O'Shiel, Owen (Eoghan Ó Siadhail
O'Shiel, Owen (Eoghan Ó Siadhail ) (1596–1650), physician, was born in Co. Westmeath, the son of James O'Shiel, of the barony of Moycashel in that county. The family had been prominent physicians in Westmeath since the sixteenth century. Nothing is known of O'Shiel's life until 1618,…...
O'Sullivan, Cornelius
O'Sullivan, Cornelius (1841–1907), brewer's chemist, was born 20 December 1841 at Bandon, Co. Cork, one of seven children (three boys and four girls) of James O'Sullivan, merchant, and his wife Elizabeth (née Morgan). He attended Denny Holland's private primary school in Bandon,…...
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’)
O'Sullivan, Edward (Eamon; ‘the Doc’) (1897–1966), athlete, Gaelic football trainer, sports administrator, and psychiatrist, was born 8 May 1897 in Ballincarrig, Firies, Co. Kerry, only son among three children of James ‘J. P.’ O'Sullivan, farmer, originally from Beaufort near…...
Place, Valerie
Place, Valerie (1969–93), nurse and overseas aid worker, was born 24 March 1969 at 20 St Brendan's Crescent, Walkinstown, Dublin, one of four daughters and three sons of Patrick Place, coachbuilder, of that address, and Margaret Place (née Byrne). Educated at St Paul's secondary school…...
Pollock, John Hackett (‘An Philibín’)
Pollock, John Hackett (‘An Philibín’) (1887–1964), writer and doctor, was born in Dublin, son of Hugh Pollock, a protestant barrister who later became registrar of the land commission, and Mary Pollock (née Donnelly), a catholic. He was educated at the Catholic University School,…...
Power, James Talbot
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Power, Sir John
Power, Sir John (1771–1855), 1st baronet, distiller, was born in Dublin, son of James Power, proprietor of the New Sun Inn, 109 Thomas St., Dublin, and founder of a distillery at nearby John's St. West (1791), later known as the John's Lane distillery. No information on his mother is…...
Rákóczi, Basil
Rákóczi, Basil (1908–79), painter and psychoanalyst, was born 31 May 1908 in Chelsea, London, son of Ivan Rákóczi, Hungarian composer, violinist, and artist, and Charlotte May Dobbey, who went by the name ‘Dolly Wilce’ and was an artist's model from Co. Cork. His parents, who were…...
Redmond, Sir Joseph Michael
Redmond, Sir Joseph Michael (1858–1921), doctor, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, one of at least five sons and two daughters of Denis Redmond, pawnbroker, of Belmont Lodge, and Bridget Emily Redmond (née Gorman). He was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, the Catholic…...
Reilly, John Edward
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Renehan, Laurence F.
Renehan, Laurence F. (1797/8–1857), priest, bibliophile, and president of Maynooth College 1845–57, was born at Longford Pass, in the parish of Gurtnahoe, Co. Tipperary, second son of Laurence Renehan, farmer, and Catherine Renehan (née Borden). Destined for the church from an…...
Rewcastle, Attracta Genevieve
Rewcastle, Attracta Genevieve (1897–1951), doctor and public figure, was born 6 September 1897 in Ballaghadereen, Co. Mayo, daughter of Bartholomew Candon, publican and grocer, and Winifred Candon (née Casey). She studied in Galway and Dublin, graduating…...
Reynolds, James Henry
Reynolds, James Henry (1844–1932), army surgeon and VC, was born 3 February 1844 in Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, second son of Laurence Reynolds, JP and owner of a tavern, hotel, and livery…...
Russell, Matthew John
Russell, Matthew John (1874–1956), physician, was born 1 June 1874 in Kilross, Co. Tipperary, the son of John Russell, farmer, and his wife, Kate (née Dwyer). He had at least one brother, James, and one sister, Mary, both of whom joined religious orders. Matthew studied medicine…...
Russell, Angela Gertrude (née Coyne)
Russell, Angela Gertrude (née Coyne) (1893–1991), physician and social reformer, was born 15 November 1893 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, the fourth daughter and seventh child among nine children of James Aloysius Coyne, an inspector of national schools, and Kathleen Mary Coyne (née Pitt).…...
Ryan, James
Ryan, James (1892–1970), government minister, doctor and businessman, was born at Tomcoole, near Taghmon, Co. Wexford, on 6 December 1892, eleventh of the twelve children of John Ryan, farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Sutton). He was educated at Caroreigh national school and St…...
Ryan, Max John
Ryan, Max John (1927–2013), radiologist, was born on 17 June 1927 at 40 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin, the eldest of two sons of Frederick J. Ryan, a medical doctor, and Gladys Ryan (née Monks). After schooling in Dublin and England, Ryan entered the…...
Ryan, Thomas
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Saunders, Colman Patrick Mansfield
Saunders, Colman Patrick Mansfield (1900–94), pioneering paediatrician, was born 25 November 1900 at the family home in Glenageary, Co. Dublin, the son of David Mansfield Saunders, a major in the RAMC who was serving in South Africa at…...
Shanley, John Patrick
Shanley, John Patrick (1895–1996), paediatric surgeon and Dublin city coroner, was born 17 September 1895 in Dublin, eldest child among two sons and two daughters of Peter Shanley, commercial traveller and later draper, of 37 Goldsmith St., Dublin, and Mary Shanley (née Kelly) of…...
Sherlock, David
Sherlock, David (1850–1940), barrister and peat industrialist, was born 27 March 1850 in Rahan Lodge, Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), second son among four sons and two daughters of David Sherlock (1814–84), lawyer and MP, of Stillorgan Castle, Co. Dublin, and his wife Elizabeth,…...
Sigerson, George
Sigerson, George (1836–1925), physician, biologist, poet and author, was born 11 January 1836 at Holyhill, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, youngest of William and Nancy Sigerson's eleven children. His parents’ marriage had a romantic background: in the 1820s William Sigerson, a catholic from…...
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia)
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia) (1873–1948), author, nurse, republican, and trade unionist, was born Margaret Anne Jane Smithson 26 September 1873 at 22 Claremont Rd, Sandymount, Dublin, daughter of Samuel Raynor Smithson, a protestant, unionist barrister, and Margaret Louisa…...
Smurfit, John Jefferson
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Smurfit, (John) Jefferson
Smurfit, (John) Jefferson Snr (1909–77), industrialist and businessman, was born 24 March 1909, the son of a Sunderland shipyard worker. He was ten when his father, John, died painfully at home from diabetes, leaving a widow and three small children. To support her family Ellen…...