Ní Ghráda, Máiréad
Ní Ghráda, Máiréad (1896–1971), playwright, author, and broadcaster, was born 23 December 1896 in Knockadangan, Kilmaley, Co. Clare, younger of two daughters of James O'Grady (1856–1942), farmer and sometime county councillor, and Bridget O'Grady (née Greene; 1854–1934), native of…...
Ní Ghuairim, Máire
Ní Ghuairim, Máire (1896–1964), teacher, author and sean-nós singer, was born 6 July 1896 in Roisín na Manach, Carna, Co. Galway, eldest daughter of farmer Máirtín Gorham and his wife, Catherine Burke. She received her earliest education in the Convent of Mercy school in Roisín na…...
Ní Ghuairim, Sorcha
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Ní Laoghaire, Máire ‘Bhuí’
Ní Laoghaire, Máire ‘Bhuí’ (1774–c.1848), poet, was born in Túirín na nÉan, the area of Ballingeary in west Cork, one of five sons and three daughters of Diarmuid Ó Laoghaire , a farmer of fifty acres. Her mother's first name was Siobhán but her family name is unknown. Máire…...
Ní Mhuiríosa, Máirín
Ní Mhuiríosa, Máirín (1906–82), Irish scholar, poet and journalist, was born 5 September 1906 in Dublin, daughter of mathematics teacher Tomás Ó Muiríosa and his wife Mary Golden. Both her parents were Irish-speakers and the family spent their summer holidays in the Ring Gaeltacht in Co…...
Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa
Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa (1916–93), Irish language scholar, was born 14 March 1916 in Drumcondra, Dublin, one of four daughters and a son of Seán Pádraig Ó Séaghdha and his wife, Kitty Nic Caochlaoich. She attended Scoil Bhríde national school and Scoil Chaitríona secondary school and…...
O'Brien, Ellen Lucy (‘Nelly’)
O'Brien, Ellen Lucy (‘Nelly’) (Ní Bhriain, Neilí) (1864–1925), miniature and landscape artist, and Gaelic League activist, was born 4 June 1864, the eldest of two daughters and one son of Edward William O'Brien, landowner, of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick, and Mary O'Brien (née Spring Rice…...
O'Brien, Kathleen Cruise
O'Brien, Kathleen Cruise (née Sheehy ) (1886–1938), teacher, suffragist and Irish language enthusiast, was born 28 April 1886 in Loughmore, Co. Tipperary, the youngest in a family of two sons and five daughters (one of whom died in infancy) of …...
Ó Dálaigh, Máirín
Ó Dálaigh, Máirín (née Nic Dhiarmada ) (c.1909–94), Celticist and lexicographer, was born in Mussoorie, United Provinces of India and Kashmir. Both her parents were Irish and living in India as her father was a teacher with the Munster fusiliers. At the age of two and a half she was…...
O'Farrelly, Agnes Winifred
O'Farrelly, Agnes Winifred (Ní Fhaircheallaigh, Úna; ‘Uan Uladh’) (1874–1951), academic, was born Agnes Farrelly on 7 July 1874 in Raffony, Virginia, Co. Cavan, one of five daughters and three sons of Peter Dominic Farrelly and Ann Farrelly (née Sheridan), a family with a traditional…...
O'Malley, Gráinne (Grace) (‘Granuaile’)
O'Malley, Gráinne (Grace) (‘Granuaile’) (c.1530–1603?), noblewoman and sea captain, was the daughter of Eoghan O'Malley (usually known as Dubhdarra O'Malley), lord of Umhall (now the barony of Murrisk, Co. Mayo), and Margaret, daughter of Conchobhar O'Malley. Gráinne (or…...
O'Rahilly (Ní Rathaille, Ó Rathaille), Cecile (Sisile)
O'Rahilly (Ní Rathaille, Ó Rathaille), Cecile (Sisile) (1894–1980), Celticist and literary scholar, was born 17 December 1894 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, eleventh among thirteen surviving children of Thomas Francis Rahilly, court clerk, and Julia Mary Rahilly (née Curry) from Glin, Co.…...
Power, Ann (‘Nancy’) Wyse
Power, Ann (‘Nancy’) Wyse (1889–1963), Celticist, member of Cumann na nBan, and civil servant, was born 16 November 1889 in Dublin, one of the children of John Wyse Power (qv), civil servant, journalist, and founding member of the…...
Power, Maura Wyse (Máire)
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Sayers, Peig (‘Peig Mhór’)
Sayers, Peig (‘Peig Mhór’) (1873–1958), storyteller, was born in Vicarstown, Dunquin, Co. Kerry, one of thirteen children of Tomás Sayers, storyteller and small farmer, and his wife Peig (née Ní Bhrosnacháin). She was baptised 29 March 1873 in Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry. Of English…...
Sjoestedt (-Jonval), Marie-Louise
Sjoestedt (-Jonval), Marie-Louise (1900–40), Irish-language scholar, was born 20 September 1900 in Saint-Thomas (département Aisne), France, where her family used to spend holidays. Her father, Erik-Valentin Sjoestedt, was a Swedish diplomat working at the Swedish legation…...
Uí Choisdeailbh, Eibhlín (Edith Costello)
Uí Choisdeailbh, Eibhlín (Edith Costello) (1870–1962), folksong collector, Irish language enthusiast, and political activist, was born 27 June 1870, probably in the Strand union workhouse, St Pancras, London. She was christened Edith Drury and raised a member of the Church of…...
Young, Rose Maud (Ní Ó hÓgain, Róis)
Young, Rose Maud (Ní Ó hÓgain, Róis) (1865–1947), Irish-language scholar, was born 30 October 1865 in Galgorm Castle, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, fifth daughter among seven daughters and five sons of John Young (1826–1915) and his first wife, Grace (née Savage). John Young was a…...