McGuinness, David

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Cooper, Austin

Cooper, Austin (1759–1830), antiquary, was born 15 February 1759 at Killinure, Co. Tipperary, third son among fourteen children of William Cooper, registrar of the diocese of Cashel, and his wife Jane (née Wayland). Cooper was educated in Cashel, and in 1774 entered the treasury…

Leask, Harold Graham

Leask, Harold Graham (1882–1964), architectural historian and archaeologist, was born 7 November 1882 in Dublin, probably at the family home in Harold's Cross, youngest among (at least) three sons and three daughters of Robert H. Leask, Scottish-born architect and engineer, and Anna…

Mahr, Adolf

Mahr, Adolf (1887–1951), archaeologist and Nazi activist, was born 7 May 1887 at Trent in the South Tyrol (then part of the Hapsburg empire), the son of Gustav Johann Mahr, military bandmaster, and his wife, Maria Antonia (née Schroll). (His grandfather and two uncles were also…

O'Brien, Henry

O'Brien, Henry (1808–35), antiquary, was born in Co. Kerry, and was apparently third son of Bryan O'Brien of Dromin and Ellen O'Brien (née MacCarthy), who were minor catholic gentry; if he was, he entered King's Inns in Dublin in 1828, having been educated in…

O'Neill, Henry

O'Neill, Henry (1798–1880), artist and antiquarian, was born in Dundalk, Co. Louth, or possibly in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, the only child of Henry O'Neill; his mother is said to have been a daughter of a prominent bookseller and publisher, Samuel Watson (qv).…

Ó Ríordáin, Seán Pádraig

Ó Ríordáin, Seán Pádraig (1904–57), archaeologist, was born 17 December 1904 in Monkstown, Cork, son of James Reardon (Ó Riordáin) (1865–1939) and his wife Annie Barry (d. 1930). Initially apprenticed in Cork dockyard, Ó Ríordáin studied at night for Department of Education…