Evans, Emyr Estyn
(1905–89), Ireland's first professor of geography, was born 29 May 1905, youngest of four sons and one daughter of the Rev. George Owen Evans, minister of the Presbyterian Church in Wales, and Elizabeth Evans (née Jones). Born in Shrewsbury, he spent his early…...
Strain, Alexander (c.1877–1943), Dublin builder and
property developer, was born in Markethill, Co. Armagh, eldest son of Robert Douglas Strain, builder, and his wife
Margaret (née McFadden). Alexander moved to Dublin in 1893 and initially worked for
a timber dealer in…...