Bernard, James Francis (1850–1924), 4th earl of Bandon, landowner and kidnapping victim, was born 12 September 1850, the son of Francis Bernard (b. 1810), 3rd earl of Bandon, and Catherine Mary (née Whitmore), daughter of Thomas Whitmore, of Apley Park, Shropshire. The Bernard family…
Morrissey, Conor
Irvine, George
Irvine, George (1877–1954), republican, language activist and campaigner, was born in August 1877 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the son of John Irvine, a bookseller, and Jane Irvine (née Boyle). George was one of seven children, four of whom were living in 1911. John Irvine’s shop on…
Waller, Bolton Charles
Waller, Bolton Charles (1890–1936), journalist, soldier, public servant, peace activist and clergyman, was born on 3 May 1890, the only son of the Reverend Bolton Waller, rector of St Munchin, Limerick, and Jane Dorothea Waller (née Garfit). He had one younger sister,…