Geoghegan, Patrick M.

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Dowling, Matthew (‘Mat’)

Dowling, Matthew (‘Mat’) (1756–1805), United Irishman and attorney, was born in King's Co. (Offaly), son of Patrick Dowling and his wife. Little is known about his early life except that he came from a catholic family. He entered TCD in…

Dowling, Vincent

Dowling, Vincent (1756–1825), parliamentary reporter and satirist, was born in Queen's Co. (Laois); there are no details of his parents. He began his long and successful journalistic career in Dublin in the 1780s, where he became a parliamentary reporter, memorising speeches and…

Downes, William

Downes, William (1751–1826), 1st Baron Downes of Aghanville , lord chief justice, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, the third and only surviving son of six children of Robert Downes, MP for Kildare borough (1735–54), and his wife, Elizabeth Downes, the daughter of Thomas Twigge…

Dromgoole, Thomas

Dromgoole, Thomas (c.1750–c.1826), doctor and controversialist, was born in Ireland. Little is known about his early career. Educated at Edinburgh University, he graduated as a medical doctor before moving to Dublin, where he established a practice at Dawson St.…

Duigenan, Patrick

Duigenan, Patrick (1735–1816), lawyer, polemicist, and politician, was born 17 March 1735. There is some controversy about his antecedents; on most records he is listed as the son of Hugh Duigenan, a protestant parish-clerk at St Werburgh's church, Dublin, but some enemies claimed…

Dunlop, William

Dunlop, William (1768–1821), United Irishman and presbyterian moderator, was born at Maine, near Limavady, Co. Londonderry. Educated at Glasgow University, he graduated MA in 1787. Licensed to preach in 1788, he was ordained in 1789, and for…

Eden, William

Eden, William (1744–1814), 1st Baron Auckland , politician, diplomat, chief secretary for Ireland, was born 3 April 1744, the third son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd baronet, of West Auckland, and his wife, Mary Eden (née Davison). Educated at Durham (1755–8), Eton (1758–62), and Christ…

Edgeworth (de Firmont), Abbé Henry Essex

Edgeworth (de Firmont), Abbé Henry Essex (1745–1807), priest, confessor to Louis XVI, was born in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, the second son of eight children of the Rev. Robert Edgeworth, landowner and rector of Edgeworthstown. Maria…

Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro

Edgeworth, Francis Ysidro (1845–1926), economist and statistician, was born 8 February 1845 at Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, fifth of six sons of Francis Beaufort Edgeworth and his Spanish wife Rosa Florentina Eroles, daughter of a political refugee from Catalonia; he was a grandson…

Egan, Boetius

Egan, Boetius (1734–98), catholic archbishop of Tuam and founding trustee of St Patrick's College, Maynooth, was born at Dunblaney, near Tuam, Co. Galway. He was sent abroad to study for the priesthood, leaving behind two brothers who were brought up in Tuam. Educated at the Irish…

Egan, John

Egan, John (1755–1810), politician and lawyer, was born at Charleville, Co. Cork, the second son of Dr Carbery Egan, a Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife, Jane Egan (née Markham). He was educated at Newmarket, Co. Cork, and then at the Charleville Endowed School, which was…

Egan, Pierce

Egan, Pierce (c.1774–1849), popular novelist and sporting journalist, was the eldest son of James Egan, labourer; his uncle was John Egan (qv), the politician. Although there is no record of his birth or early life, there is reason…

Elliot, William

Elliot, William (1766–1818), chief secretary for Ireland (1806-7) and MP, was born 12 March 1766 in Reigate, Surrey, only child of William Nassau Elliot, barrister, and Martha Elliot (née Meade). Although English-born, he was of Scottish descent and was educated first privately,…

Elrington, Thomas

Elrington, Thomas (1760–1835), provost of TCD and Church of Ireland bishop, was born 18 December 1760 near Dublin, only child of Richard Elrington and Catherine Elrington. Educated at TCD, he entered in 1775, becoming scholar in 1778.…

Emmet, Robert

Emmet, Robert (1729–1802), state physician, was born 29 November 1729 at Tipperary, younger of two sons of Christopher Emett, physician, and Rebecca Emett (née Temple); his mother was a descendant of the powerful Temple political dynasty based at Stowe, Buckinghamshire. Educated…

Emmet, Robert

Emmet, Robert (1778–1803), United Irishman, was born 4 March 1778 at 109/110 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the seventeenth, but only fourth surviving child of Dr Robert Emmet (qv), the state physician, and Elizabeth Emmet (née Mason); his older…

England, John

England, John (1786–1842), catholic bishop and theologian, was born 23 September 1786 in Cork, one of ten children of Thomas England, hedge-schoolmaster and tobacconist, and Honora England (née Lordan). After education at protestant schools in Cork, he was for a while apprenticed…

England, Thomas Richard

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Esposito, Michele

Esposito, Michele (1855–1929), musician and professor of piano at the RIAM, was born 29 September 1855 at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, in Italy. In 1865 he won a scholarship to the Naples Conservatory where he studied piano…

Eyre, Robert Hedges

Eyre, Robert Hedges (c.1770–1840), landowner and developer, was born at Macroom, Co. Cork, the younger of two sons (there were also two daughters) of Richard Hedges Eyre, and his wife, Helena Eyre (née Herbert) of Muckross, Co. Kerry. The family owned large estates in Co…

Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard

Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard (1831–1908), recorder of Dublin, was born 19 January 1831 at Mount Falcon, Co. Tipperary, third son of Richard Falkiner (1778–1833), a soldier in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and Tempe Falkiner (née Litton; 1796–1888). His older brother Travers Hartley…

Fane, John

Fane, John (1759–1841), 10th earl of Westmorland , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 1 June 1759, the eldest son of two sons and four daughters of John Fane, 9th earl of Westmorland, and his first wife, Augusta Fane (née Bertie). He succeeded to the title on the death of his…

Farley, James Lewis

Farley, James Lewis (1823–85), eastern affairs expert and writer, was born 9 September 1823 in Dublin, only son of Thomas Farley, a Co. Cavan farmer. Educated in TCD, he soon transformed his early interest in law into a fascination with…

Farquharson, Tom G.

Farquharson, Tom G. (c.1900–1974), goalkeeper, was born in Dublin, son of a trader; there is no other information on his parents or early life. Displaying an early aptitude for football, he won the Leinster minor cup with Annesley before deciding to concentrate on playing…

Fay, Frank J. (Francis John)

Fay, Frank J. (Francis John) (1870–1931), actor and theatre producer, was born 30 August 1870 at 10 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin, the eldest son of four children of William Patrick Fay, a government clerk, and his wife, Martha Fay (née Dowling). He was educated at Belvedere College…