Clavin, Terry

Terry Clavin joined the Dictionary of Irish Biography project in 2006 and researches, writes and edits DIB entries, primarily on twentieth century and early modern figures. He has published hundreds of entries in the DIB, latterly with an emphasis on business, sport and journalism, and also helps select DIB entries for inclusion. Terry is co-editor of Irish Sporting Lives (RIA, 2022) with Turlough O'Riordan.

 

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Fitzgerald, James

Fitzgerald, James (1571?–1601), the ‘Tower earl ’ or ‘queen's earl’ of Desmond , was the only son of Gerald (qv), 15th earl of Desmond, and his second wife, Eleanor (…

Fitzgerald, James fitz John

Fitzgerald, James fitz John (d. 1558), 14th earl of Desmond , treasurer of Ireland, was the second but eldest surviving son of Sir John fitz Thomas Fitzgerald and More, daughter of Donogh O'Brien of Carrigogunnell in Co. Limerick, lord of Pobblebrien. He actively supported his…

Fitzgerald, James fitz Thomas

Fitzgerald, James fitz Thomas (d. 1607), ‘sugán’ earl of Desmond , was eldest son of Sir Thomas fitz James Fitzgerald (‘Thomas Roe’). The identity of his mother is uncertain but she appears to have been a daughter of Theobald Butler, 3rd Baron Cahir. Sir Thomas was bastardised when his…

Fitzgerald, John fitz Edmund

Fitzgerald, John fitz Edmund (d. 1589), landowner and rebel, was the son of Edmund fitz Maurice Fitzgerald, 6th seneschal of Imokilly, and Shylie, daughter of Mulroney O'Carroll, lord of O'Carroll Ely. He succeeded his father as seneschal, in which office he played a key role in…

Fitzgerald, Maurice

Fitzgerald, Maurice (1590–1649), catholic landowner and soldier, was eldest son of Gerald fitz Philip Fitzgerald and his second wife, Joan Walsh of Shanganagh, Dublin. Born into a junior branch of the family of the earls of Kildare, he held an estate of 5,000 acres in the parish…

Fitzgerald, Richard

Fitzgerald, Richard (d. 1647?), politician and agent for the Irish government in London, was born into an Old English background but became a convert to protestantism like his cousin Maurice Eustace (qv). In 1625 he appears on…

Fitzgerald, Sir John fitz Edmund

Fitzgerald, Sir John fitz Edmund (c.1528–1612), landowner and loyalist, was the son of Edmund fitz James Fitzgerald, lay dean of Cloyne, and his concubine Honor Ní Donogh, a woman of Muskerry. Both his father and his grandfather, James fitz William, had enjoyed a degree of…

Fitzgerald, Sir John fitz James

Fitzgerald, Sir John fitz James (d. 1582), nobleman and rebel leader, was second son of James fitz John Fitzgerald (qv), 14th earl of Desmond (d. 1558), and his second wife More, daughter of…

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice (d. 1578), archbishop of Cashel and catholic envoy to Spain, was the illegitimate son of a member of the powerful Fitzgerald dynasty of Munster. He joined the Cistercian order, becoming abbot of the monastery of St Mary de Magio at Monasternenagh,…

Fitzmaurice, Patrick

Fitzmaurice, Patrick (d. 1600), 17th baron of Lixnaw and Kerry , was eldest son of Thomas (qv), 16th baron, and his wife Margaret, second daughter of James fitz John Fitzgerald (qv), 14th earl of Desmond. He was probably born…

Fitzmaurice, Thomas

Fitzmaurice, Thomas (d. 1590), 16th baron of Kerry and Lixnaw , landowner and rebel, was the fourth and youngest son of Edmund Fitzmaurice, 10th baron of Kerry and Lixnaw, and his wife Una, daughter of Teige MacMahon of Thomond. Having three older brothers, he left Ireland and was…

Fitzpatrick (MacGillapatrick), Barnaby (Bernard)

Fitzpatrick (MacGillapatrick), Barnaby (Bernard) (c.1535–1581), 2nd baron of Upper Ossory , was eldest son of Brian (Bernard) MacGillapatrick (qv), 1st baron of Upper Ossory, and Margaret, daughter of…

Fitzwilliam, Sir William

Fitzwilliam, Sir William (1526–99), vice-treasurer and lord deputy of Ireland, was eldest son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton, Northamptonshire, England, and Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Sapcote of Elton, Huntingdonshire. Fitzwilliam was a relative of John Russell, 1st earl of…

Fleetwood, Charles

Fleetwood, Charles (d. 1692), soldier and lord deputy of Ireland, was third son of Sir Miles Fleetwood of Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England, and his wife Anne, daughter of Nicholas Luke of Woodend, Bedfordshire. After being admitted to Gray's Inn (30 November 1638), he became a…

Flinn, Hugo (Hugh)

Flinn, Hugo (Hugh) (1922–2010), businessman, was born in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork, on 11 June 1922, the eldest of two sons of Hugo Victor Flinn (qv), of Rushbrooke, and his wife Monica (née Wilson). His father was an engineer,…

Foley, Lar (Liam)

Foley, Lar (Liam) (1938–2003), Gaelic footballer and hurler, was born William Foley on 28 November 1938 in a nursing home at Seville Place, North Strand, Dublin, second youngest among five sons and five daughters of Patrick Foley, a carrier, resident at 37 Rutland Street, Summerhill,…

Foreman, Sir Philip Frank

Foreman, Sir Philip Frank (1923–2013), engineer and chief executive, was born on 16 March 1923 in Exning, Suffolk, England, the only child of Frank Foreman, a farm labourer of Exning, and his wife Mary (née Chapple), the daughter of a Manchester police officer. His family soon moved to…

Fortescue, Sir Faithful

Fortescue, Sir Faithful (c. 1580–1666), royalist army officer and settler, was the second son of William Fortescue (d. 1604) of Buckland, Filleigh, Devon, and his second wife, Susannah Chichester, daughter of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh in Kent. About 1604–5, at a very…

Franckton (Francke), John

Franckton (Francke), John (d. 1620), printer and bookseller, was probably born into a Dublin family and became apprentice to the queen's printer in Ireland, William Kearney. Upon Kearney's death in 1598 or 1599, Franckton succeeded him informally as royal printer, and he appears…

Fuller, Bill (William)

Fuller, Bill (William) (1917–2008), ballroom impresario and businessman, was born on 6 May 1917 in Glanoe, Kilfeighny, Co. Kerry, son of Stephen Fuller, a farmer of Glanoe, and his wife Mary (née Trant). He attended Tralee CBS and…

Funge, Paul

Funge, Paul (1944–2011), artist and cultural impresario, was born Matthew Paul Funge on 25 January 1944 in Earslfort Terrace, Dublin, the youngest of three sons of Thomas Funge, a draper, of Main Street, Gorey, Co. Wexford, and his wife Ellen (née Doyle). His brother Michael followed…

Gallagher, Andrew

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Gallagher, Charles

Gallagher, Charles (1927–93), businessman, was born 20 January 1927 at Cashel, Curry parish, Co. Sligo, the second youngest of fourteen children of Matthew Gallagher, farmer, of Cashel, and his wife Margaret (née Reilly). Growing up on a small family farm, he attended Moylough…

Gallagher, Denis (Ó Gallchóir, Donncha)

Gallagher, Denis (Ó Gallchóir, Donncha) (1922–2001), government minister and community activist, was born 29 December 1922 in Currane, within the parish, though not the island, of Achill, Co. Mayo, the son of John Gallagher, merchant, of Currane, and his wife Catherine (née Gallagher).…

Gallagher, Eamonn

Gallagher, Eamonn (1926–2009), diplomat and administrator, was born 13 July 1926 in Curley Street, Whiteinch, Glasgow, one of ten children of Edward Gallagher, from Glenswilly, Co. Donegal, and his wife Anne (née Hayes), from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Working first as a dock labourer…