Butler, Katherine
Butler, Katherine (1914–2000), Sister of Charity, teacher, and writer, was born 27 May 1914 in Dublin, first child of James Bayley Butler (qv), professor of biology in UCD, and…...
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna)
Butler, Marie Joseph (Johanna) (1860–1940), mother general of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, founder of Marymount schools and colleges, was born 22 July 1860 as Johanna Butler in Ballynunry, Co. Kilkenny, into the large family of John Butler, gentleman farmer, and…...
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha)
Butler, Mary Magdalen (Matilda Martha) (1795–1856), Dominican sister and founder of Sion Hill Dominican convent, Dublin, was born Matilda Martha Butler in Dublin. She entered the Dominican order and was the first sister to be professed in their new convent in Cabra on 28 December…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1660?), 1st Viscount Ikerrin , confederate commander in Munster, was the son of Sir James Butler, Baron Ikerrin, of Lismallon, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of Ormond. He…...
Butler, Piers (Peter)
Butler, Piers (Peter) (1521–78), landowner, was the second son of Sir James Butler (qv), baron of Dunboyne (d. 1538), and Joan, daughter of Sir Piers Butler (qv), earl of Ormond (d…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1578–1652/3), 3rd Viscount Mountgarret , nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Edmund Butler (qv) (d. 1602), the 2nd viscount, and his wife, Grany MacGiollapadraig. He had seven brothers, James, Edward, Thomas,…...
Butler, Sir Edwin John
Butler, Sir Edwin John (1874–1943), plant pathologist, was born 13 August 1874 at Kilkee, Co. Clare, the second son of Thomas Butler (d. 1919) and his wife, Annie (d. 1898), the daughter of James Barry of Co. Limerick. Thomas Butler's brother was Sir…...
Butler, William Archer
Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…...
Butler, William Francis
Butler, William Francis (1838–1910), soldier and author, was born 31 October 1838 in a farmhouse at Ballyslateen, Golden, Co. Tipperary, youngest child among four sons and three daughters of Richard Butler (1792–1870), a modest landowner and large tenant farmer of Suirville, Co.…...
Byrne, Denis
Byrne, Denis (d. 1744), priest, may have been born in Dublin, although little or nothing is known of his birth, parentage, or early career. He came to prominence in the early 1720s as curate to the controversial Cornelius Nary (qv). As…...
Byrne, Edmund
Byrne, Edmund (c.1655/6–1723/4), alias ‘Edward Hamson’, archbishop of Dublin, was born in Ballybrack, Co. Carlow, of Wicklow parents. Meagher suggests that he was a first cousin of Arthur O'Brin (Ó Broinn/Byrne) (son of John O'Brin of Ballyknockan), a distinguished member…...
Byrne, Edward Joseph
Byrne, Edward Joseph (1872–1940), catholic archbishop of Dublin, was born 10 May 1872 at Longwood Ave., South Circular Rd, Dublin, son of Edward Byrne, farmer, and Ellen Byrne (née Maguire). Although living in Dublin, his father farmed at Killahurler, Co. Wicklow. He was educated…...
Byrne, Mary
Byrne, Mary (1850–1936), witness of the Knock apparition, was the eldest daughter among three children of Dominick Byrne of Co. Mayo and his wife Margaret Bourke, and grew to be a tall, thin woman, with black hair and a pleasant voice. The defining moment in her life occurred when…...
Byrne (O'Byrne), Patrick James
Byrne (O'Byrne), Patrick James (1759–1819), president of Maynooth College, was born in Eglish, Co. Tyrone, one of at least three children of Art O'Byrne (1710–92), farmer, and Martha O'Byrne (née Kempson). He studied at the Irish College of Nantes, France, where, after gaining a…...
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius (1874–1942), soldier and administrator, was born 2 October 1874 in Co. Londonderry, son of Dr Joseph Byrne, DL, a catholic physician of Londonderry, and Emily Byrne (née Egan). He was educated at St George's College…...
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’)
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’) (1900–92), revolutionary and soldier, was born 23 November 1900 in the national maternity hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, the elder among one son and one daughter of Vincent Byrne, carpenter, of 33 Denzille Street (latterly Fenian Street), and his wife…...
Cahill, Daniel William
Cahill, Daniel William (1796–1864), catholic priest and public lecturer, was born at Ashfield, in the parish of Arles, Queen's Co. (Laois), on 28 November 1796, the youngest of three sons of Daniel Cahill (1754?–1836), a civil engineer and (it was stated in 1864) a local United Irish…...
Cahill, Edward
Cahill, Edward (1868–1941), Jesuit, was born at Callow, Ballingrane, Co. Limerick, on 19 February 1868, son of Patrick Cahill, a farmer, and his wife, Lucy (née Culhane). One of a family of eight (he had three half-brothers, a half-sister, two full brothers, and a full sister), he…...
Cahill, Joe (Joseph)
Cahill, Joe (Joseph) (1920–2004), republican paramilitary, was born 10 May 1920 in Divis Street, west Belfast, the eldest of thirteen children (two died in infancy) of Joseph Cahill, printer, and his wife Josephine. One brother, Tom, became an active…...
Callaghan (MacCallaghan), John
Callaghan (MacCallaghan), John (1605–64), Jansenist priest and agent, was born in Killone (Carbury), near Macroom, Co. Cork, fifth and youngest son of Dermot MacCallaghan and his wife Catherine (née MacCallaghan), a distant cousin. Raised in impoverished conditions, he dropped the…...
Callanan, Laurence
Callanan, Laurence (1739/43–1818), OFM, priest, was born in Cork city in 1739 (according to his epitaph) or 1743 (according to his own calculation); the official dates of his birth and baptism have not been found. The only first name used in the records is Laurence or Lawrence,…...
Callan, Nicholas Joseph
Callan, Nicholas Joseph (1799–1864), priest and pioneering scientist in electrical science, was born 22 December 1799 at Darver, between Drogheda and Dundalk, Co. Louth, third youngest among seven children of Denis Callan, farmer, and Margaret Callan (née Smith). His parents…...
Cameron, John
Cameron, John (1724–99), presbyterian minister and writer, was born in Scotland; some sources say near Edinburgh, though Kinross is also mentioned. Nothing is known of his parents. He was apprenticed to an Edinburgh bookseller, and among the books picked up a love of literature…...
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Alexander (1788–1866), church leader in the US, was born 12 September 1788, possibly at Shane's Castle, near Antrim, or in Broughshane, Co. Antrim, eldest son of Thomas Campbell and Jane Campbell (née Corneigle), who married in 1787 and later had four daughters and two younger…...
Campbell, James Joseph
Campbell, James Joseph (1910–79), educationist, classical scholar, author, and broadcaster, was born 8 March 1910 at 237 New Lodge Road, Belfast, second child of James Campbell, barber, and Bridget Campbell (née McTaggart), whose first child died in infancy, and who later had…...