Quinn, James

Dr James Quinn joined the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) project in 1995 and played a key role in the landmark launch – in print and online – of the DIB in 2009. In 2012 James became the DIB's Managing Editor, a role he held until his retirement in July 2022 (minus a career break in 2019–21). In addition to writing more than 270 entries and overseeing the ongoing expansion of the DIB, James’s research interests mainly focused on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Irish history. He has written books on the United Irishman Thomas Russell (2002), the Young Irelander John Mitchel (2008), and published Young Ireland and the writing of Irish history in 2015, as well as contributing widely to journals and essay collections on aspects of political and cultural history, biography and historiography.

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Ó Gadhra, Nollaig

Ó Gadhra, Nollaig (1943–2008), journalist, historian and Irish-language activist, was born 16 December 1943 on the family farm at Kilmurry, Feenagh, Co. Limerick, the eldest son of David Geary of Feenagh and his wife Hannah (née Flynn) of Fieries, Co. Kerry. His parents met after…

O'Hagan, John

O'Hagan, John (1822–90), Young Irelander, writer, and judge, was born 19 March 1822 at North St., Newry, Co. Down, second son of John Arthur O'Hagan (d. 1833), a catholic woollen draper of Newry, and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of Charles Cavanagh of Irish St., Armagh. It was a…

O'Loghlen, Sir Colman Michael

O'Loghlen, Sir Colman Michael (1819–77), lawyer and politician, was born 20 September 1819 at Rutland St., Dublin, eldest son among four sons and four daughters of Michael O'Loghlen (qv), lawyer and later 1st baronet, and Bidelia…

O'Mahony, John

O'Mahony, John (1815–77), founder of the Fenian Brotherhood and Gaelic scholar, was born probably on 12 January 1815 at Clonkilla, near Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, the son of Daniel O'Mahony, a catholic farmer and landowner; there is no record of his mother's name. Immensely proud of his…

Ó Riain, Flann

Ó Riain, Flann (1929–2008), cartoonist, writer and Irish-language activist, was born on 18 September 1929 in Lucan, Co. Dublin, the son of Edmund Ryan, a garda originally from Hollyford, Co. Tipperary, and his wife Nora (née Brennan) from Co. Laois. His father spoke little Irish himself…

O'Shea, Milo Donal

O'Shea, Milo Donal (1926–2013), actor, was born on 2 June 1926 at 15 Fitzwilliam Terrace, Dublin, one of three children (two boys and a girl) of Daniel J. ('Con') O'Shea, a civil servant, and Nellie O'Shea (née O'Flanagan). His father was a semi-professional singer and his mother a…

Parsons, Sir Lawrence

Parsons, Sir Lawrence (1758–1841), 2nd earl of Rosse , politician, was born 21 May 1758 at Birr Castle, King's Co. (Offaly), eldest son of Sir William Parsons (1732–91), 4th baronet and MP for King's Co. (1757–91), and Mary Parsons (née Clere). William Parsons was a leading figure…

Patterson, Ottilie Anna

Patterson, Ottilie Anna (1932–2011), blues and jazz singer, was born on 31 January 1932 at 26 Carnesure Terrace, Comber, Co. Down, the youngest of four children (two boys and two girls) of Joseph Patterson (d. 1975), a driver and ex-British army soldier, and his wife Juliet (née ēgers…

Pim, Jonathan

Pim, Jonathan (1806–85), merchant, politician, and philanthropist, was born in Dublin, the eldest of seven children of Thomas Pim (qv), merchant, and Mary Pim (née Harvey), of Youghal, Co. Cork. The Pims were prominent quakers, established…

Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas

Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas (1815–62), landlord, MP, and under-secretary for Ireland, was born 2 October 1815 at Kilcornan, Oranmore, Co. Galway, the only son of Capt. Christopher Redington (1780–1825), a catholic landowner, and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Dowell of…

Reilly, Thomas Devin

Reilly, Thomas Devin (1824–54), nationalist and journalist, was born 30 March 1824 in Monaghan town, one of at least two sons of Thomas Reilly, a solicitor with a large practice in Monaghan and Dublin. A catholic, Thomas senior was appointed solicitor for the mentally ill and minors in…

Roche, Sir Boyle

Roche, Sir Boyle (1736–1807), MP and soldier, was born in October 1736, third son among four children of Jordan Roche, landowner, and his wife Ellen, daughter of Col. White of Rathgonan, Co. Limerick. His father frittered away the family estate and Boyle was mostly reared by his mother'…

Russell, John

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Russell, Thomas

Russell, Thomas (1767–1803), United Irishman, was born 21 November 1767 in Drommahane, Kilshannig, near Mallow, Co. Cork, youngest child among four sons and a daughter of John Russell (c.1720–1792) an army lieutenant, who fought at Dettingen (1743) and Fontenoy (1745),…

Sharman, William

Sharman, William (1730?–1803), Volunteer colonel, landlord, and MP, was the elder son among two sons and three daughters of John Sharman of Grange, Co. Antrim; nothing is known of his mother. He entered TCD (26 May 1748), was called to…

Solomon, Philip Raymond ('Phil')

Solomon, Philip Raymond ('Phil') (1924–2011), music promoter and businessman, was born on 27 April 1924 in Ashley Gardens, Lansdowne Road, Belfast, the younger son of Maurice Solomon (born in Belfast to Russian-Jewish parents) and his wife Evelyn (née Peres), a native of Leeds. In the…

Stevenson, Alexander Ernest ('Alex')

Stevenson, Alexander Ernest ('Alex') (1912–85), footballer, was born on 9 August 1912 in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, the fourth of eight children (five girls and three boys) of Alexander Riach Stevenson (1883–1960), a blacksmith, of Palace View, Richmond Road, Drumcondra, and his wife…

Treacy, Raymond Christopher Patrick (‘Ray’)

Treacy, Raymond Christopher Patrick (‘Ray’) (1946–2015), footballer and travel agent, was born on 18 June 1946 in Dublin. He was reared in Sandymount and educated at Westland Row Christian Brothers School and Ringsend College. At thirteen he was expelled from Westland Row for kicking a…

Vandeleur, Crofton Moore

Vandeleur, Crofton Moore (1808–81), landlord and MP, was born on 9 December 1808 in Kilrush, Co. Clare, the elder son among two sons and two daughters of John Ormsby Vandeleur and his wife Lady Frances (d. 1833), daughter of Charles Moore (qv), 1st marquess of Drogheda. John Ormsby…

Vandeleur, Hector Stewart

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Vandeleur, John Ormsby

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Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher

Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher (1861–1934), soldier, radical, author and scout leader, was born 16 October 1861 at 10 North Great George's Street, Dublin, the only son of Frederick Henry Fletcher Vane (1807–94), a former army officer, and his wife Rosa Linda (née Moore; d. 1895), an…

Wickham, Joseph Ignatius ('Joe')

Wickham, Joseph Ignatius ('Joe') (1890–1968), football administrator, was born Ignatius Joseph Wickham on 5 February 1890 in Phibsborough, Dublin, one of eleven children (seven girls and four boys) of John Wickham, a railway engine driver, and his wife Mary Anne (née Kelly). He was…

Wogan, Sir Terry

Wogan, Sir Terry (1938–2016), broadcaster, was born Michael Terence Wogan in Limerick city on 3 August 1938, the elder of two sons of Michael Thomas Wogan, who managed the local branch of the upmarket grocers Leverett and Frye, and Rose Wogan (née Byrne), a bookkeeper. His father was…