Lowther, Sir Gerrard (Gerard)
Lowther, Sir Gerrard (Gerard) (1590–1660), lawyer and judge, was probably the natural son of Christopher Lowther of Penrith, Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 7 June 1605. He entered Gray's Inn in 1608 and was called to the bar in 1614. He was in Dublin as…...
Luzio, Salvatore
Luzio, Salvatore (fl. 1897–1934), cleric and papal envoy to Ireland, was of Italian birth. He served as professor of canon law at St Patrick's College, Maynooth, from 1897 to 1910, and it was later claimed that he made the acquaintance of…...
Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’)
Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’) (1914–98), administrator, author, and linguist, was born 16 April 1914 in Dublin, daughter of Charles Lynam, engineer, and Margaret (‘Mai’) Lynam (née Moran), both from Co. Galway. Her father served in the first world war as an officer in the…...
Lynch, Patrick Neison (Neisen, Neeson, Niessen)
Lynch, Patrick Neison (Neisen, Neeson, Niessen) (1817–82), catholic bishop of Charleston, South Carolina, and confederate diplomat, was born 10 March 1817 in the townland of Kibberidogue, in the catholic parish of Clones, Co. Monaghan, the eldest son of Conlaw Peter Lynch and…...
Lynch, Stanislaus John
Lynch, Stanislaus John (1831–1915), landed estates court registrar, land commissioner, and estates commissioner, was the second son of Patrick Lynch, JP, of Tara Hall, Co. Meath, and Rathermon, Co. Sligo, and his wife, Marcella, daughter…...
MacCarthy (McCarthy), James Charles Brendan
MacCarthy (McCarthy), James Charles Brendan (1908–90), civil servant, was born 22 April 1908 in Dublin, eldest child of James Justin McCarthy, Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) constable, and Margaret Teresa McCarthy (née O'Connor). The family name appears as ‘McCarthy’ on his birth…...
MacDonnell, Antony Patrick
MacDonnell, Antony Patrick (1844–1925), Baron MacDonnell of Swinford , civil servant, was born 7 March 1844 at Carracastle, near Swinford, Co. Mayo, eldest son of Mark Garvey MacDonnell, catholic landowner, and his wife, Bedelia (née O'Hara). He was educated at Summerhill College,…...
MacHale, Joseph Patrick
MacHale, Joseph Patrick (1922–2005), university administrator and sportsman, was born 8 January 1922 in Dublin, sixth child and younger son of J. P. MacHale, a senior official with the Hibernian Insurance Company, and his wife Grace. Educated at CBS Dún Laoghaire (1930–32) and…...
MacMahon, James
MacMahon, James (1865–1954), civil servant and under-secretary for Ireland, was born 20 April 1865 in Belfast, one of the seven sons of James MacMahon and his wife (she subsequently kept a hotel in Armagh, which was raided by British forces in 1920). Educated at Armagh…...
MacMahon, Peadar
MacMahon, Peadar (1893–1975), soldier and senior civil servant, was born 10 January 1893 in Coose townland, near Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, son of James MacMahon, farmer and mill-owner, and Sarah MacMahon (née Smith). He was a contemporary of …...
Madden, Richard Robert
Madden, Richard Robert (1798–1886), medical man, traveller, anti-slavery campaigner, government official, and historian of the United Irishmen, was born 20 August 1798 at 6 Wormwood Gate, Dublin, the youngest of the 21 children of a prosperous silk manufacturer, Edward Madden (1739–1829…...
Madgett, Nicholas
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Madgett, Nicholas
Madgett, Nicholas (d. 1813), French official and translator, was born in Co. Kerry, probably in the early 1740s. He went to France (in or before 1760), studied for the catholic priesthood at the Irish College, Toulouse (licence and doctorat, 1764), was ordained…...
Maher, Denis John
Maher, Denis John (1916–84), civil servant, was born 16 June 1916 in Milltown, Tuam, Co. Galway, youngest of three children of William Maher, RIC man and native of Co. Clare, and Catherine Maher (née Kelly) from Co. Galway. His father…...
Malone, James
Malone, James (d. 1721), printer and bookseller, was of obscure origin. A catholic, he was admitted free of the city of Dublin in 1672, and of the guild of stationers in 1676. He came to prominence under James II (qv); when the…...
Mason (Derrig), Sinéad (‘Jenny’)
Mason (Derrig), Sinéad (‘Jenny’) (1899–1991), civil servant, was born 2 March 1899 in Craigaroddan, Ards, Co. Down, eldest of eight children of Thomas Mason and Catherine Mason (née Merron). Educated at Ballyphilip national school, Ards, she moved to Dublin to live with her aunt…...
McAuley (McGauley), Catherine Elizabeth
McAuley (McGauley), Catherine Elizabeth (1778–1841), educator, social worker, and religious foundress, was born 29 September 1778 at Stormanstown House, Drumcondra, Dublin, one of three children (two girls and a boy) of James McGauley and his wife Elinor (née Conway). McGauley, by…...
McCaffrey, Mary Ellen
McCaffrey, Mary Ellen (Sister Mary Xavier ) (1854–1923), Sister of Mercy and social worker, was born in Monaghan, daughter of Arthur McCaffrey and Catherine McCaffrey, who also had another daughter and two sons. She emigrated to the USA, where she entered St Catherine's convent of…...
McCann, Hugh James
McCann, Hugh James (1916–86), diplomat, was born 9 February 1916 in Dublin, eldest son of Hugh J. McCann, later a district justice, and his wife Sophie McCann. He was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, and at the London School of Economics (B.Sc.…...
McCarron, Edward Patrick
McCarron, Edward Patrick (1881–1970), civil servant, was born on 1 March 1881 in Co. Louth, youngest of three sons of Edward McCarron of Fanad, Co. Donegal, and his wife, Katherine (née McKeown), a native of Co. Louth. Having worked for two years as a teacher in a school managed by…...
McCauley, Leo Thomas
McCauley, Leo Thomas (1895–1974), diplomat, was born 29 December 1895 in Derry city, the third son of William McCauley of Woolwich, London, and Agnes McCauley (née Heaney). He was educated at St Columb's College, Derry, and UCD, where…...
McClean, (John) Raymond
McClean, (John) Raymond (1933–2011), medical doctor, civil-rights activist and humanitarian, was born on 18 January 1933 in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, third in a family of three sons and one daughter of Charles McClean and his wife Kathleen (née King). Charles McClean, a trophy-winning…...
McCourt, Kevin
McCourt, Kevin (1915–2000), businessman and director general of RTÉ, was born 14 April 1915 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, second son among three sons and one daughter of John McCourt, originally of Banbridge, Co. Down, clerk with the congested districts board at Tralee, and later a…...
McDunphy, Michael
McDunphy, Michael (1890–1971), civil servant, was born 3 December 1890 in 5 Temple Cottages, Dublin, second of ten children of Michael McDunphy, bread-van driver, originally from Esker, Mountmellick, Queen's Co. (Laois), and Catherine McDunphy (née Conlon), dairy shopkeeper, from…...
McGrath, Sir Joseph
McGrath, Sir Joseph (1858–1923), first registrar of the NUI, was born 25 August 1858 at Main Street, Bagnelstown, Co. Carlow, the eldest of the four sons of Pierce McGrath and Alicia (née Hughes); he may also have had sisters. Aged fourteen he entered the Jesuit school at Tullabeg…...