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.…...
Webb, Isabella (‘Ella’) Gertrude Amy
(1877–1946), paediatrician, was born 16 October 1877 in Dublin, elder daughter of the Rev. Charles Thomas Ovenden (1846–1924), dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and his wife Isabella Mary Robinson. She was educated at Alexandra College,…...
White, Henrietta Margaret
(1856–1936), principal of Alexandra College, Dublin, horticulturist, and social activist, was eldest child among three daughters and one son of Henry Charles White (1818–1903), of Charleville, Queen's Co. (Laois), JP…...
Young, Mary ('Jenny Diver') (c.1704–41), notorious pickpocket and
head of a criminal gang, was born c.1704 in the north of Ireland. There are no extant records relating to Young's early life so
most accounts rely on the text published by James Guthrie, The…...