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…...
Molony, Helena
Molony, Helena (1883–1967), actress, republican, trade unionist, and feminist, was born 15 January 1883 at 8 Coles Lane, off Henry St., Dublin, the younger of one daughter and one son of Michael Moloney, grocer, of that address, and Catherine Moloney (née McGrath). Orphaned at an early…...
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…...
Moore, Michael
Moore, Michael (c.1639–1726), priest, philosopher and educationist, was born in Bridge St., Dublin, son of Andrew Moore and Mary Moore (née Dowdall) of Mountown (Monktown, Co. Meath). In the 1650s Moore travelled to Nantes, where he received an education in the humanities…...
Moriarty, John Stephen
Moriarty, John Stephen (1938–2007), philosopher and shaman, was born 2 February 1938 at Moyvane, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, fourth of six children (two sons and four daughters) of James Moriarty, smallholder and native speaker of Irish (with eleven cows and 'thirty-two acres of bad,…...
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…...
Morrissey, Daniel
Morrissey, Daniel (1895–1981), trade unionist, politician, and businessman, was born 28 November 1895 in Silver St., Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, one of three sons and one daughter of William Morrissey, carter-contractor, and Bridget Morrissey (née Gleeson). Educated at Nenagh…...
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, John ('Jack')
Murphy, John ('Jack') (1920–84), trade unionist, republican, and activist for the unemployed, was born near Synge Street in Dublin, third son among four sons and five daughters of Denis Murphy, a carpenter; his mother's forename was probably Mary. His father, a founding member in…...
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…...
Murphy, Sheila Geraldine Mary
Murphy, Sheila Geraldine Mary (1898–1983), diplomat, was born 28 December 1898 at 18 Harcourt St., Dublin, elder daughter and fourth among five children of Dr. John Joseph Murphy, physician and surgeon (b. Carlow c.1841), and Louisa Murphy (née Dickson; b. Tyrone c.…...
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…...
Nannetti, Joseph Patrick (‘J. P.’)
Nannetti, Joseph Patrick (‘J. P.’) (1851–1915), trade unionist and politician, was born 19 March 1851 in Dublin, son of Giacomo Nannetti, sculptor and modeller, of 6 Great Brunswick St. Educated at Baggot St. convent schools and CBS…...
Nevin, Donal
Nevin, Donal (1924–2012), trade unionist and historian, was born on 20 January 1924 at 8 Cornmarket Row, Limerick, the home of his parents, Thomas Nevin, a cabinet maker, and his wife Alice. He was the second youngest of eight children (three girls and five boys). Nevin won a local…...
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…...
Norton, William Joseph (‘Bill’)
Norton, William Joseph (‘Bill’) (1900–63), trade unionist and politician, was born 2 November 1900 at 21 Bath Avenue, Dublin, eldest of eight children of Patrick Norton, a tramcar conductor, and Bridget Norton (née Malone). He attended Rathmines national school, leaving aged…...