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…...
Threlkeld, Caleb
Threlkeld, Caleb (1676–1728), doctor, minister of religion, and botanist, was born 31 May 1676 in Keybergh or Keibergh in the parish of Kirkoswald, Cumberland, England, third among three sons of Thomas Threlkeld and Bridget Threlkeld (née Brown), who both died in 1712. He also had three…...
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,…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
Turnerelli, Peter
Turnerelli, Peter (1774–1839), sculptor, was born in Belfast, the son of James Turnerelli, also a sculptor. His paternal grandfather, an Italian refugee named Tognarelli, was banished from the papal states (c.1730) for his involvement in a conspiracy; Peter's father, who…...
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…...
Venables, Robert
Venables, Robert (1612?–1687), soldier, was the son of Robert Venables of Antrobus, Cheshire, England, and his wife Ellen, daughter of Richard Simcox of Rudheath. He joined the parliamentarian army on the outbreak of the English civil war in 1642 and was captured at the battle of…...
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…...
Waldron, Laurence Ambrose
Waldron, Laurence Ambrose (1858–1923), stockbroker, patron of the arts, and MP, was born on 14 November 1858 at Ballybrack, Co. Dublin, fourth son of Laurence Waldron (1811–75), JP, DL, and MP for Co.…...
Walker, Dorothy
Walker, Dorothy (1929–2002), writer and critic, was born 16 January 1929 at 3 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, the daughter of Walter Cole, a stallholder at the city of Dublin fruit and vegetable market, and his wife, Moira. Following her education at the Dominican convent in Wicklow (1937–46)…...
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…...
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…...
White, Harry
White, Harry (1916–89), IRA activist, was born in Blackwater Street off the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast, one of ten children (five sons and five daughters) of Billy White, water technician with Belfast Corporation, and his wife Kathleen (née McKane). White's paternal grandfather and…...
White, (Patrick) James
White, (Patrick) James (1913–2003), arts administrator, art critic and art historian, was born 16 September 1913 in Holles St. maternity hospital, Dublin, son of Thomas John White, a bank clerk, of Grove Cottage, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and (Mary) Florence White (née Coffey). His…...
Williams, Richard D'Alton
Williams, Richard D'Alton (1822–62), poet, medical doctor, and nationalist, was born 8 October 1822 in Dublin, the illegitimate son of Alexandre Count D'Alton (1766–1859), an officer in the French army and land proprietor in Co. Tipperary, and Mary Williams, the daughter of a…...
Windle, Sir Bertram Alan Coghill
Windle, Sir Bertram Alan Coghill (1858–1929), scholar, anatomist, archaeologist, and university president, was born 8 May 1858 at Mayfield, Staffordshire, England, eldest son of the Rev. Samuel Allan Windle and Sydney Katherine Windle (née Coghill). When he was four, the family…...
Young, Peter
Young, Peter (1950–99), soldier and archivist, was born 16 June 1950 at Holles St. maternity hospital, Dublin, second son of Peter Young, army commandant (originally of Cork) and Mary Young (née Condon), living at 29 Skreen Road, off Navan Road, near McKee Barracks, Dublin. He had…...