Bushe, Letitia
Bushe, Letitia (c.1710–1757), watercolourist and miniature painter, was the youngest daughter of Arthur Bushe of Dangan, Co. Kilkenny, secretary to the commissioners of revenue, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Forth. She was a talented artist; there is no direct…...
Butcher, Samuel Henry
Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850–1910), scholar and politician, was born 16 April 1850 in Dublin, the elder son of Samuel Butcher (qv), clergyman, of Danesfort, Co. Kerry, and his wife, Mary (née Leahy), of South Hill, Killarney, Co. Kerry…...
Butler, Edward
Butler, Edward (1824?–1879), editor, barrister, and politician, was born in Co. Kilkenny, son of Michael Butler, farmer, and Mary Butler (née Joyce). First educated at Kilkenny College, he received third-level instruction at the lay college, Maynooth, in the late 1830s. By 1847 he…...
Butler, Mildred Anne
Butler, Mildred Anne (1858–1941), animal and genre painter, was born 11 January 1858 in Kilmurry, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, the youngest daughter of Captain Henry Butler and Clara Butler (née Taylor) of the Newarke, Leicester. Her father, the grandson of the 11th Viscount…...
Butler, Simon
Butler, Simon (1757–97), United Irishman and lawyer, was born in July 1757, third son among five children of Edmund Butler (d. 1779), barrister and 10th Viscount Mountgarret, and his wife Charlotte (d. 1778), daughter of the barrister Sir Simon Bradstreet (1693–1762). He entered the…...
Butler, Sir Theobald (Toby)
Butler, Sir Theobald (Toby) (c.1650–1721), lawyer, was the second of the five sons of James Butler (d. 1682) of Boytonrath, Co. Tipperary, and later of Shanagollen, Co. Clare, and his wife, Mary (d. a.1684), a daughter of James and Ellen Butler of Kilmoyler, Co.…...
Butler (Thompson), Elizabeth
Butler (Thompson), Elizabeth (1846–1933), Lady Butler , military painter, was born 3 November 1846 at the Villa Claremont, near Lausanne, Switzerland, the elder daughter of Thomas James Thompson and Christiana Thompson (née Weller). The Thompsons were cosmopolitan in outlook,…...
Butt, Isaac
Butt, Isaac (1813–79), barrister and politician, was born 6 September 1813 in the Rectory at Glenfin, Co. Donegal, the only son of Robert Butt (d. 1829), a Church of Ireland parson, and his second wife, Berkeley (née Cox), daughter of the Rev. R. Cox, of Dovish, Co. Donegal and a…...
Byrne, Michael
Byrne, Michael (1923–89), painter and printmaker, was born 30 September 1923 in Dublin, one of ten children of Michael Byrne, baker, and Mary Byrne (née Sloane). He worked at first with a photographer, then as a dental technician, before studying at the National College of Art (and…...
Byrne, Séamus
Byrne, Séamus (1904–68), playwright and lawyer, was born in Dublin on 27 December 1904. Educated at Blackrock College, he graduated LLB from UCD and qualified as a solicitor in 1927. He worked as…...
Bysse (Bisse), John
Bysse (Bisse), John (c.1602–1680), lawyer and judge, was the eldest son of Christopher Bysse of Dublin (d. 1614), second remembrancer of the exchequer, and his wife, Margaret (d. 1640), daughter of Alderman John Foster of Dublin. He attended…...
Cadac-Andreas
Cadac-Andreas (fl. 8th cent.), Irish scholar at the court of Charles the Great and the otherwise unknown target of some abusive, not to say splenetic, verse from the pen of the Spanish-Gothic scholar Theodulf of Orleans. The name ‘Cadac-Andreas ’ was first identified by…...
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont
Cairns, Hugh McCalmont (1819–85), 1st Earl Cairns , lawyer and politician, was born 27 December 1819 in Belfast, second son of William Cairns, captain of the 47th Foot, of Cultra, Co. Down, and his first wife Rosanna (née Johnston) of Belfast. The family name, originating in…...
Caldwell, Andrew
Caldwell, Andrew (1733–1808), barrister, politician, and social figure, was born on 19 December 1733, the first of three sons of Charles Caldwell (1707–76), solicitor to the commissioners of revenue and agent to Lord Bessborough, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin…...
Calthrope, Sir Charles
Calthrope, Sir Charles (d. 1616), judge, was a younger son of Sir Francis Calthorpe of Hempstead in Norfolk and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Berney of Gunton, Norfolk. One source indicates that he was born in 1524, but this is unlikely unless he decided to pursue a…...
Campbell, Beatrice Moss
Campbell, Beatrice Moss (1883–1970), Lady Glenavy , artist, was born 30 April 1883 in Dublin, second among seven children of William Elvery , merchant, and Theresa Elvery (née Moss), singer and music teacher, whose parents were English quakers. William Elvery's ancestors were silk…...
Campbell, Cecilia Margaret
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Campbell, Christopher
Campbell, Christopher (1908–72), painter and stained-glass artist, was born 9 December 1908 in Dublin, fourth of five sons of John Campbell, carpenter, of 18 Hardwicke St., Dublin, and Ellen Campbell (née Farrell). He also had three sisters, and a younger brother Laurence (below…...
Campbell, George Frederick
Campbell, George Frederick (1917–79), painter and stained-glass artist, was born 29 July 1917 in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, youngest of three sons of Matthew Arthur Campbell (d. 1925), caterer, and Gretta Campbell (née Bowen) (qv),…...
Campbell, James Henry Mussen
Campbell, James Henry Mussen (1851–1931), 1st Baron Glenavy , lawyer and politician, was born 4 April 1851 at Prospect House, Terenure, Dublin, the third and youngest son of William Mussen Campbell, an officer in the DMP, and his…...
Campbell, James Joseph
Campbell, James Joseph (1910–79), educationist, classical scholar, author, and broadcaster, was born 8 March 1910 at 237 New Lodge Road, Belfast, second child of James Campbell, barber, and Bridget Campbell (née McTaggart), whose first child died in infancy, and who later had…...
Campbell, John Henry
Campbell, John Henry (1757–1828), landscape painter, was born in Herefordshire, England, the county of origin of both his parents; his mother's maiden name was Beaumont. His father left Herefordshire to enter into a partnership with the Dublin printer…...
Campbell, Laurence
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Campbell, Thomas Joseph
Campbell, Thomas Joseph (1871–1946), journalist, lawyer, and politician, was born 14 December 1871 in Divis St., Belfast, son of Joseph Campbell, stationer, originally of Maghery, Co. Armagh, and Sarah Campbell (née Morrow) of Dromore, Co. Down. Educated at St Mary's…...
Carew, John Edward
Carew, John Edward (c.1782–1868) sculptor, was born at Tramore, Co. Waterford, and was possibly the son of a local sculptor, who signed himself ‘Carew fecit Waterford’. He appears to have studied art for some time in Dublin, before travelling to London. By about 1809 he was…...