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…...
Ó Broin, Seán
Ó Broin, Seán (1890–1965), civil servant, was born 22 June 1890 in Kilrush, Co. Clare, as John Joseph Byrne, son of Thomas Byrne, RIC constable, from Ballymote, Co. Sligo, and Maryanne Byrne (née Birmingham), of Kilrush. He was…...
Ó Buachalla (Ua Buachalla), Domhnall (Donal/Daniel Richard Buckley)
Ó Buachalla (Ua Buachalla), Domhnall (Donal/Daniel Richard Buckley) (1866–1963), republican and last governor general of the Irish Free State, was born 3 February 1866 in Maynooth, Co. Kildare, one of four sons and a daughter of Cornelius Buckley, shopkeeper and native Irish-speaker…...
O'Callaghan, Michael
O'Callaghan, Michael (1887–1962), trade unionist, revolutionary nationalist, and civil servant, was born 25 January 1887 in Henry Street, Tipperary town, son of Denis Callahan, draper, of farming stock from Ballyhone, Emly, Co. Tipperary, and Bridget Callahan (née Hayes), of…...
Ó Conaill, Séamus
Ó Conaill, Séamus (1913–98), civil servant, was born James Joseph O'Connell on 8 March 1913 at 33 Rock Road, Williamstown, Booterstown, Dublin, the eldest son of Michael O'Connell, conductor for the Dublin Metropolitan Tram Company, and Anne O'Connell (née Smith): throughout his…...
O'Connell, Maurice Charles Philip
O'Connell, Maurice Charles Philip (1768–1848), soldier and colonial governor, was born in Co. Kerry, younger son of Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife, a daughter of John O'Connell; he was a relation of Gen. Count…...
O'Connell, Timothy
O'Connell, Timothy (1892–1970), civil servant, was born 11 August 1892 in Lissavorra, Co. Cork, a son of Cornelius O'Connell, a farmer from Lissavorra, Co. Cork, and his wife, Bridget, née O'Connell. He was educated at the local national school and later at the Royal College of…...
O'Connor (Ó Conchobhair), Seán
O'Connor (Ó Conchobhair), Seán (1910–87), civil servant, was born 31 January 1910 in Upper Main St., Dingle, Co. Kerry, elder of two children of Thomas O'Connor of Dingle; his mother was an O'Herlihy from Annascaul. Educated at CBS, Dingle…...
O'Conor, Hugh
O'Conor, Hugh (Oconór, Hugo) (1734–79), soldier and colonial military officer, was born in Dublin in December 1734, the second son of Daniel O’Conor and Margaret (née Ryan), who married in September 1720. Daniel (1694–1769) was the O’Conor Don, head of the family long established at…...
O'Conor, Sir Nicholas Roderick
O'Conor, Sir Nicholas Roderick (1843–1908), diplomat, was born 3 July 1843 at Dundermott, Co. Roscommon, third son of Patrick O'Conor, JP and high sheriff (1854), and Jane O'Conor (née French). Educated by the Jesuits at Stonyhurst College…...
O'Daly, Daniel (Dominic; Domingos do Rosario)
O'Daly, Daniel (Dominic; Domingos do Rosario) (1595–1662), Dominican priest, diplomat, and historian, was born in Kilsarkan near Castleisland, Co. Kerry. He came from a family of poets, the Ó Dálaigh; his grandfather, Maoilseachlainn na Scoile, his uncle Cuchonnacht, and his…...
O'Doherty, Joseph
O'Doherty, Joseph (1891–1979), revolutionary, politician, and administrator, was born 24 December 1891 in Derry city, the sixth son of Michael Doherty, a butcher and hide merchant, and his wife Rose (née McLoughlin). He was educated at St Columb's College, Derry, and St Patrick's…...
O'Doherty, (Michael) Kevin
O'Doherty, (Michael) Kevin (1912–2006), public servant, was born 29 June 1912 in Dublin, the eldest son in a family of four sons and two daughters of Séamus O'Doherty (see below), revolutionary, and his wife Kitty (see below). His youngest brother,…...
O'Donnell, Charles James O'Cahan
O'Donnell, Charles James O'Cahan (1850–1934), civil servant, politician, and controversialist, was probably born 28 May 1850 at Port Louis, Mauritius, youngest son of Capt. Bernard MacDonald of the Northumberland Fusiliers, from Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, and Mary MacDonald (née…...
O'Donnell, John ('Kerry')
O'Donnell, John ('Kerry') (1899–1994), businessman and GAA administrator, was born on 15 November 1899 in Gleann na nGealt, Castlegregory, near Camp, Co. Kerry, the eldest child of Michael O'Donnell, a local farmer, and his wife Johanna (née O'Connor). At age 19 he emigrated to…...
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…...