O'Donoghue, (Patrick) Philip
O'Donoghue, (Patrick) Philip (1896–1987), public servant and jurist, was born 15 October 1896 in Macroom, Co. Cork, the elder son of Patrick O'Donoghue, JP and the local dispensary doctor, of Masseytown House, Macroom, and his wife, Julia…...
O'Donovan, John
O'Donovan, John (1908–82) civil servant, politician, and academic, was born 23 January 1908 in Rockboro House, Macroom, Co. Cork, son of Cornelius O'Donovan originally from Clonmel, agricultural instructor, and his wife Hanna (née Twomey). Educated at Catholic University School,…...
O'Driscoll, Dennis
O'Driscoll, Dennis (1954–2012), poet and civil servant, was born on 1 January 1954 in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, the second son of James O'Driscoll, a commercial traveller, and Katherine O'Driscoll (née Lahart). He had two sisters and three brothers; his elder brother was the Irish-…...
O'Driscoll, Timothy Joseph (‘Tim’)
O'Driscoll, Timothy Joseph (‘Tim’) (1908–98), public servant, was born 6 July 1908 in Cork city, eldest of four children of Michael O'Driscoll, leather merchant, and Mary O'Driscoll (née Walshe), both of Cork. He grew up in Sunday's Well, and attended Presentation College, Cork,…...
O'Dwyer, Edmund
O'Dwyer, Edmund (c.1590–1654), catholic bishop of Limerick and papal emissary, was born at Kilnamanagh, Co, Tipperary. His father was related to the O'Dwyer chieftains of Kilnamanagh, and through them to the powerful Butlers of Ormond. After studies at Rouen and the…...
O'Dwyer, Sir Michael Francis
O'Dwyer, Sir Michael Francis (1864–1940), Indian civil servant and lieutenant-governor of the Punjab (1913–19), was born 28 April 1864 at Barronstown, Co. Tipperary, sixth son among fourteen children of John O'Dwyer, owner of a small estate, and his wife Margaret, daughter of…...
Ó Fergusa, Cormac
Ó Fergusa, Cormac (fl. 1571–2), Dominican prior provincial of Ireland and continental envoy, bore the name of an ecclesiastical family of Co. Leitrim, as well as that of a family of medical practitioners in west Connacht, who were the hereditary physicians of the O'…...
O'Ferrall, Richard More
O'Ferrall, Richard More (1797–1880), politician and governor of Malta, was born at Ballyna, Co. Kildare, eldest son of Ambrose O'Ferrall (1752–1835), major in the army of the king of Sardinia, and his first wife, Anne (née Bagot). Educated locally, he refused to enter…...
O'Flaherty, Hugh Joseph
O'Flaherty, Hugh Joseph (1898–1963), priest and Vatican official, was born 28 February 1898 in Lisrobin, Kishkeam, Co. Cork, the eldest in a family of three sons and one daughter of James Flaherty, an RIC constable in Tralee, Co. Kerry…...
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick (1919–2006), athlete, rugby and soccer international, Olympics administrator and medical doctor, was born on 10 June 1919 in Dublin, son of Timothy O'Flanagan, tobacconist, and his wife Teresa (née McLaughlin). Raised in Terenure, he attended the Christian…...
Ó Flathartaigh, Mairtín
Ó Flathartaigh, Mairtín (1912–2005), civil servant and Irish-language scholar, was born 11 November 1912 in the townland of An Caorán Mór, near Carraroe, Co. Galway, the youngest of seven children of Colm Ó Flathartaigh (1872–1919), a small farmer from An Caorán Mór, and his wife Bríd…...
O'Friel, Henry
O'Friel, Henry (1892–1977), public servant, was born 19 March 1892 in Co. Donegal, possibly at Milford, second among five children of James O'Friel, teacher, and Teresa O'Friel (née Redmond) of Co. Wicklow. He was educated at St Colman's College, Fermoy, Co. Cork, and secured many…...
Ó hAnnracháin, Fachtna
Ó hAnnracháin, Fachtna (1920–2010), broadcasting administrator and music director, was born on 2 September 1920 in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, eldest among four sons and two daughters of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin (1873–1965), small farmer, Irish-language activist, civil servant, journalist,…...
O'Hegarty (Ó hÉigeartuigh), Diarmuid
O'Hegarty (Ó hÉigeartuigh), Diarmuid (1892–1958), civil servant and revolutionary, was born Jeremiah Stephen Hegarty on 26 December 1892 in Lowertown, Schull, Co Cork, the eldest of seven children (four sons and three daughters) of Jeremiah Hegarty (1856–1934), a teacher, and his wife…...
O'Hegarty, Patrick Sarsfield (‘P. S.’)
O'Hegarty, Patrick Sarsfield (‘P. S.’) (1879–1955), revolutionary, writer, and civil servant, was born 29 December 1879 at Carrignavar, Co. Cork, son of John Hegarty, plaster and stucco worker, and Katherine Hegarty (née Hallanan), who came of west Cork farming stock, as did…...
O'Higgins, Ambrosio
O'Higgins, Ambrosio (1720–1801), viceroy of Peru and marquis de Osorno , was born Ambrose Higgins in Ballinary, Co. Sligo, son of Charles Higgins (occupation unknown) and Margaret Higgins (née O'Higgins). Sent to Spain to be educated by an uncle who was a Jesuit, he showed little…...
O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly, Gerald Edward
O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly, Gerald Edward (1890–1968), diplomat, was born 11 March 1890 at Gurtray, Portumna, Co. Galway, third among seven sons of Count John Appleyard O'Kelly – his ancestor Festus O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly had been created a count of the Holy Roman Empire…...
O'Leary, Daniel Florence
O'Leary, Daniel Florence (1801–54), soldier, historian, and diplomat, was born in February 1801 in 89/90 Barrack St., Cork, eighth of ten children of Jeremiah O'Leary, butter merchant, and his wife, Catherine O'Leary (not related), both natives of Cork. In Europe in 1816…...
O'Leary, Jeremiah
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O'Neill, Joseph James (Seosamh Ó Néill)
O'Neill, Joseph James (Seosamh Ó Néill) (1878–1953), writer and civil servant, was born 18 December 1878 at Tuam, Co. Galway, son of Martin O'Neill, a member of the RIC, and his wife Mary (née Quigley). O'Neill spent his childhood on the…...
O'Shiel, Kevin Roantree
O'Shiel, Kevin Roantree (1891–1970), barrister and land commissioner, was born 23 September 1891 in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, eldest of four sons and two daughters of Francis Shields , solicitor, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of D. J. Roantree, school inspector. While his father…...
O'Sullivan, Daniel
O'Sullivan, Daniel (1758/61?–1814), middleman and magistrate, was second son of Daniel O'Sullivan and his wife Honora, daughter of Morgan O'Connell (1739–1809) of Carhen, Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, and therefore first cousin to Daniel O'…...
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’)
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’) (1897–1966), athlete, Gaelic football trainer, sports administrator, and psychiatrist, was born 8 May 1897 in Ballincarrig, Firies, Co. Kerry, only son among three children of James ‘J. P.’ O'Sullivan, farmer, originally from Beaufort near…...
Oviedo, Mateo (Matthew)
Oviedo, Mateo (Matthew) de (c.1547–1610), Observant Franciscan priest, diplomat, and archbishop of Dublin (1600–1610), was born into a minor noble family of Asturian origin in Segovia. Education and Irish interests During the 1560s and 1570s, he…...
Pigot, David Richard
Pigot, David Richard (1797–1873), lawyer, politician, and chief baron of the exchequer in Ireland, was born in Kilworth, Co. Cork, the only son of John Pigot, a physician, and his wife, Margaret (née Nagle), also of Kilworth. He was educated in Fermoy before entering…...