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Synge, Edward (1659–1741), clergyman, was born 5 April 1659 at Inishannon, Co. Cork, second son of Edward Synge (qv), later bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, and his wife Barbara Latham. Edward's elder brother was Samuel Synge (d. 1708…

Synge, Edward Hutchinson (1890–1957), physicist, was born on 1 June 1890 in south Dublin, eldest child of Edward Synge and his wife Ellen (née Price). He had two brothers, Victor Millington Synge (qv) and…

Synge, John Lighton (1897–1995), mathematician and theoretical physicist, was born 23 March 1897 in Dublin, youngest among one daughter and three sons of Edward Synge (1859–1939), then land agent in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, and his wife Ellen Frances (1861–1935), daughter of the…

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Synge, Victor Millington (1893–1976), physician and professor of medicine, was born 5 September 1893 at 15 Upper Leeson St., Dublin, son of Edward Synge, land agent, of Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, and Ellen Frances Synge. He was a nephew of the playwright…

Synnott, Nicholas Joseph (1856–1920), barrister and banker, was born 10 April 1856, second and eldest surviving son among six sons and two daughters of Thomas Synnott, corn merchant, of Glenageary, Co. Dublin, and his first wife, Catherine Maria (d. 1862), daughter of Timothy…

Synnott, Thomas Lambert (1810–97), workhouse guardian and prison governor, was born probably in Dublin, eldest son of Thomas Sinnott, vintner, of 59–61 Barrack St., Dublin. Though there is evidence his father belonged to the Church of Ireland, Synnott was brought up Roman catholic…