Godley, Alfred Denis
Godley, Alfred Denis (1856–1925), classicist and poet, was born 22 January 1856 at Ashfield, Co. Cavan, the eldest son of Rev. James Godley, rector of Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim, and Eliza Frances Godley (née La Touche). After attending Tilney Basset's preparatory school in Dublin, he…...
Googe, Barnabe
Googe, Barnabe (c.1538–94), poet and translator, and provost-marshal to the presidency court in Connacht, was son of Robert Googe, recorder of Lincoln, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Walter Mantell. He was born at Alvingham, Lincolnshire, and educated at Christ's…...
Graisberry, Daniel
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Graisberry, Daniel
Graisberry, Daniel (c.1740–1785), printer, was the son of William Graisberry, printer, of Drumcondra, Dublin, and Elizabeth Graisberry. Admitted to the Guild of St Luke (24 August 1775) after completing his apprenticeship under the king's printer, Hugh…...
Graisberry, Ruth
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Gregg, John Robert
Gregg, John Robert (1867–1948), shorthand inventor and promoter, was born in Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan, youngest child among four sons and a daughter of George Gregg, stationmaster at Rockcorry, and Margaret Gregg (née Johnston). The family moved to Rockcorry when John was five. A…...
Grierson (Crawley), Constantia
Grierson (Crawley), Constantia (c.1705–1732), editor, scholar, and one of Swift's female literary circle, was born Constantia Crawley in Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, into a poor family. Little is known of her early life or education, save from the memoirs of her friend…...
Grierson, George
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Grierson, George
Grierson, George (1680?–1753), king's printer, a native of Scotland, possibly the younger son of George Grierson, an Edinburgh merchant, and his wife Margaret (née Allane), arrived in Ireland c.1703. Purchasing premises in Essex St., Dublin, he was admitted to the…...
Grierson, George Abraham
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Grierson, Hugh Boulter Primrose
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Grierson, Sir George Abraham
Grierson, Sir George Abraham (1851–1941), member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and language scholar, was born 7 January 1851 in the parish of Monkstown near Dublin, eldest son of George Abraham Grierson, a TCD graduate and barrister…...
Gwynn, John
Gwynn, John (1827–1917), clergyman and scholar, was born 28 August 1827 in Larne, Co. Antrim, eldest son among four sons and two daughters of the Rev. Stephen Gwynne, rector of Agherton, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Gwynne (née Stevens or Stevenson). Their mother drowned at…...
Haliday, William
Haliday, William (1788–1812), Irish–language scholar and linguist, was born at 32 Arran Quay, Dublin, eldest among four sons of Dr William Haliday, apothecary, originally of Carrick–on–Suir, Co. Tipperary. His father encouraged him to pursue law, and on his qualifying as a solicitor his…...
Haly, James
Haly, James (1764?–1850), catholic printer, publisher, bookseller, and educator, was born in Cork city, son of Simon O'Grady Haly of Ballyhaly, Co. Cork, and Anne Haly (née Barry) of Leamlara in the same county. His brother John was later knighted for his achievements in medicine…...
Hamilton, Charles
Hamilton, Charles (1753?–1792), orientalist, was born, probably in 1753, in Belfast, the only son of Charles Hamilton (although according to Alexander Gordon (1841–1931) his father was James Hamilton and his grandfather was Charles), merchant in Belfast, and Katherine Hamilton (née…...
Hanna, Frederick Freeth ('Fred')
Hanna, Frederick Freeth ('Fred') (1934–2011), bookseller, was born on 27 January 1934 in Dublin, only son of Walter Hanna and his wife Nancy Louise (née Freeth); he had two sisters. Fred's grandfather, also called Fred Hanna (d. 1941), started work in William Magee's long-…...
Harding, John
Harding, John (1697?–1725), and his wife Sarah (fl. 1721–9), Dublin printers and publishers, were closely associated with Jonathan Swift (qv). John Harding was probably the John Harding born on 6 August 1697 to James and…...
Harding, Sarah
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Hardy, Philip Dixon
Hardy, Philip Dixon (1794–1875), printer, bookseller, and author, was probably born in Dublin of protestant parents; nothing else is known of his origins. In 1818 a Philip Dixon Hardy was a wine merchant at 20 Great Longford St.; this was probably either the subject or his father.…...
Hawkey, John
Hawkey, John (1703–59), schoolmaster and editor, may have been born in Cove, Devon, or East Looe, Cornwall, son of John Hawkey, gaoler. Nothing is known of his mother. After schooling from Mr Spare in Liskeard, Cornwall, he entered TCD…...
Hearn, Patrick Lafcadio
Hearn, Patrick Lafcadio (1850–1904), writer, translator, and journalist, was born 27 June 1850 on the island of Levkás (from which his middle name derived), Greece, second of three sons born to Charles Bush Hearn, an Irish officer-surgeon in the British army, and Rosa Antonia…...
Henn, Thomas Rice
Henn, Thomas Rice (1901–74), scholar, was born 10 November 1901 at Albert House, Sligo, youngest among five children of Francis Blackburne Henn (1845–1915), barrister and resident magistrate, and his wife, Helen (1857–1936), daughter of Col. Francis Gore of Woodlawn, Co. Clare. The Henn…...
Henry, James
Henry, James (1798–1876), physician, pamphleteer, poet, and classical scholar, was born at the family home, 46 College Green, Dublin, eldest son of Robert Henry (d. 1829), woollen draper, and Katharine Olivia Henry (née Elder). Educated under the ferrule of the Rev. Joseph Hutton, a…...
Henry, Robert Mitchell
Henry, Robert Mitchell (1873–1950), classicist and university administrator, was born 11 February 1873 in Belfast, son of Robert Mitchell Henry (1824–91), who was himself son of a Reformed Presbyterian minister, William Henry (1789–1852). Robert M. Henry sen., having started his…...