Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey
Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey (1828–1908), chief of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade, was born 17 January 1828 at Glenmore Cottage, near Ballymore, Cobh, Co. Cork, third son of Bernard Robert Shaw, merchant, of Shaw's Terrace and later Monkstown Castle, Cork, and his first wife, Rebecca…...
Shea, Daniel
Shea, Daniel (1777–1836), orientalist, was born in Co. Limerick in 1777, son of Daniel Shea, farmer. He entered TCD aged 16 in June 1793, studying classics, and soon distinguished himself as a student of some ability. In 1797 he was awarded a scholarship. Some of his friends were…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1687–1738), schoolmaster, poet, essayist, and wit, was born in Co. Cavan. His father, Patrick, may have been a farmer. Nothing certain is known of Sheridan's life before he entered TCD in 1707, aged 20, except that he…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1684–1746), Jacobite tutor of Charles Edward Stuart, one of the ‘Seven men of Moidart’, was son of Thomas Sheridan (qv) the elder (1647–1712) – formerly secretary to …...
Simms, Mercy Felicia
Simms, Mercy Felicia (1915–98), social crusader, was born 3 March 1915 in a nursing home at 89 Lower Baggot St., Dublin, only child of Brian James Gwynn (1883–1972) of 48 Hollybrook Road, Clontarf, civil servant employed as assistant secretary in the labour exchange, and his wife…...
Singleton, Robert Corbet
Singleton, Robert Corbet (1810–81), clergyman, classical scholar, and hymn-writer, was born 9 October 1810 in Dublin, second son of Francis Corbet, gentleman, of Dublin and Aclare, Co. Meath, and his wife, Frances (d. 1860), daughter of Joseph Deane, MP, of Terenure, Co. Dublin.…...
Sloane, Sir Hans
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753), physician-general, collector, and founder of the British Museum, was born 16 April 1660 at Killyleagh, Co. Down, youngest of seven sons (of whom only three survived infancy) of Alexander Sloane (d. 1666), receiver-general of taxes for Co. Down, and…...
Stanford, William Bedell
Stanford, William Bedell (1910–84), classical scholar and senator, was born 6 January 1910 in Belfast, third child and only son (among four daughters) of the Rev. Bedell Stanford, rector of Dundrum, Co. Down, and Susan Stanford (née Jackson). Since the Rev. Stanford declined to…...
Starkie, Walter
Starkie, Walter (1894–1976), writer and academic, was born 9 August 1894 in Ballybrack, Co. Dublin, the only son and eldest among six children of the Rt Hon. William Joseph Myles Starkie (qv),…...
Steele, William
Steele, William (1820–98), headmaster and Church of Ireland clergyman, was born on 26 April 1820. He studied at TCD (1838–44), where he repeatedly took first-class honours, gained a senior moderatorship in ethics and logic, and…...
Stewart, Sir Robert Prescott
Stewart, Sir Robert Prescott (1825–94), organist, conductor, composer, teacher, and academic, was born 16 December 1825, the second of two sons of Charles Frederick Stewart of 6 Pitt Street (latterly Balfe Street), Dublin, librarian of King's Inns. Nothing is known of his mother…...
Stokes, Whitley
Stokes, Whitley (1830–1909), lawyer and Celtic scholar, was born 28 February 1830 in Dublin, the eldest son of Dr William Stokes (qv), heart specialist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Black of Glasgow. The Stokes children were raised…...
Sullivan, Lucinda
Sullivan, Lucinda (1831–1881), philanthropist, writer and promoter of children's welfare, was born in 1831, probably in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, to Captain William Edward Brady , formerly a lieutenant in the 2nd West India Regiment, and subsequently chief constable of police in…...
Sullivan, Robert
Sullivan, Robert (1800–68), educationist and textbook writer, was born 3 January 1800 at Holywood, Co. Down. His father, Daniel Sullivan, a native of Co. Kerry, was a customs official stationed at Holywood, where he married Mary McClement in 1797; Robert was the second of their…...
Temple, Sir William
Temple, Sir William (1555–1627), philosopher and provost of TCD, was born in Warwickshire, England, son of Anthony Temple. Educated at Eton, William entered King's College, Cambridge, where he was a fellow, graduating BA (1578) and…...
Thrift, Harry
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Thrift, William Edward
Thrift, William Edward (1870–1942), academic and politician, was born 28 February 1870 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, one of at least two sons and two daughters of Henry George Thrift, civil servant, and Sarah Anne Thrift (née Smith). The family moved in his childhood to Dublin,…...
Todd, James Henthorn
Todd, James Henthorn (1805–69), librarian and scholar, was born 23 April 1805 at Kildare St., Dublin, eldest son among fifteen children of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), professor of surgery,…...
Todd, Robert Bentley
Todd, Robert Bentley (1809–60), physician, teacher, and physiologist, was born 9 April 1809 in Dublin, second among nine sons and six daughters of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), surgeon, and Elizabeth Todd (née Bentley). He was…...
Traill, Anthony
Traill, Anthony (1838–1914), provost of TCD, was born 1 November 1838 at Ballylough, Co. Antrim, eldest son among three sons and three daughters of William Traill, who had a medical degree and owned an estate at Ballylough, and his wife Louisa, daughter of Robert Ffrench of…...
Travers, Robert English
Travers, Robert English (1807–88), physician, scholar and librarian, was born 24 June 1807 in Dublin, son of William T. E. Travers, LLD, and Mary Travers (née Parker). Travers had little education at home and when his father died, having gambled…...
Travers, Walter
Travers, Walter (c.1548–1635), provost of TCD and minister of religion, was the son of Walter Travers, of Brydelsmith Gate, Nottingham, England, and his wife, Ann. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, aged twelve, on 11 July 1560, before transferring to Trinity…...
Trench, Wilbraham Fitzjohn
Trench, Wilbraham Fitzjohn (1873–1939), academic, was born 22 February 1873 in Dublin, the only son of John Alfred Trench and his wife Janetta, eldest daughter of Wilbraham Taylor. He had four younger sisters, one of whom died in infancy. He was related to…...
Trew, John Andrew McCammon
Trew, John Andrew McCammon (1792–1869), clergyman and educationist, was born at Derrycuhan, Co. Armagh, eldest son of Andrew Trew. Educated at the Royal School, Armagh, he decided on a career in the church but did not attend university, probably studying under a local clergyman. He went…...
Tweedy, (Muriel) Hilda
Tweedy, (Muriel) Hilda (1911–2005), activist for women's rights and in consumer affairs, was born 26 August 1911, in Clones, Co. Monaghan, in her mother's family home. Her father was a Church of Ireland clergyman, James Ferguson Anderson , at the time rector of Florencecourt, Co.…...