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Kavanagh, Thomas Henry (‘Lucknow Kavanagh’)

Kavanagh, Thomas Henry (‘Lucknow Kavanagh’) (1821–82), East India Company official and first civilian recipient of the VC, was born 15 July 1821 in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. Details of his early life are scarce but it is believed that his father…

Kearney, Barnabas (Ó Cearnaigh, Brian)

Kearney, Barnabas (Ó Cearnaigh, Brian) (1567–1640), Jesuit priest and writer, was born 29 September 1567 at Cashel, Co. Tipperary, son of Patrick Kearney and Elizabeth Kearney (née Convey). His elder brother was David Kearney (qv), a…

Kelburn, Sinclare (Sinclair)

Kelburn, Sinclare (Sinclair) (1754–1802), presbyterian minister and radical, was born in Dublin, the only son of the Rev. Ebenezer Kelburn, minister of the Plunkett St. (latterly Ormond Quay) presbyterian church in Dublin, and Martha Kelburn (née Sinclare). In November 1769 he…

Kellett, Sir Henry

Kellett, Sir Henry (1806–75), vice-admiral (RN) and polar explorer, was born 2 November 1806 at Clonacody, Co. Tipperary, son of John Dalton Kellett; nothing is known of his mother. His cousin was Commander Arthur Kellett, RN. He entered the Royal…

Kelly, Michael

Kelly, Michael (1898/9–1937), republican and soldier in Spain, was born in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. A member of the IRA, he was active in the Republican Congress in London in the 1930s and was on the editorial committee of its newspaper,…

Kennedy, John Pitt

Kennedy, John Pitt (1796–1879), army officer and agriculturist, was born 8 May 1796 at Donagh, Co. Donegal, fourth son of John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh and later Balteagh, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). Educated at the Foyle Academy, Derry, he entered the…

Kennedy, Sir Albert Henry

Kennedy, Sir Albert Henry (1906–91), inspector-general of the RUC, was born 11 February 1906 in Belfast, the son of Joseph Kennedy, RIC (and later RUC) detective sergeant, and his wife…

Kenny, Joseph Edward

Kenny, Joseph Edward (1845–1900), physician and MP, was born in Dublin, the son of Martin Matthew Kenny of Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook, manager of a lead mine in Palmerston, Co. Dublin. He was educated at the Catholic University's medical school in Cecilia St., Dublin, graduated in…

Kent, Edmond

Kent, Edmond (1915–99), Jesuit priest and economist, was born 9 June 1915 at 15 Rostrevor Terrace, Rathgar, Dublin, son of Pierce Kent, civil servant and later commissioner of the board of works, and Mary Catherine Kent (née Connolly). Educated at Clongowes Wood College, Kildare,…

Keogh, Myles Walter

Keogh, Myles Walter (1840–76), soldier, was born 25 March 1840 at Orchard House, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, son of John Keogh, farmer, and Margaret Keogh (née Blancheville). Educated at the local school in Leighlinbridge, he may also have later attended St Patrick's College, Maynooth,…

Kerins, Charles

Kerins, Charles (1918–44), IRA chief of staff, was born 23 January 1918 at 5 Caherina, Tralee, Co. Kerry, son of Thomas Kerins, slater, and Johanna Kerins (née Griffin). Educated locally, he worked as an office clerk after leaving school and joined the…

Kiernan, Michael

Kiernan, Michael (1803–69), catholic priest and archbishop of Armagh, was born in December 1803, second child of John Kiernan, farmer, of Summerhill, Co. Louth, and Margaret Kiernan (née Conroy) from Cuillenstown, Co. Louth. He was baptised at Cuillenstown parish church on 6…

Kiggell, Sir Launcelot Edward

Kiggell, Sir Launcelot Edward (1862–1954), British army general, was born 2 October 1862 at Wilton House, Ballingarry, Co. Limerick, son of Launcelot John Kiggell of Cahara, Glin, Co. Limerick, JP and major in the South Cork Light Infantry…

Kilmaine, Charles Edward Saul Jennings

Kilmaine, Charles Edward Saul Jennings (1751–99), general in French service, was born 19 October 1751 in Dublin, second son of Theobald Jennings, physician, of Polaniran, Co. Galway, and Eleonore Jennings (née Saul). Educated privately in Dublin, he left Ireland in 1769, settling in…

King, Edward

King, Edward (1795–1837), Viscount Kingsborough , antiquarian, was born 16 November 1795 at Kingston House, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, eldest son of George, 3rd earl of Kingston (1771–1839), and his wife Lady Helena Moore (1773–1847), only daughter of Stephen, 1st earl of…

King, George

King, George (1771–1839), 3rd earl of Kingston, MP and militia colonel, was born 28 April 1771 in Chelsea, London, eldest son of Robert King (qv), 2nd earl of Kingston, and his wife Caroline, daughter and heir of Richard Fitzgerald of Mount…

King, William

King, William (1809–86), geologist and natural scientist, was born 22 April 1809 at Low Row, Bishopswearmouth, England, son of William King (then working as a coal-caster at Wearside, but of an old Co. Galway family – Edward King, bishop of Elphin 1611–39, was an ancestor), and…

Kitchener, Horatio Herbert

Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (1850–1916), 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome in Kent, field-marshal, was born 24 June 1850 at Gunsborough Villa, north of Listowel, Co. Kerry, second son of Lt-col. Horatio Herbert Kitchener and his first wife, Anne Frances (née Chevallier).…

Labouchere, Henry

Labouchere, Henry (1798–1869), Baron Taunton , chief secretary for Ireland (1846–7), was born 15 August 1798, the eldest son of Pierre César Labouchère (d. 1839), a wealthy clothing merchant of Hylands, Essex, and Over Stowey, Somerset, and his wife Dorothy, third daughter of Sir…

Laffan, Sir Joseph de Courcy

Laffan, Sir Joseph de Courcy (1786–1848), physician, was born 8 May 1786 in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the third son of Walter Laffan of Cashel and his wife Eleonora De Courcy. Initially educated for the catholic priesthood at Maynooth, he found that he had no vocation and then…

Lalor, Peter

Lalor, Peter (1827–89), politician and leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Australia, was born 5 February 1827 at Tinnakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), son of Patrick Lalor (qv), a substantial farmer and later MP for Queen's Co. (…

Lanigan, James

Lanigan, James (c.1747–1812), catholic bishop, was the son of Stephen Lanigan, a shopkeeper of Ballykeefe Castle in the parish of Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny. After his shop in Kilkenny city failed Stephen Lanigan moved with his family to Carrick-on-Suir where he opened…

Lawless, William

Lawless, William (c.1764–1824), surgeon, United Irishman, and officer in Napoleon's Irish Legion, was born in Dublin, son of John Lawless and Mary Lawless (née Beauman) of Shankill, Co. Dublin. He was a distant relation of…

Lawson, James Anthony

Lawson, James Anthony (1817–87), judge and economist, was born 10 February 1817, the eldest son of James Lawson of Waterford and his wife Mary Anthony. After initial education in Waterford, he entered TCD in October 1833, became a…

Lawson, John

Lawson, John (1708/9–1759), preacher, classical scholar and professor of oratory, was born in Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry, the son of the Rev. Alexander Lawson, curate of Omagh, Co. Tyrone. He was educated at the school of Mr MacMahon in Monaghan, before entering…