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Maunder, Annie Scott Dill Russell (1868–1947), astronomer, was born 14 April 1868 at the Manse, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, third child among two daughters and two sons of the Rev. William Andrew Russell (1824–99), presbyterian minister, and his second wife, Hester Nesbitt (née Dill). Russell…

McCarthy, Michael Donald (‘Dónal Mac’) (1908–80), statistician and university administrator, was born 4 June 1908 in Midleton, Co. Cork, son of Michael McCarthy, labourer, and Margaret McCarthy (née Murphy). His early education was at the CBS…

McConnell, Albert Joseph (1903–93), mathematician and university provost, was born 19 November 1903 in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, third child of Joseph McConnell, boot merchant, and Annie McConnell (née Orr). A presbyterian, he was educated at Ballymena Academy and entered…

McConnell, James Robert (1915–99), mathematical physicist and priest, was born 25 February 1915 at 3 Duke Row, Dublin, second child of Robert McConnell, pharmacist, and Frances McConnell (née Lennon). His grandfather was a presbyterian from Ballymena, Co. Antrim. He was educated at…

McKay, Robert (1889–1964), horticulturist and plant pathologist, was born 14 February 1889 in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, second of five sons of James McKay, millworker, and Martha McKay (née McDowell), both from farming backgrounds. Three of his brothers emigrated without trace. He…

McKimm, Charles (1848–1907), horticulturist and curator of the Royal Belfast Botanic Garden, was third son of Charles McKimm of Donaghadee, Co. Down, originally from Scotland. Little is known of his childhood but his first horticultural training took place on the Co. Cavan estate of…

McLaughlin, Patrick John (‘Paddy’) (1899–1973), priest and physicist, was reputedly born in Scotland. The early part of his life was spent in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, where his father was a publican. He entered Maynooth College, where he studied science (…

McNab, William Ramsay (1844–89), botanist, was born 9 November 1844 in Edinburgh, the only son of James McNab (1810–78), who, like his own father, was curator of Edinburgh Botanical Gardens. McNab was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and went on to study medicine and botany at…

Minchin, George Minchin (1845–1914), physicist, was born 25 May 1845 on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry, where his father owned an estate. He was one of three children of George Minchin Smith, a solicitor from Donnybrook, Dublin, and Alice Minchin (née Hyland). After his mother died (…

Moffat, Charles Bethune (‘C. B. M.’) (1859–1945), ornithologist, naturalist, and conservationist, was born 16 January 1859 on the Isle of Man, eldest among four sons and three daughters of James and Elizabeth Moffat. A year and a half after his birth his parents moved to Ireland,…

Molloy, Gerald (1834–1906), priest and scientist, was born 10 September 1834 in Mount Tallant House, Terenure, Co. Dublin, second son of Thomas Molloy, tanner, and Catherine Molloy (née Whelan). He was educated first at a private school and then at Castleknock College. He entered…

Molyneux, Sir Thomas (1661–1733), physician, natural historian, and antiquarian, was born 14 April 1661, near Gormond's (Ormond, Wormwood) Gate on Cook St., Dublin, second son among five sons and two daughters of Samuel Molyneux (d. 1693), lawyer, landowner, and army captain, and his…

Moore, Charles (1820–1905), botanist and horticulturist, was born 10 May 1820 in Dundee, Scotland, son of Charles Moir, gardener, and Helen Moir (née Rattray). Of their nine children only seven survived infancy, one daughter and six sons. In 1830 the Moir family changed their name…

Moore, David (1808–79), botanist and horticulturist, was born 23 April 1808 in Dundee, Scotland, eldest son of Charles Moir, gardener, and Helen Moir (née Rattray). Of their nine children only seven survived infancy, one daughter and six sons. In 1830 the Moir family changed their…

Moore, Sir Frederick William (1857–1949), horticulturist and rugby player, was born 3 September 1857 in Dublin, second eldest of three sons and two daughters of David Moore (qv), curator of the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, and his…

More, Alexander Goodman (1830–95), naturalist, was born 5 September 1830 in London, eldest of three children of Alexander More of Malvern and his wife, a Goodman of Leeds, Yorkshire. He spent his early childhood in Woodford, Essex. After the death of his young brother (1837) the…

Morton, William Blair (1868–1949), physicist, was born 17 February 1868 on the Antrim Road, Belfast, son of John Morton, accountant, and Jessie Morton (née Beck). He was educated at the Belfast Royal Academy and entered QCB (1886), where…

Mullins, Frederick William Beaufort (1804–54), MP and gentleman scientist, was born 29 June 1804, eldest of three sons of the Rev. Frederick Ferriter Mullins of Beaufort House, Killarney, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of William Croker of Johnstown. His grandfather…

Murphy, Paul Aloysius (1887–1938), plant pathologist, was born 22 February 1887 at Ballybur, Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny, son of James Murphy, farmer, and Julia Murphy (née Mackey). He attended St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, before attending the Albert Agricultural College,…

Murphy, Robert (1806–43), mathematician, was born in Mallow, Co. Cork, fifth son among seven sons and three daughters of John Murphy, shoemaker and Church of Ireland parish clerk in Mallow, and his wife Margaret (maiden name unknown). His father died (1814), leaving the family…

Nevin, Thomas Edwin (1906–86), physicist, was born 4 October 1906 in Bristol, Somerset, eldest among five sons and two daughters of Thomas Nevin, cabinetmaker, of Cashel, Co. Tipperary, and Alice Nevin (née Higginson) of Herefordshire. The family returned to Ireland and spent some years…

Niven, Ninian (1799–1879), horticulturist and landscape gardener, was born at Kelvin Grove near Glasgow. His father, also Ninian Niven, of Pennicuik, was a gardener at Keir House near Stirling and had made two expeditions to the Cape of Good Hope, collecting plants for George…

Nolan, Thomas Joseph (1888–1945), chemist, was born 11 November 1888 at 16 Newmarket, Dublin, eldest of nine children of Joseph Nolan, compositor in a print works, and Ellen Nolan (née O'Keefe), both from Dublin. He was educated at CBS…

Ó Ceallaigh, Cormac (1912–96), nuclear physicist, was born 29 July 1912 in Dublin, the only son among two children of Séamus Ó (Ua) Ceallaigh (James O'Kelly), consultant obstetrician and assistant master at the Coombe Hospital, and his wife Maire Cecilia (‘Birdie’) (née Ferran),…

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