Fitzgerald, Séamus
Fitzgerald, Séamus (1896–1972), politician and businessman, was born 3 September 1896 at East Hill, Queenstown (Cobh), the third child of five sons of James Fitzgerald, sailor, merchant navy, and his wife, Alice Archdeacon, both from Cobh. He was educated at the local Presentation…...
Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’)
Fitzgibbon, Denis (‘Din Joe’) (1921–98), businessman and broadcaster, was born in Cork city. He was reared and educated locally in a traditional catholic environment, attending Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He was a noted rugby player for the Dolphin club and for Munster.…...
Fitzpatrick, Patrick Vincent
Fitzpatrick, Patrick Vincent (1792–1865), political and financial manager to Daniel O'Connell (qv), was born 19 July 1792 at 2 Ormond Quay, Dublin, eldest son of Hugh Fitzpatrick (qv),…...
Fitzpatrick, Sir Jeremiah
Fitzpatrick, Sir Jeremiah (c.1740–1810), physician, inspector of prisons, and social reformer, was born at Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath. Of his parents and education little is known, but it can be inferred from the elder Fitzpatricks’ burial in the Old Relic graveyard on the…...
Fitzsimons (Fitzsimmons), Thomas
Fitzsimons (Fitzsimmons), Thomas (1741–1811), merchant and politician in the USA, was born in Ireland, probably as a younger son, and seems to have had at least three brothers and a twin sister. Nothing is known of his parents, and his birthplace is variously given as Nobber, Co.…...
Flanagan, Edward Joseph
Flanagan, Edward Joseph (1886–1948), catholic priest and founder of Boys Town, was born 13 July 1886 at Ballymoe, Co. Roscommon, son of John Flanagan, herdsman, and Nora Flanagan (née Larkin). One of eleven children, he was first educated at a local school, Drimatample, and…...
Flinn, Hugo (Hugh)
Flinn, Hugo (Hugh) (1922–2010), businessman, was born in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork, on 11 June 1922, the eldest of two sons of Hugo Victor Flinn (qv), of Rushbrooke, and his wife Monica (née Wilson). His father was an engineer,…...
Flinn, Hugo Victor
Flinn, Hugo Victor (1879–1943), businessman and politician, was born 8 September 1879 in Peel, Isle of Man. He was one of four children of Hugh or Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The…...
Flood, Finbarr
Flood, Finbarr (1938–2016), soccer player, managing director of Guinness brewery and chairman of the Labour Court, was born on 1 December 1938 in Kilmainham, Dublin, one of three children (and only son) to Jack Flood, a worker in Guinness, and his wife Eva Flood (née…...
French (Ffrench), Sir Thomas
French (Ffrench), Sir Thomas (c.1765–1814), 2nd Baron ffrench , catholic baronet, peer, and banker, was the elder son in the family of two sons and five daughters of Charles French of Castle French, Clogher, Co. Galway, who was mayor of Galway (1773–4) and was created a…...
Fuller, Bill (William)
Fuller, Bill (William) (1917–2008), ballroom impresario and businessman, was born on 6 May 1917 in Glanoe, Kilfeighny, Co. Kerry, son of Stephen Fuller, a farmer of Glanoe, and his wife Mary (née Trant). He attended Tralee CBS and…...
Gaj, Margaret (née Dunlop)
Gaj, Margaret (née Dunlop) (1919–2011), restaurateur, radical, and political activist, was born on 28 January 1919 in Edinburgh, Scotland, one of four children (two girls and two boys) of James Aloysius Dunlop and his wife Ellen (née O'Malley). Both parents were catholics of Irish…...
Gallagher, Andrew
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Gallagher, Charles
Gallagher, Charles (1927–93), businessman, was born 20 January 1927 at Cashel, Curry parish, Co. Sligo, the second youngest of fourteen children of Matthew Gallagher, farmer, of Cashel, and his wife Margaret (née Reilly). Growing up on a small family farm, he attended Moylough…...
Gallagher, Edward
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Gallagher, Eileen Helen Mary
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Gallagher, Henry Thomas (Harry)
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Gallagher, James
Gallagher, James (1920–83), businessman and politician, was born in Cashel, Curry parish, Co. Sligo, on 12 April 1920, the ninth child (of fourteen) of Matthew Gallagher, small farmer of Cashel, and his wife Margaret (née Reilly). Too sickly to partake in farm work, after attending…...
Gallagher, Matt
Gallagher, Matt (1915–74), businessman, was born on 15 February 1915 in Cashel, Curry parish, Co. Sligo, the second son and one of fourteen children of Matthew Gallagher, small farmer of Cashel, and his wife Margaret (née Reilly). He attended Moylough national school and spent his…...
Gallagher, Patrick
Gallagher, Patrick (1951–2006), businessman, was born on 8 May 1951 in Holles Street hospital, Dublin, the second son of Matt Gallagher, businessman, and his wife Helena Patricia (née Sheeran). He was raised from 1957 in palatial surrounds at Hollywood Rath, Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin. The…...
Gallagher, Redmond
Gallagher, Redmond (1914–2006), businessman and motor-racing enthusiast, was born in the family home at Dunwiley House in Stranorlar, Co. Donegal, on 27 February 1914, the youngest child of Henry Gallagher and his wife Eileen (née Cullen). He represented the third generation of a…...
Galwey, John
Galwey, John (1706–81), wine merchant, was born 19 June 1706, the elder of two sons of William Galwey (b. 1656) and his wife, Margaret Galwey (née MacCurtin) of Killelough, Co. Cork. The Galweys were an Old English family with branches in several parts of Munster. Several of John…...
Gaynor, Anna (‘Sister Mary John’)
Gaynor, Anna (‘Sister Mary John’) (1826–99), Sister of Charity and first superior of Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross, Dublin, was born 17 March 1826 in Athlone, one of six children (five daughters and one son) of John and Anne Gaynor of Roxborough, Co. Roscommon. One of the…...
Geaney, Donal
Geaney, Donal (1951–2005), businessman, was born Daniel John Geaney in Hollis Street hospital, Dublin, on 21 January 1951, the first of two sons of Daniel Geaney, wholesaler, of Raheny, Dublin, and his wife Mary (née Diran), dress designer. He grew up in Clontarf, Dublin, attending…...
Gibbons, Hugh
Gibbons, Hugh (1916–2007), Gaelic footballer, medical doctor and politician, was born 6 July 1916 in Ballybeg, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, the fourth child of Luke Gibbons and his wife Ellen (née Egan). His parents married in 1910 and his father was a publican and merchant. Hugh Gibbons…...