Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard
Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard (1831–1908), recorder of Dublin, was born 19 January 1831 at Mount Falcon, Co. Tipperary, third son of Richard Falkiner (1778–1833), a soldier in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and Tempe Falkiner (née Litton; 1796–1888). His older brother Travers Hartley…...
Fitton, Sir Alexander
Fitton, Sir Alexander (1635/6–1699), Baron Fytton , lord chancellor, was the eldest surviving son of William Fitton of Gawsworth in Cheshire. His great-grandfather Sir Edward Fitton (qv) was a high-ranking Tudor official in…...
Fitzgerald, George Robert
Fitzgerald, George Robert (c.1746–1786), duellist, was born in Turlough, Co. Mayo, elder son of George Fitzgerald, landowner, and his wife, Lady Mary Fitzgerald, daughter of John, Lord Hervey. His mother's brother was …...
Fitzgerald, James
Fitzgerald, James (1742–1835), lawyer and politician, was born at Inchicronan, Co. Clare, eldest son of William Fitzgerald, attorney, from Ennis, Co. Clare, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Pierce Lynch, of Co. Clare. Educated at the Rev. Thomas Benson's school in…...
Fitzgibbon, Gerald
Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1793–1882), lawyer and political writer, was born at Glin, Co. Limerick, on either 1 January or 31 December 1793 (the sources differ), fourth son of Garret or Gerald FitzGibbon, a farmer and weaver who left the catholic for the established church, and his wife…...
Fitzgibbon, Gerald
Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1837–1909), judge, was born 28 August 1837 in Dublin, the eldest child of the two sons and a daughter of Gerald Fitzgibbon (qv), judge, and his wife, Ellen (née Patterson), who came from Belfast. He was educated…...
Fitzgibbon, John
Fitzgibbon, John (1708?–1780), barrister and politician, was born probably in 1708, the first of the four sons of Thomas Fitzgibbon of Ballyseeda, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Honor, a daughter of William Hayes of Cahirguillamore, Co. Limerick. Thomas Fitzgibbon, whose father,…...
FitzGibbon, John
FitzGibbon, John (1748–1802), 1st earl of Clare , lawyer and politician, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, one of seven children of John Fitzgibbon (qv), a barrister and MP who had converted from catholicism, and his wife Elinor,…...
Fleming, Marie
Fleming, Marie (1953–2013), campaigner for assisted suicide, was born Eileen Mary Brolly on 26 December 1953 in Lifford, Co. Donegal, the first of five children (two girls and three boys) to Annette (née Maxwell) and Daniel Brolly, a painter and decorator. In 1969, when she was fourteen…...
Flood, Warden
Flood, Warden (1694–1764), lawyer and politician, was born at Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, eldest son among eight sons and one daughter of Francis Flood, MP for Callan, Co. Kilkenny (1703–5, 1713–14, 1715–27), and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of John Warden. Educated at…...
Forster, John
Forster, John (1667–1720), judge and MP, was the eldest son among at least two sons and two daughters of Richard Forster, of Clonshagh, Co. Dublin, militia colonel and later MP for Swords (1692–3), and his wife Anne (née Webber). He entered …...
Fox, Luke
Fox, Luke (1757–1819), politician and chief justice of the common pleas, was the fifth son of Michael Fox of Tully, Co. Leitrim, and Margaret Fox (née Coane). Educated privately by Dr Armstrong, and at a grammar school in Cavan, he entered TCD…...
French, (William) Percy
French, (William) Percy (1854–1920), songwriter, humourist, entertainer, and painter, was born 1 May 1854 in Cloonyquin House, parish of Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, second son and third child among four sons and five daughters of Christopher French (1821–97), landowner, and Susan Emma French…...
Gahan, (Winifred) Muriel Françoise
Gahan, (Winifred) Muriel Françoise (1897–1995), promoter of cooperation and traditional crafts, was born 27 October 1897 at Magherabeg House, near Donegal town, the second daughter of (Fredrick George) Townsend Gahan, a civil engineer with the Congested Districts Board, and…...
Garzia (Garcia), John
Garzia (Garcia), John (d. p.1723), priest-catcher, was almost certainly born in Spain. He was the most notorious of a profession – which included Edward Tyrell (qv) – active in the early eighteenth century, who, in return…...
Gerrard, Sir William
Gerrard, Sir William (d. 1581), lord chancellor of Ireland, was son of Gilbert Gerrard of Ince, Lancashire, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Davison, alderman of Chester. He was a cousin of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, master of the rolls in England. William Gerrard entered…...
Goold (Gould), Thomas
Goold (Gould), Thomas (1765–1846), lawyer and master of the court of chancery, was born in Cork city, son of John Goold, soldier, of Limerick, and Mary Anne Goold (née Quin). Educated locally, he entered TCD (1781), graduating…...
Gore, John
Gore, John (1718–84), Baron Annaly of Tenelick , politician and judge, was born 2 March 1718, the second of three sons of George Gore (1675–1753) and his wife, Bridget, daughter and heir of John Sankey of Tenelick, Co. Longford; he also had one sister. His father was an MP until…...
Goulding, Sir William Basil
Goulding, Sir William Basil (1909–82), 3rd baronet, businessman and modernist, was born 4 November 1909 at Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, the elder of two sons of Sir William Lingard Amphlett Goulding (qv) and his wife Nesta Violet (née Wright). Educated at Winchester…...
Graves, John Thomas
Graves, John Thomas (1806–70), jurist and mathematician, was born 4 December 1806 at 12 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, eldest son of four boys and one girl of John Crosbie Graves, chief police magistrate of Dublin, and his wife Helena, daughter of the Rev. Charles Perceval, rector of…...
Gray, Samuel (‘Sam’)
Gray, Samuel (‘Sam’) (1782–1848), Orangeman and magistrate, was born 18 June 1782 in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, son of William Gray, innkeeper and property-owner, and his wife (name unknown). Soon after 1798 he joined the yeomanry and the Orange order; by the 1820s he was master of…...
Greatrakes, William
Greatrakes, William (1723/5–81), barrister and soldier, was born in Waterford, third son of Allen Greatrakes, gentleman, of Mount Lahan, Co. Cork, and Frances Greatrakes (née Supple) of Aghadoe, Co. Kerry. He entered TCD (July 1740) and…...
Gregory, (William) Robert
Gregory, (William) Robert (1881–1918), painter, theatre designer, sportsman, and airman, was born 20 May 1881 in London, only child of Sir William Gregory (qv) of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and his second wife, Isabella Augusta…...
Gunning, Elizabeth
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Gunning, Maria
Gunning, Maria (1732–60), afterwards countess of Coventry , society beauty, eldest of the four daughters of John Gunning of Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon, and Bridget Gunning (née Bourke), daughter of the 6th Viscount Bourke of Mayo, was born at Hemingford Grey, near St Ives,…...