Hourican, Bridget

Frewen, Moreton (1853–1924), adventurer and political activist, was born 8 May 1853 in Brickwell, Sussex, younger son of Thomas Frewen (1811–70), a prosperous landowner from an old Sussex family and MP for South Leicester (1835–6), and his second wife, Helen Louisa, daughter of…

Friers, Rowel Boyd (1920–98), cartoonist and painter, was born 13 April 1920 in Ravenhill Road, Belfast, youngest among six children of William Friers (d. 1926), a cashier in Irish Distillery, and Nellie Friers (née Stevenson). Rowel was educated at Park Parade intermediate school. All…

Gaffikin, Thomas (1809–93), linen merchant, town councillor, and lecturer, was born in Belfast, third son of Arthur Gaffikin (1772–1825), butcher, and his wife, Elizabeth Stewart (1770–1838). The Gaffikins came to Belfast c.1750 and farmed land around Sandy Row. Arthur…

Geary, Francis (‘Frank’) Joseph (1891–1961), journalist and newspaper editor, was born 2 August 1891 in Kilkenny city, youngest son of Patrick Geary – grocer, GAA stalwart, and supporter of…

Gibson, Chloe (1899–1995), theatre and television director, was born 18 May 1899 in Torquay, Devon, England, daughter of Walter Ernest Cawdle and Lotte Cawdle (née Saunders). She was educated at Lauriston Hall, Torquay. After studying painting briefly, she trained in speech and drama…

Gildea, Sir James (1838–1920), philanthropist, was born 23 June 1838 in Kilmane, Hollymount, Co. Mayo, third son of the Rev. George Robert Gildea (1803–87), provost of Tuam, and Esther Gildea (née Greene) of Greenmount, Co. Wexford. The Gildeas had settled in Mayo in the early…

Gilhooly, James Peter (1847–1916), politician, was born in 1847, son of Peter Gilhooly of Bantry, Co. Cork, officer in the coastguard service. Gilhooly was early involved in Fenianism; he was believed by the RIC to be head centre for…

Gill, Peter Edmund (d. 1892), newspaper editor, was probably born in Tipperary. Nothing is known of him prior to 1857, when he founded the Tipperary Advocate and Nenagh Commercial and Agricultural Adviser, publishing it from an office in Chapel Lane, Nenagh. It soon became…

Glynn, Patrick McMahon (1855–1931), politician and lawyer in Australia, was born 25 August 1855 in Gort, Co. Galway, third among eleven children of John McMahon Glynn (1824–79), owner of a large general store, and Ellen Glynn (née Walsh; 1835–1918). Patrick was educated by the…

Godley, John Robert (1814–61), colonialist and civil servant, was born 29 May 1814, probably in Dublin, eldest among seven children of John Godley (1775–1863) of Killigar, Co. Leitrim, JP, DL, and…

Goold, James Alipius (1812–86), catholic archbishop of Melbourne, was born 4 November 1812 in Cork city into a prominent Cork merchant patrician family, whose wealth had started to decline. His father's name is unknown, but his mother was a Hynes, also from Cork, and an uncle was Dr…

Goulet, Yann Renard- (1914–99), artist and sculptor, was born Jean Gustave Réné Goulet on 20 August 1914 at Saint-Nazaire, Brittany, France, son of Gustave Goulet, hotelier and chef. After being educated locally he began studying architecture before winning a scholarship to the…

Gowan, Ogle Robert (1803–76), grand master of the Orange order in Canada, journalist, and politician, was born 13 July 1803 in Wexford, eighteenth child of John Hunter Gowan (qv), magistrate of Gorey, Co. Wexford, and captain of the…

Gregory, Robert (c.1727–1810), director of the East India Company and politician, was born in Co. Galway, son of Henry Gregory, probably a merchant, and his wife, Mary Shawe, of a leading Galway family. The Gregorys are first traced in Kerry in the early seventeenth century…

Griffin, Gerald (1803–40), novelist, was born 12 December 1803 in Limerick city, ninth among about fourteen children of Patrick Griffin, brewery manager, and his wife Ellen, sister of John Geary, a leading Limerick physician. For his first seven years Gerald lived in Brunswick St…

Griffith, Arthur Hill (1861–1946), Australian politician, was born 16 October 1861, son of Arthur Griffith, solicitor, and his wife, Hannah (d. 1882), daughter of James Courtney Cottingham of Dublin. An uncle was Sir Richard…

Guest, Sir Ivor Churchill (1873–1939), 3rd baronet and 1st Viscount Wimborne , lord lieutenant 1915–18, was born 16 January 1873 in London, eldest of five sons of Sir Ivor Bertie Guest (1835–1914), 1st Baron Wimborne, and his wife, Cornelia Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter of…

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Guinness, Oonagh (1910–95), socialite, was born 22 February 1910 in London, third daughter of Ernest Guinness (1876–1949), second son of the 1st earl of Iveagh (qv), and a chairman of the board of Guinness, and his wife, Marie…

Guinness, Sir Benjamin Lee (1798–1868), 1st baronet, brewer, politician, and philanthropist, was born 1 November 1798 in Dublin, third son of Arthur Guinness, head of the brewing firm Arthur Guinness & Co., and his wife, Anne, eldest daughter of Benjamin Lee of Dublin.…

Hall, John (1829–98), presbyterian minister, was born 31 July 1829 in Ballygorman, Co. Armagh, eldest among eight children of William Hall, farmer and an elder in the presbyterian church, and Rachel Hall (née Macgowan). John was sent to a local school at Loughgilly and at the age…

Hamilton, Edwin (1849–1919), writer and editor, was born 14 April 1849, the only son of the Rev. Hugh Hamilton (1811–84), curate (1840–50) of Balbriggan and vicar (1844–72) of Balscadden, both in Co. Dublin, and his wife, Charlotte Mary, daughter of the Rev. Henry Ormsby. He was…

Hamilton, John (1800–84), landlord and writer, was born 8 August 1800, eldest among three children of James Hamilton, a wealthy landowner with 20,000 acres in Co. Donegal, and his wife Helen, daughter of Edward Michael Pakenham, 2nd Baron Longford. By the age of seven John was…