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Crumpe, Samuel

Crumpe, Samuel (1766–96), medical doctor and essayist, was born 15 September 1766, eldest of six children of Daniel Crumpe, of Barleymount, near Killarney, Co. Kerry, and Grace Crumpe (née Orpen). Deciding on a medical career, he entered the University of Edinburgh in 1785,…

Cuming, James

Cuming, James (1833–99), medical professor in QCB, was born in Markethill, Co. Armagh, son of Edward Cuming, a prosperous catholic merchant in coal, spirits, and foodstuffs, who had at least two other children, a daughter and another son, who became a barrister. James's mother's name is…

Cummins, Catherine

Cummins, Catherine (1879–1967), Sister of Charity and founder member of Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital, was born 6 February 1879 in Dublin, one of thirteen children of Patrick Cummins and Mary Cummins (née Kelly). Patrick was the proprietor of four pawnbroking establishments in Dublin, so…

Cunningham, Daniel John

Cunningham, Daniel John (1850–1909), anatomist, was born 15 April 1850 in the manse of Crieff, Perthshire, the youngest of three sons of John Cunningham and Susan, née Porteous; there were also four daughters. John Cunningham was a minister of the Church of Scotland, and later…

Cunningham, John Francis

Cunningham, John Francis (1895–1982), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born 4 October 1895 at Monread House near Naas, Co. Kildare, third son of Patrick Cunningham, baker, and Alice Cunningham (née Maher). He was educated (1907–13) at Blackrock College, Dublin, before entering…

Curran, John Oliver

Curran, John Oliver (1819–47), physician, was born 30 April 1819 in Trooperfield, Co. Down, near Lisburn, only son of Dr Joseph Curran; his mother's name is not known. His family moved to the Isle of Man, where he was educated at a classical seminary in Douglas. Entering Glasgow…

Curry, John

Curry, John (1702?–1780), historian and physician, was born in Dublin, son of a wealthy catholic merchant. According to Charles O'Conor (qv), he was descended from the O'Corras of Cavan, whose estates were confiscated in the seventeenth…

Cusack, James William

Cusack, James William (1788–1861), surgeon, was born 26 May 1788 at Laragh, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, third son among four sons and one daughter of Athanasius Cusack (1749–1813), country gentleman, and Mary Ann Cusack (née Rotheram). Apprenticed in 1806 to Ralph Smith Obré (d. 1820)…

Cust, Aleen Isabel

Cust, Aleen Isabel (1868–1937), veterinary surgeon and first female member of the RCVS, was born 7 February 1868 at Cordangan Manor, Co. Tipperary, elder daughter and fourth among six children of Sir Leopold Cust (1832–78),…

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…

Davy, Edmond William

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Dawson, William Richard

Dawson, William Richard (1864–1950), doctor, was born 11 September 1864 at Stramore, Gilford, Co. Down, elder son among two sons and several daughters of the Rev. Abraham Dawson (1826–1905), clergyman, and Charity Dawson (née Wade). He was educated at the Royal School, Dungannon, and…

Dease, Richard

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Dease, William

Dease, William (1752–98), surgeon, was born in Lisney, Co. Cavan, into an ancient landed family, younger son of Richard Dease and Anne Dease (née Johnson). After a classical education at Dr Clancy's school in Dublin, he was apprenticed to a Dublin surgeon, Dr Keogh (most likely…

de Barra, Leslie (Mary)

de Barra, Leslie (Mary) (1893–1984), republican and Red Cross pioneer, was born 9 January 1893 at 39 Royal Canal Bank, Dublin, daughter of Michael Price , blacksmith, and Mary Price (née Hamilton). Both parents were enthusiasitic supporters of…

Deeny, James Andrew

Deeny, James Andrew (1906–94), medical doctor and public health official, was born 7 November 1906 in North Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, one of three children of Michael Deeny, doctor, and Jane Margaret Deeny (née Donnelly); his sister Sheelagh and brother Donnell also became…

De Tomanzie, Ethens

De Tomanzie, Ethens (1841–86), doctor, politician and impostor, claimed variously to have been born in Africa, Brazil, India, Cuba and Burma. Nothing is known about his family background or true birthplace. He once admitted in court that he had been a barber in New York prior to coming…

Devane, James

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Devane, John Francis

Devane, John Francis (1883–1964), surgeon, was born 8 June 1883 at 29 William Street, Limerick, the son of Cornelius Devane, grocer, and Johanna Devane (née McCormack). He had two brothers and two sisters. His eldest brother was the Jesuit…

Dickson, Charles

Dickson, Charles (1886–1978), physician and historian, was born at Dromore, Co. Down, on 20 January 1886, son of John Mitchel Dickson, a linen merchant whose mother, Matilda (d. 1897), was a sister of John Mitchel (qv). Later the family, who…

Dickson, (Emily) Winifred

Dickson, (Emily) Winifred (1866–1944), doctor, was born 13 July 1866 in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, one of three daughters and three sons of Thomas Alexander Dickson (1833–1909), linen manufacturer, who was elected MP for Dungannon (1874–80; re-elected 1880, but unseated on petition),…

Dillon, Michael

Dillon, Michael (1915–62), physician, writer, Buddhist novice-monk and the first person known to surgically transition from female to male, was born Laura Maud Dillon on 1 May 1915 in Ladbroke Grove, London, England. Dillon was the second child of Robert Arthur Dillon (1865–1925),…

Dirrane, Bridget (née Gillan)

Dirrane, Bridget (née Gillan) (1894–2003), nurse, centenarian and memoirist, was born 15 November 1894 in Oatquarter in the townland of Kilmurvey on Inishmore, one of the Aran islands, Co. Galway, the youngest of four boys and four girls born to Joseph Gillan, who wove flannel cloth…

Donaghy, John Patrick

Donaghy, John Patrick (1919–87), physician, was born 4 March 1919 in Holywood, Co. Down, the son of Matthew George Donaghy, an officer in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and Julia Donaghy (née Brady). Educated at QUB, he graduated…

Donovan, Charles

Donovan, Charles (1863–1951), military doctor, parasitologist, and entomologist, was born in Calcutta, India, of a Cork family, the eldest of the four children of Charles Donovan, of the Bengal civil service, whose wife's name was probably Grace Jennings. When he was thirteen…