Biographies A-Z

Reynolds, Doris Livesey (Mrs Arthur Holmes ) (1899–1985), geologist, was born 1 July 1899 in England, daughter of Alfred Reynolds and Louisa Margaret Reynolds (née Livesey). Educated at Palmer's school, Grays, Essex, and at Bedford College, University of London, she was appointed…

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Reynolds, George Nugent (c.1770–1802), poet, wit, and head of the Reynolds family of Loughscur, was born at Letterfine, Co. Leitrim, son of George Reynolds (d. 1786), also called George Nugent Reynolds or ‘Squire’ Reynolds, and Jane Reynolds (née Connell) from Cranary, Co…

Reynolds, James (1710?–1778), catholic lobbyist, was eldest son of Thomas Reynolds and his wife Margaret Lacy. Reynolds's father, Thomas, was eldest son of Connor Reynolds of Rhynn Castle, Co. Leitrim, but, as a catholic, under the penal laws he was deprived of his inheritance when a…

Reynolds, James (c.1765–1808), physician and United Irishman, was born probably in the mid 1760s and was, according to ‘a McReynolds family historian’, one of at least two sons of James McReynolds, a miller at Cloghog in the parish of Clonoe, Co. Tyrone (Mayes & Dilworth, ‘…

Reynolds, James Emerson (1844–1920), chemist, was born 8 January 1844 at 5 Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, son of James Reynolds, doctor, and his wife (née Campbell), from England. He was named after his great-uncle, Capt. Emerson, RN. His…

Reynolds, James Henry (1844–1932), army surgeon and VC, was born 3 February 1844 in Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, second son of Laurence Reynolds, JP and owner of a tavern, hotel, and livery…

Reynolds, John (1794–1868), politician, was the son of Henry Reynolds and his wife Margaret, daughter of Henry Balkeney, a physician in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Reynolds's obituary in the Freeman's Journal noted that the family had held substantial property in Co. Leitrim,…

Reynolds, John (‘Jack’) (1869–1917), footballer, was born 21 February 1869 in Fielding Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, the second of five sons of John Gregory Reynolds, labourer, and Catherine (Kate) Reynolds (née Cash), both of whom were born in Ireland. Probably educated at the…

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Reynolds, Osborne (1842–1912), engineer, was born 23 August 1842 in Belfast, son of the Rev. Osborne Reynolds and Jane Reynolds (née Hickman). He came from a clerical family: his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were rectors of Debach, Suffolk. His father was thirteenth…

Reynolds, Patrick (1887–1932), merchant and politician, was born in Drumoughty, Gorvagh, Co. Leitrim, son of John Reynolds and Ellen Reynolds (née McNabola). Educated at Stracarne national school and Marlborough St. teacher training college, Dublin (1909–11), he taught for a year in…

Reynolds, Richard Henry (‘Harry’) (1874–1940), cyclist, was born 14 December 1874 in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, son of Robert Reynolds, hosier, and Julia Reynolds. Both of his parents died while he was young and he was raised by relatives. He developed an interest in cycling while…

Reynolds, Sir John (1625–57), Cromwellian soldier, was third son of Sir James Reynolds of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England; his mother was a daughter of Sir Robert Mordaunt. Educated at Cambridge and at the Middle Temple in London, Reynolds used his family's East Anglian…

Reynolds, Thomas (1771–1836), heir to a fortune, United Irishman, informer and consul, was born at his father's house, 9 West Park St., Dublin, on 12 March 1771. His family history is well documented. His great-great-grandfather was Connor Reynolds of Rhynn Castle, Co. Leitrim, who…

Rhind, Ethel (1877–1952), mosaic and stained-glass artist, was born 1 December 1877 in Arrah, Bihar, India, daughter of Robert Hunter Rhind, an Edinburgh-born civil engineer in the Indian civil service, and Hannah Rhind (née Tate), a native of Whiteabbey, Co. Antrim, and a relative…

Rhys, Grace Little (1865–1929), author, editor, and poet, was born 12 July 1865 at Knockadoo, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, youngest of three daughters of Joseph Bennett Little , landowner, and Emily Little (née White), of a wealthy Dublin family. Her father gambled his estate away and she…

Rice, Edmund Ignatius (1766–1844), religious and educator, was born 1 June 1766 at Westcourt, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, the fourth of seven sons of Robert Rice, a farmer, and his wife, Margaret Tierney. Edmund's education began at a local hedge school; he subsequently transferred to a…

Rice, Helena Bertha Grace (‘Lena’) (1866–1907), tennis player, was born 21 June 1866 at Marhill, New Inn, Co. Tipperary, second youngest child among three daughters and five sons born to Spring Rice (d. 1868), landowner, and Ann Rice (neé Gorde). The family was distantly related to…

Rice, James Louis (1730–p. 1793), soldier and duellist, was son of Thomas Rice, count of the Holy Roman Empire and merchant, of Baile Mhic an Daill, Dingle, Co. Kerry, and Alicia Rice (née Meade). Educated at the Irish College at Louvain, he was initially destined for the…

Rice, John Joe (1893–1970), republican activist, was born 19 June 1893 in Kilmurry, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, son of George Rice, draper's assistant, and Ellen Rice (neé Ring). After national school he became a clerk with the Great Southern & Western Railway Co., working at stations…

Rice, Mary Ellen Spring (1880–1924), nationalist, was born 14 September 1880, second child and only daughter of…

Rice, Noreen (1936–2015), artist, was born in east Belfast on 19 February 1936, the second of two children of Johnny Rice, a master mason, and his wife Nell (née Hayes). During the second world war her father joined the British army and her mother took work in a munitions factory,…

Rice, Peter Ronan (1935–92), structural engineer, was born 16 June 1935 at the Leinster nursing home, 26 Upper Pembroke St., Dublin, son of James Patrick Rice, head of the Louth vocational education committee, and Maureen Rice (née Quinn), living at 11 Faughart Terrace, St Mary's…

Rice (Ryce), John (‘Jacques’) (d. 1941), journalist and newspaper editor, was born in Cork. After working on the Cork Herald and as Waterford correspondent of the Cork Examiner, Rice moved to Dublin to work on the Independent and Nation:…