Bagenal (O'Neill), Mabel (c.1571–95), countess of Tyrone , was born in Newry, sixth daughter and youngest among eleven children of Sir Nicholas Bagenal (qv), marshal of the army in Ireland, and Eleanor Griffith…
Barry, Judy
Barnewall, Sir Patrick
Barnewall, Sir Patrick (?1531–1622), Palesman and leader of the ‘Old English’ in the reign of James I, was the eldest son of Sir Christopher Barnewall (qv) and his wife, Dame Marion Sherle (Churley), and grandson of Sir…
Barran, Nicholas
Barran, Nicholas (c.1555–1613), merchant and politician, was eldest son of Edmund Barran, alderman and sheriff of Dublin, and his wife Mary, daughter of Alderman Nicholas Humphrey, mayor of Dublin (1541). Elected sheriff for the year 1590–91 and alderman in 1592, he…
Barry, David Fitz-James de
Barry, David Fitz-James de (1550–1617), 3rd Viscount Buttevant , was second son of James Fitz-Richard Barry Roe, lord of Ibawne, 2nd Viscount, and his wife Ellen (Eileen), daughter of Cormac MacCarthy Reagh. On the outbreak of the second Desmond rebellion (1579), he initially…
Bodley, Sir Josias
Bodley, Sir Josias (c.1550–1617), soldier and military engineer, was fifth and youngest son of John Bodley of Exeter, Devonshire, England, and his wife Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Robert Hone of Ottery St Mary, Devonshire. His family moved to Geneva during the reign of…
Boyle Fenton, Catherine
Boyle Fenton, Catherine (c.1588–1630), countess of Cork , was the only daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton (qv), secretary of state for Ireland 1580–1608, and his wife Alice, daughter of Dr…
Browne, Patrick
Browne, Patrick (d. 1614), merchant and municipal politician, was the elder of two sons of Patrick Browne of Backweston, Co. Kildare, and his wife Katherine Weston, sister of the former prior of St Wolstan's, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. The Brownes were an old established merchant…
Burnell, Henry
Burnell, Henry (d. 1614), lawyer, was the son of John Burnell of Castleknock, Co. Dublin; the family also owned land at Balgriffin, Co. Dublin, and had strong connections with the city of Dublin, principally through Sir Robert Burnell, who was mayor on several occasions in the…
Calthrope, Sir Charles
Calthrope, Sir Charles (d. 1616), judge, was a younger son of Sir Francis Calthorpe of Hempstead in Norfolk and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Berney of Gunton, Norfolk. One source indicates that he was born in 1524, but this is unlikely unless he decided to pursue a…
Campbell, Lady Agnes
Campbell, Lady Agnes (d. c.1595), lady of Kintyre and Dunyveg , was the daughter of Colin Campbell, 3rd earl of Argyll, and Jean, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 3rd earl of Huntley. Her marriage to James MacDonnell (qv),…
Carpenter, Nathanael
Carpenter, Nathanael (1589–1628), scholar and clergyman, was born 7 February 1589 in Northleigh, Devon, England, where his father, John Carpenter (d. 1621), had a living as a clergyman. No details of his mother are known. He matriculated (June 1605) at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and…
Carroll, Sir James
Carroll, Sir James (d. 1639), landowner and state official, was eldest son of Thomas Carroll, a Dublin merchant (probably descended from the O'Carrolls of Ely), and his first wife Alice Mountfield. James is first recorded on his appointment as chief chamberlain of the exchequer on 26…
Colley (Cowley), Sir George
Colley (Cowley), Sir George (d. 1614), landowner, was the son of Sir Henry Colley of Edenderry, King's Co. (Offaly), first governor of Philipstown, seneschal of King's Co., and member of the Irish council. The family had come to Ireland in the 1530s when…
Daborne, Robert
Daborne, Robert (c.1580–1628), playwright and cleric, was the son of Robert Daborne (1551–1612), a tradesman of Guildford, Surrey, and his wife, Susan (née Travis; d. 1626). He states in the preface to A Christian turn'd Turke (1612) that his descent was ‘not…
Daniel (Ó Domhnuill, O'Donnell), William
Daniel (Ó Domhnuill, O'Donnell), William (1570–1628), Church of Ireland archbishop of Tuam and translator of the New Testament into Irish, was a son of Nicholas Daniel of Kilkenny; nothing is known of his mother. During his youth he became a protestant, probably under the…
Dillon, Eleanor Mary
Dillon, Eleanor Mary (c.1601–1629), nun, was born at Killenfaghny, Co. Westmeath, one among five daughters and seven sons of Theobald Dillon (qv) (d. 1624), 1st Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, Co. Mayo, and his wife Eleanor…
Dodington, Sir Edward
Dodington, Sir Edward (d. 1618/19), army engineer, is first recorded in Munster in 1602 as captain of the company in the lord president’s regiment of foot that was chosen, by throw of dice, to lead the assault on O'Sullivan's castle of Dunboy when the walls had been breached. He was…
Eustace, James
Eustace, James (1530–85), of Harristown, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass , was eldest son and heir of Sir Roland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass, and his wife Joan, daughter of James Butler, Lord Dunboyne. The family was firmly catholic and James had as his tutor a priest and relative…
Eustace, Sir Thomas
Eustace, Sir Thomas (1480–1549), of Harristown, Co. Kildare, 1st Viscount Baltinglass , was the only son of Richard Eustace, son of Sir Edward FitzEustace of Castlemartin, lord deputy (1452–4), and his wife Anne, daughter of Robert Eustace of Ballyloughrane. He succeeded to the…
Fenton, Sir Geoffrey
Fenton, Sir Geoffrey (1539–1608), secretary of state for Ireland, was the son of Henry Fenton of Fenton, Nottinghamshire, England, and his wife Cecily, daughter of John Beaumont of Coleorton, Leicestershire, and may have been related to both the Dudleys and the Cecils. Until 1580 he…
Field, Richard
Field, Richard (1553–1606), Jesuit priest, was born at Corduff, north Co. Dublin. He was in attendance at the Jesuit college in Paris in September 1579, entered the society in 1584 and was ordained a priest c.1589. He spent some years at the university of Pont-à-Mousson…
FitzGerald, Elizabeth
FitzGerald, Elizabeth (c.1527–1589), the ‘Fair Geraldine’, was second daughter among five children of Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 9th earl of Kildare, and his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Grey, fourth…
Fitzgerald, Gerald
Fitzgerald, Gerald (1525–85), 11th earl of Kildare , was the son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 9th earl of Kildare, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Grey, marquis of Dorset. He was born on…
FitzGibbon, Edmond fitzJohn
FitzGibbon, Edmond fitzJohn (c.1552–1608), the ‘White Knight’, was second son of John Oge FitzGerald (FitzGibbon) (d. 1569) and Ellen, daughter of Patrick Condon, lord of Condons. Edmond's father, who had taken part in the rebellion of…
FitzMaurice, Thomas
FitzMaurice, Thomas (1574–1630), 18th Lord Kerry and Baron Lixnaw , the eldest of the three sons and two daughters of Patrick FitzMaurice (qv) and his wife Joan, daughter of David, Lord Fermoy, followed his father into rebellion…