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Traynor, James Desmond (‘Des’)

Traynor, James Desmond (‘Des’) (1931–94), accountant, banker, and financier, was born 3 June 1931, son of John Joseph Traynor of 39 Grand Canal St. Dublin, motor driver, and Kathleen Traynor (née O'Connor). Educated at the CBS,…

Traynor, Oscar

Traynor, Oscar (1886–1963), revolutionary, politician, and sports administrator, was born 21 March 1886 in 32 Upper Abbey St., Dublin, son of Patrick Traynor, bookseller and Fenian, and Maria Traynor (née Clarke). Educated at St Mary's Place…

Trea

Trea (6th cent.?), foundress and first abbess of Ard Trea and saint in the Irish tradition, belonged to the Uí Meic Caírthinn dynasty of Airgialla. Hagiographical sources name her father as the son of Caírthenn, a descendant of Colla Uais (Colla…

Treacy, Patrick Ambrose

Treacy, Patrick Ambrose (1834–1912), Christian Brother and educator, was born at Thurles, Co. Tipperary, on 3 August 1834, third of seven children of William Treacy and his wife, Margaret (née Ryan). Some biographers describe the Treacy family as comfortably circumstanced, but…

Treacy, Raymond Christopher Patrick (‘Ray’)

Treacy, Raymond Christopher Patrick (‘Ray’) (1946–2015), footballer and travel agent, was born on 18 June 1946 in Dublin. He was reared in Sandymount and educated at Westland Row Christian Brothers School and Ringsend College. At thirteen he was expelled from Westland Row for kicking a…

Treacy, Seán

Treacy, Seán (1895–1920), revolutionary, was born John Treacy on 14 February 1895 in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary, son of Denis Treacy, farmer, and Bridget Treacy (née Allis). His father died when Treacy was three and the family went to live with his mother's brother, Jim Allis, in…

Tregury, Michael

Tregury, Michael (c.1399–1471), archbishop of Dublin, was a native of Cornwall, educated at Oxford, where he received a B.Th. (1433) and served as senior proctor of the university (1434/5). He was appointed the first rector of the…

Tremayne, Edmund

Tremayne, Edmund (c.1525–1582), government official and adviser on Irish affairs, was the second son of Thomas Tremayne of Collacombe, Devonshire, and Philippa, daughter of Roger Grenville of Stow. In 1553 he entered the service of Edward Courtenay, earl of Devon; the…

Trenchard, John

Trenchard, John (1668/1669–1723), political pamphleteer and member of the Irish forfeitures commission, was the only son among four children of William Trenchard, of Cutteridge in Wiltshire, and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh in Somerset. He was…

Trench, Cesca (Trinseach, Sadhbh)

Trench, Cesca (Trinseach, Sadhbh) (1891–1918), artist and cultural-political activist, was born Frances Georgiana Chenevix Trench in Liverpool on 3 February 1891, fourth child (of three sons and two daughters) of Francis Chenevix Trench, perpetual curate at the anglican church of St…

Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry')

Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry') (1909–2005), founder of An Óige, author and businessman, was born in Ardmore, Taylor's Hill, Galway city, on 27 November 1909, the youngest of four children of Wilbraham FitzJohn Trench…

Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix

Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix (1914–2003), colonial official and historian, was born in Simla, India, on 29 June 1914, only son (he had one sister) of Sir Richard Chenevix Trench, Indian administrator, and his wife May (née Pocklington), daughter of an extravagant Sussex…

Trench, (Frederic) Herbert

Trench, (Frederic) Herbert (1865–1923), poet and playwright, was born 12 November 1865 in Avoncore, Midleton, Co. Cork, eldest son of William Wallace Trench, gentleman farmer, and Elizabeth Trench (née Allen). He was educated from 1880 at Haileybury, Oxford – where he co-edited

Trench, Frederick Oliver

Trench, Frederick Oliver (1868–1946), 3rd Baron Ashtown and unionist propagandist, was born 2 February 1868, son of Frederick Sydney Charles Trench (1839–79), eldest son of the 2nd Lord Ashtown, and his wife Lady Anne Le Poer Trench (d. 1924). Ashtown succeeded to the title and…

Trench, Henry

Trench, Henry (c.1685–1726), decorative painter and illustrator, was probably of the Trench family later elevated to the peerages of Ashtown and Clancarty. He studied in Rome (from c.1704) under Giuseppe Chiari (1654–1727), and possibly under the eminent Carlo…

Trench, Melesina Chenevix

Trench, Melesina Chenevix (1768–1826), writer, was born 22 March 1768 in Dublin, the only child of the Rev. Philip Chenevix , vicar (1768–71) of Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford, and chancellor (1769–71) of the diocese of Waterford, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Archdeacon…

Trench, Patrick Mackenzie FitzJohn (‘Paddy’)

Trench, Patrick Mackenzie FitzJohn (‘Paddy’) (1905–48), Trotskyite socialist, was born 16 January 1905, the eldest of two sons and two daughters of Wilbraham FitzJohn Trench (qv), professor of history and English literature at…

Trench, Power Le Poer

Trench, Power Le Poer (1770–1839), Church of Ireland archbishop of Tuam, was born 10 June 1770 in Sackville (O'Connell) St., Dublin, third son (and second to survive childhood) among ten sons and nine daughters of William Power Trench, 1st earl of Clancarty, and his wife, Anne, daughter…

Trench, Richard Chenevix

Trench, Richard Chenevix (1807–86), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born 5 September 1807 in North Frederick St., Dublin, third son of Richard Trench and Melessina St George (née Chenevix). His mother's family was of huguenot origin and she was the only child of the…

Trench, Richard Le Poer

Trench, Richard Le Poer (1767–1837), 2nd earl of Clancarty , 1st Viscount Clancarty (UK), politician, diplomat, was born 18 May 1767 at Garbally, Co. Galway, second but first surviving son of William Power Keating Trench (1741–1805), MP for Co. Galway 1768–97 and later 1st earl of…

Trench, Richard Steuart (‘William Steuart Trench’)

Trench, Richard Steuart (‘William Steuart Trench’) (1808–72), land agent, was born at Bellegrove (later Rathdare), Ballybrittas, Queen's Co. (Laois), eighth and youngest son of the Very Rev. Thomas Trench, Church of Ireland dean of Kildare, and his wife Mary, daughter of Robert…

Trench, Sir Frederick William

Trench, Sir Frederick William (1775–1859), general and MP, was eldest son of Frederick Michael Trench, barrister, of Dublin and Heywood, near Ballinakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), and his wife Anna Helena, daughter of Patrick Stewart of Killymoon, Co. Tyrone. His family was distantly…

Trench, Wilbraham Fitzjohn

Trench, Wilbraham Fitzjohn (1873–1939), academic, was born 22 February 1873 in Dublin, the only son of John Alfred Trench and his wife Janetta, eldest daughter of Wilbraham Taylor. He had four younger sisters, one of whom died in infancy. He was related to…

Trench, William Le Poer

Trench, William Le Poer (1837–1920), soldier and MP, was born 17 June 1837 at Garbally, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, third son of William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd earl of Clancarty, and his wife Lady Sarah Juliana, daughter of Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd earl of Carrick. After…

Tresham, Henry

Tresham, Henry (1750–1814), artist, was born in High St., Dublin, son of Thomas and Sarah Tresham, and was baptised in St Audeon's church on 21 February 1750. He attended the Dublin Society's drawing school in 1765, studying under Robert West…