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…...
McGregor, John James
McGregor, John James (c.1773–1834), historian and topographer, was born 24 February c.1773 in Limerick city, the seventh son and youngest of seventeen children (many of whom did not survive to adulthood) of John McGregor (d. 1796), native of Scotland, probably by…...
McNeill, James
McNeill, James (1869–1938), civil servant, diplomat, and governor general of the Irish Free State, was born 27 March 1869 in Glenarm, Co. Antrim, ‘of a very old Co. Antrim family’ (Irish Times, 13 Dec. 1938), son of Archibald McNeill, shipbuilder, baker, and farmer, and…...
Meghen, Patrick Joseph
Meghen, Patrick Joseph (1900–71), civil servant, was born 1 July 1900 at Millmount Terrace, Drumcondra, Dublin, elder son among two sons and two daughters of Christopher Meghen, postal official, and Hannah Meghen (née Barry). He was educated at O'Connell…...
Meyrick, Francis James
Meyrick, Francis James (1873–1963), civil servant, was born 31 October 1873 at 16 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock, Dublin, third son of James Meyrick, commercial traveller, and Jane Meyrick (née Corbett). His father's family had been in Dublin for several generations but the Corbetts…...
Mills, Michael
Mills, Michael (1927–2008), journalist and ombudsman, was born 31 October 1927 in Mountmellick, Co. Laois, the son of Anthony Mills, originally from Gorthmelia, near Belmullet, Co. Mayo, and his wife Kathleen (née Phelan), originally from Radestown, Co. Kilkenny. His father managed a…...
Molloy, John (‘Jack’) Gerald
Molloy, John (‘Jack’) Gerald (1916–92), diplomat, was born 30 March 1916 at 39 Melrose Avenue, Dublin, son of Thomas Molloy, civil service clerk, and Catherine Molloy (née Byrne). He was educated by the Christian Brothers and at UCD…...
Monahan, Philip
Monahan, Philip (1893–1983), Cork city manager and revolutionary, was born on 16 December 1893 in Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, one of three surviving children of Thomas Monahan, draper of Lower Baggot Street, and his wife Elizabeth (née O'Brien). Owing to the failure of his father's…...
Montgomery, Hugh Edmund Langton
Montgomery, Hugh Edmund Langton (1895–1971), diplomat and priest, was born 30 October 1895 at Blessingbourne, near Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, eldest among three sons and three daughters of Maj.-gen. Hugh Maude de…...
Montgomery, James
Montgomery, James (1870–1943), filmcensor, was born 8 October 1870 in Dublin, son of Thomas Montgomery and Mary Montgomery (née Dempsey), of Lime St., Dublin. Educated at CBS, Westland Row, he worked on the engineering staff of the…...
Moriarty, Patrick John (‘Paddy’)
Moriarty, Patrick John (‘Paddy’) (1926–97), chief executive and chairman of the ESB, was born 18 June 1926 in Dingle, Co. Kerry, eldest son of a family of four boys and four girls (another boy died at birth) of Timothy (Thady) Moriarty…...
Moynihan, John (Seán) Power
Moynihan, John (Seán) Power (1892–1964), secretary to the executive council and assistant secretary of the Department of Finance, was born 19 January 1892 in Cork city, second child and second son of Maurice Moynihan (1864–1918) and Mary Moynihan (née Power), and had four younger…...
Moynihan, Maurice Gerard
Moynihan, Maurice Gerard (1902–99), civil servant and governor of the Central Bank, was born 19 December 1902 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, fourth child and third son of Maurice Moynihan and Mary Moynihan (née Power), and had four brothers and an elder sister. The Moynihans and the Powers were…...
Murphy, Con (Cornelius)
Murphy, Con (Cornelius) (1922–2007), hurler and GAA administrator, was born on 28 October 1922 in Toureen, near Innishannon, Co. Cork, the eldest of seven children of Dan Murphy, labourer, of Toureen, and his wife Julia (née McCarthy). Many of his uncles were active in the…...
Murphy, Kevin
Murphy, Kevin (1937–2012), public servant, was born on 9 April 1937 at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, to John Murphy, a store keeper, and his wife Catherine (née Moore), then living at 5 Rehoboth Avenue, Dolphin's Barn, Dublin. Educated at Synge Street…...
Murphy, Seán Anthony
Murphy, Seán Anthony (1896–1964), diplomat, was born 3 August 1896 at 40 South Parade, Waterford city, eldest son of Patrick A. Murphy, solicitor, and Catherine Murphy (née Doyle), both originally of Kilkenny. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, and…...
Murray, Charles Henry
Murray, Charles Henry (1917–2008), civil servant and governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, was born 29 January 1917 in Dublin to Charles Murray and his wife Teresa (née Duke). Educated at Synge Street CBS, Dublin, he reluctantly…...
Murray, (Joseph) Vivian
Murray, (Joseph) Vivian (1932–2009), public servant, was born on 22 July 1932 at 26 William Street, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, one of six children of Jeremiah Murray, carpenter, and his wife Mary (née Lynch). After attending the local CBS, he worked in the town's post office as a…...
Nagle, John Charles (‘Jack’)
Nagle, John Charles (‘Jack’) (1910–96), civil servant, was born 7 March 1910 at ‘Archville’, Commons Road, Cork, fourth child among three sons and two daughters of Michael James Nagle, local cattle dealer, and Mary Nagle (née Scriven) of Killeens, Blarney, Co. Cork. About 1918 his…...
Nally, Dermot
Nally, Dermot (1927–2009), civil servant, was born in Dublin on 10 December 1927, son of W. F. Nally, a civil servant who retired as secretary of the Department of Lands; he had at least one brother and one sister. Educated in Dublin at CBS…...
Newe, Gerard Benedict
Newe, Gerard Benedict (1907–82), journalist and public servant, was born 5 February 1907 in Cushendall, Co. Antrim, the oldest among three sons and two daughters of Patrick Newe, native of Co. Westmeath, gardener for the MacDonnells of Monavert, Cushendall, and Catherine Newe (née…...
Nolan, Nicholas George (Ó Nualláin, Nicolás Seoirse)
Nolan, Nicholas George (Ó Nualláin, Nicolás Seoirse) (1907–84), civil servant, was born in Hong Kong on 8 December 1907, although he was sometimes described as a native of Cork. The eldest child of Nicholas G. Nolan (1878–1920), chief interpreter of the Hong Kong Supreme Court (1907–20…...
Nowlan, Kevin Ingram
Nowlan, Kevin Ingram (1910–2003), engineer, planning officer, and university lecturer, was born 2 November 1910 at Iona House, Iona Drive, Glasnevin, Dublin, second son of John William Nowlan, assistant superintendent of Glasnevin cemetery, and his wife Kathleen Winifred (née Browning…...
O'Brien, Conor Cruise
O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1917–2008), diplomat, politician and writer, was born Donal Conor David Dermot Donat (he habitually interpolated Sheehy) Cruise O'Brien on 3 November 1917 at 44 Leinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin, the only child of …...
Ó Broin, León
Ó Broin, León (1902–90), senior civil servant, historian, and author, was born Leo Byrne on 10 November 1902 at 21 Aungier Street, Dublin, the second of four sons of James P. Byrne, a potato factor's bookkeeper, and Mary Byrne (née Killeen), daughter of a seaman who abandoned his family…...