McGinn, Michael (‘Mick’) (1850/51–1916), Fenian, was born in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, the third eldest of nine children of Michael McGinn, a baker at High Street, Omagh, and his wife Jane McGinn (née Conway). His father was active in nationalist and agrarian politics and promoted, among other…
Conway, Evelyn
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph (1895–1960), librarian and Irish Volunteer, was born on 10 April 1895 at 25 Upper Tyrone Street, in Dublin's north inner city, the second of nine children (four girls and five boys) of Patrick Stephenson, a coachman, and his wife Alice (née Tynan). The family…
Walsh (Breathnach), Róisín
Walsh (Breathnach), Róisín (1889–1949), librarian and republican, was born on 24 March 1889 into a staunchly nationalist catholic family in the townland of Lisnamaghery, Clogher, Co. Tyone, the eldest of eight children (five sisters and two brothers) of James Walsh (d. 1925), a national…