Nugent, John Dillon
Nugent, John Dillon (1869–1940), politician and insurance manager, was born 22 December 1869 in Keady, Co. Armagh, the son of John Nugent, auctioneer and publican, and his wife Sarah (née Dillon). He moved to Dublin in 1890. Employed as assistant superintendent with the Prudential…...
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard (1865–1955), politician, businessman, and 4th baronet, of Donore, Co. Westmeath, was born 12 December 1865 in St John's, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, third son among six sons and four daughters of Sir Walter George Nugent, 2nd baronet, and Maria Anne, only…...
O'Beirne, Seamas (Ó Beirn, Séamus; Byrne, James Fahy
O'Beirne, Seamas (Ó Beirn, Séamus; Byrne, James Fahy ) (1881–1935), medical doctor, dramatist, and businessman, was born 18 July 1881 on Tawin island, Co. Galway, the eldest son among at least three sons and two daughters of Patrick Byrne, farmer, and Mary Byrne (née Fahy), of Kinvara…...
O'Brien, Denis Thomas
O'Brien, Denis Thomas (1736?–1814), merchant, catholic politician, and benefactor, was the younger son of Thomas O'Brien (d. 1756) of Fairfield, near Ahascragh, Co. Galway, and his wife Mary (1710?–83), a daughter of Christopher French of Tyrone, Co. Galway. Thomas was in business as a…...
O'Brien, Desmond Joseph ('Des')
O'Brien, Desmond Joseph ('Des') (1919–2005), rugby player and business executive, was born 22 May 1919 in Dublin, the son of Tim O'Brien and his wife Mary (née Molloy). Educated at Belvedere College (1930–36), he joined Old Belvedere RFC in 1938, playing as flanker on the first two (…...
O'Brien, John Joseph (Jack)
O'Brien, John Joseph (Jack) (1910–83), businessman, was born 31 January 1910, second son of Henry Joseph O'Brien, hotel proprietor and house agent of Waterloo Rd, Dublin, and his wife Mary Josephine (née Byrne). Educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, he took a keen interest in…...
O'Brien, John Patrick ('Jack')
O'Brien, John Patrick ('Jack') (1900–56), promoter of Irish tourism, was born on 3 February 1900 in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, the eldest son of Patrick O'Brien, shopkeeper and baker of Main Street, Ballyporeen, and his wife Catherine (née O'Brien). He attended Rockwell College,…...
O'Connell, John
O'Connell, John (1927–2013), medical doctor, businessman and politician, was born in a tenement at 73 Aungier Street, Dublin, on 20 January 1927, the fifth child of three sons and three daughters of John O'Connell, a half-blind, semi-literate British army pensioner, and his wife Mary (…...
O'Connor, Malachy
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O'Connor, Roderick Hugh (‘Roddy’)
O'Connor, Roderick Hugh (‘Roddy’) (1910–2000), businessman, solicitor, and politician, was born 28 March 1910 in Gortmore House, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, youngest among three children of Francis Joseph O'Connor, solicitor and a founder (and later director) of the Ulster Herald group of…...
O'Connor, Thomas
O'Connor, Thomas (1817–87), ‘cattle king of Refugio county, Texas’, was baptised and probably born in February 1817 in Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford, second son of Thomas O'Connor, tenant farmer at Kilmuckridge, and Margaret O'Connor (née Power). As a younger son, he had no prospect of…...
O'Connor, Valentine
O'Connor, Valentine (1744–1814), and his brother Malachy O'Connor (1753–1820), merchants, were the sons of Hugh Connor or O'Connor (d. 1783), a merchant, originally of Galway, then of Douglas (Isle of Man) and Bachelor's Walk, Dublin, and his wife Honoria, daughter of Valentine…...
O'Doherty, (Michael) Kevin
O'Doherty, (Michael) Kevin (1912–2006), public servant, was born 29 June 1912 in Dublin, the eldest son in a family of four sons and two daughters of Séamus O'Doherty (see below), revolutionary, and his wife Kitty (see below). His youngest brother,…...
O'Donnell, John ('Kerry')
O'Donnell, John ('Kerry') (1899–1994), businessman and GAA administrator, was born on 15 November 1899 in Gleann na nGealt, Castlegregory, near Camp, Co. Kerry, the eldest child of Michael O'Donnell, a local farmer, and his wife Johanna (née O'Connor). At age 19 he emigrated to…...
O'Donovan, Frederick Michael ('Fred')
O'Donovan, Frederick Michael ('Fred') (1929–2010), theatrical impresario, theatre and radio producer, and public figure, was born 27 May 1929 at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, the fourth of six sons of John O'Donovan, of 53 Casino Road, Croydon Park, Fairview,…...
O'Dowd, Ignatius (‘Nace’)
O'Dowd, Ignatius (‘Nace’) (1931–87), Gaelic footballer and hotelier, was born 1 August 1931 in Rinbane, Ballinacarrow, Co. Sligo, where he attended the Carrowrile national school before progressing to Tubbercurry vocational school. He was one of five boys and three girls in his…...
O'Flaherty, May
O'Flaherty (Flaherty), May (1904–91), bookshop owner, was born Mary Angela Flaherty on 14 May 1904 in Youghal, Co. Cork, one of at least five children of Thomas Flaherty, a Royal Irish Constabulary sergeant, originally from Co. Kerry, and his wife Catherine (née Drummy), from Kilmichael…...
O'Flaherty, Stephen
O'Flaherty, Stephen (1902–82), motor factor, was born 23 January 1902 in Passage East, Co. Waterford, second son of Patrick O'Flaherty, farmer, of Passage East, Co. Waterford, and Kate O'Flaherty (neé O'Dywer), from Limerick. He was educated at the local national school and the…...
O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’)
O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’) (1732–1809), officer in French service, scholar, and entrepreneur, was by his own account born 16 September 1732 at Castletown, Co. Clare, son of Matthew O'Gorman (or MacGorman) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Donough O'Loughlin of Castletown…...
O'Herlihy, Bill
O’Herlihy, Bill (1938–2015), broadcaster, journalist and public relations consultant, was born 26 September 1938 in South Terrace, Cork, the eldest of four sons and two daughters of David O’Herlihy, a clerical officer in St Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork, who later headed the administration…...
O'Higgins, Brian
O'Higgins, Brian (1882–1963), republican, author, and manufacturer of greetings cards, was born 1 July 1882 at Kilskyre, Co. Meath, youngest of fourteen children of Patrick O'Higgins, farmer, and his wife Anne (née Fox). The memories of his rural catholic family (whose nationalist…...
O'Mara, James
O'Mara, James (1873–1948), bacon merchant, politician, and Sinn Féin fund-raiser, was born 6 August 1873 in Limerick, eldest surviving son among seven sons and five daughters of Stephen O'Mara (qv), bacon merchant from Limerick, and his…...
O'Mara, Stephen
O'Mara, Stephen (1844–1926), bacon manufacturer, MP, and mayor of Limerick, was born 26 December 1844, eldest son among seven sons – including the opera singer Joseph O'Mara (qv) – and six daughters of James O'Mara (born O'Meara), of Limerick…...
O'Mara, Stephen Mary
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O'Neill, John
O'Neill, John (1728?–1809), catholic gentleman and linen merchant, was one of four sons of Owen O'Neill of Ballygorian, a townland north-west of Hilltown, Co. Down, and a grandson of Hugh O'Neill (‘Hugh of the Standards’) who was killed on the Jacobite side at the battle of…...