Lawless, Sir Nicholas
Lawless, Sir Nicholas (1733–99), woollen draper, banker, MP, and 1st Baron Cloncurry , was born 30 October 1733, eldest son of Robert Lawless (d. 1775), woollen draper, of 2 High St., the Liberties, Dublin, and his wife Mary, daughter of Dominick Hadsor and widow of Robert…...
Lawlor, Edward (‘Eddie’) Lazerian
Lawlor, Edward (‘Eddie’) Lazerian (1938–99), property developer and philanthropist, was born 15 February 1938 in Tullow, Co. Carlow, second son among five sons and seven daughters of Edward Lawlor (b. 1906), of Tullow, Co. Carlow, truck driver and later regional supervisor for…...
Lawlor, Liam
Lawlor, Liam (1944–2005), politician and businessman, was born William Anthony Lawlor on 19 October 1944 in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, son of Gerald Lawlor, motor driver, of 8 Moracrete Cottages, Crumlin Road, Dublin, and his wife Ellen (née Gaffney); he…...
Lenihan, Patrick James
Lenihan, Patrick James (1902–70), civil servant, company director, and TD, was born 4 September 1902 in Lickeen, Ennistimon, Co. Clare, son of Patrick Lenihan, national school teacher, and Hannah Lenihan (née McIherney). Educated at St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe, and…...
Lennon, James
Lennon, James (1880–1958), republican and advocate of credit reform, was born 26 August 1880 at Ballyrughan, Borris, Co. Carlow, the son of two teachers, Lufoester Lennon and Margaret Lennon (née Tracy). He attended Newton school in Carlow and later Knockbeg College, and became active…...
Locke, James Harvey
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Locke, Mary Anne Theresa
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Logan, Michael J. (Ó Lócháin, Micheál)
Logan, Michael J. (Ó Lócháin, Micheál) (1836–99), editor, publisher, and ‘father of the Gaelic language movement’ in America (Ford, 1899), was born 29 September 1836 at Currach Doire (Curraghderry), Baile an Mhuilinn (Milltown), near Tuam, Co. Galway, son of Patrick Logan, a small…...
Lucey, Michael
Lucey, Michael (1921–2000), businessman, was born 24 February 1921 in Cabragh, Co. Cork, the son of Michael Lucey, farmer, of Cabragh, and his wife Johanna (née Riordan). A native Irish-speaker, he mastered Latin during his education at the Christian Brothers' College, Cork city.…...
Lynch, Joseph Lawrence (‘Joe’)
Lynch, Joseph Lawrence (‘Joe’) (1926–2001), actor and singer, was born 16 July 1926 in Mallow, Co. Cork, son of Jim Lynch, engine driver, and Madge Lynch (née Delany), bookbinder. He was educated at the North Monastery CBS in Cork city and…...
Macan, Arthur Jacob
Macan, Arthur Jacob (1774–1819), politician, soldier and banker, was the youngest child of seven (six sons and one daughter) of Thomas Macan (1717–95). Thomas had been born McCann , a descendant of one of the most important Gaelic clans in Co. Armagh, but on 27 October 1751…...
MacAvin (McAvin), John Patrick
MacAvin (McAvin), John Patrick (1880–1938), businessman and politician, was born on 27 December 1880 in Ballymore, Co. Westmeath, the eldest son of David MacAvin, an RIC constable stationed in the Ballymore area and originally of Co. Monaghan, and his wife Anne (née Walsh) from Co.…...
Mac Caba (McCabe), Alasdair (‘Alec’)
Mac Caba (McCabe), Alasdair (‘Alec’) (1886–1972), teacher, revolutionary, politician, and founder of the Educational Building Society, was born 5 June 1886 in Keash, Co. Sligo. Educated at Keash national school and Summerhill College, Sligo, he won a scholarship to St Patrick's…...
MacDonagh, Joseph
MacDonagh, Joseph (1883–1922), politician and businessman, was born 18 May 1883 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, youngest of six surviving children (four sons and two daughters) of Joseph MacDonagh (1834–94), native of Rooskey, Co. Roscommon, and Mary MacDonagh (née Parker; d. 1908…...
MacDonnell, Randal
MacDonnell, Randal (1762–1821), merchant and catholic politician, may have been born in Cartagena, Spain, where he was prominent as a merchant until he moved to Ireland c.1790. He first attended a meeting of the Catholic Committee on 6 February 1791. Soon he was, with…...
MacKay, John William
MacKay, John William (1831–1902), miner and businessman, was born in Dublin, son of a Scottish father and an Irish mother. His family were desperately poor, and in 1840 they emigrated to America. Following his arrival in New York, he was educated at a public school but his father…...
MacLoughlin, Cornelius
MacLoughlin, Cornelius (1753?–1851), merchant and repealer, was born in Dublin into a family of merchants; no other details of his family background are known. According to W. J. Fitzpatrick he was born in 1761 (Dublin catholic cemeteries, 58); his Freeman's Journal…...
Maguire, Meredith Francis (‘Frank’)
Maguire, Meredith Francis (‘Frank’) (1929–81), publican and politician, was born in Gort, Co. Galway, eldest son of Francis Maguire (1900–78), detective garda sergeant, and his wife, Sadie (1907–78). He was educated at St Mary's Marist Brothers School in Athlone and subsequently…...
Mahon, Nicholas
Mahon, Nicholas (1746?–1841), woollen merchant and politician, was apparently a native of Clare or Limerick. His maternal grandfather was Colonel Nicholas Purcell (qv) (1651?–1723), commander of the Jacobite cavalry at Aughrim (1691…...
Malone, James
Malone, James (d. 1721), printer and bookseller, was of obscure origin. A catholic, he was admitted free of the city of Dublin in 1672, and of the guild of stationers in 1676. He came to prominence under James II (qv); when the…...
Martin, Charles Edward
Martin, Charles Edward (1839–1907), timber merchant and governor of the Bank of Ireland, was born in Dublin, son of James Martin of Cappagh, Co. Dublin, JP, timber merchant, and consul for Denmark and Mecklenburg. He was educated (1850–52…...
McCann, James
McCann, James (1840–1904), stockbroker and politician, was born in May 1840 in Toomes, Co. Louth, the second child of the four sons and five daughters of James McCann, a farmer, and his wife, Dorothea (née Hickey), both of Co. Louth. The family moved to Channon Rock, Co. Louth,…...
McCann, Neil Vincent
McCann, Neil Vincent (1924–2011), businessman, was born on 5 April 1924 in the family home at Blackrock, near Dundalk, Co. Louth, the youngest son of three sons and three daughters of Charles McCann, fruit merchant, and his wife Rosetta (née McKenna). Originally from Armagh, his…...
McCourt, Kevin
McCourt, Kevin (1915–2000), businessman and director general of RTÉ, was born 14 April 1915 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, second son among three sons and one daughter of John McCourt, originally of Banbridge, Co. Down, clerk with the congested districts board at Tralee, and later a…...
McCullough, Denis
McCullough, Denis (1883–1968), revolutionary and businessman, was born 24 January 1883 in Divis St., Belfast, son of Daniel McCullough, publican, and Margaret McCullough (née Magee), of Quilly, Dromore, Co. Down. Educated locally by the Christian Brothers, he served an…...