Biographies A-Z

Hart, Peter (1964–2010), historian, was born on 11 November 1964 in St John’s, Newfoundland, the second of three children of David Hart, a psychologist, and his wife Anne (neé Hill), a librarian and author. He attended Booth Memorial High School and enrolled in Memorial University of…

Hart, Sir Andrew Searle (1811–90), mathematician, was born 14 March 1811, youngest of five sons of the Rev. George Vaughan Hart (d. 1836), rector of Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and his wife, Maria Murray (née Hume), daughter of John Hume, dean of Derry. She inherited Glenalla, Co.…

Hart, Sir Robert (1835–1911), head of the Chinese customs service, was born 20 February 1835 in Portadown, Co. Armagh, eldest of twelve children of Henry Hart, shopkeeper and farmer, and Ann Hart (née Edgar). After secondary schooling at the Wesleyan Connexional School (later Wesley…

Harty, Cyril Bold (1898–1970), show jumper, was born in July 1898 at Glebe House, Fedamore, Co. Limerick, sixth child of Michael Harty, former jockey, and Irene Henrietta Harty (née Hunt). Educated locally, he entered the Free State army in March 1923 as a lieutenant. He was by this…

Harty, John (1867–1946), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born 11 August 1867 in Knocknagurteeny, Murroe, Co. Limerick, son of Francis Harty and his wife, Johana, née Ryan. He was educated locally and at the Jesuits' Crescent College, Limerick. In 1884 he went to St Patrick's…

Harty, Michael (1922–94), catholic bishop of Killaloe, was born 6 February 1922 at Toomevara, Co. Tipperary, one of the seven children of Patrick Harty, farmer, and his wife, Ellen (née Cleary). Educated at St Flannan's College, Ennis, he entered the seminary at Maynooth and was…

Harty, Oliver (1746–1823), Baron de Pierrebourg , soldier, was born 2 December 1746 in Knockaney, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, son of Thomas Harty and his wife Margaret Shee. While still under 16, he went to France where he joined Clare's regiment (later renamed Berwick's) as a cadet on…

Harty, Sir (Herbert) Hamilton (1879–1941), pianist, accompanist, composer, arranger, and conductor, was born 4 December 1879 in Hillsborough, Co. Down. His father, William Michael Harty (b. Limerick, 1852; d. Hillsborough, Co. Down, 1 November 1918), became a chorister and organ…

Harty, William (1781–1854), physician and medical writer, was born in Kilkenny city, son of Timothy Harty, gentleman; nothing is known of his mother. He entered TCD in April 1797, aged 16, and became a scholar in 1799. He graduated…

Harvey, Beauchamp Bagenal (1754?–1798), barrister, United Irishman, and insurgent leader, was born at Bargy Castle, Co. Wexford, elder son among two sons and three daughters of Francis Harvey (d. 1792), barrister, and his wife Martha (d. 1794), daughter of the Rev. James Harvey of…

Harvey, Joshua Reuben (1804–87), physician and naturalist, was born in Cork, into a quaker family, son of Reuben Harvey (1770–1830), American consul in Cork, and Mary Harvey (née Fennell). He entered TCD, graduating…

Harvey, Philip Whitfield (c.1772–1826), newspaper editor, was born probably in Drumcondra, Dublin, one of two sons of Whitfield Harvey (d. July 1776), typographer, who in 1768 printed the Dublin Chronicle, and his wife, Mary O'Kelly (d. 1818). Philip started his…

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Harvey, William Henry (1811–66), botanist, phycologist, and systematist, was born 5 February 1811 at Summerville, Limerick city, youngest of eleven children of Joseph Massey Harvey, a quaker merchant, and Rebecca Harvey (neé Mark), also of that city. He was educated at Newtown,…

Haslam, Anna Maria (1829–1922), campaigner for women's rights, was born Anna Fisher at Youghal, Co. Cork, in April 1829, the sixteenth of seventeen children (there were, besides her, eight boys and eight girls) of Abraham Fisher (1783–1871), miller, philanthropist, and insurance…

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Hasler, Marjorie (c.1887–1913), suffragist, was born in Ireland; nothing else is known of her early life or origins. In July 1910 she joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL), which had been founded two years earlier by…

Haslett (Hazlett), Alexander (1883–1951), Orange leader and politician, was born 24 July 1883 in Derryvane, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, youngest son among four sons and one daughter of James Haslett, farmer, and Mary Haslett (née Watt). Educated at Glaslough national school, while…

Haslett, Henry (1758?–1806), merchant and United Irishman, was born at Clooney, near Limavady, Co. Londonderry, a son of William Haslett. By 1778 he was engaged in commerce in Belfast; five years later, when he joined 65 other Belfast businessmen in forming a chamber of commerce (…

Hastings, Francis Rawdon (1754–1826), 2nd earl of Moira , 1st marquess of Hastings , soldier, whig politician, and viceroy of India, was born 7 December 1754 in Dublin, eldest son of John Rawdon (qv), 1st earl of Moira (1723/4–1793), and…

Hastings, William (c.1844–1926), journalist and land agitator, was born into a protestant family in the mid-nineteenth century; nothing is known of his early life. He later claimed to have founded a journal to advocate land reform in the early 1870s, but no sign of it has…

Haughery, Margaret (1813–82), philanthropist, was born on 25 December 1813 in Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, fifth of six children to William Gaffney, tenant farmer, and his wife Margaret (née O’Rourke). In 1818 the Gaffneys moved with their three younger children to America, leaving the…

Haughey, Charles James (C. J.) (1925–2006), politician and taoiseach, was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, on 16 September 1925, third of seven children (four sons and three daughters) of Sean Haughey (1899–1947), commandant in the Free State army, and his wife Sarah (née McWilliams). Both…

Haughey, Edward Enda (1944–2014), Baron Ballyedmond, businessman and politician, was born on 5 January 1944 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co. Louth, the only son and youngest of three children of Edward Haughey, farmer and cattle dealer of Kilcurry, near Dundalk, Co. Louth…

Haughey, Padraig Columb ('Jock') (1932–2003), sportsman and would-be arms smuggler, was born in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, on 9 October 1932, third of four sons (there were also three daughters) of Sean 'Johnnie' Haughey, farmer and former commandant in the Free State army, and his…