Irwin, Liam

Fitzgerald, Edward (1833–1907), catholic bishop of Little Rock, was born in October 1833 in Limerick city. He was baptised in St Michael's church, Denmark St., where his parents had married the preceding January. He was the eldest child of James Fitzgerald and Johanna Fitzgerald (…

Kemmy, James Joseph Oliver Mary (‘Jim’) (1936–97), trade unionist, Labour politician, and local historian, was born 14 September 1936 in O'Curry St., Limerick, eldest of three sons and two daughters of Michael Kemmy and Elizabeth Kemmy (née Pilkington). His mother came from farming…

Lenihan, Maurice (1811–95), journalist and author, was born 5 February 1811 in St Patrick's parish, Waterford city, eldest of fifteen children (ten sons and five daughters) of James Lenihan, woollen draper (in Broad St., then the leading business area in the city), and Margaret…

Newman, Jeremiah (1926–95), catholic bishop, was born 31 March 1926 in Dromcolliher, Co. Limerick, only child of Joseph Newman, farmer, and Cass (Catherine) Newman (née Kiely), shopkeeper and housewife. He was educated at the local national school, St Mary's secondary school,…

Sarsfield, Patrick (d. 1693), soldier, lst earl of Lucan , was the second son, and youngest of five children, of Patrick Sarsfield and his wife Anne, daughter of Rory O'More (qv), a leader of the 1641 rebellion. The Sarsfields were an Old…

Westropp, Thomas Johnson (1860–1922), antiquarian, was born 16 August 1860 at Attyflin, near Patrickswell, Co. Limerick, son (and only surviving child) of John Westropp and his second wife and cousin, Charlotte Louisa Whitehead. His father, a substantial landowner with estates in…