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Smyth, Gerald Bryce Ferguson (1885–1920), army officer and policeman, was born 7 September 1885 in Dalhousie, Punjab, India, son of George Smyth of Milltown, near Banbridge, Co. Down, an Indian civil servant, and Helen Smyth (née Ferguson). He was raised in Dalhousie, educated at…

Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend (1863–1936), naval officer, hydrographer, and author, was born 7 September 1863 on his family's historic estate at Drishane, Castletownshend, near Castle Haven, Co. Cork, third son of Lt.-col. Thomas Henry Somerville (later high sheriff of Cork) and his…

Stoney, Bindon Blood (1828–1909), civil engineer, was born 13 June 1828 at Oakley Park, King's Co. (Offaly), younger son of George Stoney and his wife Anne, second daughter of Bindon Blood of Cranagher and Rockforest, Co. Clare. He had one elder brother, the renowned mathematical…

Swan, William Bellingham (c.1762–1837), deputy town major of Dublin and senior revenue inspector, was probably born in Dublin, son of William Swan, of Kilrisk, Co. Dublin, and his second wife Jane (née Lees), widow of the Reverend Walter Chamberlane. His father appears to have…

Talbot, George (1823–1914), soldier and policeman, was eldest son among five children of James Talbot, captain in the Grenadier Guards and JP of Knockmullen, Co. Wexford, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Sutton of Summer Hill, Co.…

Tandy, James (c.1766–1836?), soldier, wine merchant, and early United Irishman, was born possibly in the Cornmarket area of Dublin, only son of James Napper Tandy (qv), ironmonger and radical politician, and his wife, Ann,…

Thompson, James (1863–1945), civil engineer, was born 22 August 1863 in Drogheda, Co. Louth, son of Thomas Thompson, supervisor, and his wife, Mary Henderson (née Logan). Moving to Cork in 1870, he was educated at Carmichael's School and at QCC…

Timoney, Séamus Gearóid (1926–91), engineer and university professor, was born 13 September 1926 in Galway, eldest among seven sons and three daughters of Lieutenant-colonel Séamus Timoney and Agnes (Nancy) Timoney (née Fullerton). He belonged to a devout catholic family, of whom two…

Tisdall, Margaret (Dell, Peggy) (1906–79), pianist and bandleader, was born 8 January 1906 in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, daughter of William Tisdall, musician, and Margaret Tisdall (née Gibbons). She was raised on the North Circular Road and educated locally. Known from childhood…

Tobin, Liam (1895–1963), republican, soldier, businessman, and civil servant, was born 15 November 1895 at 13 North Great George's St., Cork, son of David Tobin of Clolefin (Cloughleafin, near Mitchelstown, north Co. Cork), furniture salesman at Clery's department store, Dublin, and…

Trevor, Edward (c.1765–1837), doctor, controller of Kilmainham jail, and medical inspector of convicts, was probably born in Co. Down; details of his early life are sparse, and nothing is known of his parents. Hostile references to low birth and military service in the…

Tudor, Sir (Henry) Hugh (1871–1965), soldier and chief of police, was born at Newton Abbot, south Devon, England, only surviving son of the Rev. Harry Tudor, rector of Wolborough parish and subsequently sub-dean of Exeter cathedral; details of his mother are unknown. He joined the…

van Gelderen, Gerrit (1926–94), naturalist, wildlife film-maker, broadcaster, and author, was born 26 August 1926 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, eldest child of Johannes Gerardus van Gelderen, a local-authority employee who lived within the municipal park where he worked. Familiar from…

Vanston, Sir George Thomas Barrett (1853–1923), lawyer and civil servant, was born 31 May 1853 at Hildon House, Terenure, south Co. Dublin, second son of John Davis Vanston, solicitor, originally from Hacketstown, Co. Carlow, and his wife Catherine, daughter of George Washington…

Vereker, Charles (1768–1842), 2nd Viscount Gort , naval and militia officer, and MP, was the second son of Thomas Vereker of Roxborough, Limerick, and his wife Juliana, sister of John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort. His Vereker ancestry was Flemish but the family was long…

Vigors, Nicholas Aylward (1785?–1840), zoologist, soldier, and liberal MP, was probably born in 1785 (although some sources claim 1787) at Old Leighlin, Co. Carlow, eldest surviving son of Capt. Nicholas Aylward Vigors, 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment, of Old Leighlin and Belmont, Co…

Wade, George (1673–1748), field marshal and military road builder, was born most likely at Killavally, near Tyrellspass, Co. Westmeath, third son of Jerome Wade, farmer, and grandson of William Wade, a Cromwellian army officer. Reputedly of exceptionally large build, he joined the…

Walker, Robin Andrew Day (1924–91), architect, was born 30 September 1924 at 1 Catherine Street, Waterford, eldest child of Andrew Ernest Walker, bank official, of ‘Nailima’, Bailey, Co. Dublin, and Eleanor Walker (née Croker). He was educated in Dublin at St Columba's College,…

Walsh, Joseph James (1905–92), journalist and newspaper editor, was born 21 December 1905 (although he claimed to have been born exactly ten years later) in Waterford city, youngest among five children of Edward Walsh, commercial cork-maker, editor/proprietor of the Munster…

Wheeler, William Ireland de Courcy (1844–99), surgeon, was born 29 February 1844 at Annesborough House, Co. Kildare, the elder and only surviving son of George Nelson Wheeler, landowner, of Annesborough and Pembroke Road, Dublin, and his wife, Williamza Florence, daughter of William…

White, Francis (1787–1859), medical doctor and first inspector general of asylums for the mentally ill in Ireland, was born in Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, son of Francis White of Carrickbeg, Co. Waterford, and Anne White (née Lee). Moving to Dublin, he was indentured (17 March 1807…

Whitmore, William James Brennan- (1886–1977), revolutionary and journalist, was born 21 October 1886 at the family home in Mary St., Wexford, son of Thomas Whitmore, People journalist and printer, and Mary Whitmore (née Brennan) from Ferns, Co. Wexford. Both parents died…

Whitney, Patrick Joseph (1894–1942), missionary priest, was born 7 July 1894 at Breenletter townland, Ballyfermoyle, between Keadue and Lough Key in Co. Roscommon, on the borders with Co. Sligo and Co. Leitrim, eldest child of Bernard Whitney, smallholding farmer, and Mary Anne Whitney…

Wickham, Sir Charles George (1879–1971), soldier and policeman, was born 1 September 1879 at Chestnut Grove, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, fourth son of William Wickham Wickham and Katherine Henta Wickham. He was educated at Harrow School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.…

Wigham, John Richardson (1829–1906), lighthouse engineer and businessman, was born 15 January 1829 at 5 South Gray St., Edinburgh, youngest son among four sons and three daughters of John Wigham, shawl manufacturer and quaker, and Jane Wigham (née Richardson). Their mother's death…