McDonogh, Martin (Mac Donnchada, Máirtin)
McDonogh, Martin (Mac Donnchada, Máirtin) (1858–1934), merchant, industrialist, and TD, was born in Lettermullen, Galway, eldest son among three sons and two daughters of Thomas Redmond McDonogh (d. 1902), merchant, originally of Lettermullen and later Galway, and his wife Honoria…...
McGarrity, Joseph
McGarrity, Joseph (1874–1940), businessman, poet, and republican, was born 28 March 1874 on a thirty-acre (12 ha) farm at Creggandeveskey, Carrickmore, Co. Tyrone, second youngest among eight children of John McGarrity and Catherine McGarrity (née Bigley). While not well-to-do, John…...
McGough, Joseph Christopher (Joe)
McGough, Joseph Christopher (Joe) (1919–2003), army officer, barrister and businessman, was born 23 December 1919 at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, the fourth child and first son of John McGough, originally of Co. Clare, and his wife Ann (née Brennan). His father, having served as a…...
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’)
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’) (1888–1966), politician, businessman, and racehorse owner, was born 21 August 1888 in Dublin, fifth among six children (three sons and three daughters) of George McGrath, stonemason, and Mary McGrath (née Dempsey). Educated at…...
McGrath, Patrick William (Paddy)
McGrath, Patrick William (Paddy) (1927–2001), businessman, was born 12 February 1927 in Dublin, fourth child and youngest son among three sons and three daughters of Joseph (Joe) McGrath (qv), politician, businessman and race-horse…...
McGrath, Seamus
McGrath, Seamus (1923–2005), racehorse trainer, was born 21 February 1923, the second son of three sons and three daughters of Joseph McGrath (qv), revolutionary, politician, businessman and racehorse owner, and his wife Eileen (née…...
McGuire, Edward Augustine
McGuire, Edward Augustine (1901–92), businessman, politician, painter, and sportsman, was born at his grandfather's home in Tramore, Co Waterford on 28 August 1901, the eldest of five sons (one son died in infancy) and two daughters of…...
McGuire, John Francis
McGuire, John Francis (1873–1953), department store owner, was born 1 August 1873 in Passage East, Co. Waterford, sixth of nine sons (a daughter died in infancy) of Edmund McGuire, policeman, and his wife Margaret Leahy. The family subsequently moved to Templemore, Co. Tipperary,…...
McHugh, Kevin
McHugh, Kevin (1946–2006), fisherman and businessman, was born in Bullsmouth, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, on 26 May 1946, the fourth of eight children of Michael McHugh, ESB maintenance engineer, and his wife Norah (née Lavelle). Educated…...
Meagher, John Francis
Meagher, John Francis (1938–2001), marketing and business innovator, was born 1 July 1938 in Dublin, only son among six children of Joseph Meagher, director of Harrington's paint company, and Mairead Meagher (née Sinnott), teacher. Educated at Willow Park School and Blackrock…...
Meenan, James Francis
Meenan, James Francis (1910–87), barrister-at-law, political economist, and writer, was born 18 October 1910 in Dublin, eldest of three sons and one daughter of Dr James Nahor Meenan (qv), professor of medicine at…...
Minch, Sydney Basil
Minch, Sydney Basil (1893–1970), soldier, politician and businessman, was born 14 June 1893 in Rockfield, Athy, Co. Kildare, one of five sons of Matthew Joseph Minch (1854–1921), nationalist and anti-Parnellite MP for Kildare South (1892–1903), and Agnes Minch (née Hayden). He had…...
Monahan, Philip ('Phil')
Monahan, Philip ('Phil') (1928–2003), businessman, was born 27 June 1928 in his family home at Darling Road, Crossbeagh, in Knockbridge parish, just outside Dundalk, Co. Louth, one of five sons of Michael Monahan, labourer and herdsman, of Knockbridge, and his wife Catherine (née…...
Moore, Joe
Moore, Joe (1908–89), businessman, was born in Mountrath, Co. Laois, on 16 November 1908, the son of Edward Moore, farmer, of Mountrath, and his wife Elizabeth (née Dunne). Bad eyesight precluded him from playing his favourite sport of hurling, so he organised teams instead. Attending…...
Moore, Theophilus
Moore, Theophilus (c.1730–c.1809), almanack compiler, may have been born in King's Co. (Offaly), but details of his life are scant and conflicting. John McCall (qv) in his comprehensive ‘History of Irish almanacks’ (written 1878; unpublished…...
Morrissey, Daniel
Morrissey, Daniel (1895–1981), trade unionist, politician, and businessman, was born 28 November 1895 in Silver St., Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, one of three sons and one daughter of William Morrissey, carter-contractor, and Bridget Morrissey (née Gleeson). Educated at Nenagh…...
Moynihan, Maurice Gerard
Moynihan, Maurice Gerard (1902–99), civil servant and governor of the Central Bank, was born 19 December 1902 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, fourth child and third son of Maurice Moynihan and Mary Moynihan (née Power), and had four brothers and an elder sister. The Moynihans and the Powers were…...
Mulally, Teresa
Mulally, Teresa (1728–1803), educationist, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was born in October 1728, in Pill Lane, near Chancery Street, Dublin, the only child of Daniel and Elizabeth Mulally. While she was young, her father, a provisions dealer, retired from his business and…...
Mulcahy, John Augustine (‘Jack’)
Mulcahy, John Augustine (‘Jack’) (1906–94), industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist, was born 26 August 1906 at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, fifth among twelve children of Patrick Mulcahy, town clerk of Waterford , and Mary Mulcahy (née O'Shea). He was educated locally in the…...
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…...
Mulrooney (Carbonneau), Belinda
Mulrooney (Carbonneau), Belinda (1872–1967), frontier entrepreneur, was born on 16 May 1872 (though her official birth certificate stated 10 June) in her maternal grandparents' 21-acre farm near Carns, Co. Sligo, the first child of one son and four daughters of John Mulrooney from Carra…...
Murnaghan, George
Murnaghan, George (1847–1929), businessman, farmer, and politician, was born 4 July 1847 in Greenan, Loughbrickland, Co. Down, the fourth of nine children of James Murnaghan, a local farmer, and his wife Rose (née Mulligan). He attended the Royal School, Armagh, from 1864 to 1866,…...
Murphy, Charles Russell
Murphy, Charles Russell (1924–84), accountant and patron of the arts, was born 14 July 1924 at 93 Lower Baggot St., son of Henry Maguinness Murphy, accountant, of 38 North Circular Road, Dublin, and Maria Elena Murphy (née Scott). He was educated at St Mary's College, Rathmines, and at…...
Murphy, John
Murphy, John (c.1755–1832), engraver and educational publisher, was born in Cork city and reared in its northern suburbs, around Mallow Lane. At the age of seventeen he emigrated to London, led by his ‘predilection for the Fine Arts and a desire to cultivate an inclination for…...
Murphy, John
Murphy, John (1913–2009), businessman, is believed to have been born James Murphy on 5 October 1913 in Oghermong, near Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, one of four sons and one daughter of John Murphy, farmer, and his wife Bridget (née Sullivan). A fluent Irish speaker, he received a…...