O'Reilly, Dominick William
O'Reilly, Dominick William (d. 1816), landowner and catholic activist, nephew of William Reilly (1710/11–1782), inherited a modest estate at Kildangan Castle, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, on the death of his unmarried uncle; no further details of his family are known. He was drawn…...
O'Shaughnessy, Dermot
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O'Sullivan, Donal
O'Sullivan, Donal (1904–77), priest and arts administrator, was born Daniel Joseph Sullivan on 27 July 1904 in Donemark, Bantry, Co. Cork, the only son among two children of John Sullivan, a national school teacher, and Mary Anne Sullivan (née Keohane). After receiving primary and…...
O'Sullivan, Seán
O'Sullivan, Seán (1906–64), artist, was born John O'Sullivan on 20 June 1906 in 44 St Joseph's Terrace, Dublin, son of John O'Sullivan, carpenter, and Mary O'Sullivan (née Taylor). Educated at Synge Street Christian Brothers' School and Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, where he was…...
Oxburgh, Heward
Oxburgh, Heward (d. 1691), Jacobite soldier and landowner, of Boveen, King's Co., was of unknown parentage but probably a member of a Norfolk gentry family. He, or his parents, perhaps came to Ireland as part of the plantation of King's Co. in the 1620s. He was in any case in the…...
Pearse, James
Pearse, James (1839–1900), sculptor, was born on 8 December 1839 at 24 Plumtree Street, Bloomsbury, London, the second of three sons of James Pearse, frame-maker, and his first wife Mary Ann (née Thompson). The family was impoverished and moved to Birmingham (c.1847), where…...
Pearse, William (‘Willie’)
Pearse, William (‘Willie’) (1881–1916), revolutionary and sculptor, was born 15 November 1881 at 27 Great Brunswick St. (Pearse St.), Dublin, second son among two sons and two daughters of James Pearse, a monumental sculptor originally from London, and his second wife,…...
Plunket, Luke
Plunket, Luke (1639–84), 3rd earl of Fingall , nobleman and catholic lobbyist, was the son and heir of Christopher Plunket, 2nd earl of Fingall, of Killeen castle, Dunsany, Co. Meath. His mother was Mabel Barnewall, daughter of …...
Plunket, Patrick
Plunket, Patrick (1595–1668), 9th Baron Dunsany , politician, was born about March 1595, the only son of Christopher Plunket and his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire. His family was one of the leading families among the Old English aristocracy of the…...
Plunkett, Arthur James
Plunkett, Arthur James (1759–1836), 8th earl of Fingall , was born 9 September 1759 at Woolhampton, Berkshire, England, the seat of William Wollascot, to his only daughter and heir, Henrietta Maria (d. 1808), wife of Arthur James Plunkett (1731–93), the 7th earl, whose seat was…...
Plunkett, Oliver James Horace
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Pollen, John Hungerford
Pollen, John Hungerford (1820–1902), architect, artist, and author, was born 19 November 1820 in London, second son of Richard Pollen, barrister, and his wife Anne, daughter of Samuel Pepys Cockerell. Educated at Durham House (1829–33) and Eton (1833–8), in May 1838 he…...
Power, Albert George
Power, Albert George (1881–1945), sculptor, was born 16 November 1881 at Barrack Street (now Benburb Street), Dublin, second of two sons and one younger daughter of Henry Power, watchmaker, and Mary Power (née Atkins), embroideress. He was educated at the Christian Brothers national…...
Power, James
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Power, James Talbot
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Power, Nicholas Mahon
Power, Nicholas Mahon (1787–1873), landowner and politician, was born at Waterford on 4 February 1787, the younger son of Nicholas Power (1725–94) and his wife Catherine (1754?–1831), daughter of Bartholomew Rivers (qv), a…...
Power, Patrick
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Power, Sir John
Power, Sir John (1771–1855), 1st baronet, distiller, was born in Dublin, son of James Power, proprietor of the New Sun Inn, 109 Thomas St., Dublin, and founder of a distillery at nearby John's St. West (1791), later known as the John's Lane distillery. No information on his mother is…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Preston, Anthony
Preston, Anthony (1736–86), 11th Viscount Gormanston , was the eldest son of Jenico Preston, 10th Viscount Gormanston, of Co. Dublin and Co. Meath, and his wife Thomasine (d. 1788), eldest daughter of John Barnewall, 11th Lord Trimlestown. The Prestons were a catholic family with…...
Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico (Genico)
Preston, Jenico (Genico) (1585–1630), 5th Viscount Gormanston , landowner and champion of the catholic cause, was the son of Christopher Preston, 4th viscount, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Merrion, Dublin. Preston succeeded to his father's title in…...
Preston, Nicholas
Preston, Nicholas (c.1608–43), 6th Viscount Gormanston , Old English leader, was the son of Jenico Preston (qv), 5th viscount, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Nicholas St Lawrence, Lord Howth. On the death of his…...