Kearney, Michael
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Keightley, Thomas
Keightley, Thomas (1789–1872), writer, was born in Dublin on 17 October 1789, son of Thomas Keightley, merchant of Newtown, Co. Kildare; nothing is known of his mother. He entered TCD (July 1803) and graduated…...
Kelly, Oisín
Kelly, Oisín (1915–81), sculptor, was born Austin Ernest Kelly on 17 May 1915 in James Street, Dublin, elder of two children and only son of William Kelly, schoolteacher, and Elizabeth Kelly (née McLean). He attended St James's National School, where his father was headmaster, and later…...
King, Cecil
King, Cecil (1921–86), painter and collector, was born 22 February 1921 at Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, son of Henry King, businessman, of Rathdrum, and Susan King (née Crowe). He was educated at the Church of Ireland Ranelagh School, Athlone, and at Mountjoy School, Dublin (1936–9).…...
King, Edward
King, Edward (1795–1837), Viscount Kingsborough , antiquarian, was born 16 November 1795 at Kingston House, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, eldest son of George, 3rd earl of Kingston (1771–1839), and his wife Lady Helena Moore (1773–1847), only daughter of Stephen, 1st earl of…...
King, Robert
King, Robert (1815–1900), clergyman and church historian, was born in Cork city, eldest son of Joseph King, grocer and naval supplier, and Sarah King (née King). There were at least two other sons, both of whom were also clergymen in Ireland: Francis King (1817–91) became dean of…...
Kingston, Richard Samuel
Kingston, Richard Samuel (1922–2003), painter, was born 22 March 1922 at Leabeg, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, one of five children of (Thomas) George Kingston, farmer and horse schooler, originally from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, and his wife Elizabeth (née Berry). In the early 1930s his…...
Kirk, Joseph Robinson
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Kirk, William Boyton
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Lambert, (Charles) Gordon
Lambert, (Charles) Gordon (1919–2005), businessman and art collector, was born 9 April 1919 in the family home at Highfield Road, Rathmines, Dublin, the youngest of four sons of Bob (Robert James Hamilton) Lambert (qv), veterinarian and renowned cricketer, and his…...
Lane, Sir Hugh Percy
Lane, Sir Hugh Percy (1875–1915), art dealer and collector, was born 9 November 1875 at Ballybrack, Co. Cork, third eldest among five sons and one daughter of the Rev. James Willliam Lane, of Cork, and Frances Adelaide Lane (née Persse), of Roxborough, Co. Galway. Two other daughters…...
Lawlor, Hugh Jackson
Lawlor, Hugh Jackson (1860–1938), church historian and dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, was born 11 December 1860 at Ballymena, Co. Antrim, third son of John Hilliard Lawlor (b. 1819), bank manager, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Lieut-col. John Elliott Cairnes (1785–1847). John…...
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (1838–1903), historian, was born 26 March 1838 in Newtown Park, Dublin. Of Scottish origin, the Leckys had settled in the north of Ireland in the early seventeenth century, and became prominent in the public life of the city of Derry. Robert Lecky,…...
Ledwich, Edward
Ledwich, Edward (1737?–1823), clergyman and historian, was born in Dublin, son of John Ledwich, merchant and brewer, and his wife, possibly Elizabeth (née Davies); his father's brother was Edward Ledwich (1707–82), dean of Kildare. Edward Ledwich jun. was educated by a Mr Shiels and…...
Leech, William John
Leech, William John (1881–1968), painter, was born 10 April 1881 at 49 Rutland (latterly Parnell) Square, Dublin, the third among the five sons and a daughter of Henry Brougham Leech (1843–1921), chief registrar of deeds and regius professor of law at…...
Leeson, Joseph
Leeson, Joseph (c.1701–1783), 1st earl of Milltown , landowner, patron of the arts, was one of six surviving children – and apparently the only surviving son – of Joseph Leeson (qv), brewer and property developer, and his wife…...
Leland, Thomas
Leland, Thomas (1722–85), historian, was born in Dublin, son of John Leland (about whom nothing is known). Having been schooled by the Rev. Dr Thomas Sheridan (qv) (1687–1738), he entered TCD…...
Leslie, James Blennerhassett
Leslie, James Blennerhassett (1865–1952), clergyman and scholar, was born 28 May 1865, third son of James Leslie, farmer, and Mary Anne Leslie (née Blennerhassett) of Clouncannon, Killarney, Co. Kerry. He read history, political economy, and jurisprudence at…...
Leslie, Sir John
Leslie, Sir John (1822–1916), 1st baronet, painter and politician, was born 16 December 1822 at Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, the second son in a family of three boys and four girls born to Colonel Charles Powell Leslie MP (d. 1831), and his second wife, Christina, daughter of George…...
Lodge, John
Lodge, John (1692–1774), archivist and genealogist, was born in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire, England, son of Edward Lodge, farmer, and was baptised there 22 January 1693. Nothing is known of his mother. After attending the Clapham School in Yorkshire he entered St John's College,…...
Lyon, John
Lyon, John (1710–90), clergyman and antiquary, was baptised 5 October 1710, son of John Lyon, a blacksmith, and his wife, Sarah Lyon. He was a scholar (1727) at TCD, and graduated BA in 1729,…...
Lyons, John Charles
Lyons, John Charles (1792–1874), antiquary and horticulturist, was born 22 April 1792, the only child of Charles John Lyons (1766–96), a Westmeath landowner and soldier, of huguenot descent, and his wife, Mary Anne Lyons (née Levinge). His father died when he was four and in 1798…...
MacKnight, Thomas
MacKnight, Thomas (1829–99), newspaper editor and political writer, was born 15 February 1829 at Gainsford, Co. Durham, son of Thomas MacKnight and his wife Elizabeth. He was initially educated at the Rev. Dr Bowman's school at Gainsford. After his parents moved to London he…...
MacLysaght, Edward Anthony Edgeworth
MacLysaght, Edward Anthony Edgeworth (1887–1986), farmer, horticulturist, poet, novelist, senator, historian, and genealogist, was born 6 November 1887 at Flax Bourton, Somerset, the elder of the two sons of Sidney Royse Lysaght, novelist, poet, and businessman, and his wife, Kathrine,…...
MacManus, Henry
MacManus, Henry (c.1810–78), artist, was born probably in Monaghan. According to his close friend Charles Gavan Duffy (qv), he was left orphaned after his father, a catholic soldier, died with his regiment, and he was…...