Gulston ('Scott'), Peter Craig
Gulston ('Scott'), Peter Craig (1931–2013), thief, variously described as the 'king of the cat burglars' and 'the human fly', was born on 18 February 1931 in Belfast, the younger of two children, to Frederick Arnott Gulston, chief commercial traveller for White, Tompkins and Courage…...
Hague, William
Hague, William (1836?–99), architect, was born probably in February 1836 at Cavan, the eldest of the five sons of William Hague (1806?–88), a builder and building materials merchant, and his wife Catherine. After schooling, probably at Kilmore Academy, Co. Cavan, he became an architect…...
Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes
Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes (1765–1831), schoolmaster, clergyman, writer, and forger, was born 29 December 1765 in Co. Meath. Orphaned while still a young child, he was raised by his uncle, Judge William Gregory, before attending Westminster School. In 1785 he opened a…...
Hanley, Ellie
Hanley, Ellie (1803–19), the ‘Colleen bawn ’, was born in Ballycahane, near Croom, Co. Limerick, daughter of Michael Hanley, farmer, and his first wife (née Connery). At 6 years old, she was adopted by her mother's brother, John Connery, ropemaker, also of Ballycahane. Connery's…...
Hanly, Dáithi
Hanly, Dáithi (1917–2003), architect and preservationist, was born David Patrick Hanly on 11 March 1917 at Glenview, Cavan town, one of at least five children (three sons and two daughters) of (Francis) Joseph Hanly (c.1880–1960), an instructor in the Department of…...
Hare, William
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Harte, Francis ('Frank')
Harte, Francis ('Frank') (1933–2005), architect, lecturer, singer, and collector of traditional songs, was born 14 May 1933 in Dublin. His father, Peter Harte (d. 1977), was originally from a farm in Co. Sligo, but moved to Dublin and bought a pub, The Tap, in Chapelizod, then still…...
Hayes, Michael
Hayes, Michael (d. 1803), builder, was originally from Co. Tipperary but his background is otherwise obscure. He was already a master bricklayer when he was retained around 1782 by Robert Brooke (qv) for the new industrial settlement…...
Hayes, Samuel
Hayes, Samuel (1743–95), politician, improving landlord, and amateur architect, was the eldest son of John Hayes of Hayesville, Co. Wicklow. He studied under a Mr Ford, before entering TCD on 8 January 1759. He registered at London's…...
Hickey, Patrick
Hickey, Patrick (1927–98), printmaker, painter, and architect, was born 27 April 1927 in India (in what later formed part of Pakistan), son of Lt-col. H. W. Hickey. The family subsequently returned to England, living in Bedford. He was educated at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire (1939–45…...
Hicks, Frederick George
Hicks, Frederick George (1870–1965), architect, was born 16 May 1870 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, one of seven children (five brothers and two sisters). Educated at Taunton School, he attended the Architectural Association school, London, and studied building construction at Finsbury…...
Hill, Arthur
Hill, Arthur (1846–1921), architect, was born 8 June 1846 in Cork city, into a family long associated with buildings in the south of Ireland, son of Henry Hill, well known architect, and Margaret McNaughton Hill (née Sayers). He was educated at a private school and at the Cork…...
Hill, Henry Houghton
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Hoban, James
Hoban, James (c.1762–1831), architect, was born in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, son of Edward Hoban and Martha Hoban (née Bayne). From 1779 he was educated at the Dublin Society’s School of Drawing in Architecture where he studied under…...
Hobson, Florence Fulton
Hobson, Florence Fulton (1881–1978), architect, was born 11 February 1881 at Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, the daughter of Benjamin Hobson, grocer, and Mary Ann Hobson (née Bulmer), a women's rights campaigner and amateur archaeologist. Her family moved to Belfast shortly after her…...
Hurley, Richard
Hurley, Richard (1932–2011), architect, was born in the family home at Vernon Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin, on 8 June 1932, the sixth child of four daughters and three sons of James Hurley, a professor of rural science in St Patrick's teacher training college in Drumcondra, Dublin, and…...
Ivory, Thomas
Ivory, Thomas (1732?–1786), architect, was born in Cork city and initially worked as an apprentice carpenter. Moving to Dublin, he worked as a gunstock carver in the workshop of the gunsmith Alderman Thomas Truelock. He later took lessons in architectural drawing from a Mr Bell…...
Jackson, Thomas
Jackson, Thomas (1807–90), architect, was born in Waterford city, eldest son of Anthony Jackson, a quaker and freeman of the city, who was descended from Anthony Jackson, a quaker who left Lancashire in 1649 and settled in Meath. Thomas was articled to the architect George Dymond in…...
Johnston, Francis
Johnston, Francis (1760/61–1829), architect, was the second of two sons of William Johnston (1728–92) of Armagh, architect and builder, and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of James Houston. The family, originally from Scotland, settled in Ireland in the early seventeenth century with…...
Jones, Richard
Jones, Richard (1641–1712), 1st earl of Ranelagh , tax farmer, politician, and architect, was born 8 February 1641 in the house of his uncle, Viscount Dungarvan, in Long Acre, London, the only son of Arthur Jones and Katherine Jones…...
Joyce, Myles
Joyce, Myles (1837?–1882), victim of a miscarriage of justice, was the second of three sons of Shaun Joyce of Cappanacreha, Co. Galway, a desolate and isolated townland in the parish of Ross in the Joyce Country bordering Co. Mayo. Myles Joyce, a small farmer at Cappanacreha, who…...
Kenny, Sean
Kenny, Sean (1932–73), set designer and architect, was born John Noel Kenny on 23 December 1932 in Portroe, Co. Tipperary, eldest among nine sons of Thomas Joseph Kenny, builder and former IRA man, and Nora Kenny (née Gleeson). He was educated…...
Kirwan, William Bourke
Kirwan, William Bourke (c.1814–1880?), convicted murderer, was born in Dublin the son of Patrick Kirwan, picture dealer, originally from Co. Fermanagh, and his wife. He studied art with Richard Downes Bowyer and became a skilled miniature painter. Between 1836 and 1846 he…...
Kyteler (Kettle, Keyetler), Dame Alice
Kyteler (Kettle, Keyetler), Dame Alice (fl. 1324), accused of witchcraft and sorcery, was probably from a Kilkenny family, though nothing is known of her life prior to marriage. The Kytelers were a family of Flemish merchants who came to Ireland some time in the mid to late…...
Langrishe, Richard
Langrishe, Richard (1834–1922), architect and engineer, was born 6 November 1834 in Knocktopher Abbey, Kilkenny, younger son among two sons and one daughter of Rev. Sir Hercules Langrishe, politician and clergyman, and Maria Langrishe (née Cottingham) of Somerville, Co. Cavan.…...