Joy, Robert
Joy, Robert (1722–85), printer, manufacturer, and philanthropist, was born probably in Belfast, second son of Francis Joy (qv), attorney, paper manufacturer, and printer, and Margaret Joy (née Martin). He was named for his maternal…...
Kane, Katherine Sophia
Kane, Katherine Sophia (1811–86), botanist and horticulturist, was born 11 March 1811, the only child of Henry Baily , who came from Berkshire, England, to Limerick as a distiller, and Bridget Baily (née O'Kelly). Katherine's uncle Francis Baily was an eminent astronomer and vice-…...
Kavanagh, Peter Paul
Kavanagh, Peter Paul (1916–2006), writer and critic, was born 19 March 1916 in Mucker, Iniskeen, Co. Monaghan, youngest of ten children of James Kavanagh, shoemaker and small farmer, and his wife Bridget (née Quinn). His godfather was his elder brother, the poet…...
Kean, Michael
Kean, Michael (1761–1823), miniaturist and owner of the Derby porcelain factory, was born in Dublin and educated at the Dublin Society's drawing school, established in 1746 to give instruction concentrating on figure- or life-drawing, drawing from the antique, and ornament-drawing…...
Kelly, Denis Joseph
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Kennedy, John Pitt
Kennedy, John Pitt (1796–1879), army officer and agriculturist, was born 8 May 1796 at Donagh, Co. Donegal, fourth son of John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh and later Balteagh, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). Educated at the Foyle Academy, Derry, he entered the…...
Kenny, Kevin John
Kenny, Kevin John (1881–1954), advertising pioneer, commercial manager and publisher, was born on 22 June 1881 at 12 Upper Dorset Street, Dublin, one of eight children of Michael C. Kenny, a lithographic printer and Fenian, and Catherine Kenny (née Fleming), a book-folder (cloth…...
Kent (Ceannt), Thomas
Kent (Ceannt), Thomas (1865–1916), farmer, and member of Cork Volunteer Brigade, was born 29 August 1865 in Bawnard House, Castlelyons, near Fermoy, Co. Cork, fourth among seven sons and two daughters of David Kent, a substantial farmer (leasing 200 acres), and Mary Kent (née Rice). He…...
Kent, David (Ceannt, Dáithí)
Kent, David (Ceannt, Dáithí) (1867–1930), farmer, land activist, and republican, was born 2 February 1867 at Bawnard House, Coole, Castleyons, near Fermoy, Co. Cork, one of seven sons and two daughters of David Kent, farmer, and Mary Kent (née Rice). During the 1889 land agitation,…...
Kent, Richard
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Kent, William
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Kettle, Andrew Joseph
Kettle, Andrew Joseph (1833–1916), agrarian reformer, was born in September 1833 in Drynam House, Swords, Co. Dublin, one among six children of Thomas Kettle, a prosperous farmer, and his wife, Alice (née Kavanagh). His maternal grandmother, Mary O'Brien, had smuggled arms to United…...
King, Cecil Harmsworth
King, Cecil Harmsworth (1901–87), publisher, was born 20 February 1901 at Poynter's Hall, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England (home of his grandmother, Geraldine Harmsworth (qv)), second son and fifth child among seven children of…...
King, Jeremiah
King, Jeremiah (1868–1927), historian, printer, and publisher, was born 11 February 1868 in Groin, in the parish of Aghadoe, Co. Kerry, elder of two sons of Laurence King, carpenter, of Currow, and Ellen King (née Counihan), farmer, of Madam's Height, Groin. Early in King's life…...
Kyan, John Howard
Kyan, John Howard (1774–1850), brewer and inventor, was born 27 November 1774 in Dublin, son of John Howard Kyan (d. 1804), mining engineer, of Mount Howard and Ballymurtagh, Co. Wicklow. The United Irishman Esmond Kyan (qv) who was hanged…...
Lalor, Patrick (‘Patt’)
Lalor, Patrick (‘Patt’) (1781–1856), tenant farmer and politician, was born in Tenakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son of Patrick Lalor (d.1813), a prosperous middleman and tenant farmer, who at the time of his death leased around 300 acres of agricultural land in the county.…...
Lalor, Richard
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Lane, Patrick ('Paddy')
Lane, Patrick ('Paddy') (1934–2012), farm leader and politician, was born on 7 September 1934 in the family home at Parteen, Co. Clare, the only son among three children of Thomas Lane, farmer, and his wife Gertrude (née McCormack). A sports enthusiast, Paddy was a four-time Munster…...
Lawrence, John Fortune
Lawrence, John Fortune (1833–97), sporting merchant and publisher, was born 13 January 1833 in Dublin, the eldest of six brothers and five sisters (three of each reaching adulthood) of William Lawrence (d. 1887), a clerk of works at the General Post Office (GPO), and his wife Elizabeth…...
Leathley, Joseph
Leathley, Joseph (d. 1757), ‘college binder’, printer, and bookseller, joined the Dublin printers, guild in July 1719, having been sworn a freeman of the city earlier in the year. He initially undertook a small number of joint publishing ventures with other members of the trade in…...
Leslie, Charles Henry
Leslie, Charles Henry (1767?–1841?), banker and founder of Ballincollig Powder Mills, Cork, was possibly baptised 21 February 1767 in Christ Church, Cork, second son among three sons and a daughter of Charles Leslie, medical doctor, and Ann Leslie (née Lawton) of Cork. His father…...
Lloyd, Edward
Lloyd, Edward (fl. 1700–1732), coffee house proprietor, publisher, and writer, was born in England and probably moved to Dublin in the 1690s. Nothing is known of his parents. A namesake, Edward Lloyd (d. 1713), founded (c.1688) Lloyd's coffee house in London, which…...
Locke, James Harvey
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Locke, John
Locke, John (1807–68), distiller, was the only son of John Locke (d. 1849) of Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, distiller, and his wife Jane (née Smithwick) (d. 1848) of the Kilkenny brewing family. His father was originally a merchant in Monasterevin but later moved the family to…...
Locke, John Edward
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