O'Donnell, Mary Stuart
O'Donnell, Mary Stuart (d. p.1639), heiress, was born in England c.1607, the daughter of Ruaidhrí O'Donnell (qv), earl of Tyrconnell, and Bridget Fitzgerald, daughter of…...
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, James
O'Gorman, James (1765–1855), landowner and angler, and his brother Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman (1777/8–1857), barrister and secretary to the Catholic Association, were the first and second of the three sons of James O'Gorman (1717–87) of Ennis, Co. Clare, and his wife, Susanna (née…...
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…...
Ó Lochlainn, Colm
Ó Lochlainn, Colm (1892–1972), printer, publisher and Gaelic scholar, was born William Gerard O'Loughlin at Drumcondra, Dublin, on 11 October 1892, the second of four surviving children (from six) of John O'Loughlin, publisher, and his wife Delia Bridget (née Carr), whose family were…...
O'Neill, John
O'Neill, John (1728?–1809), catholic gentleman and linen merchant, was one of four sons of Owen O'Neill of Ballygorian, a townland north-west of Hilltown, Co. Down, and a grandson of Hugh O'Neill (‘Hugh of the Standards’) who was killed on the Jacobite side at the battle of…...
O'Neill, Sir Neil (Niall)
O'Neill, Sir Neil (Niall) (1657/8–1690), 2nd baronet, Jacobite army officer, was born in December 1657 or January 1658, the eldest son of Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim, elevated to the baronetcy of Killelagh on 23 February 1666, and Eleanor Talbot, sister of Richard…...
O'Reilly, Dominick William
O'Reilly, Dominick William (d. 1816), landowner and catholic activist, nephew of William Reilly (1710/11–1782), inherited a modest estate at Kildangan Castle, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, on the death of his unmarried uncle; no further details of his family are known. He was drawn…...
O'Shaughnessy, Dermot
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O'Sullivan, Daniel
O'Sullivan, Daniel (1758/61?–1814), middleman and magistrate, was second son of Daniel O'Sullivan and his wife Honora, daughter of Morgan O'Connell (1739–1809) of Carhen, Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, and therefore first cousin to Daniel O'…...
Oxburgh, Heward
Oxburgh, Heward (d. 1691), Jacobite soldier and landowner, of Boveen, King's Co., was of unknown parentage but probably a member of a Norfolk gentry family. He, or his parents, perhaps came to Ireland as part of the plantation of King's Co. in the 1620s. He was in any case in the…...
Pinkerton, John
Pinkerton, John (1845–1908), tenant farmer, magistrate, and MP, was the son of John Pinkerton of Seacon, near Ballymoney, north Antrim, and his wife Nancy (née Pinkerton). John Pinkerton senior was a unitarian tenant farmer and linen merchant who died young after falling from his…...
Plunket, Luke
Plunket, Luke (1639–84), 3rd earl of Fingall , nobleman and catholic lobbyist, was the son and heir of Christopher Plunket, 2nd earl of Fingall, of Killeen castle, Dunsany, Co. Meath. His mother was Mabel Barnewall, daughter of …...
Plunket, Patrick
Plunket, Patrick (1595–1668), 9th Baron Dunsany , politician, was born about March 1595, the only son of Christopher Plunket and his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire. His family was one of the leading families among the Old English aristocracy of the…...
Plunkett, Arthur James
Plunkett, Arthur James (1759–1836), 8th earl of Fingall , was born 9 September 1759 at Woolhampton, Berkshire, England, the seat of William Wollascot, to his only daughter and heir, Henrietta Maria (d. 1808), wife of Arthur James Plunkett (1731–93), the 7th earl, whose seat was…...
Plunkett, Elizabeth Mary Margaret (‘Daisy’) (née Burke)
Plunkett, Elizabeth Mary Margaret (‘Daisy’) (née Burke) (1862–1944), countess of Fingall , socialite and cooperationist, was born at Danesfield, near Moycullen, Co. Galway, eldest among three daughters and one son of George Burke, farmer and magistrate; her two youngest siblings…...
Plunkett, Oliver James Horace
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Power, James
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Power, James Talbot
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Power, Nicholas Mahon
Power, Nicholas Mahon (1787–1873), landowner and politician, was born at Waterford on 4 February 1787, the younger son of Nicholas Power (1725–94) and his wife Catherine (1754?–1831), daughter of Bartholomew Rivers (qv), a…...
Power, Patrick
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Power, Sir John
Power, Sir John (1771–1855), 1st baronet, distiller, was born in Dublin, son of James Power, proprietor of the New Sun Inn, 109 Thomas St., Dublin, and founder of a distillery at nearby John's St. West (1791), later known as the John's Lane distillery. No information on his mother is…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Preston, Anthony
Preston, Anthony (1736–86), 11th Viscount Gormanston , was the eldest son of Jenico Preston, 10th Viscount Gormanston, of Co. Dublin and Co. Meath, and his wife Thomasine (d. 1788), eldest daughter of John Barnewall, 11th Lord Trimlestown. The Prestons were a catholic family with…...
Preston, Jenico
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