Minch, Sydney Basil
Minch, Sydney Basil (1893–1970), soldier, politician and businessman, was born 14 June 1893 in Rockfield, Athy, Co. Kildare, one of five sons of Matthew Joseph Minch (1854–1921), nationalist and anti-Parnellite MP for Kildare South (1892–1903), and Agnes Minch (née Hayden). He had…...
Moore, Garret
Moore, Garret (d. 1706?), soldier and politician, is said to have been born in 1600, but a later date is probable. He was the eldest son of Garret Moore, of Cloghan, King's Co., while his mother's name is unknown. His grandfather John Moore (d. 1631) was a landowner in Galway…...
Moore, Maurice George
Moore, Maurice George (1854–1939), soldier and politician, was born 10 August 1854 at Moore Hall, Ballyglass, Co. Mayo, second child among four sons and one daughter of George Henry Moore (qv), MP for Mayo and leader of the tenant…...
Moylan, Stephen
Moylan, Stephen (1734?–1811), soldier in the US army, was born in Co. Cork, son of John Moylan, a prominent catholic merchant. His father, socially restricted by the penal laws, was obliged to send his four sons to Paris for a catholic education. While Stephen's brother…...
Mulcahy, Patrick Anthony
Mulcahy, Patrick Anthony (1897–1987), soldier, was born 4 November 1897 at 70 Manor St., Waterford city, third youngest child among two sons and five daughters of Patrick Mulcahy, post office official, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick and Maria Slattery, also of…...
Mulcahy, Richard
Mulcahy, Richard (1886–1971), revolutionary and politician, was born 10 May 1886 at 70 Manor Street, Waterford, eldest son and second eldest among eight children of Patrick Mulcahy, post office clerk (d. 1923), and Elizabeth Mulcahy (née Slattery), both of Waterford. He was educated by…...
Murnaghan, George
Murnaghan, George (1847–1929), businessman, farmer, and politician, was born 4 July 1847 in Greenan, Loughbrickland, Co. Down, the fourth of nine children of James Murnaghan, a local farmer, and his wife Rose (née Mulligan). He attended the Royal School, Armagh, from 1864 to 1866,…...
Murphy, (John Francis) Desmond ('Jack')
Murphy, (John Francis) Desmond ('Jack') (1913–2005), military psychiatrist, was born 22 May 1913 in Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, the son of Francis Murphy, a merchant, and his wife Annie (née Murphy). After attending Clongowes Wood College (1925–31), Murphy studied…...
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, William Richard English
Murphy, William Richard English (1890–1975), teacher, soldier, schools’ inspector, general and police commissioner, was born on 26 January 1890 at Danescastle, Carrig on Bannow, Co. Wexford, son of John Joseph Murphy and Sarah Agnes (née English), both of whom were teachers. He had one…...
Netterville, John
Netterville, John (d. 1659), 2nd Viscount Netterville of Dowth , army officer, and landowner, was eldest son of Nicholas Netterville (qv), Viscount Dowth, and his wife, Eleanor Bath of Athcarne, Co. Meath. John married (1623)…...
Nolan, John Philip
Nolan, John Philip (1838–1912), landowner, army officer, and politician, was born 3 August 1838 in Dublin, the eldest of six sons of John Nolan (b. 1810) of Ballinderry, near Tuam, Co. Galway, a catholic barrister, landowner, and magistrate, who, after relieving the poor during…...
Nugent, Christopher
Nugent, Christopher (d. 1731), Jacobite and army officer, was the eldest son of Francis Nugent of Dardistown, Co. Meath, and his wife, Bridget, sister of William Dongan (qv), created earl of Limerick in 1685. His grandfather was…...
Nugent, John
Nugent, John (1671–1754), 5th earl of Westmeath , Jacobite officer in the French service, was the third of three sons of Christopher Nugent (d. a.1680), Lord Delvin, and his wife Mary (d. 1737), niece of James Butler, 1st duke of …...
Nugent, Laval(l)
Nugent, Laval(l) (1777–1862), field-marshal and count in Austria, was born 3 November 1777 at Ballinacor, Co. Wicklow, eldest son of John Nugent, landowner, from Westmeath, and Jane Nugent (née McDonagh). His father died when he was four, and in 1789 he moved to Austria, where he…...
Nugent, Richard
Nugent, Richard (1623–84), 2nd earl of Westmeath , soldier, was the only child of Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin, and Anne, eldest daughter of Randal MacDonnell (qv), 1st earl of Antrim. His father, heir to the earldom of…...
Nugent, Thomas
Nugent, Thomas (1668?–1752), 4th earl of Westmeath , soldier, and catholic activist, was second son of Christopher Nugent, of Delvin, Co. Westmeath and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Butler of Kilcash. She was a niece of James Butler…...
Ó Brádaigh, Ruairí
Ó Brádaigh, Ruairí (1932–2013), republican paramilitary and political activist, was born Peter Roger Casement Brady in Upper Mount Street, Dublin, on 2 October 1932. He was the second child of two sons and a daughter of Matt (Matthew) Brady, a farmer of Longford town, and his wife…...
O'Brien, John Thomond
O'Brien, John Thomond (1786–1861), bullfighter and military officer in Argentina, was born 24 June 1786 at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, son of Martin O'Brien, a wealthy farmer, and Honoria O'Brien (née O'Connor). In 1811 he emigrated to South America, settling first in Brazil. His…...
O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
O'Clery, (Patrick) Keyes
O'Clery, (Patrick) Keyes (1845?–1913), soldier, barrister, politician, and author, was born, probably in May 1845, at Darragh house, Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick, the only son of John Walsh O'Clery (The O'Clery ) and Elisa O'Clery (née O'Donoghue Keyes); some sources record his birth…...
O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph (‘J. J.’, ‘Ginger’)
O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph (‘J. J.’, ‘Ginger’) (1887–1944), soldier and revolutionary, was born 21 December 1887 in Ballina, Co. Mayo, son of Jeremiah Ambrose O'Connell, national school inspector, and Winifred O'Connell (née Geraty). Because of his father's job the family moved…...
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, Moritz (‘Murty’)
O'Connell, Moritz (‘Murty’) (1738–1830), general in the Austrian service and court chamberlain, was the third son of Maurice O'Connell of Tarmons, Co. Kerry, and his wife Mary, daughter of O'Sullivan Beare of Berehaven, Co. Cork. He was a kinsman of…...
O'Connor, Francis Burdett
O'Connor, Francis Burdett (1791–1871), general in the Bolivian army, was born 12 June 1791 in Cork city, son of Roger O'Connor (qv), landowner and United Irishman, and his second wife, Wilhelmina, daughter of Nicholas Bowen of…...