Hourican, Bridget

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Hanley, Ellie

Hanley, Ellie (1803–19), the ‘Colleen bawn ’, was born in Ballycahane, near Croom, Co. Limerick, daughter of Michael Hanley, farmer, and his first wife (née Connery). At 6 years old, she was adopted by her mother's brother, John Connery, ropemaker, also of Ballycahane. Connery's…

Hanley, Gerald

Hanley, Gerald (1916–92), writer, was born 17 February 1916 in Cork, younger son of Edward Hanley, merchant seaman, and Brigid Hanley (née Roche). His father had forsaken an established family printing business and legal studies to go to sea (and adding an ‘e’ to his original…

Hanna, Davoren

Hanna, Davoren (1975–94), poet, was born 12 March 1975 in Dublin, the only child of Jack Hanna, philosophy graduate, receptionist with Telecom Éireann (1975–85), and subsequently freelance journalist and sub-editor with the Irish Press; and Brighid Hanna (née Woods),…

Hardinge, Sir Henry

Hardinge, Sir Henry (1785–1856), 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore , chief secretary for Ireland, was born 30 March 1785 in Kent, third son of Henry Hardinge, rector of Stanhope, Durham, and his wife Frances, daughter of James Best of Kent. He began his army career at the age of 14 as…

Hardy, Philip Dixon

Hardy, Philip Dixon (1794–1875), printer, bookseller, and author, was probably born in Dublin of protestant parents; nothing else is known of his origins. In 1818 a Philip Dixon Hardy was a wine merchant at 20 Great Longford St.; this was probably either the subject or his father.…

Harris, Frank

Harris, Frank (1856–1931), writer, was born James Thomas Harris on 14 February 1856 in Galway city, fourth among five children of Thomas Vernon Harris, customs shipmaster, and his wife, Anne Thomas, both Welsh nonconformists. Their father being appointed to various ships, the family…

Hart, Alice

Hart, Alice (1848–1931), philanthropist, artist, and businesswoman, was born Alice Maria Rowland , daughter of Alex William Rowland (d. 1869), a merchant with a family fortune derived from the Rowland Macassar oil company, and his wife Henrietta Maria Margeretta (née Ditges; d. 1851…

Hartnett, Michael

Hartnett, Michael (1941–99), poet, was born 18 September 1941 in Croom, Co. Limerick, eldest among eight children of Denis Harnett, house painter, and Bridie Harnett (née Halpin). An error on his birth certificate gave the name as ‘Hartnett’, a form he later adopted as it is closer to…

Harty, John

Harty, John (1867–1946), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born 11 August 1867 in Knocknagurteeny, Murroe, Co. Limerick, son of Francis Harty and his wife, Johana, née Ryan. He was educated locally and at the Jesuits' Crescent College, Limerick. In 1884 he went to St Patrick's…

Harty, Oliver

Harty, Oliver (1746–1823), Baron de Pierrebourg , soldier, was born 2 December 1746 in Knockaney, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, son of Thomas Harty and his wife Margaret Shee. While still under 16, he went to France where he joined Clare's regiment (later renamed Berwick's) as a cadet on…

Harvey, Philip Whitfield

Harvey, Philip Whitfield (c.1772–1826), newspaper editor, was born probably in Drumcondra, Dublin, one of two sons of Whitfield Harvey (d. July 1776), typographer, who in 1768 printed the Dublin Chronicle, and his wife, Mary O'Kelly (d. 1818). Philip started his…

Hasler, Marjorie

Hasler, Marjorie (c.1887–1913), suffragist, was born in Ireland; nothing else is known of her early life or origins. In July 1910 she joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL), which had been founded two years earlier by…

Haughery, Margaret

Haughery, Margaret (1813–82), philanthropist, was born on 25 December 1813 in Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, fifth of six children to William Gaffney, tenant farmer, and his wife Margaret (née O’Rourke). In 1818 the Gaffneys moved with their three younger children to America, leaving the…

Havard, William

Havard, William (1710–78), actor and playwright, was born 12 July 1710 in Dublin, the son of a vintner; nothing more is known of his parents. After receiving a good education (evidenced by his later writings), he was apprenticed to a surgeon but soon abandoned that profession in…

Haverty, Martin

Haverty, Martin (1809–87), journalist and historian, was born 1 December 1809 in Mayo, younger half-brother of the artist Joseph Haverty (qv). Nothing is known of their early life. Aspiring to the priesthood, Martin was educated at the…

Hazleton, Richard

Hazleton, Richard (1880–1943), politician, was born 5 December 1880 in Dollymount, Dublin, son of Thomas Hazleton, esq., and Bridget Rose Hazleton (née Ryan) of Tipperary. He was educated at Blackrock College, Dublin, and early developed an interest in nationalist politics. At the…

Healy, Francis (‘Frank’) Jerome

Healy, Francis (‘Frank’) Jerome (1869–1931), barrister, was born 29 August 1869 in Cork, son of Jeremiah Healy, victualler, and Mary Theresa Healy (née Burk), who died when Frank was six weeks old. He was educated at St Stanislaus College, Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), and at…

Healy, James Nagle

Healy, James Nagle (1916–93), actor and producer, was born 3 August 1916 in Curragh Road, Turner's Cross, Cork city, second child of James Nagle Healy, clerk, and Anne Nagle (née Desmond). His mother died when he was 8 months old, and he and his sister were brought up by their…

Healy, Maurice

Healy, Maurice (1859–1923), solicitor and politician, was born 3 January 1859 in Bantry, Co. Cork, third son of Maurice Healy, clerk of Lismore Union, and his wife, Eliza, sister of A. M. (qv) and…

Heath, (Sophie) Mary (‘Lady Heath’) (née Peirce-Evans; other married name Eliott-Lynn)

Heath, (Sophie) Mary (‘Lady Heath’) (née Peirce-Evans; other married name Eliott-Lynn) (1896–1939), athlete and aviator, was born Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans on 17 November 1896 in Knockaderry, Co. Limerick, the only child of Jackie Peirce-Evans and his wife and former…

Heeney, Cornelius

Heeney, Cornelius (1754–1848), businessman and philanthropist, was born in King's Co. (Offaly) to catholic parents. Virtually nothing is known of his early life except that a relative gave him a start in business in Dublin, so that when he followed his father to America in 1784 he…

Henn, Thomas Rice

Henn, Thomas Rice (1901–74), scholar, was born 10 November 1901 at Albert House, Sligo, youngest among five children of Francis Blackburne Henn (1845–1915), barrister and resident magistrate, and his wife, Helen (1857–1936), daughter of Col. Francis Gore of Woodlawn, Co. Clare. The Henn…

Henry, Mitchell

Henry, Mitchell (1826–1910), politician and businessman, was born at Ardwick Green, Manchester, younger son of Alexander Henry, liberal MP for South Lancashire (1847–52) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Brush of Willow Bank, Co. Down. He was educated privately and at…

Herbert, Dorothea

Herbert, Dorothea (c.1770–1829), author, was born in Kilkenny, eldest among eight children of the Rev. Nicholas Herbert, rector of Carrick-on-Suir and Knockgrafton, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Martha, daughter of John Cuffe, 1st Lord Desart. In 1782 she was a day pupil at…

Herbert, Henry Arthur

Herbert, Henry Arthur (1815–66), chief secretary for Ireland, was born in Muckross, Killarney, Co. Kerry, elder son of Charles John Herbert (1785–1823), landowner, and his wife Louisa (d. 1828), daughter of Hugh Middleton. The Herberts had held land in Kerry since the seventeenth…