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Dalton, James

Dalton, James (1834–1919), Irish-Australian merchant and pastoralist, was born 24 May 1834 at Duntryleague, Co. Limerick, third child of James Dalton, farmer, and his first wife Ellen (née Ryan). While Ellen was pregnant with James, his father assisted in the failed kidnapping of a…

Damer, Joseph

Damer, Joseph (c.1630–1720), land agent and moneylender, was born at Godmanston in Dorset, to John Damer, of a landowning family established in Somerset and Dorset, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William Maber. The couple also had several daughters and five…

Dargan, Michael James

Dargan, Michael James (1918–2005), Aer Lingus chief executive and businessman, was born at Ballivor, Co. Meath, on 14 September 1918, the eldest son among seven children of Peter Dargan, farmer and butcher, and his wife Gretta (née O'Conor), a national school teacher. He was educated at…

Darragh, Austin

Darragh, Austin (1927–2015), doctor and businessman, was born in the family home in Heytesbury Street, Dublin, on 27 April 1927, the sixth of nine children of Alexander Darragh, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Frances (née McDonnell). He grew up in Terenure, Dublin, and spent his…

Davidson, Sir Samuel Cleland

Davidson, Sir Samuel Cleland (1846–1921), inventor and businessman, was born 18 November 1846 in Ballymachan, Co. Down, the youngest child of five sons and three daughters of James Davidson, a farmer with flour-milling interests in nearby Belfast, and Mary Davidson (née Taylor). He…

Davis (Davies), John

Davis (Davies), John (d. 1667), politician and merchant, was the eldest son of Ezekiel Davis of Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, whose family had come from Gustana, north Wales, in the early sixteenth century. Deeply involved in the commercial and public life of the town, he appeared…

Davy, Eugene O'Donnell

Davy, Eugene O'Donnell (1904–96), rugby player and stockbroker, was born 26 July 1904 in Dublin, the eighth of nine surviving children of Thomas Davy (d. 1923), a Dublin publican, originally from Newtown, Ballymurreen, Co. Tipperary, and Alice Davy (née O'Donnell; d. 1955) of Annameedle…

Davy, James Joseph

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Dawson, Charles

Dawson, Charles (1842–1917), businessman, MP and civic reformer, was born in Limerick city, son of Michael Dawson, baker and long-serving Limerick alderman, and his wife Maryanne (née Clarke), also of Limerick. Dawson's father appears to have been responsible for the foundation of the…

Deane, Anne (Duff)

Deane, Anne (Duff) (c.1834–1905), businesswoman, philanthropist, and nationalist, was born at Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon, the daughter of Joseph Duff and Monica Duff (née Dillon), a younger sister of the Young Irelander,

Delamain, Henry

Delamain, Henry (1713–57), delft manufacturer, was the eldest son of at least four sons and one daughter of Henry Delamain (1688–1781) of Dublin, latterly of Co. Kildare, and his wife, Sarah (Mary?) Steele, the daughter of the deputy clerk of the Irish privy council. A French…

Dempsey, Jeremiah Francis

Dempsey, Jeremiah Francis (1906–93), businessman, was born 14 October 1906 at 15 Victoria Villas, Clontarf, Dublin, the third child of Patrick Dempsey, postal clerk, and Ellen Dempsey (née Kenefick). He was educated at the CBS,…

Dermott, Anthony

Dermott, Anthony (1708?–1784), merchant and catholic activist, was born probably in the parish of St Michan, Dublin, son of Christopher Dermott, merchant, and his wife Mary. No information on his education has been discovered. With the death of his father (1727), Dermott had at an…

Devereux, John Corish

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Devereux, John Thomas

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Devereux, Nicholas

Devereux, Nicholas (1791–1855), merchant, banker, and philanthropist, was born 7 June 1791 in The Leap near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, youngest child of Thomas Devereux and Catherine Devereux (née Corish). Family tradition claims that the Norman Devereux family was descended from…

Devereux, Richard

Devereux, Richard (1795–1883), merchant, shipowner, and philanthropist, was born 13 June 1795 in Wexford, eldest son among four sons of Richard Devereux of Wexford, corn merchant and maltster, and his wife Christine (née Herron), daughter of a prosperous Wexford shipowner and…

Devereux, Richard Joseph

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Devlin, Liam

Devlin, Liam (1877–1964), revolutionary, publican and industrialist, was born William Devlin on 18 June 1877 at 59 Waterloo Street, Derry city, the son of Denis Devlin, variously a labourer, clothier and potato dealer, and Ellen Devlin (née McLaughlin). Their first-born child, William,…

Dillon, Charles T. G.

Dillon, Charles T. G. (1926–98), engineer and businessman, was born 28 January 1926 in Dublin. He was educated at St Mary's College, Rathmines, Dublin, and at UCD, graduating BE (1947). He…

Dillon, James Mathew

Dillon, James Mathew (1902–86), politician, barrister, and businessman, was born 26 September 1902 at 2 North Great George's St., Dublin, fifth child among five sons and one daughter of John Dillon (qv), Nationalist MP for Mayo East, and his…

Dixon, Herbert

Dixon, Herbert (1880–1950), businessman, politician, and 1st Baron Glentoran , was born 23 January 1880 at Strand town, fourth son of Daniel Dixon (1844-1907), businessman, later high sheriff of Co. Down (1896), mayor (1892) and lord mayor (1893, 1901–3, 1905–7) of Belfast, knight (…

Dixon, Sir Daniel

Dixon, Sir Daniel (1844–1907), 1st baronet, timber merchant, shipowner, and politician, was born 28 March 1844, the third son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Thomas Dixon (1805–68), a merchant and shipowner at Larne, Co. Antrim, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1873),…

Dockrell, Henry Morgan

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Dockrell, Maurice Edward

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