Talbot, Richard Francis
Talbot, Richard Francis (1710–52), titular earl of Tyrconnell, soldier, and diplomat, was baptised 26 December 1710 at Saint-Germain, France, son of Richard Talbot (d. 1716), who styled himself Lord Talbot from 1691 and had married his cousin Charlotte Talbot (1676?–1721), only…...
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…...
Teeling, Bartholomew John (Bartle)
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Teeling, Charles George
Teeling, Charles George (1806–75), soldier and inspector in the Irish constabulary, was born 1 March 1806, second surviving son of Charles Hamilton Teeling (qv) of Lisburn and Belfast, United Irishman, writer, and newspaper…...
Thompson, Sir William John
Thompson, Sir William John (1861–1929), registrar-general of Ireland, was born at Tattyreagh, Co. Fermanagh, the son of William Thompson, a farmer of Tattyreagh. He was educated at TCD and the…...
Thornton, Brigid Lyons
Thornton, Brigid Lyons (1896–1987), public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army, was born 13 May 1896 in Northyard, Scramogue, Co. Roscommon, the eldest child of the two daughters and one son of Patrick Lyons, farmer, and Margaret Lyons…...
Tindal (-Carill-Worsley), Nicolas Henry Joseph ('Nick')
Tindal (-Carill-Worsley), Nicolas Henry Joseph ('Nick') (1911–2006), RAF pilot and farmer, was born 7 March 1911, the only son of Ralph Tindal-Carill-Worsley (1881–1966), an officer in the Royal Navy, and his wife Kathleen (née Mangan) (d. 1961), the third daughter of Simon Mangan,…...
Tinney, Sheila Christina (née Power)
Tinney, Sheila Christina (née Power) (1918–2010), mathematical physicist, was born on 15 January 1918 in Galway city, fourth daughter of Michael Power (1885–1974), professor of mathematics in UCG (1912–55), and Christina Power (née…...
Tobin, Liam
Tobin, Liam (1895–1963), republican, soldier, businessman, and civil servant, was born 15 November 1895 at 13 North Great George's St., Cork, son of David Tobin of Clolefin (Cloughleafin, near Mitchelstown, north Co. Cork), furniture salesman at Clery's department store, Dublin, and…...
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…...
Trant, Thomas
Trant, Thomas (c.1762–1794), soldier and chevalier of France, was born at Mallow, Co. Cork, third son among six sons and at least two daughters of Thomas Trant, a successful catholic merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Trant). Educated locally, he decided to join the…...
Troy, Elizabeth Mary ('Lilly')
Troy, Elizabeth Mary ('Lilly') (1914–2011), obstetrician, was born 14 September 1914 at 1 Dartmouth Villas, Ranelagh, Dublin, the home of her parents, one of three daughters and two sons born to Joseph Troy, hatter and outfitter, and his wife Hanna ('Johanna') (née Doran). She was…...
Tuchet, James
Tuchet, James (c.1617–1684), Lord Audley and 3rd earl of Castlehaven , soldier, was eldest son of Mervyn Tuchet, Lord Audley and 2nd earl of Castlehaven, and Elizabeth, daughter of Benedict Barnham, alderman of London. The Tuchets, an English catholic family, had acquired…...
Veitch, James Andrew
Veitch, James Andrew (c.1770–1856?), surgeon, was born in Scotland and graduated MD from Edinburgh University. He then served as a surgeon in the British army, and was quartered in Longford during the 1798 rebellion. As the first…...
Verling, James Roche
Verling, James Roche (1787–1858), army surgeon, was born at Cove, Co. Cork, on 27 February 1787, second son in the family of five sons and two daughters of John Verling and his wife, Eleanor (née Roche), of Cove. The Verlings were a wealthy and influential catholic family long…...
Wade, Walter
Wade, Walter (c.1740–1825), botanist, was born in Dublin, son of John Wade (d. 1799), chemist and apothecary, and Katherine Wade. In 1767 John Wade's proposal, sanctioned by (Royal) King and Queen's College of Physicians Ireland ((R)K&QCPI; forerunner of RCPI), to establish…...
Walsh, Sr Patricia
Walsh, Sr Patricia (1942–2015), missionary nurse, was born Anna Maria Catherine Walsh on 23 September 1942 in Portlick, Glasson, Co. Westmeath, the eldest of three girls and a boy, to Michael Walsh, a fisherman, and his wife Bridget (née Nolan). Having attended Glasson primary school (…...
Walsh, Thomas
Walsh, Thomas (1914–88), scientist and agricultural administrator, was born in Piercestown, Co. Wexford, fourth son of modest farmers. Walsh was educated at Piercestown national school and Wexford CBS before attending…...
Walsh, Thomas Joseph
Walsh, Thomas Joseph (1911–88), physician, founder and artistic director of the Wexford Opera Festival, and writer, was born on 20 November 1911 at 6 Upper George St., Wexford, eldest son of John Joseph Walsh, commercial traveller, and Margaret Walsh (née Hayden) of…...
Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton
Walton, Ernest Thomas Sinton (1903–95), scientist, educator, and Nobel prize laureate, was born 6 October 1903 in Abbeyside, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, elder of two children of the Rev. John Arthur Walton and Anna Elizabeth Walton (née Sinton). His father, a methodist minister, was born…...
Ward, Francis Constantine (‘F. C.’, ‘Con’)
Ward, Francis Constantine (‘F. C.’, ‘Con’) (1891–1966), medical doctor and politician, was born 12 February 1891 in Corlygorm, Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan, son of Patrick Ward, farmer, and Elizabeth Ward (née Ruddin). He was educated at the Patrician Brothers' schools, Carrickmacross.…...
Warren, Richard Augustus
Warren, Richard Augustus (1705–75), Jacobite and French army officer, was born at Corduff near Castleknock, Co. Dublin, son of John Warren and Mary Warren (née Jones). Two of his brothers became officers in the Irish brigade in the service of France, while a third became a…...
Warren, Sir Peter
Warren, Sir Peter (1703–52), admiral in the British navy, was born 10 March 1703 at Warrenstown, Co. Meath, third son among three sons and two daughters of Michael Warren, Roman catholic landowner, and Catherine Warren (née Aylmer). Educated locally, he entered the Royal Navy in…...
Watts, George
Watts, George (1772–1858), veterinary surgeon and horse breeder, was born in England, possibly in Devon or in Yorkshire; nothing certain is known of his family background, though there is a possibility that he was related to Richard Watt (1751–98) of Bishop Burton, near Beverley…...
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).…...