Murphy, David

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Lecky, Squire Thornton Stratford

Lecky, Squire Thornton Stratford (1838–1902), master mariner, cartographer, and writer on navigation, was born in Downpatrick, Co. Down, fifth son of Holland Lecky of Castle Lecky, Magilligan, Co. Londonderry, and Ballyholland House, Co. Down, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the…

Le Fanu, Henry Frewen

Le Fanu, Henry Frewen (1870–1946), anglican clergyman and primate of Australia (1935–46), was born 1 April 1870 in Dublin, one of the eight surviving children of William Richard Le Fanu (qv), civil engineer and commissioner of…

Lefroy, Thomas Langlois

Lefroy, Thomas Langlois (1776–1869), judge and MP, was born 8 January 1776 in Limerick, eldest son of Lt.-col. Anthony Lefroy, 9th Light Dragoons, and Anne Lefroy (née Gardner). He entered TCD in November 1790 and graduated…

Lentaigne, Benjamin

Lentaigne, Benjamin (1773–1813), physician, was born 14 February 1773 in Caen, Normandy, France, third son of Pierre François Lentaigne, lieutenant of dragoons, and his wife Anne Marguerite, daughter of Guillaume François Duclos. His family had strong royalist sympathies, one of his…

Lewis, Andrew

Lewis, Andrew (1720–81), soldier and colonist, was born 9 October 1720 in Co. Donegal, son of John Lewis, farmer, and Margaret Lewis (née Lynn). His father, of huguenot descent, emigrated with his family to America after being involved in an agrarian dispute. According to Appleton, his…

Lewis, John (‘Jack’, ‘J. J.’)

Lewis, John (‘Jack’, ‘J. J.’) (1903–83), Irish Army officer and showjumper, was born 18 June 1903 at Ballyvelish, Crecora, Co. Limerick, son of Patrick Lewis, farmer and shopkeeper, and Mary Kate Lewis (née Carroll). Educated at the national school at Crecora, he joined the Irish…

Lingard (Lyngard), Richard

Lingard (Lyngard), Richard (d. 1670), protestant clergyman, fellow of TCD, and vice-chancellor of Dublin University, was born in England towards the end of the sixteenth century. Details of his early life are extremely scarce, although he may have been descended from the Lingard…

Lloyd, Bartholomew

Lloyd, Bartholomew (1772–1837), mathematician and provost of TCD, was born 5 February 1772 at New Ross, Co. Wexford, the eldest son of Humphrey Lloyd and his wife Margaret Borbidge. His father died soon afterwards and he was raised by his uncle, the Rev. John Lloyd (d. 1781),…

Lloyd, Edward

Lloyd, Edward (d. 1847), army officer and explorer, was born at Beechmount, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, the fifth son of Colonel Thomas Lloyd of Beechmount and his wife Ellen, daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Kildromin and Drumsallagh, Co. Limerick. He was commissioned ensign in the 54th…

Lloyd, Humphrey

Lloyd, Humphrey (1800–81), scientist and provost of TCD, was born 16 April 1800 in Dublin, eldest son of the Rev. Bartholomew Lloyd (qv), then a fellow and later provost of TCD, and…

Long, John St John

Long, John St John (1798–1834), painter and quack physician, was born at Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, second son of John Long, basket-maker, and Anne Long (née St John). There is evidence to suggest that his father had originally been called O'Driscoll, and had assumed the surname…

Lucas, Charles Davis

Lucas, Charles Davis (1834–1914), Royal Navy officer, awarded the first Victoria Cross, was born 19 February 1834 at Drumargole, Co. Armagh, son of Davis Lucas, bank official, of Clontibert and Drumargole, a member of the Lucas-Scudamore family of Castleshane, Co. Monaghan. He…

Lucy, John Francis

Lucy, John Francis (1894–1962), British army officer and author, was born 6 January 1894 at 4 Rock Terrace, Cork, the elder son of Denis Lucy and his wife Kate (née Coleman). His father was an unenthusiastic agent for the family beef farming business, which was then struggling in…

Lyons, Robert Spencer Dyer

Lyons, Robert Spencer Dyer (1826–86), surgeon and politician, was born 13 August 1826 in Cork city, son of Sir William Lyons, merchant and later mayor and high sheriff of Cork, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Robert Spencer Dyer of Kinsale, Co. Cork. His early education took…

Lyster, Thomas William

Lyster, Thomas William (1855–1922), librarian and author, was born 17 December 1855 in Co. Kilkenny, son of Thomas Lyster of Rathdowney, Co. Laois, and Jane Lyster (née Smith) of Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Of a quaker family, he was educated at Wesley College, Dublin, before…

Macan, Sir Arthur Vernon

Macan, Sir Arthur Vernon (1843–1908), gynaecologist and obstetrician, was born 30 January 1843 at 9 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, eldest son of John Macan, QC, judge of the bankruptcy court, and Maria Macan (née Perrin), from Liverpool and of…

MacArthur, Sir William Porter

MacArthur, Sir William Porter (1884–1964), army medical officer, Irish-language scholar, and historian, was born 11 March 1884 at Belmont, east Belfast, Co. Down, the only son of John Porter MacArthur (d. 1930), tea merchant, and his wife Margaret Rainey (d. 1936), daughter of William…

Macartney (MacCartney), George

Macartney (MacCartney), George (c.1660–1730), soldier, was born in Belfast, eldest son of George Macartney (qv) (d. 1702), merchant of Belfast, and his wife, Martha, daughter of Sir…

MacCabe, William Bernard

MacCabe, William Bernard (1801–91), journalist, poet, historian, and author, was born 23 November 1801 in Dublin. Details of his early life are scarce but it is known that he began a career as a journalist in the 1820s, working for both Dublin and provincial newspapers. In 1823 he…

MacCarthy, Sir Charles

MacCarthy, Sir Charles (1764–1824), soldier and abolitionist, was born in Cork city, second son of Jean Gabriel Guéroult, a royal official of Nogent-le-Rotrou in France, and Charlotte Michelle Guéroult (née MacCarthy). His uncle, Capt. Thaddeus MacCarthy, an officer in the guards of…

MacCormac, Sir William

MacCormac, Sir William (1836–1901), surgeon, was born 17 January 1836 in Belfast, son of Henry MacCormac (qv), physician, and Mary MacCormac (née Newsham). Initially educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, he later studied…

MacKay, John William

MacKay, John William (1831–1902), miner and businessman, was born in Dublin, son of a Scottish father and an Irish mother. His family were desperately poor, and in 1840 they emigrated to America. Following his arrival in New York, he was educated at a public school but his father…

MacKenna, John (Juan)

MacKenna, John (Juan) (1771–1814), general in the Chilean army, was born 26 October 1771 at Clogher, Co. Tyrone, the son of William MacKenna of Willville, Aghaninimy, Co. Monaghan, and his wife Eleanor (née O'Reilly). His uncle, Count…

Maclear, Sir Thomas

Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794–1879), surgeon and astronomer, was born 17 March 1794 at Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, eldest son of the Rev. James Thomas Maclear. His mother's maiden name was Magrath. His father intended him to enter the church but, refusing to embark on a clerical career…

MacMahon, Seán Michael

MacMahon, Seán Michael (1893–1955), revolutionary and army officer, was probably the John Michael McMahon born 15 September 1893 at 118 Cork Street, Dublin, son of Edward McMahon, labourer, and Mary A. McMahon (née Delany). On leaving school he worked for the postal service, and…