Findlater, Sir William (1824–1906), solicitor and MP, was born 1 January 1824, the only son of William Findlater, of Londonderry, and his wife Sophia (née Huffington) of Fahan, Co. Donegal. His father, who had been born in Scotland, died in 1831. With his three sisters, he spent…
Hogan, Daire
O'Connell, Sir John Robert
O'Connell, Sir John Robert (1868–1943), solicitor and priest, was born in Dublin on 12 February 1868, the only son of Thomas Francis O'Connell, solicitor, of 10 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, and his wife Maria, only daughter of Robert Francis Stein of Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He was…
O'Donoghue, (Patrick) Philip
O'Donoghue, (Patrick) Philip (1896–1987), public servant and jurist, was born 15 October 1896 in Macroom, Co. Cork, the elder son of Patrick O'Donoghue, JP and the local dispensary doctor, of Masseytown House, Macroom, and his wife, Julia…
Sheehy, Eugene
Sheehy, Eugene (1883–1958), barrister and circuit court judge, was born 26 March 1883, the younger son of David Sheehy (qv), for many years a member of the Irish parliamentary party at Westminster and the Fenian Brotherhood, who was…