O'Connor, Sir Luke
O'Connor, Sir Luke (1831–1915), soldier and first recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born 21 January 1831 at Kilcroy, near Hillstreet, six miles from Elphin, Co. Roscommon; details of his parents are not known. Educated locally, he survived a childhood bout of smallpox and…...
O'Connor, Thomas
O'Connor, Thomas (1817–87), ‘cattle king of Refugio county, Texas’, was baptised and probably born in February 1817 in Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford, second son of Thomas O'Connor, tenant farmer at Kilmuckridge, and Margaret O'Connor (née Power). As a younger son, he had no prospect of…...
O'Conor Don, Hugh
O'Conor Don, Hugh (d. 1669), was the son of An Calbhach O'Connor Don (qv) of Ballintober Co. Roscommon, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir …...
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'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, Daniel
O'Donnell, Daniel (c.1666–1735), Jacobite soldier, was of Co. Donegal O'Donnell stock on both sides of his family. His father was Turlough O'Donnell of Ramelton, whose wife, Joan, was a daughter of Terence O'Donnell of Cúil Mhic an Tréin (Castleforward) and his wife, Rose…...
O'Donnell, Erica Marie-Josèphe
O'Donnell, Erica Marie-Josèphe (1920–99), art historian and SOE officer, was born 11 March 1920 in Dublin, the only child of Eric Hugh O'Donnell, a British army officer of Dublin and Ballingaddy, Co. Limerick, and his wife Mary Mabel Elizabeth, second daughter of Joseph Charles Dunbar…...
O'Donnell, Hugh Balldearg (Balderick, Balderock)
O'Donnell, Hugh Balldearg (Balderick, Balderock) (d. c.1704), soldier and sometime Jacobite, was son of John O'Donnell of Co. Donegal, soldier in the Spanish army, and Catherine O'Rourke. His early life remains obscure; he may have been born in Spain, and at some point he…...
O'Donnell, ‘Red’ Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh)
O'Donnell, ‘Red’ Hugh (Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh) (c.1572–1602), Gaelic lord, was the eldest son of Sir Hugh O'Donnell (qv) and…...
O'Donoghue, Florence (‘Florrie’)
O'Donoghue, Florence (‘Florrie’) (1897–1967), revolutionary, soldier, and historian, was born 6 May 1897 in Rathmore, Co. Kerry, the only son of six children of Timothy O'Donoghue, a farmer of Gortdromakerry, and Julia O'Donoghue (née Murphy). His father had served time in prison…...
O'Donovan, Edmund
O'Donovan, Edmund (1844–83), journalist, soldier, and Fenian, was born 13 September 1844 in Dublin, second among six sons (surviving infancy) of the celebrated Celticist and antiquarian John O'Donovan (qv) and Mary…...
O'Duffy, Eoin
O'Duffy, Eoin (1890–1944), soldier, policeman, and politician, was born 28 January 1890 on the family farm at Carrickaduff (Cargaghdoo), near Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, youngest among five sons and two daughters of Eugene (‘Owen’) Duffy and Brigid Duffy (née Fealy) of the nearby…...
O'Dwyer, John Gerard (‘Ged’)
O'Dwyer, John Gerard (‘Ged’) (1899–1996), Irish Volunteer, army officer, and showjumper, was born 12 April 1899 at Rahen, near Grange, Bruff, Co. Limerick, the second son of John O'Dwyer, farmer, and his wife Bridget, eldest daughter of John Hayes of Co. Limerick. Educated at…...
O'Ferrall, Roderic Charles Francis (‘Roddy’) More
O'Ferrall, Roderic Charles Francis (‘Roddy’) More (1903–90), horse breeder, trainer, and arboriculturist, was born in Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, on 25 July 1903, eldest among three sons and a daughter of Dominic More O'Ferrall of Kildangan, Co. Kildare, landowner and…...
O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’)
O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’) (1732–1809), officer in French service, scholar, and entrepreneur, was by his own account born 16 September 1732 at Castletown, Co. Clare, son of Matthew O'Gorman (or MacGorman) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Donough O'Loughlin of Castletown…...
O'Gowan, Eric Edward Dorman (Eric Edward Dorman-Smith), (‘Chink’)
O'Gowan, Eric Edward Dorman (Eric Edward Dorman-Smith), (‘Chink’) (1895–1969), soldier, was born Eric Edward Dorman-Smith in Bellamont House, near Cootehill, Co. Cavan, on 24 July 1895, eldest of three sons of Edward Dorman-Smith, landowner and magistrate, and his wife Amy (née…...
O'Keane, Henry
O'Keane, Henry (1763–1817), catholic priest and French army officer, known also as O'Kane, O'Keon, or Keon, was born 3 February 1763 at Kilcummin near Killala, Co. Mayo, one of three or more sons of a cowherd on the Tyrawley estate. After learning some Latin at a hedge school, he…...
O'Kelly, Charles
O'Kelly, Charles (1621–95), Jacobite army officer and writer, was born at Screen castle, Co. Galway, eldest son of John O'Kelly (d. 1674), 8th lord of the manor of Screen, and Isma, daughter of Sir William Hill of Ballybeg, Co. Carlow. He received his education at St Omer in the…...
O'Kelly, Countess Mary de Galway
O'Kelly, Countess Mary de Galway (1905–99), Belgian resistance operative, was born 24 April 1905 in Dublin, one of ten children of Thomas Patrick Cummins , a plumber, of Waterfall Cottage, Richmond Rd, Dublin, and his wife Ellen Black. Mary attended Fairview National School before…...
O'Kelly, William
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O'Leary, Con
O'Leary, Con (1915–98), pioneer of the co-operative movement, was born 18 May 1915 in Glendine, Inchigeela, west Co. Cork, son of Daniel O'Leary, farmer, and Kate O'Leary (née Barrett). He was educated at the local national school, before being forced to leave school to work on…...
O'Leary, Daniel Florence
O'Leary, Daniel Florence (1801–54), soldier, historian, and diplomat, was born in February 1801 in 89/90 Barrack St., Cork, eighth of ten children of Jeremiah O'Leary, butter merchant, and his wife, Catherine O'Leary (not related), both natives of Cork. In Europe in 1816…...
O'Leary, Jeremiah
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O'Moran, James
O'Moran, James (1739–94), general in the French army, was born 1 May 1739 at Elphin, Co. Roscommon, son of a shoemaker. Educated abroad, at the Irish college at Tournai, where his uncle was rector, he joined the French army on 15 November 1752 at the age of 13. A cadet in Dillon's…...
O'More, Brian Riabhach
O'More, Brian Riabhach (c.1570–1598), noble of Leix (Laoighis) and military commander, was a natural son of Rory (Ruaidhrí Óg) O'More (qv) (sl. 1578), lord of Leix, and was the only issue of a relationship…...