Hayes, Cathy

Humphries, Carmel Frances (1909–86), zoologist, was born 3 June 1909 in Waterford city, the second youngest of three daughters and two sons of William Francis Humphries, an engineer, and Annie Humphries (née Palmer). Educated at the Ursuline convent, Waterford, and Loreto College, St…

Hurwitz, Lewis (Louis) John (1926–71), neurologist, was born 9 February 1926, the youngest of the four sons and two daughters of Barnet Harris (‘Barney’) Hurwitz, linen merchant and president of the Belfast Jewish community, and Cana Hurwitz (née Clein), of Cork. Barney received…

Jessop, William John Edward (1902–80), physician, was born 11 July 1902 near Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, the eldest of three sons of John Brabason Jessop, a farmer, and Mary Jane Jessop (née Anderson), daughter of William Anderson. He was educated at the Ranelagh School, Athlone, and…

Keane, John (1899–1971), chemist, was born 30 November 1899 in Dublin, the son of John Keane, of Gowerhass, Co. Clare, a customs and excise officer, and Ellen Keane (née McKenna). The eldest of three children, he had one brother (Conor) and one sister (Anne). He graduated from…

Kelleher, Michael Joseph (1937–98), psychiatrist, was born 11 September 1937 at St Patrick's Place, Cork, one of six children, two girls and four boys, of Denis Patrick Kelleher, manager in an insurance company, and Sophie Kelleher (née Köss). Educated locally, he entered…

Kerley, Sir Peter James (1900–79), radiologist, was born 27 October 1900 at Park Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, the fourth son and thirteenth child of Michael Kerley, grocer and egg exporter, and Matilda Kerley (née Henry). His maternal uncle…

Kinnear, Nigel Alexander (1907–2000), vascular surgeon, was born 3 April 1907 at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, the only son of James Alexander Kinnear, an accountant from Glenageary, and Margaret Kinnear (née Robinson). Educated at Kingstown grammar school (latterly Newpark…

Leahy, Patrick Joseph (1917–98), general practitioner and medical campaigner, was born 13 March 1917 at the Mall, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, the son of William Leahy, a self-made man and architect cum engineer, and Margaret Leahy (née Doyle). One of eight children, he was born into a…

Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh (1885–1956), physical chemist, was born 29 June 1885 in Belfast, the only son of the five children of Edward Lewis, linen merchant, and his wife, Frances Welsh McCullagh, daughter of Rev. William Cudmore McCullagh of Ballysillan presbyterian church,…

Lhuyd (Lhwyd, Lloyd), Edward (1660?–1709), Celtic philologist and naturalist, was born c.1660 in Cardiganshire, Wales, or near Oswestry, Shropshire, the illegitimate son of Edward Lloyd of Llanvorda and Bridget Pryse, both from landowning families. Lhuyd entered Jesus College,…

Logan, Joseph (1914–1999), physician and medical administrator, was born 15 December 1914 at Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, son of John Logan, victualler, and Mary Logan (née Logan). His brother was the author Dr Patrick Logan. Educated first at St Mary's College, Dundalk, he then…

Luby, Thomas (1800–70), mathematician, was born in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, the son of Thomas Luby, architect, and Eleanor Luby (née Fogarty), whose family were from Castle Fogarty, Ballycahill, Co. Tipperary. The Luby family was descended from Huguenots who fled from France in…

Lumsden, Sir John (1869–1944), physician and founder of the St John's Ambulance Brigade in Ireland, was born 14 November 1869 at the Mall, Drogheda, the son of John Lumsden, bank manager, and Florence Isabella Groom Lumsden (née McKearn). Educated at the High School in Dublin and…

Macafee, Charles Horner Greer (1898–1978), physician, was born on 23 July 1898 at the Manse, Dergmoney, Omagh, the only son and elder child of the Reverend Andrew Macafee, presbyterian minister, and his wife Annie Horner Macafee (née Crowe), MBE (Member of the Order of the British…

Macalister, Alexander (1844–1919), zoologist and anatomist, was born 9 April 1844 in Dublin, the second son of Robert Macalister, a member of an Argyllshire family who had come to reside in Dublin, and Margaret Anne Macalister (née Boyle), youngest daughter of Colonel James Boyle…

MacAuley, Charles John (1887–1956), surgeon, was born 9 October 1887 at 78 Stanhope Street, Belfast, the son of Charles MacAuley, master mariner, and Ann MacAuley (née McKay). He had at least one sister, and his brother, Henry MacAuley, later became an orthopaedic surgeon at Cappagh…

MacCarthy, (Joseph) Aidan (1913–95), RAF physician, was born 19 March 1913 at Castletown, Berehaven (Castletownbere), Co. Cork, one of ten children (five boys and five girls) born to Daniel Florence MacCarthy, a local publican and businessman, and Julia MacCarthy (née Murphy).…

Mac Conaill, Michael Isadore Aloysius (1902–87), anatomist, was born Michael McConnell on 27 July 1902 at Woodvale, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, eldest child as one of the two sons and three daughters of Michael McConnell, spirit merchant, and Lucie Agnes McConnell (née Gallagher). His…

MacCurtain, Frances (née Foad) (1936–98), speech therapist and voice coach, was born 12 October 1936 in Belfast, the only daughter of the two children of Roland Foad, chartered accountant, and his wife, Betty. Her father was a financial director in various government bodies involved in…

Macdonald, John Smyth (1867–1941), physiologist, was born on 28 April 1867 in Rathgar, Dublin, the elder son and second of the four children of George Macdonald, merchant tailor, and Margaret Macdonald (née Smyth). The family moved to Waterford when he was a baby, and then to…

Mackle, Henry (1921–94), physical chemist and folklore writer, was born 12 May 1921 at Derrykeeran, Co. Armagh, the son of Patrick Mackle, farmer, and Sarah Mackle (née Byrne). He studied chemistry at QUB, graduating with first-…

Magill, Sir Ivan Whiteside (1888–1986), anaesthetist, was born 23 July 1888 at Larne, Co. Antrim, the son of Samuel Magill, draper, and Sara Magill (née Whiteside). Educated at Larne grammar school and then at QUB, he graduated…

Maguire, Conor Joseph O'Loughlin (1861–1944), physician and folklorist, was born in Carraroe, Co. Galway, the only son of the two children of Edward Maguire, also a physician, and his first wife, whose maiden name was O'Loughlin. His father later married a second time and had another…

Maguire, Joseph Ballantyne (1898–1964), physician, was born 12 August 1898 at 6 Clarendon Place, Belfast, the eldest son of William Joseph Maguire, a physician at the Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Belfast, and Mary Elizabeth Maguire (née Ballantyne). His father was also a clinical…

Martin, James (1783–1860), poet, antiquary, and linguist, was born at Millbrook, near Oldcastle, Co. Meath, youngest son among several children of James Martin, small farmer, who owned several cabins and some plots of land in Oldcastle, and who, according to McCall (1896, 631),…