Ó Floinn, Tomás S. R.

Ó Riain (O'Ryan), Henry (fl. 1633), Dominican priest and Latin poet, probably received his classical education at Munster and pursued his philosophical and theological studies at Rome or elsewhere in Italy. Resident at Rome in 1633, he was commissioned to compose a…

Rochford, Mark (d. in or after 1646), Dominican priest and prior, was born in the diocese of Kildare, a member of a distinguished Old English catholic family which had long been settled in the Pale. In the 1620s he was living with his relative the Revd Luke Rochford, rector of St…

Rochford, Simon Dominic (d. 1714), Dominican priest and scholar, was the son of Old English parents, Richard Rochford and Elizabeth Bath of Vessingstown, Co. Meath. He received the sacrament of confirmation in 1664 and studied the humanities within the Pale. On the advice of…

Talbot, William (William of the Holy Spirit Talbot) (fl. 1613–31), Dominican priest and political agent, was born near Navan, Co. Meath. He was a member of one of the most distinguished Old English catholic families, which had settled in Ireland in 1170 and resided…