Quinn, James

Dr James Quinn joined the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) project in 1995 and played a key role in the landmark launch – in print and online – of the DIB in 2009. In 2012 James became the DIB's Managing Editor, a role he held until his retirement in July 2022 (minus a career break in 2019–21). In addition to writing more than 270 entries and overseeing the ongoing expansion of the DIB, James’s research interests mainly focused on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Irish history. He has written books on the United Irishman Thomas Russell (2002), the Young Irelander John Mitchel (2008), and published Young Ireland and the writing of Irish history in 2015, as well as contributing widely to journals and essay collections on aspects of political and cultural history, biography and historiography.

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Clements, Henry Theophilus

Clements, Henry Theophilus (1734–95), financial administrator and MP, was second son of Nathaniel Clements (qv), treasury official and MP, and his wife Hannah, daughter of the Rev. William Gore, dean of Down. The younger brother of…

Clements, Nathaniel

Clements, Nathaniel (1705–77), treasury official, property developer, architect, and MP, was third of four surviving sons of Robert Clements (1664–1722), landowner, of Rathkenny, Co. Cavan, and Abbotstown, Co. Dublin, and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1742), daughter of…

Clements, William Sydney

Clements, William Sydney (1806–78), 3rd earl of Leitrim, landowner, and MP, was born in Dublin, second son among eight children of Nathaniel Clements (1768–1854), 2nd earl of Leitrim, and his wife Mary (d. 1840), co-heir of William Birmingham of Ross Hill, Co. Galway. Educated at…

Cloney, Thomas

Cloney, Thomas (1774–1850), insurgent leader and catholic activist, was probably born at Ballybeg, near St Millis, Co. Carlow, the only son among four children of Denis Cloney (1738–98), prosperous farmer and middleman of Moneyhore, near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, and Mary Cloney (née…

Colclough, John Henry

Colclough, John Henry (1769–1798), insurgent leader, was born 15 June 1769, the son of Thomas Francis Colclough and his wife Catherine McMahon, of Ballyteigue, Bargy, Co. Wexford. He worked as a physician, leased a substantial landed estate, and was one of the county's most…

Connell, James (‘Jim’)

Connell, James (‘Jim’) (1852–1929), socialist and author of ‘The red flag’, was born 27 March 1852 in Killskyre, Crossakiel, Co. Meath, eldest of thirteen children of Thomas and Anne O'Connell, tenant farmers. His father later became a groom for the earl of Rosse at Birr, King's Co…

Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel

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Conyngham, Henry

Conyngham, Henry (1766–1832), 1st Marquess Conyngham , landlord and courtier, was born 26 December 1766, the elder twin son of Francis Pierpoint Burton (qv), 2nd Baron Conyngham, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of

Cooper, Joshua

Cooper, Joshua (1732–1800), landlord and MP, was born at Markree Castle, Collooney, Co. Sligo, eldest son of Joshua Cooper (c.1696–1757) of Markree, landlord and MP for Co. Sligo 1719–57, and his wife Mary, daughter of Henry Bingham (1688–1743), MP and…

Coote, Sir Eyre

Coote, Sir Eyre (1726–83), soldier, was born at Ash Hill, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, fourth and youngest son of Jane Coote (née Evans) and the Rev. Chidley Coote, anglican clergyman and direct descendant of Sir Charles Coote (qv),…

Coote, Sir Eyre

Coote, Sir Eyre (1759–1823), general and MP, was born c.20 May 1759, second son of the Rev. Charles Coote (qv) of Shaen Castle, Queen's Co. (Laois), dean of Kilfenora, Co. Clare, and Grace Coote (née Tilson). Educated at Eton (…

Coppinger, Richard William

Coppinger, Richard William (1847–1910), naval surgeon, naturalist, and explorer, was born 11 October 1847 in Dublin, youngest among six sons of Joseph William Coppinger, solicitor, of Farmley, Dundrum, Co. Dublin, and Agnes Mary Coppinger (née Cooke), a native of Co. Tipperary. He…

Corbet, Thomas

Corbet, Thomas (1773?–1804), United Irishman and French soldier, was born at Ballythomas, Co. Cork, one of eight children of Frederick Corbet, protestant farmer and schoolteacher; his mother was a Purcell. Educated by his father, he entered

Corbet, William

Corbet, William (1779–1842), United Irishman and French general, was born 17 August 1779 at Ballythomas, Co. Cork, one of eight children of Frederick Corbet, a protestant farmer and schoolteacher; his mother was a Purcell. Educated by his father, he entered…

Cornwallis, Charles

Cornwallis, Charles (1738–1805), soldier and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1798–1801), was born 31 December 1738 in London, eldest son of Charles (1700–62), 1st Earl Cornwallis , and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1785), daughter of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Educated at Eton and the…

Corry, Isaac

Corry, Isaac (1753–1813), politician, was born 15 May 1753 in Newry, Co. Down, elder son among two sons and three daughters of Edward Corry (1723–92), merchant and MP for Newry (1774–6), and Catherine Corry (née Bristow) of Co. Antrim. He was educated at the Royal School, Armagh,…

Crawford, Frederick Hugh ('Fred')

Crawford, Frederick Hugh ('Fred') (1861–1952), soldier and UVF gun-runner, was born 21 August 1861 in Belfast, son of James Wright Crawford of Cloreen, Malone Road, Belfast, owner of a chemical factory, and Madge Crawford (née Mathews) of Portadown, Co. Armagh. The family were…

Crawford, James Sharman

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Crawford, William Sharman

Crawford, William Sharman (1780–1861), radical politician and agrarian reformer, was born 3 September 1780 at Moira Castle, Co. Down, elder son among two sons and a daughter of William Sharman (qv), landowner and Volunteer colonel,…

Croker, John Wilson

Croker, John Wilson (1780–1857), politician and author, was born in Galway 20 December 1780, eldest among two sons and a daughter of John Croker (1743–1814), exciseman and surveyor general of Dublin port 1800–07, and his second wife, Hester (née Rathbone), daughter of a Co. Galway…

Crotty, William

Crotty, William (1712–42), highwayman, was probably born at Russellstown in north Co. Waterford, son of a small farmer. He claimed that he became a highwayman aged 18 after his father was evicted from his smallholding for non-payment of rent. His early activities are largely unknown…

Cunningham, Larry

Cunningham, Larry (1938–2012), country music singer, was born on 13 February 1938 in Clooneen, Mullinalaghta, near Granard, Co. Longford, the second youngest of seven children (four daughters and three sons) of Michael Cunningham and Julia Cunningham (née Cosgrove), who farmed fifty…

Curley, Daniel

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Curry, John

Curry, John (1702?–1780), historian and physician, was born in Dublin, son of a wealthy catholic merchant. According to Charles O'Conor (qv), he was descended from the O'Corras of Cavan, whose estates were confiscated in the seventeenth…

Cusack, Michael

Cusack, Michael (1847–1906), GAA founder and sportsman, was born 20 September 1847 in Carron, on the eastern edge of the Burren, Co. Clare, third of five children of Matthew Cusack, herdsman, and Bridget Cusack (née Fleming), both native Irish-speakers. Educated at Carron national…