Rowan, Arthur Blennerhasset
Rowan, Arthur Blennerhasset (1800–61), Church of Ireland clergyman and antiquarian, was born in October 1800 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, only surviving son of William Rowan of Arabella, Tralee, barrister and sometime provost of Tralee (1803–5), and his wife Letitia, daughter of Sir…...
Ruthven, Annette Jocelyn Otway-
Ruthven, Annette Jocelyn Otway- (1909–89), historian, was born 7 November 1909 at 63 Lower Baggot St., Dublin, third child among one son and three daughters of Capt. Robert Mervyn Bermingham Otway-Ruthven (1867–1919), Royal Artillery, of Castle Otway, Co. Tipperary, and Margaret…...
Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (‘Tom’)
Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (‘Tom’) (1882–1957), barrister-at-law, genealogist, registrar at the Office of Arms, and deputy Ulster King of Arms, was born 15 September 1882 at the Curragh camp, Co. Kildare, youngest among three sons (one of whom died in infancy) of the Rev. Franc Sadleir…...
Sandford, Francis
Sandford, Francis (1630–94), herald and genealogist, was born at Carnew (Carnowe) Castle, Co. Wicklow, third among four sons of Francis Sandford (1587–1653) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Calcott or Caldecott Chambre (d. 1638), of Williamscot, Oxfordshire, England, and of…...
Semple, John
Semple, John (1801–82), architect, was born in Dublin, the eldest son of John Semple (1763–1840) engineer and architect. As tradesmen, builders, engineers, and architects the Semple family formed a ubiquitous presence in Georgian Dublin. …...
Seymour, St John Drelincourt
Seymour, St John Drelincourt (1880–1950), clergyman and historian, was the youngest son of Elizabeth Seymour (née Topp), and of the Rev. William F. Seymour, Church of Ireland clergyman in the united dioceses of Cashel and Emly, and was born 15 April 1880 at Abington rectory, Co.…...
Share, Bernard Vivian
Share, Bernard Vivian (1930–2013), writer and editor, was born on 31 May 1930 in London to Irish parents Frederick Share, a civil servant, and May Share, who had emigrated there from Dublin. He lived in England until he was seventeen, attending school in Pinner, Middlesex, before moving…...
Sheridan, Charles Francis
Sheridan, Charles Francis (1750–1806), writer and politician, was born June 1750 in Dorset St., Dublin, elder son among two sons and two daughters of Thomas Sheridan (qv), manager of Smock Alley Theatre, and Frances Sheridan (née…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1646–1712), writer, royal official, and Jacobite, was born in St John's, near Trim, Co. Meath, fourth son of Denis Sheridan (qv), a Church of Ireland clergyman from Co. Cavan, and an Englishwoman named Foster. In the rebellion of 1641…...
Shirley, Evelyn Philip
Shirley, Evelyn Philip (1812–82), antiquarian and landowner, was born in South Audley Street, London, on 22 January 1812, the eldest son of Evelyn John Shirley (1788–1856), landowner and MP for Co. Monaghan (1826–31), and his wife, Eliza (née Stanhope; d. 1859). The Shirley family…...
Sirr, Joseph D'Arcy
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Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend
Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend (1863–1936), naval officer, hydrographer, and author, was born 7 September 1863 on his family's historic estate at Drishane, Castletownshend, near Castle Haven, Co. Cork, third son of Lt.-col. Thomas Henry Somerville (later high sheriff of Cork) and his…...
Stephens, Edward Millington
Stephens, Edward Millington (1888–1955), barrister, civil servant, and biographer, was born 8 November 1888 at 3 Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin, second child and younger son among two sons and one daughter of Henry Francis Colclough Stephens (1856–1935), a solicitor distantly…...
Stokes, George Thomas
Stokes, George Thomas (1843–98), clergyman and historian, was born 28 December 1843 in Athlone, eldest son of John Stokes, merchant, of Athlone, and Margaret Stokes (née Forster). Educated at Galway Grammar School and QCG, he entered…...
Stokes, Margaret McNair
Stokes, Margaret McNair (1832–1900), archaeologist and antiquary, was born in March 1832 at York St., Dublin, eldest daughter of William Stokes (qv), MD, and Mary Stokes (neé Black) of Glasgow.…...
Stokes, Whitley
Stokes, Whitley (1830–1909), lawyer and Celtic scholar, was born 28 February 1830 in Dublin, the eldest son of Dr William Stokes (qv), heart specialist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Black of Glasgow. The Stokes children were raised…...
Story, George Warter
Story, George Warter (d. 1721), clergyman and chronicler, was the eldest of at least three sons of Thomas Story of Justice Town, near Carlisle. He was probably born before 1670, but little is known of his early career. He was chaplain to the dowager countess of Carlisle at Castle…...
Stuart, Henry Windsor Villiers
Stuart, Henry Windsor Villiers (1827–95), MP, clergyman, and Egyptologist, was born 13 September 1827, the only son of Henry Villiers-Stuart (1803–74), 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana, Co. Waterford, privy councillor, MP (1826–30) and lord lieutenant of Co. Waterford (1831–…...
Stuart, James
Stuart, James (1764–1840), newspaper editor and historian, was born in Armagh city, son of Benjamin Stuart of Co. Antrim. He was educated at Armagh Royal School under Dr Arthur Grueber and in 1784 took sixth place on entrance to TCD. He…...
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton (1715–66), antiquary and lawyer, was born in Co. Galway, son of Francis Sullivan, lieutenant in the army; nothing is known of his mother. After schooling in Waterford under Mr Fell, he entered TCD (25 January…...
Symner, Miles
Symner, Miles (d. 1686), clergyman, mathematician, astronomer, and military engineer, is of unclear parentage, but considering his education at TCD, he was probably of Anglo-Irish or English descent. He entered TCD as a scholar in…...
Talbot, James
Talbot, James (1805–83), 4th Baron Talbot, antiquarian , and MP, was born 22 November 1805 at Tiverton, Devon, eldest son of James (qv), 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide in the Irish peerage, and his wife Anne Sarah (d. March 1857), second…...
Taylor, William Cooke
Taylor, William Cooke (1800–49), historian and economist, was born 16 April 1800 at Youghal, Co. Cork, son of Richard Taylor, manufacturer, and his wife, Mary (née Cooke). Both his parents’ families had lived at Youghal since Cromwellian times; Mary was descended from the regicide…...
Tempest, William
Tempest, William (1835–1918), antiquary and publisher, was born 13 November 1835 in Rostrevor, Co. Down, son of William Tempest and Esther Tempest (née Broughden), originally from Ramelton, Co. Donegal. He was apprenticed at the age of 13 to a newspaper printer in Newry. In 1859,…...
Todd, James Henthorn
Todd, James Henthorn (1805–69), librarian and scholar, was born 23 April 1805 at Kildare St., Dublin, eldest son among fifteen children of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), professor of surgery,…...