Boylan, Shaun

Flinn, Hugo Victor (1879–1943), businessman and politician, was born 8 September 1879 in Peel, Isle of Man. He was one of four children of Hugh or Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The…

Gardner, Sir Robert (1838–1920), accountant, was born 14 April 1838 in Kilrea, Co. Londonderry, one of six children (three boys and three girls) of John Gardner, a shopkeeper, and Sarah Gardner (née Taggart). John Gardner moved to Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, where Robert was educated…

Ginnell, Laurence (1852–1923), land agitator and politician, was born in April 1852 at Crowenstown, Delvin, Co. Westmeath, one of twins among three sons of Laurence Ginnell, agricultural labourer, and his wife Mary (née Monaghan). Little is known about his life before he became…

Godsil, Richard Bertram (‘Dick’) (1912–99), company director, was born 2 January 1912 in Boherboy (Boherbue, Bothar Bhui), Co. Cork, only son among five children of Patrick Godsil, of Boherboy, manager of the local creamery, and Abina Godsil (née Mahoney). Educated at Rochestown…

Goulding, Sir William Basil (1909–82), 3rd baronet, businessman and modernist, was born 4 November 1909 at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, the elder of two sons of Sir William Lingard Amphlett Goulding (qv) and his wife Nesta Violet (née Wright). Educated at Winchester…

Goulding, Sir William Joshua (1856–1925), 1st baronet, businessman and politician, was born 7 March 1856 in Cork, one of seven children of William Goulding (qv) and his second wife Maria Heath Manders (d. 1892), daughter of Edward…

Goulding, William (1817–84), businessman and politician, was born 15 November 1817 in Birr, Co. Offaly, the elder son of Joshua Goulding (1788–1826) of Birr, Co. Offaly, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Humphreys Manders of Blackpool, Co. Cork. Educated at Mountmellick grammar school,…

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Gray, Edward Joseph (‘Ned’) (1925–72), director general of the Confederation of Irish Industry, was born 2 May 1925 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, eldest son among three sons and nine daughters of Michael Gray, army officer, and his wife Mary, daughter of Edward Power of Portlaoise and…

Gregg, Sir Cornelius Joseph (‘Con’) (1888–1959), civil servant, was born 26 January 1888 in Kilkenny city, eldest among three children of James Gregg, greengrocer and JP, and Marianne Gregg (née Gleeson). The family lived at Abbeyview and…

Grey, Hector (1904–85), street trader and company director, was born as Alexander Thomson Scott on 14 January 1904 in Bowling, Dumbarton, Scotland, one of thirteen children of John Scott. Educated at elementary school till the age of 15, he then became a cabin boy on a tramp steamer…

Guinness, Henry Seymour (1858–1945), governor of the Bank of Ireland and assistant managing director of Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd, was born 24 November 1858 in Dublin, eldest son among five sons and seven daughters of Henry Guinness (1829–93) of Burton Hall, Stillorgan, Co…

Hayes, Stephen (1902–74), revolutionary, was born 26 December 1902 in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, one of eleven children of Thomas Hayes, publican, and Ellen Hayes (née Brown). In 1920 he left the local CBS and became a clerical…

Hegarty, Denis Anthony (1907–93), city and county manager, general manager of the Dublin Port and Docks Board, and founding member of the Irish Management Institute, was born 5 July 1907 in Cork city, second son among three sons and two daughters of Denis Hegarty of Co. Cork (…

Henderson, Frank (1886–1959), revolutionary, was born 16 April 1886 in Dublin, eldest surviving among eight children of Robert Henderson (1845–1910), bookbinder, and his wife Frances, a schoolteacher, daughter of James Broughal, dyer, of Co. Armagh and Manchester. The family lived…

Hinde, John Wilfrid (1916–97), photographer and postcard manufacturer, was born 17 May 1916 in Street, Somerset, England, into a close-knit Quaker family, who later became Christian Scientist. His great-grandfather was James Clark, co-founder of the Clark's footwear company. During…

Hogan, Gabriel Patrick Sarsfield (1901–89), civil and public servant, was born 18 March 1901, the second child of Patrick J. Hogan, chancery registrar of Waterloo Place, Dublin, and Katherine Hogan (née Murphy). Educated at the Catholic University School and…

Hughes, Hector Samuel James (1887–1970), barrister and politician, was born 14 August 1887 in Dublin, eldest son of Alexander Wilson Hughes, a law clerk, of Beach House, Sandymount, and Elizabeth Anne Hughes (née Dempsey). Educated as a boy chorister at the diocesan school of St…

Humphreys, Richard (‘Dick’) (1896–1968), revolutionary and motoring enthusiast, was born 23 April 1896 (not 19 April, as incorrectly stated on his birth certificate) in Limerick city, eldest among three children of Dr David Humphreys, physician and surgeon, of Glenstal, Co.…

Johnson, Rosanna (‘Rosie’) (1891–1987), street trader, was born 24 March 1891, daughter of William Walsh, labourer, of 6 Turner's Cottages, Dublin, and Julia Walsh (née Reilly). At the age of 12 she was selling violets on the street for a penny a bunch and by the time she was 17 she…

Jones, Gerard (‘Gerry’) (1919–99), civil servant, company director, and political activist, was born 15 June 1919 in Bandon, Co. Cork, seventh child of Timothy Jones, of Bandon, builder and company director, and Mary Jones (née Keon). Educated at Rockwell College, Cashel, Co. Tipperary…

Jones, Liam (1935–2000), stockbroker, was born 6 October 1935 in Liverpool, England, second son of two sons of William Jones and Molly Jones (née Barry), teacher, of Dublin. Following the death of his father (1936) shortly after his birth, the family returned to Dublin (1936)…

Jury, William (1805–1872), hotelier, was christened on 24 February 1805 in Milverton, Somerset, England, one of at least four children of John Jury and his wife Susannah (née Thomas). In 1827 he married Mary Ann Jagelman, and they would have three sons. Moving to Ireland, he worked at…

Langan, Peter Daniel (1941–88), restaurateur, was born 13 May 1941 in Co. Clare, elder son of Daniel Langan, Irish rugby international and managing director of Regent Oil (later Texaco Ireland), and Nellie Langan (née Callinan), daughter of a publican in Castleclare, Co. Clare. He…

Lawlor, Dermot Colman (1905–87), managing director of Bord na Móna and Meath county manager, was born 14 September 1905 in Dublin, son of Patrick Lawlor, bookbinder, of 74 Bride St., Dublin, and Rosanna Lawlor (née Fagan). He was educated at Terenure College, Dublin, and…