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Malone, Thomas

Malone, Thomas (1857–1919), champion athlete, was born in Clouna, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, eldest among thirteen children of Michael Malone, farmer and publican, and Mary Malone (née Quinn). He first came to local prominence as an athlete at the Miltown Malbay steeplechase of October…

Mandeville, John

Mandeville, John (1849–88), National League activist, was born 24 June 1849 at Ballydine, near Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, third son of James Hackett Mandeville (1797–1858) and his wife Jane (d. 1893), sister of John O'Mahony (qv)…

Mandeville, Mary

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Markey, Nicholas

Markey, Nicholas (c.1837–1914), uilleann piper, was born either in Co. Meath or in Drogheda, Co. Louth. Little is known of his early life, but as a child in Drogheda he was tutored in the uilleann (‘union’) pipes by Billy Taylor, an outstanding piper and instrument-maker of…

Martin, John

Martin, John (1812–75), nationalist journalist and politician, was born 8 September 1812 at Loughorne, near Newry, Co. Down, second son of Samuel Martin (d. 1831), a presbyterian farmer and co-owner of a linen manufactory, and Jane Martin (née Harshaw; d. 1847) of Ringbane. His…

Massey, Godfrey (‘Patrick Condon’)

Massey, Godfrey (‘Patrick Condon’) (1830s?– p. 1867), Fenian and alleged British police agent, was reputedly the illegitimate child of William Massey of Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, and Mary Condon. His father may have been a scion of the Massy family of Glenwilliam Castle…

Maxwell, William Hamilton

Maxwell, William Hamilton (1792–1850), novelist, historian, and clergyman, was born 30 June 1792 in Market St., Newry, Co. Down, son of James Maxwell, merchant, and his wife, a daughter of William Hamilton. He witnessed the hanging of two United Irishmen in the town in 1798.…

McCann, John

McCann, John (1765–98), United Irishman, was born near Farranshane, near Antrim town, Co. Antrim; his parents’ names are unknown. Though from a catholic family, he was schooled with William Orr (qv). He migrated c.1785 to Dublin…

McDonnell, Thomas

McDonnell, Thomas (d. 1809), printer and bookseller, was known as a young Dublin printer in 1763; nothing else is known of his early life. He was one of the master printers contracted to produce the Hibernian Journal in 1771, the year of its inception, and took part (August…

Meany, Stephen Joseph

Meany, Stephen Joseph (1822–88), nationalist, journalist, and poet, was born 12 September 1822 at Newhall, parish of Killone, Co. Clare, into a smallholding family. His mother was Mary (née Sheehan) Meany. His father died young and Stephen was adopted and educated by his uncle,…

Miller, George

Miller, George (1764–1848), historian and ecclesiologist, was born 22 October 1764 in Dublin, son of Stephen Miller, wine merchant, an Ulsterman of ‘sturdy independence’ (Read, 309); nothing is known of his mother. Receiving his primary education at the classical school of the Rev…

Mitchel, Henrietta

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Mitchell, James

Mitchell, James (1864–1921), champion hammer thrower and shot putter, was born late January 1864 in Bartoose, Co. Tipperary, eldest son of Daniel Mitchell, substantial tenant farmer, and Eliza Mitchell (née Sheehan). He began to display a notable talent for tossing weights in his…

Moloney, Timothy (‘Tim’)

Moloney, Timothy (‘Tim’) (1919–89), jockey and trainer, was born 14 September 1919 in Rathmore House, near Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, eldest son of Capt. William Moloney (1870–1941), farmer, breeder, and trainer, and Kate Moloney (née O'Connell; 1901–83). His father owned and trained…

Monahan, James Henry

Monahan, James Henry (1802/4–1878), judge, lawyer, and MP, was born at Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, eldest son of Michael Monahan, merchant, of Heathlawn, Portumna, Co. Galway, and his wife Mary, daughter of Stephen Bloomfield of Eyrecourt. Though the family was catholic, he was boarded…

Moore, Henry Francis Seymour

Moore, Henry Francis Seymour (1825–92), 3rd marquess of Drogheda , senior steward of the Irish Turf Club, and Curragh ranger, was born 14 August 1825 in Bath, Somerset, only son of Henry Seymour (d. 1825), and his wife Mary Letitia (d. 1881), second daughter of Sir…

Murphy, Patrick

Murphy, Patrick (1834–62), ‘world's tallest man’ and fairground performer, was born 15 June 1834 in Killowen, Co. Down, son of James Murphy (d. c.1850), smallholder, and Peggy Murphy (née Cunningham). There was nothing exceptional about his physique as a child. An…

O'Brien, Michael

O'Brien, Michael (1836–67), Fenian, was born in Ballymacoda, in the parish of Kilmacdonagh, Co. Cork, son of a substantial farmer. Educated locally, in about 1850 he was apprenticed as a draper's assistant to Arnott, Grant and Co. of Youghal and later moved to The Queen's drapery,…

O'Farrelly, Feardorcha

O'Farrelly, Feardorcha (fl. 1736), poet, was born probably in the late seventeenth century in the parish of Mullagh, Co. Cavan, son of John O'Farrelly, farmer, historian, and poet; nothing is known of his mother. The family was proudly aware of its descent from…

Ó Gormáin (Mac Gormáin, O'Gorman, Gorman), Muiris (Maurice)

Ó Gormáin (Mac Gormáin, O'Gorman, Gorman), Muiris (Maurice) (c.1700/20–c.1794), scribe, poet, and schoolteacher, was born probably in Co. Monaghan, though a case has been made for a birthplace in Co. Louth. The oldest manuscript known in his hand has been dated to 1734…

O'Neill, Arthur

O'Neill, Arthur (1734/6–1816), harper, was born at Drumnastrade, near Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, of O'Neill stock on his mother's and father's sides going back several generations; nothing else is known of his parents. It was supposed in folk tradition that the children of such a union were…

O'Neill, John

O'Neill, John (1834–78), Fenian and US army officer, was born 9 March 1834 in Drumgallon, parish of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan, youngest of three children born to Elizabeth O'Neill. His father (name unknown) died five weeks before his birth. Raised by his paternal grandparents from the…

O'Reilly, Dominick William

O'Reilly, Dominick William (d. 1816), landowner and catholic activist, nephew of William Reilly (1710/11–1782), inherited a modest estate at Kildangan Castle, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, on the death of his unmarried uncle; no further details of his family are known. He was drawn…

Orr, William

Orr, William (1766–97), United Irishman, was born at Milltown, near Antrim town, on the O'Neill estate, eldest son of Samuel Orr (d. 1796), a large farmer and sometime army purveyor, and his wife Alice. The family, which belonged to the Old Light presbyterian congregation at Mill…

Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey)

Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey) (1783–1838), diarist, seanchaí (storyteller), schoolteacher, and draper, was born 1 May 1783 in Glenfesk, near Killarney, Co. Kerry, probably the eldest of several children born to Donncha Ó Súilleabháin (1738–1808),…