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Barnewall, Sir John (1634?–1691?) barrister and judge, was one of eleven children of Richard Barnewall (qv) of Crickstown, Co. Meath, and his second wife Julia, daughter of Sir Gerald…

Duhigg, Bartholomew (c.1751–1813), political activist, antiquarian, and barrister, was the fourth son of Bartholomew Duhigg, ‘gent.’, of Ballyhigh, Co. Limerick, who seems to have been a Roman catholic who conformed in 1725. Bartholomew the younger entered the Middle…

Kennedy, Tristram Edward (1805–85), lawyer, land agent, and politician, was born 27 June 1805 at Inishowen, Co. Donegal, the twelfth of fourteen children of John Pitt Kennedy (1759–1811), a respected Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife, Mary Kennedy, only daughter of Thomas…

Kenny, Kevin John (1881–1954), advertising pioneer, commercial manager and publisher, was born on 22 June 1881 at 12 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, one of eight children of Michael C. Kenny, a lithographic printer and Fenian, and Catherine Kenny (née Fleming), a book-folder (cloth…

Littleton, Michael Flannan (1938–2002), broadcaster, was born 5 March 1938 in Limerick city, the eldest child of Michael Littleton and his wife, Bridget Long, shopkeepers of Tulla, Co. Clare. He had two brothers and three sisters. Educated at Tulla national school and at St Joseph…

Meredith (Meredyth), Robert (a.1597–1668), chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland, was one of two sons of Richard Meredith (qv), Church of Ireland bishop of Leighlin and dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and his…