Riley, John
Riley, John (c.1817–p.1850), soldier, was born in Clifden, Co. Mayo. Details of his early life are scarce, but it is believed that he enlisted in the British army and served with the 66th Foot in Canada before deserting and travelling to America. In 1842/3 he was…...
Robinson, Joseph
Robinson, Joseph (1887–1955), republican, was born 21 April 1887 at Sevastopol Street, Belfast, first of two sons and one daughter of James Robinson, industrial-mould maker, and his wife, Sarah Jane (née Black), wool weaver. His parents, the children of exiled Fenians, were both…...
Rothe (Roth, Root), Michael
Rothe (Roth, Root), Michael (1661/5–1741), general in the French service and Jacobite, was born in Kilkenny on 29 September 1661/5, second son of Edward Rothe (‘Fitzpeter’) and his wife Catherine, daughter of Capt. James Archdekin of the King's Regiment of Foot Guards. Although…...
Ryan, John Joseph
Ryan, John Joseph (1871–1954), huntsman, was born in Edermine House, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, on 25 March 1871, the eldest of nine children of Major-General Thaddeus Richard Ryan (1837–1905) of Scarteen House, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, and his wife Gwendaline (née Power), daughter of…...
Saint-Ruth (Saint-Ruhe), Charles Chalmont
Saint-Ruth (Saint-Ruhe), Charles Chalmont (c.1650–91), marquis of Saint-Ruth , commander of the Irish Jacobite army in 1691, was a French aristocrat of modest means who had made his career as an officer in Louis XIV's army. He commanded a regiment in the 1672 invasion of…...
Sarsfield, Patrick
Sarsfield, Patrick (d. 1693), soldier, lst earl of Lucan , was the second son, and youngest of five children, of Patrick Sarsfield and his wife Anne, daughter of Rory O'More (qv), a leader of the 1641 rebellion. The Sarsfields were an Old…...
Sheehan, Daniel Desmond (‘D. D.’)
Sheehan, Daniel Desmond (‘D. D.’) (1873–1948), journalist, labour leader, MP, barrister, and soldier, was born 28 May 1873 at Dromtariffe, Kanturk, Co. Cork, the eldest of the three sons and one daughter of Daniel Sheehan, tenant farmer, and his wife, Ellen (née Fitzgerald). He…...
Sheil, Justin
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Shields, James
Shields, James (c.1806–79), soldier and politician in the USA, the only person elected to represent three states in the US senate, was born probably on 6 May 1806 in Altmore, near Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, eldest of three sons of Charles Sheals (d. 1812), a linen draper, and…...
Stanley, Sir William
Stanley, Sir William (1548–1630), soldier and adventurer, was the eldest son of Sir Rowland Stanley (d. 1612) of Hooton and Storeton, Cheshire, and Margaret Aldersey. His family was catholic and two of his brothers became Jesuits, although both William and his father conformed in…...
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph
Stephenson, Patrick Joseph (1895–1960), librarian and Irish Volunteer, was born on 10 April 1895 at 25 Upper Tyrone Street, in Dublin's north inner city, the second of nine children (four girls and five boys) of Patrick Stephenson, a coachman, and his wife Alice (née Tynan). The family…...
St Lawrence, Sir Christopher
St Lawrence, Sir Christopher (d. 1619), 9th baron Howth , soldier, conspirator, and informer, was the eldest son of Nicholas St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth, and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Turvey, Co. Dublin. He is said to have been born in…...
Sweeney, Joseph Aloysius
Sweeney, Joseph Aloysius (1897–1980), republican and army officer, was born 13 June 1897 in Burtonport, Co. Donegal, son of John Sweeney, general merchant, and Margaret Sweeney (née O'Donnell). His father remarried after his mother's death, and along with a sister he had one step-…...
Taaffe, Francis
Taaffe, Francis (1639–1704), 4th Viscount Taaffe and 3rd earl of Carlingford soldier , and diplomat, was born at Ballymote, Co. Sligo, second son (third, according to Murtagh) of Theobald Taaffe (qv), 2nd Viscount and 1st earl of…...
Taaffe, Nicholas
Taaffe, Nicholas (1677–1769), 6th Viscount Taaffe general , in the Austrian service, was born at Crean's Castle, Co. Sligo, son of Francis Taaffe, a grandson of John, 1st Viscount Taaffe, and his wife Anne, daughter of John Crean of Crean's Castle. His family had strong Jacobite…...
Taaffe, Sir William
Taaffe, Sir William (d. 1631), soldier, official, and landowner, was second son of John Taaffe of Harristown and Ballybraggan, a member of a family who had long been prosperous landowners in Co. Louth. He found employment in the service of Sir…...
Taaffe, Theobald
Taaffe, Theobald (c.1603–1677), 1st earl of Carlingford , soldier, was son and heir of Sir John Taaffe (d. 1642) and his wife Anne, daughter of Theobald, 1st Viscount Dillon (qv) of Costello-Gallen. Sir John, a catholic and ‘…...
Talbot, Richard
Talbot, Richard (1630–91), earl and duke of Tyrconnell, army officer and lord deputy of Ireland, was the eighth son among eight sons and eight daughters of Sir William Talbot (qv), lawyer and politician, of Carton, Co. Kildare, and his…...
Talbot, Richard Francis
Talbot, Richard Francis (1710–52), titular earl of Tyrconnell, soldier, and diplomat, was baptised 26 December 1710 at Saint-Germain, France, son of Richard Talbot (d. 1716), who styled himself Lord Talbot from 1691 and had married his cousin Charlotte Talbot (1676?–1721), only…...
Teeling, Bartholomew John (Bartle)
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Teeling, Charles George
Teeling, Charles George (1806–75), soldier and inspector in the Irish constabulary, was born 1 March 1806, second surviving son of Charles Hamilton Teeling (qv) of Lisburn and Belfast, United Irishman, writer, and newspaper…...
Thornton, Brigid Lyons
Thornton, Brigid Lyons (1896–1987), public health doctor and first female commissioned officer in the Irish Free State army, was born 13 May 1896 in Northyard, Scramogue, Co. Roscommon, the eldest child of the two daughters and one son of Patrick Lyons, farmer, and Margaret Lyons…...
Tindal (-Carill-Worsley), Nicolas Henry Joseph ('Nick')
Tindal (-Carill-Worsley), Nicolas Henry Joseph ('Nick') (1911–2006), RAF pilot and farmer, was born 7 March 1911, the only son of Ralph Tindal-Carill-Worsley (1881–1966), an officer in the Royal Navy, and his wife Kathleen (née Mangan) (d. 1961), the third daughter of Simon Mangan,…...
Tobin, Liam
Tobin, Liam (1895–1963), republican, soldier, businessman, and civil servant, was born 15 November 1895 at 13 North Great George's St., Cork, son of David Tobin of Clolefin (Cloughleafin, near Mitchelstown, north Co. Cork), furniture salesman at Clery's department store, Dublin, and…...
Trant, Thomas
Trant, Thomas (c.1762–1794), soldier and chevalier of France, was born at Mallow, Co. Cork, third son among six sons and at least two daughters of Thomas Trant, a successful catholic merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth (née Trant). Educated locally, he decided to join the…...