O'Rourke, Horace Tennyson
O'Rourke, Horace Tennyson (1880–1963), architect and town planner, was born 21 March 1880 in the family home at 34 Richmond Place North, Dublin, son of Francis P. O'Rourke, an accountant from ‘a noted professional family’, and Martha O'Rourke (née Rafferty). Horace's name on his…...
O'Rourke, Madeleine C.
O'Rourke, Madeleine C. (1951–2006), aviator and organiser of aviation events, was born in south Dublin in the spring of 1951, the daughter of Peter J. Byrne and his wife Olive (née Poole); there was an older brother. Her father was an electrical engineer with the…...
Pollen, John Hungerford
Pollen, John Hungerford (1820–1902), architect, artist, and author, was born 19 November 1820 in London, second son of Richard Pollen, barrister, and his wife Anne, daughter of Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Educated at Durham House (1829–33) and Eton (1833–8), in May 1838 he…...
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore (1812–52), architect, designer, and architectural theorist, was born 1 March 1812 in Keppel St., Russell Square, London, only child of Augustus Charles Pugin, an architectural draughtsperson who emigrated to England from France, and Catherine Pugin…...
Pugin, Edward Welby
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Purcell, Pierce Francis
Purcell, Pierce Francis (1881–1968), civil engineer, peat fuel pioneer, and university professor, was born 6 October 1881 at the Quay, Kilkenny city, only son of Thomas Purcell of Albert House, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, and Margaret Purcell (née Phelan). Educated in Dublin at St Vincent…...
Rice, Peter Ronan
Rice, Peter Ronan (1935–92), structural engineer, was born 16 June 1935 at the Leinster nursing home, 26 Upper Pembroke St., Dublin, son of James Patrick Rice, head of the Louth vocational education committee, and Maureen Rice (née Quinn), living at 11 Faughart Terrace, St Mary's…...
Robinson, John Joseph
Robinson, John Joseph (1887–1965), architect, was born 17 October 1887 at ‘Rathruadh’, Marlborough Rd, Glenageary, Co. Dublin, son of John Loftus Robinson, architect (see below), and Mary Josephine Robinson (née Ryan). Shortly before John Joseph's seventh birthday, his father died…...
Robinson, John Loftus
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Rogers, John Cecil Kelly-
Rogers, John Cecil Kelly- (1905–81), aviation pioneer, was born 8 February 1905 at Raven Lodge, Sandycove, Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, second child of Capt. Theodore Rogers, RN (later of the Dublin–Liverpool passenger service), and Violet…...
Ronayne, Joseph Philip
Ronayne, Joseph Philip (1822–76), civil engineer and politician, was born at Mount Verdun, Cork, youngest son of Edward Ronayne, glassmaker, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Meany of Dorrickmore, Co. Cork. He was educated in Cork at the school of Hamblin and Porter; then…...
Scott, Michael
Scott, Michael (1905–89), architect, was born 24 June 1905 in Drogheda, Co. Louth, second child among two sons and two daughters of William Scott, a school principal and later schools inspector from Co. Kerry, and Hilda Scott (née Daly), native of Cork city. In his childhood the family…...
Scott, William Alphonsus
Scott, William Alphonsus (1871–1921), architect, was born 1 September 1871 in 19 Aughrim St., Dublin, eldest son of Anthony Scott (1845–1919), architect, and Kate Scott (née Hayes). Anthony Scott was clerk of works to Thomas Newenham Deane (qv),…...
Simms, Herbert George
Simms, Herbert George (1898–1948), architect, was born on 30 November 1898 in London, the eldest of at least six children (five sons and one daughter) of George William Simms, train driver and former shepherd, of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Nellie (née Worster) of Hemel…...
Sisk, John Gerard
Sisk, John Gerard (1911–2001), civil engineer and businessman, was born 18 January 1911 in Cork, second son among two sons and one daughter of John Valentine Sisk (1868–1955), head of the family building firm, and his wife Mary Josephine, daughter of Patrick Harty,…...
Smith, Louis Patrick Frederick
Smith, Louis Patrick Frederick (1923–2012), agricultural economist and academic, was born on 21 December 1923 in Kevit Castle in Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, the youngest of eight children of Dr Frederick Paul Smith, a farmer and ophthalmologist of Kevit Castle, and his wife Isabella (née…...
Stephenson, Samuel Francis ('Sam')
Stephenson, Samuel Francis ('Sam') (1933–2006), architect, was born 15 December 1933 at 80 Manor Street, Dublin, youngest among five sons of…...
Tallon, Ronald Joseph (‘Ronnie’)
Tallon, Ronald Joseph (‘Ronnie’) (1927–2014), architect, was born on 19 March 1927 in Dublin to Michael Tallon, a shopkeeper, and his wife Jenny (née McDermott). He was the second eldest of eight children (four boys and four girls) and grew up on Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra. After…...
Timoney, Séamus Gearóid
Timoney, Séamus Gearóid (1926–91), engineer and university professor, was born 13 September 1926 in Galway, eldest among seven sons and three daughters of Lieutenant-colonel Séamus Timoney and Agnes (Nancy) Timoney (née Fullerton). He belonged to a devout catholic family, of whom two…...
Toye, Edward Joseph
Toye, Edward Joseph (1857–1932), architect, was born in Aghadowey, Co. Londonderry, son of Richard Toye, from Derry city, and his wife Mary, eldest daughter of Bernard Dempsey of Mullaghmore, Aghadowey. Mary Toye died, aged 28, at her father's house in April 1859. Edward was…...
Wejchert, Andrzej
Wejchert, Andrzej (1937–2009), architect, was born 21 May 1937 in Gdańsk, in the semi-autonomous Free City of Danzig, sandwiched between the Polish Corridor and the German province of East Prussia, son of Tadeusz Wejchert, who ran a shipping business, and Irena Wejchert (née Mojgis).…...
Wejchert, Danuta
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Wilson, Thomas
Wilson, Thomas (1916–2001), economist, was born on 23 June 1916 on the family farm at Ballylagan, Ballynure, Co. Antrim, the only child of John Bright Wilson (d. 1948), and his wife Margaret (née Ellison). His father, while keeping the farm, established a grocery and animal feed…...