O'Riordan, Turlough

Turlough O’Riordan is a long-standing member of the DIB editorial team and is the author of numerous entries, particularly in the areas of architecture, medicine, religion, print culture, science and sport; he also focuses on Irish figures with distinct overseas careers. He is a graduate of University College Dublin (Bachelors in history and politics, Masters in early modern history), University of Cambridge (Masters in European studies), and Dublin Institute of Technology/Technical University of Ireland (Masters in computer science). Turlough is co-editor of Irish sporting lives (RIA, 2022) with Terry Clavin.

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Pue, Elizabeth

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Pue II, Richard

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Pue, James

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Pue, Richard

Pue, Richard (d. 1722), newspaper publisher, bookseller, and coffee house proprietor, founded Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, Dublin, sometime before July 1698. Made a freeman of the city (1701) as a member of the Dyers’ Guild, he commenced publication of Impartial…

Pue, Sarah

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Putland, John

Putland, John (1709–73), merchant and banker, was born in Dublin, son of Thomas Putland, banker, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Rotton and Bridget Sterne, a sister of John Stearne (qv), bishop of Clogher, and niece of the noted…

Randles, Eileen

Randles, Eileen (1937–2015), teacher, education leader and nun, was born 26 April 1937 in Kenmare, Co. Kerry, the youngest of three daughters born to Tom Randles and his wife Nora (‘Dolly’) May (née Healy). The family lived on the premises of the garage Tom ran on Shelbourne Street in…

Ray, Elizabeth

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Ray, Joseph

Ray, Joseph (d. 1709), printer, bookseller, newspaper publisher, and ‘deputy king's printer’, was son of Giles Ray, of London, woodmonger; nothing is known of his mother. Serving his apprenticeship under his kinsman John North, bookseller, Ray was made free of the London…

Redlich, (Mary) Patricia

Redlich, (Mary) Patricia (1940–2011), journalist and psychologist, was born on 1 December 1940 at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, one of four daughters and a son born to Ben Cribbon, a clerk, and his wife Mary (née Crean). Growing up in the northside Dublin…

Reilly, Alice

Reilly, Alice (1702/3–1778), printer and publisher, born Alice Abbot , was the widow (m. 10 October 1733) of Richard Reilly; she took over his business on his death in July 1741. Paying quarterage fees to the printers guild (the Guild of St Luke the Evangelist), she was unable to…

Robinson, Bryan

Robinson, Bryan (c.1680–1754), medical doctor and scholar, was the only son of Christopher Robinson, doctor, of Dublin, and his wife Mary. A sister, Mary, died in infancy. Robinson graduated Bachelor of Medicine (1709) and Doctor of Medicine (MD) from Trinity College Dublin (…

Robinson, Robert

Robinson, Robert (c.1713–1770), MD, state physician, and lecturer, was second of three sons of Bryan Robinson (qv), physician, and Mary Robinson of Mary St., Dublin. Robert entered TCD…

Rochfort, George Augustus

Rochfort, George Augustus (1738–1815), 2nd earl of Belvedere , politician, was born 12 October 1738, eldest son of Robert Rochfort, 1st earl of Belvedere, and his second wife, Mary, eldest daughter of Richard, 3rd Viscount Molesworth…

Rochfort, Robert

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Rocque, John (Jean)

Rocque, John (Jean) (c.1704–1762), cartographer, surveyor, and landscape designer, was born in France into a huguenot family of four children. After spending some time in Geneva, Rocque arrived in England (c.1709). His earliest published works, consisting mainly…

Roe, Robin

Roe, Robin (1928–2010), army chaplain and rugby player, was born on 11 November 1928 at Skeirke (Skirk), Ballybrophy, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, the youngest of two sons and three daughters of William Henry Roe, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Marshall). Educated at King's…

Rugheimer, Gunnar

Rugheimer, Gunnar , (1923–2003), RTÉ controller of programmes, was born 26 February 1923 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Carl Rügheimer (b. 1893), hat manufacturer, and his wife Sonja Traugott (b. 1901); both were Jewish and had been born in Sweden of Danish descent. After attending…

Ryan, Max John

Ryan, Max John (1927–2013), radiologist, was born on 17 June 1927 at 40 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin, the eldest of two sons of Frederick J. Ryan, a medical doctor, and Gladys Ryan (née Monks). After schooling in Dublin and England, Ryan entered the…

Semple, George

Semple, George (c.1700–82), architect, engineer, and building contractor, was born in Dublin, son of a workman; nothing more is known of his family background. Admitted a freeman of the city of Dublin (1735), he served an apprenticeship as a bricklayer; his earliest known work…

Skinner, James John

Skinner, James John (1923–2008), lawyer and politician, chief justice of Zambia and of Malawi, was born 24 July 1923 in Dublin, the only son of William Joseph Skinner, solicitor and registrar for Co. Tipperary, then living at 3 New Quay, Clonmel, and his wife Kathleen (née O'Donnell…

Solomons, Michael Joseph Maurice

Solomons, Michael Joseph Maurice (1919–2007), physician and family planning advocate, was born 3 May 1919 in Dublin, the second child among two sons and one daughter of Bethel Solomons (qv), a prominent obstetrician and…

Steevens, Grizel

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Steevens, Richard

Steevens, Richard (c.1654–1710), MD and benefactor, and Grizel (Grizell, Grissell) Steevens (c.1654–1747), heiress, were the twin children of John Steevens (d. 1682), a clergyman from the benefice of Cherill in Calne, Wiltshire, England, and Constance Steevens (…

Stokes, Barbara Maive

Stokes, Barbara Maive (1922–2009), paediatrician and disability campaigner, was born 20 December 1922 in London to Brigadier William Noel Stokes (d. 1969) and his wife Pauline Mary (née Reynolds). As a child she often spent summers in Ireland, and in her teens played in the Irish junior…