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…...
Ó Cuinneagáin, Gearóid Seán Caoimhín
Ó Cuinneagáin, Gearóid Seán Caoimhín (1910–91), political activist and publisher, was born 2 January 1910 at Belfast, the third child of Sean Cunningham and his wife Caitlín. He was educated in Belfast, at St Brigid's school, Malone Rd, and the …...
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'Daly, John
O'Daly, John (1800–78), writer and publisher, was born 5 February 1800 in Fernane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and three daughters of Eamonn O'Daly and Brigid O'Daly (née Kyley). He was educated at a local hedge school before going to work, in 1826, for the…...
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…...
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…...