McCabe, Desmond

Kinnear, John (1823–1909), presbyterian minister and MP, was born at Clonaneese, Co. Tyrone, second son of James Kinnear, presbyterian minister. After attending a local national school he was denied admission as a dissenter to the Church of Ireland Royal School, Dungannon, and was…

Kirwan, Walter Blake (1754–1805), clergyman, was born into a minor catholic gentry family, a branch of one of the ‘Galway tribes’, at Cortha, east Co. Galway. He was one of two sons and two daughters of Patrick fitz Thomas Kirwan, of Galway, and Mary Blake (1729–1805), who…

Knox, Robert Bent- (1808–93), protestant bishop of Down and Connor and archbishop of Armagh, was born 25 September 1808 in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, second son of Charles Knox (c.1771–1825), archdeacon of Armagh and sixth son of the 1st Viscount Northland, and his wife…

Kyan, Esmond (c.1750–1798), United Irish commander and landowner, was born probably in Co. Wexford, fourth son of Howard Kyan (d. 1804) of Mount Howard, near Ferns, Co. Wexford, and of Ballymurtagh and Mount Pleasant, Co. Wicklow. His father, a catholic landowner, was…

Kyan, John Howard (1774–1850), brewer and inventor, was born 27 November 1774 in Dublin, son of John Howard Kyan (d. 1804), mining engineer, of Mount Howard and Ballymurtagh, Co. Wicklow. The United Irishman Esmond Kyan (qv) who was hanged…

Larkin, Michael (c.1835–1867), Fenian martyr, was born in the parish of Lusmagh, near Parsonstown, Kings Co. (Offaly), of ‘poor but respectable parents’ holding a tenancy on the Drought estate (King's County Chronicle, 27 Nov. 1867). His maternal grandfather, James…

Lawless, Sir Nicholas (1733–99), woollen draper, banker, MP, and 1st Baron Cloncurry , was born 30 October 1733, eldest son of Robert Lawless (d. 1775), woollen draper, of 2 High St., the Liberties, Dublin, and his wife Mary, daughter of Dominick Hadsor and widow of Robert…

Leahy, Patrick (1806–75), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born 31 May 1806, probably in the townland of Fennor, Co. Tipperary, and was baptised in the parish of Gortnahoe, Co. Tipperary, eldest among four sons (and probably eldest child) of Patrick Leahy, surveyor, and his wife…

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Lees, Sir John (c.1737–1811), secretary of the Irish post office, was born in Cannock, Ayrshire, Scotland, son of Adam Lees of Cannock and Agnes Lees (née Goldie) of Glasgow. Educated in Scotland, he first came to the notice of …

Lewis, John Travers (1825–1901), anglican bishop in Canada, was born 20 June 1825 at Garrycloyne Castle, Co. Cork (seat of his maternal great-uncle), the only son of John Lewis, curate of St Anne's church, Shandon, Cork city, and his wife Rebecca Olivia, daughter of John Lawless…

Linde, Henry Eyre (1835–97), national hunt trainer, was born 20 November 1835 in Eyrefield Lodge, Co. Kildare, son of John Eyre Linde (d. c.1860), small landowner; nothing is known of his mother. After the sale of the family estate c.1852, Linde enlisted as a…

Lomasney, William Francis Mackey (1841–84), Fenian, was born in Cincinnati (Ohio), of Irish parents, recently emigrated from Co. Cork. His paternal great-grandfather had been killed in the 1798 rebellion and his father joined the American Fenian Brotherhood in the late 1850s. It is…

Lowther, James (‘Jem’) (1840–1904), chief secretary for Ireland, was born 1 December 1840 at Swillington House, near Leeds, second son of Sir Charles Lowther (1803–94) and his wife Isabella (d. 1887), daughter of the Rev. Robert Morehead, rector of Easington. He was educated first…

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Lubé (Luby, Looby), George (d. p. 1801), United Irishman and grazier, was born in Corcoranstown House, in north-west Co. Kildare, into a minor catholic landed family; no other details of his parents are known. It may be inferred that he was the elder of two brothers to…

Lynchehaun, James (1858/60–1937/46?), criminal, was born in Tonregee, Corraun, parish of Achill, Co. Mayo, son of Neal Lynchehaun, substantial sheep farmer, and Bridget Lynchehaun (née Cafferky). Having attended the village school, he was appointed class monitor at 14 and progressed…

MacCabe, Frederick Faber (1868–1954), racehorse trainer and journalist, was born in Glasnevin, Dublin. Educated at Terenure College, Downside School, and TCD, he qualified as a medical doctor in 1891. In his late teens and early twenties…

MacCabe (Mac Cába), Cathaoir (Cahir) (c.1670–c.1740), poet and harpist, was born at Cloghballybeg, parish of Mullagh, Co. Cavan; details of his parents are unknown. He acquired in youth some knowledge of Greek and Latin, an erudite literacy in the Gaelic verse…

Macken, John (1784/5–1823), poet and newspaper editor, was born in Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, eldest son of Richard Macken, catholic linen merchant, and Catherine Macken (née Dugan). He ran a small business (probably in a branch of the textile trade) in Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan,…

MacKnight (McKnight), James (1801–76), journalist and agrarian reformer, was born 27 February 1801 near Grallagh House, Rathfriland, Co. Down, son of an Irish-speaking presbyterian smallholder; other details of his parents are unknown. As a youth he aspired to the presbyterian…

Mac Suibhne (McSweeney), Tarlach (Searlaí Eamonn Ruaidh) (1818/32–1916), uilleann piper, was born in Ard Leathan, parish of Glenfin, Co. Donegal, son of Edward Mór Mac Suibhne (b. 1774), itinerant piper, descended in direct paternal line from the MacSweeney Doe family of Doe Castle, Co…

Maginn, Edward (1802–49), coadjutor catholic bishop of Derry, was born 16 December 1802 near Fintona, Co. Tyrone, eighth child of Patrick Maginn, a comfortable tenant farmer, and Mary Maginn (née Slevin; 1757/8–c.1850). Both sides of the family had produced catholic…

Mahon, Denis (1787–1847), landowner, was born 12 March 1787, second son of the Rev. Thomas Mahon (1740–1811), brother of the 1st Baron Hartland, and his wife Honoria, daughter of Denis Kelly of Castle Kelly, Co. Roscommon. In c.1820 he was commissioned major in the 9th Lancers…

Mahony, Harold Sigerson (1867–1905), tennis player, was born 13 February 1867, probably in Edinburgh, only son of Richard John Mahony (1828–92) of Dromore Castle, near Kenmare, Co. Kerry, JP and high sheriff (1853), and his wife Mary…