Kelley, Tom

Darcy, Hyacinth Talbot (1806–74), evangelical clergyman and landlord, was born at Glen Ierne, Clifden, son of John Darcy (see below) of a Connemara gentry family, one of the fourteen ‘Tribes of Galway’. A private tutor, Mr Hawkesworth, prepared Hyacinth for the undergraduate…

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De Vere, Aubrey Thomas (1814–1902), poet and author, was born 10 January 1814 at Curragh Chase, Co. Limerick, the third son in a family of five sons and three daughters of Aubrey Thomas Hunt, afterwards Sir Aubrey de Vere (qv), 2nd…

Dolling, Robert William Radclyffe (1851–1902), Church of England clergyman and social reformer, was born 10 February 1851 at the Old Rectory, Magheralin, Co. Down, the sixth child of nine and the elder of two sons of Robert Holbeche Dolling (d. 1878), a landowner in Co. Down and…

Drummond, James (1835–1918), unitarian minister and theologian, was born 14 May 1835 in Dublin, the youngest of three sons of William Hamilton Drummond (qv) (1778–1865), unitarian minister of the Strand Street chapel, Dublin…

Elrington, Charles Richard (1787–1850), Church of Ireland clergyman and professor of divinity, was born 25 March 1787 in Dublin, the elder son (there were also several daughters) of Thomas Elrington (qv), provost of…

Kelly, William (1821–1906), biblical critic and Brethren leader, was born in May 1821 in the townland of Ballyfrennis, near Millisle, Co. Down, the only son of William Kelly, a presbyterian, described as a ‘gentleman’, who died 14 April 1823, aged twenty-five, when William was not…

Lefroy, William (1836–1909), Church of Ireland clergyman and dean of Norwich, was born 6 November 1836 in Dublin, the eldest of the four children of Isaac and Isabella Lefroy; his father was of huguenot ancestry. He was educated in Dublin at St Michael-le-Pole, a long-established…

Magee, William (1766–1831), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born at Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, on 18 March 1766, the third child of John Magee (d. 1799), a farmer turned linen merchant, and his wife, Jane Glasgow, a wealthy presbyterian. The Scottish ancestors of the…

Mant, Richard (1776–1848), Church of Ireland bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, was born 12 February 1776 at Southampton, the eldest son of Richard Mant DD (1745–1817), rector of All Saints’ church, Southampton, and his wife, Elizabeth (…

McNeile, Hugh Boyd (1795–1879), clergyman and dean of Ripon, was born 15 July 1795 at Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, the son of Alexander McNeile, who originally lived at Colliers Hall, Ballycastle, a landowner, land agent and merchant, and high sheriff of Antrim in 1832. Alexander…

Murray, Patrick Aloysius (1811–82), theologian, was born at Clones, Co. Monaghan, on 18 November 1811, the fourth of eight children of Philip Murray, a farmer and shopowner, and his wife, Mary (née Corley). His father was prosperous enough to be able to educate three sons for the…

Nangle, Edward Walter (1800–1883), Church of Ireland clergyman, was born 25 November 1800 in Dublin, third son of the second marriage of Walter Nangle (1757–1843) of Kildalkey, near Athboy, Co. Meath, an officer in the 16th Regiment of Foot. Walter Nangle was a catholic, as were…