Cooney, Andrew (‘Andy’) (1897–1968), republican and medical doctor, was born 22 April 1897 in Ballyphillip, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, second of three children of John Cooney and Mary Ann Cooney (née Gleeson), middling farmers. While his grandfather Patrick Cooney, from nearby…
MacEvilly, Michael
Maguire, Tom
Maguire, Tom (1892–1993), revolutionary and republican, was born 28 March 1892 in Cross, Co. Mayo, fourth of eleven children of William Maguire, coach-builder and Fenian, and Mary Maguire (née Grehan). Joining the Irish Volunteers on their foundation in 1913 and encouraged by the…
Pilkington, William (‘Liam’, ‘Billy’)
Pilkington, William (‘Liam’, ‘Billy’) (1894–1977), republican activist and Redemptorist priest, was born 2 June 1894 in Abbey St, Sligo town, eldest among ten children (eight boys and two girls) of John Pilkington, a postman, and his wife Margaret (née Torsney), a native of…