McDowell, Thomas Bleakley
McDowell, Thomas Bleakley (1923–2009), newspaper executive, was born in Belfast on 18 May 1923, the only child of Thomas McDowell, clerk, latterly of Upper Jordanstown, Belfast, and his wife Violet (née Hardy), originally from Dundalk, Co. Louth. His parents were unionists and members…...
McGuckin, (Bartholomew) Barton
McGuckin, (Bartholomew) Barton (1852–1913), tenor, was born in Dublin on 28 July 1852, the son of Anthony McGuckin (d. 1895) of Kilkenny, registrar of Mercer's Hospital, Dublin, between 1875 and 1895. He received his early musical education while a chorister at St Patrick's Church…...
Mecredy, Richard James Patrick
Mecredy, Richard James Patrick (1861–1924), cyclist and journalist, was born 18 May 1861 at Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, son of the Rev. James Mecredy, DD, a Church of Ireland clergyman then in the parish of Inveran, Spiddal, Co. Galway.…...
Meyrick, Kate Evelyn
Meyrick, Kate Evelyn (1875–1933), London's 'queen of the nightclubs', was born on 7 August 1875 at 24 Cambridge Terrace, Kingstown, Dublin. She was the third daughter of John William Washington Nason , a medical doctor, and Sarah Frances (née Bateman). Kate's father died of meningitis…...
Mitchel, John
Mitchel, John (1815–75), nationalist and journalist, was born on 3 November 1815 at Camnish, near Dungiven, Co. Londonderry, eldest surviving child among two sons and four daughters of John Mitchel (1781–1840), presbyterian minister of the Dungiven congregation, and his wife Mary…...
Moeran, Ernest John Smeed
Moeran, Ernest John Smeed (1894–1950), composer, was born 31 December 1894 at Spring Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex, the younger of two sons of the Rev. Joseph William Wright and Ada Hester (‘Esther’) Moeran (née Whall). His elder brother, Graham, followed their father into the…...
Moles, Thomas
Moles, Thomas (1871–1937), MP and journalist, was born 13 November 1871 in Belfast, second son of Edward Moles of Ardmore, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, and Margaret Jane Moles (née Carson). He was educated at the old Collegiate School in Ballymena and was subsequently appointed to the…...
Molloy, Charles
Molloy, Charles (1690–1767), dramatist and journalist, was born in Dublin in 1690, son of Hugh Molloy; nothing is known of his mother. He is believed to have been educated at TCD, though no records survive to confirm this. Moving to…...
Mossop, Henry
Mossop, Henry (c.1728–1774), actor and theatre manager, was born in Dublin, son of the Rev. John Mossop. In 1737 his father was appointed prebend of Kilmeen, Tuam, Co. Galway, but Henry remained in Dublin, where he was raised by his uncle, a bookseller. Educated at a…...
Mulchinock, John
Mulchinock, John (1781?–1863), merchant and benefactor, was the son of Nicholas and Christiana Mulchinock, and was baptised into the Church of Ireland in Tralee, Co. Kerry, on 2 March 1781. Nothing is known for certain of his early life but, as a young man, he may have been at sea…...
Mulholland, Andrew
Mulholland, Andrew (1792–1866), textile manufacturer, was born 15 March 1792, probably in Belfast. His father, Thomas Mulholland, is believed to have been of humble origins and probably illiterate; he started as a dealer, and then invested in property. In 1784 he married Anne Doe…...
Mulholland, Charles Edward Henry John
Mulholland, Charles Edward Henry John (1933–93), 4th Baron Dunleath , businessman and politician, was born 23 June 1933 in London, the only son of Charles Henry George Mulholland, 3rd Baron Dunleath, and his second wife, Henrietta Grace, daughter of…...
Mulholland, Sir Henry George Hill (‘Harry’)
Mulholland, Sir Henry George Hill (‘Harry’) (1888–1971), 1st baronet, MP and company director, was born 20 December 1888 at Ballywalter, Co. Down, second surviving son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, MP, and Norah Louisa Fanny Mulholland (née Somerset Ward). He was…...
Newport, Sir (Simon) John
Newport, Sir (Simon) John (1756–1843), banker and politician, was born 24 October 1756, elder of two sons of Simon Newport, merchant and banker, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Riall, banker, of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. The Newports were a prominent Waterford family of…...
O'Connor, Maurice
O'Connor, Maurice (d. 1740), lawyer and patron of Turlough Carolan (qv), was born in the late seventeenth century, eldest among three sons of John O'Connor Faly, attorney, of Gortnamona, King's Co. (…...
O'Daly, John
O'Daly, John (1800–78), writer and publisher, was born 5 February 1800 in Fernane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and three daughters of Eamonn O'Daly and Brigid O'Daly (née Kyley). He was educated at a local hedge school before going to work, in 1826, for the…...
O'Hara, Kane (Kean
O'Hara, Kane (Kean ) (c.1712–1782), musician and librettist, was born at Templehouse, Co. Sligo, younger of two sons of Kean Og O'Hara, landowner (and high sheriff of the county in 1703), and his wife, the widow of Theobald Mathew. Educated locally, he entered…...
Orr, David Alexander
Orr, David Alexander (1922–2008), businessman, was born 10 May 1922 at 2 Temple Terrace, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, the second eldest of two sons and two daughters of Canon Adrian William Fielder ('Billy') Orr (1888–1964), clergyman, rector (1935–58) of Taney parish (Church of Ireland),…...
Orr, Laurence Percy Story (‘Willy’)
Orr, Laurence Percy Story (‘Willy’) (1918–90), politician and company director, was born 16 September 1918 in Belfast, son of the Rev. William Robert Macauley Orr, sometime dean of Dromore, and Evelyn Sarah Orr (née Story). He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and…...
Oulton, Walley Chamberlain
Oulton, Walley Chamberlain (c.1765–c.1820), dramatist and theatre historian, was born in Dublin, son of Walley Oulton, a merchant, and his wife Catherine (née Walker). Very little is known of his life outside his work. Educated locally by Dr Thomas Ball (1718?–…...
Pennefather, William
Pennefather, William (1816–73), evangelist, philanthropist, and hymn writer, was born 5 February 1816 at 5 Merrion Square, Dublin, the youngest son of the eight children of Richard Pennefather (qv), chief baron of the exchequer in…...
Pepyat, Jeremiah
Pepyat, Jeremiah (c.1683–1753?), printer and bookseller, was apprenticed to John North of Dublin in 1697 and on North's death that same year moved to Joseph Ray (qv), with whom he served seven years apprenticeship; nothing else is…...
Pepyat, Sylvanus
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Petrie, George
Petrie, George (1790–1866), artist, antiquary and collector of Irish traditional music, was born on 1 January 1790 (his gravestone has 1789) in Dame Street, Dublin, the only child of James Petrie, portrait painter, of Dublin, and Elizabeth Petrie (née Simpson) of Edinburgh, Scotland.…...
Pike, Joseph
Pike, Joseph (1851–1929), company director and parliamentary candidate, was born 30 December 1851 in Cork, eldest son of Ebenezer Pike (qv) and his wife, Lydia Clibborn, daughter of Jonathan Pike, of Beechgrove, Co. Tyrone, and his…...