Ua Conchobair, Conchobar Máenmaige (‘of Máenmag’)
Ua Conchobair, Conchobar Máenmaige (‘of Máenmag’) (d. 1189), son of Ruaidrí, overking of Connacht and claimant to the high-kingship of Ireland, belonged to the Síl Muiredaig dynasty. His father, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair (qv) (d. 1198…...
Ua Conchobair Fhailge, Conchobar
Ua Conchobair Fhailge, Conchobar (d. 1115), son of Congalach and joint overking of Leinster, belonged to the Uí Fhlainn lineage of the Uí Fhailge dynasty. His father Congalach, king of Uí Fhailge, a descendant of Flann dá Chongal (…...
Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí
Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí (d. 1198), overking of Connacht and high-king of Ireland, belonged to the dynasty of Síl Muiredaig, and was a son of Tairdelbach Ua Conchobair (qv) (d. 1156), who reigned as high-king…...
Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide
Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide (d. 1118), a son of Áed and overking of Connacht, belonged to a family line descended from Conchobar (qv) (d. 973) son of Tadc, of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty. His father was…...
Ua Conchobair, Tadc in Eich Gil
Ua Conchobair, Tadc in Eich Gil (d. 1030), a son of Cathal and overking of Connacht, belonged to the dynasty of Síl Muiredaig. In later sources he is called in Eich Gil (of the white steed) to distinguish him from the earlier Tadc in Túir (of the tower; d.…...
Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough)
Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough) (1088–1156), king of Connacht and high-king of Ireland ‘with opposition’. His accession to the kingship of Connacht in 1106, and his domination of that province for the next half-century, saw the emergence of Connacht as a major…...
Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait
Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait (d. 1193), son of Cú Broga and king of Uí Fhailge, belonged to the dynasty of Clann Maíl-augrai. His grandfather Áed died in 1158 as local ruler of a territory on the western fringes of Uí Fhailge (straddling the modern counties of Laois and Offaly), whose line…...
Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn
Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn (fl. c.1173), king of the Déisi Muman, belonged to a line of the Déisi traced to Fáelán (d. 966), ruler of a petty kingdom which leaves its name on the two baronies of Decies, Co. Waterford. Little is known of Máel-Sechlainn's immediate family…...
Ua hEochada, Donnchad
Ua hEochada, Donnchad (d. 1113), son of Donn Slébe and overking of Ulaid, belonged to the dynasty of Dál Fiatach. For most of the eleventh century, the dynasty had been wracked by internal dissensions; since the death of the eponymous Eochaid (1004), the kingship had been contested…...
Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall
Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall (1048/9–1121), son of Ardgar and overking of Leth Cuinn (the northern half of Ireland), was an early representative of the Mac Lochlainn family line within the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. Domnall's father Ardgar (d. 1064) had…...
Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar
Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar (d. 1073), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of the Uí Néill. A grandson of Máel-Sechnaill (qv) son of Domnall, he was the first member of the…...
Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad
Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad (d. 1153), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of Uí Néill. He survived as king for forty-seven years, in itself no mean achievement. Although his political fortunes fluctuated greatly (he was temporarily displaced…...
Ua Néill, Áed
Ua Néill, Áed (975–1004), son of Domnall and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty. His father, Domnall Ua Néill (qv) (d. 980), was king of Tara and one of the most innovatory leaders of his time. His mother was Dirbail…...
Ua Néill, Domnall
Ua Néill, Domnall (d. 980), grandson of Niall Glúndub (qv) and king of Tara, belonged to the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain, the cause of which had been greatly advanced by his immediate forebears. He had at least three…...
Ua Néill, Flaithbertach
Ua Néill, Flaithbertach (d. 1036), son of Muirchertach and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill. In later sources he is sometimes referred to as Flaithbertach an Trostáin (of the pilgrim's staff). His father Muirchertach (slain…...
Ua Ruairc, Áed
Ua Ruairc, Áed (d. 1087), son of Art Uallach and overking of Connacht, belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin Bréifne. His father Art Uallach was one of four kings of his dynasty to reign as overking of Connacht between 956 and 1102, his reign being from 1030 to 1046, when he was…...
Ua Ruairc, Tigernán
Ua Ruairc, Tigernán (d. 1172), son of Donnchad and king of Bréifne, who belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin, was one of the strongest and most colourful rulers of his line. Claimed by Gerald (qv) of Wales to…...
Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach
Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach (d. 1164), son of Gilla-Comgaill and king of northern Leinster, belonged to the Uí Muiredaig lineage of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. His family line descended from Tuathal (qv) (d. 958), king of Uí Dúnlainge, and he…...
Vereker, Charles
Vereker, Charles (1768–1842), 2nd Viscount Gort , naval and militia officer, and MP, was the second son of Thomas Vereker of Roxborough, Limerick, and his wife Juliana, sister of John Prendergast Smyth, 1st Viscount Gort. His Vereker ancestry was Flemish but the family was long…...
Wafer, Lionel
Wafer, Lionel (d. 1705), surgeon, buccaneer, topographer, and ethnographer, was probably born in Ireland or to an Irish catholic family abroad. In A new voyage & description of the isthmus of America (1699), the work on which his reputation rests, he states: in my…...
Warren, Sir Peter
Warren, Sir Peter (1703–52), admiral in the British navy, was born 10 March 1703 at Warrenstown, Co. Meath, third son among three sons and two daughters of Michael Warren, Roman catholic landowner, and Catherine Warren (née Aylmer). Educated locally, he entered the Royal Navy in…...
Webb, David Allardice
Webb, David Allardice (1912–94), botanist and marine biologist, was born 12 August 1912 in Dublin, only son of George Randolph Webb (d. 1929), mathematician, philosopher, and fellow of TCD, and his wife Ella (née Ovenden) (…...
Woodlock, Ellen
Woodlock, Ellen (1811–84), philanthropist and social worker, was born 27 January 1811, second daughter among seven sons and four daughters of Martin Mahony (1764–1834) of Cork, woollen manufacturer, and his second wife, Maria (née Reynolds), of Roscreg. The Rev.…...