan

Curran, Henry Grattan (1800–76), barrister, resident magistrate, and author, was born 5 February 1800 in Tipperary, illegitimate son of John Philpott Curran (qv), master of the rolls; his mother's surname was Fitzgerald. Having one stepbrother and one stepsister,…

Curran, John Oliver

Curran, John Oliver (1819–47), physician, was born 30 April 1819 in Trooperfield, Co. Down, near Lisburn, only son of Dr Joseph Curran; his mother's name is not known. His family moved to the Isle of Man, where he was educated at a classical seminary in Douglas. Entering Glasgow…

Curran, John Philpot

Curran, John Philpot (1750–1817), politician and lawyer, was born 24 July 1750 at Newmarket, Co. Cork, eldest among five children of James Curran, farmer and steward to the manorial court at Newmarket, and Sarah Curran (née Philpot). Educated in grammar and the classics by…

Curran, Michael

Curran, Michael (1880–1960), priest and separatist, was born in Dublin on 8 May 1880, elder of two sons of Patrick Curran, head of the GPO telegraphic division and originally from Carlow, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (née McGahan), daughter of…

Curran, Richard Creagh

Curran, Richard Creagh (1776–1847), lawyer, was born in Newmarket, Co. Cork, the second child and eldest surviving son of John Philpot Curran (qv), orator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, and Sarah (Creagh) Curran. Both parents were…

Curran, Sarah

Curran, Sarah (1782–1808), fiancée of Robert Emmet, was born at her father's residence in Newmarket, Co. Cork, the youngest daughter and seventh child of John Philpot Curran (qv), orator, barrister, and politician, and Sarah (Creagh…

Curran, Sir Lancelot Ernest

Curran, Sir Lancelot Ernest (1899–1984), barrister, army officer, and politician, was born 8 March 1899 in Belfast, fourth son of Miles Curran, shop cashier, and Edith Curran (née Bruce). Educated at the RBAI, he interrupted…

Curran, Thomas

Curran, Thomas (1840–1913), MP and businessman, was born in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, and educated in the local national school. In 1868 he travelled to Australia, and founded a successful merchant company. He later opened a hotel in Sydney, ‘Pfhalert’s, became a…

Curran, Thomas Bartholomew

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Currey, Frances Wilmot (‘Fanny’)

Currey, Frances Wilmot (‘Fanny’) (1848–1917), artist and horticulturalist, was born 30 May 1848 at Lismore castle, Co. Waterford, the daughter of Francis Edmund Currey and his wife, Anna. Her father, who for many years was land agent to the dukes of Devonshire, was also an early…