Fintan
Fintan (d. 878), Irish peregrinus and hermit in Rheinau, was (according to his Life) born as a ciues provintiae Laginensis (a freeman of the province of Leinster) and was the son of a soldier in the army of a Leinster king. He was captured and enslaved by the…...
Fintan
Fintan (d. 603) of the moccu Echach, one of the founders of Irish monasticism and abbot-founder of the monastery of Clonenagh (near Mountrath, Co. Laois), is said to have belonged to the Fothairt of Leinster, a branch of the Laigin. Some sources name his father and his mother…...
Fintan
Fintan (d. late 5th cent.), founder and patron of the church of Druim Ing (Dromin, Ardee, Co. Louth), was (according to the later medieval genealogies) son of Éogan son of Cathán of the Cianachta Breg; his mother was Ném of the Luigni. Despite the occurrence of his name in many…...
Fintan (Munnu)
Fintan (Munnu) of the moccu Moíe (d. 637), abbot of Tech Munnu (Taghmon, Co. Wexford) and defender of the Celtic Easter, was son of Tailchán or Tulchán, a member of the Cenél Conaill branch of the Northern Uí Néill. His father was a descendant of Fiachra Róede, whose descendants the…...
FitzGerald, Desmond
FitzGerald, Desmond (1911–87), architect, was born 5 November 1911 at Saint-Jean-du-Doigt (Finisterre) in Brittany, France, eldest of four sons of Desmond FitzGerald (qv), writer and future minister for external affairs in…...
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington (1830–1925), writer, sculptor, and barrister, was born 26 April 1830 at Fane Valley, near Dundalk, Co. Louth, the younger son of Thomas Fitzgerald. His father, a pro-repeal MP for Co. Louth (1830–4), had made his fortune from properties in the West…...
Fitzpatrick, Sir Bernard Edward Barnaby
Fitzpatrick, Sir Bernard Edward Barnaby (1848–1937), 2nd Baron Castletown, landlord, soldier, sportsman, and adventurer, was born 29 July 1848 in London, only son and eldest of six children of John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 1st Baron Castletown, soldier and landlord, of Abbeyleix, Queen's Co…...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas (‘Broken Hand’)
Fitzpatrick, Thomas (‘Broken Hand’) (1799–1854), American frontier fur trapper, guide, and agent to the tribes of the central plains, was born in Co. Cavan, one of three sons and four daughters of Mary Fitzpatrick (née Kiernan) and her husband, whose forename is not known. A catholic,…...
Fitzsimons, Jack
Fitzsimons, Jack (1930–2014), architect, writer and politician, was born on 26 April 1930 in the county home at Trim, Co. Meath, one of a family of six of John (Jack) Fitzsimons, a farm labourer, and Annie Fitzsimons (née Monaghan), a former domestic servant, living at Kilbeg,…...
Flannán
Flannán (8th cent.), anchorite, founder of Killaloe, and saint in the Irish tradition, is traced to the north Munster dynasty of Dál Cais. His father, Tairdelbach son of Caidléne, himself accorded a reputation for sanctity, was an early ruler of In Déis Becc (in south-east Limerick…...
Foillan (Fáelán)
Foillan (Fáelán) (d. 655), Irish missionary and martyr associated with East Anglia and Fosses (southern Belgium), was a brother of Fursa (qv) (d. 649/50) and Ultan (Ir. Ultán). The earliest sources indicate that his Irish name was…...
Fowke, Francis
Fowke, Francis (1823–65), captain in the Royal Engineers, architect, and engineer, was born 7 July 1823 at Ballysillan, Belfast, Co. Antrim, elder of two sons of John Fowke (1794–1851), lieutenant of the 68th Regiment of Foot, and his first wife, Jane (née Ferguson; d. 1828). He was…...
Fredianus
Fredianus (d. c.588) of Lucca, Irish peregrinus and bishop, was (according to some sources) son of a king of the Ulaid – though it has been suggested that he may have been a local Tuscan saint whose cult was adopted by later Irish pilgrims to Italy. The tradition…...
Fuller, James Franklin
Fuller, James Franklin (1835–1924), architect, novelist, and antiquary, was born at Nedanone, near Derryquin, Co. Kerry, the only son among three children of Thomas Harnett Fuller (d. 1886), landowner, and his wife Frances Diana (d. 1872), daughter of Francis Bland,…...
Fursa (Fursu, Furseus)
Fursa (Fursu, Furseus) (d. 649/50), Irish missionary abbot and visionary associated with East Anglia and Péronne (in Picardy in northern France), was a brother of Foillan (qv) and Ultan (Ir. Ultán). The brothers are supposed to have been…...
Gallus (Gall)
Gallus (Gall) (c.550–c.645), kinsman and follower of St Columbanus (qv), accompanied the latter on his mission to the Continent sometime before 590. His genealogy gives the Irish form of his name as Gallech and…...
Gamble, John
Gamble, John (1770?–1831), physician, traveller, and writer, was born at Strabane, Co. Tyrone, into a local presbyterian family and reared by an uncle (perhaps John Sproull of Strabane), an apothecary. It is likely that he came under the influence of…...
Gandon, James
Gandon, James (1742–1823), architect, was born 20 February 1742 in London and baptised one week later at St George's, Hanover Square, London. His father, Peter Gandon (b. 1713), was a gunsmith of huguenot family, who was declared a bankrupt in 1754. Gandon's mother (née Wynne) was a…...
Gann, Thomas William Francis
Gann, Thomas William Francis (1867–1938), archaeologist and explorer, was born 13 May 1867 in Murrisk Abbey, Co. Mayo, son of William Gann, gentleman, and Elizabeth Rose Gann (nèe Garvey). His family moved to England and he was educated at King's School, Canterbury, Kent, before…...
Gardiner, Charles
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Gardiner, Luke
Gardiner, Luke (a. 1690–1755), MP, treasury official, and property developer, was a native of Dublin city, possibly son of James Gardiner of the Coombe. From humble beginnings, of which little is known, he became the founder of the family fortune; his combined career as…...
Gardiner, Luke
Gardiner, Luke (1745–98), 1st Viscount Mountjoy (second creation), MP and property developer, was born 7 February 1745, eldest son of Charles Gardiner (qv) of Dublin and his wife Florinda, daughter of Robert Norman of Lagore, Co. Meath. His grandfather and…...
Gerald (Garald)
Gerald (Garald) (d. 726/32) of Mayo, romanising reformer and abbot-bishop of Mag Éo na Saxan, was – according to his fabulous late medieval Life – born in England, son of a certain Cusperius and an unnamed queen. He received his monastic training and education with his three…...
Gibbings, Robert John
Gibbings, Robert John (1889–1958), engraver, illustrator, and author, was born 23 March 1889 in Co. Cork, son of the Rev. Edward Gibbings, rector of Carrigrohane, and Caroline Gibbings (née Day). He was educated at boarding schools in Fermoy and Cork before entering…...
Gibney, Frank
Gibney, Frank (1905–78), architect and town planner, was born 20 April 1905, son of Joseph Francis Gibney, architect, and his wife Eleanor (née Bassett). Aged 18 he went to work for his father (who had been apprenticed to the office of William Kaye Parry), and five years later moved…...