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Kennedy, Sir James Shaw-

Kennedy, Sir James Shaw- (1788–1865), army and police officer, was born 13 October 1788 at the Largs, Straiton parish, Ayrshire, Scotland, second among six children of Capt. John Shaw, originally of Dalton, Kirkcudbrightshire, and Wilhelmina Hannah Shaw (née Macadam) of Waterhead,…

Kettle, Laurence J.

Kettle, Laurence J. (1878–1960), political activist and electrical engineer, was born 27 February 1878 at Kilmore, Artane, north Co. Dublin, second son among five sons and six daughters of Andrew J. Kettle (qv), ‘progressive’…

Kilmartin, John Ignatius (Killy)

This is a co-subject for the entry on Kilmartin, Terence (‘Terry’) Kevin. View the original entry.

Kilmartin, Terence (‘Terry’) Kevin

Kilmartin, Terence (‘Terry’) Kevin (1922–91), intelligence officer and literary editor, was born 10 January 1922 at Church Road, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, seventh of eight children of Ambrose Joseph Kilmartin, deputy forestry commissioner and veteran of the 1916 rising, and Eva…

Langley, John

Langley, John (1863–1945), civil engineer, was born 28 September 1863 at Tay Lodge, Co. Waterford, youngest of three sons of Charles Langley and Margaret Langley (née Welsby), whose family came from Liverpool. Although their home had only been acquired in 1850 the Langleys had a…

Lanyon, Sir Charles

Lanyon, Sir Charles (1813–89), civil engineer and architect, was born 6 January 1813 at Eastbourne, Sussex, third son of John Jenkinson Lanyon, purser in the Royal Navy, and Catherine Lanyon (née Mortimer). Privately educated locally, he was articled under Jacob Owen (from 1832 of…

Lartigue, Charles François Marie Thérèse

Lartigue, Charles François Marie Thérèse (1834–1907), civil engineer and business entrepreneur, was born on 14 June 1834 in Toulouse, France, of possible Spanish ancestry; his parents’ names are unknown. As a young man Lartigue shared the infectious optimism of contemporary British and…

Lawlor, Henry Cairnes

Lawlor, Henry Cairnes (1870–1943), businessman and archaeologist, was born 16 April 1870 in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, youngest child among eight sons and four daughters of John Hilliard Lawlor (murdered 31 May 1889), manager of the local Provincial Bank of Ireland, and his wife,…

Lawlor, Patricia (‘Patsy’)

Lawlor, Patricia (‘Patsy’) (1933–97), politician and ICA president, was born Patricia Broughal , in March 1933 in Kill, Co. Kildare, daughter of a local businessman and his wife. Educated locally and at St Mary's secondary school in Naas, she trained as a nurse. She was deeply…

Leman, Jules

Leman, Jules (1826–80), priest and educationist, was born 30 June 1826 at his parents’ parish school in Deulemont, north-east of Armentières, northern France. His father, François Leman, was a Belgian migrant and his mother, Lucille (née Lecomte), a local woman; both were teachers…

Locke, Josef

Locke, Josef (1917–99), singer and entertainer, was born Joseph McLaughlin 23 March 1917 at 19 Creggan St., Derry city, one of ten children of Patrick McLaughlin, butcher and cattle dealer, and Annie McLaughlin (née Doherty). Educated by the Christian Brothers and awarded for his…

Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’)

Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’) (1914–98), administrator, author, and linguist, was born 16 April 1914 in Dublin, daughter of Charles Lynam, engineer, and Margaret (‘Mai’) Lynam (née Moran), both from Co. Galway. Her father served in the first world war as an officer in the…

Lyster, George Fosbery

Lyster, George Fosbery (1822–99), civil engineer, was born 7 September 1822 at Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon, third son of Lt-col. Anthony Lyster (23rd Light Dragoons), high sheriff of the county and member of an old propertied family of Yorkshire descent, and his wife, Jane, second…

MacDonagh, Muriel Enid Gifford

This is a co-subject for the entry on DONNELLY, Helen Ruth (‘Nellie’) Gifford. View the original entry.

MacMahon, Peadar

MacMahon, Peadar (1893–1975), soldier and senior civil servant, was born 10 January 1893 in Coose townland, near Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, son of James MacMahon, farmer and mill-owner, and Sarah MacMahon (née Smith). He was a contemporary of

Magee, John

Magee, John (c.1750–1809), journalist and bookseller, was born in Belfast, son of James Magee, bookseller; nothing is known of his mother. His brother William Magee (qv) also became a bookseller in Belfast, but John moved to Dublin,…

Magee junior, John

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Maguire, Thomas

Maguire, Thomas (1831–89), classicist and unionist, was born 24 January 1831 in Dublin, son of Thomas Maguire, a catholic businessman. He had two sisters, Eliza and Mary. Their father became a colonial magistrate in Mauritius, where Thomas junior, after education in Dublin, lived…

Maher, Thomas Joseph (‘T. J.’)

Maher, Thomas Joseph (‘T. J.’) (1922–2002), farmers’ leader and public representative, was born 29 April 1922 at Castlemoyle, Boherlahan, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, seventh child of Thomas Maher, farmer, and his wife Julianne Maher. Raised on the family's forty-five-acre holding and…

Malone, Molly (or Mollie)

Malone, Molly (or Mollie) , heroine of song, was probably a generic fishmonger and street trader of nineteenth-century Dublin. Molly (the name is derived from ‘Mary’), is named in a popular, unofficial anthem of the city (‘Cockles and mussels’ or ‘Molly Malone’) as a fishmonger's…

Martin, Sir James

Martin, Sir James (1893–1981), aeronautical engineer, was born 11 September 1893 at Killinchy Woods, Crossgar, Co. Down, son of Thomas Martin, farmer and inventor, and Sarah Martin (née Coulter). He had one sister. Their mother was widowed when James was two, and he was privately…

Mason, Henry Joseph Monck

Mason, Henry Joseph Monck (1778–1858), miscellaneous bilingual writer, librarian, and evangelical reformer, was born 15 July 1778 at Powerscourt demesne, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, son of Lt-col. Henry Monck Mason and his second wife, Jane, only daughter of…

Mayne, Sir Richard

Mayne, Sir Richard (1796–1868), barrister and policeman, was born 27 November 1796 in Dublin, fourth son of Edward Mayne, barrister and later judge of the king's bench in Ireland (1817–20) and possibly descended from a family of English origin settled in the Monaghan–Fermanagh area…

McCarthy, James Joseph

McCarthy, James Joseph (1817–82), architect and nationalist, was born 6 January 1817 in Dublin, son of Charles McCarthy, possibly of Co. Kerry, whose family circumstances, like much of James's early life, remain obscure. The McCarthys appear to have been poor, having an address at…

McCloskey, Francis Xavier

McCloskey, Francis Xavier (1898–1974), religious brother and magazine editor, was born 3 November 1898, one of identical twins, in Bangor, Co. Down. He and his brother Michael Hubert were the youngest among thirteen children, including another set of twin boys, of James McCloskey…