Beckett, Samuel Barclay (1906–89), writer, was born on Good Friday, 13 April 1906, at ‘Cooldrinagh’, Foxrock, Co. Dublin, younger of two sons of William Beckett (1871–1933), quantity surveyor, of Dublin, and Maria (‘May’) Beckett (née Roe; 1871–1950), originally of Leixlip, Co. Kildare…
Mays, J. C. C.
Devlin, Denis
Devlin, Denis (1908–59), diplomat and poet, was born 15 April 1908 in Greenock, Scotland, oldest of nine children of…