Doyle, (Paschal) Vincent (P. V.)
Doyle, (Paschal) Vincent (P. V.) (1923–88), hotelier and builder, was born 17 May 1923 in Dundrum, Dublin, one among seven children of Michael J. Doyle, builder and farmer of Frankfurt Villa, Dundrum, and Eileen Doyle (née Lawlor). He was educated at the…...
Duggan, Richard Joseph
Duggan, Richard Joseph (1878–1934), turf accountant, businessman, and founder of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake, was born 21 March 1878 in Dublin, fourth child among three sons and two daughters of Patrick Duggan, clerk, originally from Waterford, and Mary Duggan (née Burrows).…...
Dunne, Bernard (‘Ben’)
Dunne, Bernard (‘Ben’) (1908–83), businessman, was born in Rostrevor, Co. Down, elder son and second among three children of Barney Dunn (d. 1949) of Rostrevor and Margaret Dunn (née Byrne) of Kilkenny. Although Barney Dunn inherited the Woodside Restaurant Temperance Refreshment…...
Dunn, James
Dunn, James (1700–73), wine and porter merchant, of Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, first presbyterian to represent Dublin city in parliament since the 1650s, was eldest son of William Dunn (1672–1715), merchant of Belfast. James Dunn became free of the Dublin guild of merchants (…...
Eason, Charles
Eason, Charles (1823–99), wholesale and retail newsagent, was born 11 May 1823 at Yeovil, Somerset, second son in the family of three sons and two daughters of a glover and baptist deacon, George Eason (1782–1828), and his wife Rebecca (née Tucker). After attending school at…...
Eason, John Charles Malcolm
Eason, John Charles Malcolm (1880–1976), businessman, was born 22 June 1880 in Dublin, the second of four children of a presbyterian couple, Charles Eason (1853–1941), businessman, and Anna Maria Selina Eason (née Thomson; d. 1929). The family lived at 10 Brighton Square South,…...
Egan, Barry M.
Egan, Barry M. (1879–1954), businessman and politician, was born in Cork city into a prominent Cork merchant family, the son of Finbarr Egan and his wife Mary (née Noonan). His grandfather William Egan founded the firm of William Egan & Sons, jewellers, on Grand Parade, Cork, in…...
Egan, Patrick Joseph
Egan, Patrick Joseph (1876–1960), businessman and politician, was born 14 June 1876 in Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), eldest son among at least four sons and one daughter of Henry Egan (1847–1919), of High St., Tullamore, prosperous merchant and local politician, and Elizabeth Egan…...
Ennis, Sir John
Ennis, Sir John (1800–78), 1st baronet, businessman, landowner, and politician, was born 15 August 1800, the only son of Andrew Ennis (d. 1834) of Roebuck, near Dublin, and his wife (née McManus). Andrew Ennis ‘engaged extensively in commercial pursuits and realised a very large…...
Farrell, Edmund
Farrell, Edmund (1913–75), company director, was born 28 January 1913 at 71 Kenilworth Square, Rathmines, Dublin, son of John Farrell, tobacconist, of that address, and Mary Farrell (née Redmond). Educated at Belvedere College, he later worked in the Capitol Cinema on Prince's St. (in…...
Feehan, John (Seán)
Feehan, John (Seán) (1916–91), publisher and writer, was born 8 September 1916 in Ballinree, Dualla, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the elder of two sons of Thomas Feehan, teacher, Ballytarsna, and his wife, Catherine O'Connor, teacher, of Dualla. His brother Gerard died aged two, and his…...
Ferguson, Vincent
Ferguson, Vincent, (1931–2007), businessman and art collector, was born in the family home in Teeling Street, Sligo town, on 21 June 1931, the son of John Ferguson, printer, and his wife Mary (née McGarry). His mother died when he was five, leaving five boys and two girls. The family…...
Findlater, Adam Seaton
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Findlater, Alexander
Findlater, Alexander (1797–1873), merchant and philanthropist, was born 9 March 1797 in Glasgow, Scotland, third son among seven sons and four daughters of John Findlater (1758–1809), supervisor of excise at Greenock, Renfrewshire, and Janet Findlater (née Dempster). Owing to the…...
Finn, Edmund
Finn, Edmund (d. 1777), printer, publisher, and bookseller, is known to have been at work in Cork in 1766, but from 1767 he worked at Kilkenny, at St Mary's Churchyard (1767) and then at High Street (1767–77), where he founded, edited, printed, and published an influential twice…...
Finn, William
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Fitzgerald, Séamus
Fitzgerald, Séamus (1896–1972), politician and businessman, was born 3 September 1896 at East Hill, Queenstown (Cobh), the third child of five sons of James Fitzgerald, sailor, merchant navy, and his wife, Alice Archdeacon, both from Cobh. He was educated at the local Presentation…...
Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’)
Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’) (1921–98), businessman and broadcaster, was born in Cork city. He was reared and educated locally in a traditional catholic environment, attending Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He was a noted rugby player for the Dolphin club and for Munster.…...
Fitzpatrick, Hugh
Fitzpatrick, Hugh (d. 1818), printer and bookseller, was said by an obituarist to be ‘descended from a noble Irish family’ and seems to have been a nephew of Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick (qv), of whose will he and his son…...
Fitzpatrick, Patrick Vincent
Fitzpatrick, Patrick Vincent (1792–1865), political and financial manager to Daniel O'Connell (qv), was born 19 July 1792 at 2 Ormond Quay, Dublin, eldest son of Hugh Fitzpatrick (qv),…...
Fitzsimons (Fitzsimmons), Thomas
Fitzsimons (Fitzsimmons), Thomas (1741–1811), merchant and politician in the USA, was born in Ireland, probably as a younger son, and seems to have had at least three brothers and a twin sister. Nothing is known of his parents, and his birthplace is variously given as Nobber, Co.…...
Flannery, Austin
Flannery, Austin (1925–2008), priest, scholar, editor, journalist and social justice campaigner, was born William ('Liam') Flannery on 10 January 1925 at Rear Cross, Co. Tipperary, the eldest of seven children of William K. Flannery and his wife Margaret Flannery (née Butler),…...
Flinn, Hugo (Hugh)
Flinn, Hugo (Hugh) (1922–2010), businessman, was born in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork, on 11 June 1922, the eldest of two sons of Hugo Victor Flinn (qv), of Rushbrooke, and his wife Monica (née Wilson). His father was an engineer,…...
Flinn, Hugo Victor
Flinn, Hugo Victor (1879–1943), businessman and politician, was born 8 September 1879 in Peel, Isle of Man. He was one of four children of Hugh or Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The…...
Flood, Finbarr
Flood, Finbarr (1938–2016), soccer player, managing director of Guinness brewery and chairman of the Labour Court, was born on 1 December 1938 in Kilmainham, Dublin, one of three children (and only son) to Jack Flood, a worker in Guinness, and his wife Eva Flood (née…...