Nicholson, Ernest Wilson
Nicholson, Ernest Wilson (1938–2013), biblical scholar, was born on 26 September 1938 in Portadown, Co. Armagh, the youngest of three children of Ernest Tedford Nicholson, a soldier and baker, and Veronica Muriel Nicholson. After attending Hart Memorial Primary School in Portadown, he…...
O'Connor, Maurice
O'Connor, Maurice (d. 1740), lawyer and patron of Turlough Carolan (qv), was born in the late seventeenth century, eldest among three sons of John O'Connor Faly, attorney, of Gortnamona, King's Co. (…...
O'Connor, Patricia
O'Connor, Patricia (1905–83), writer and teacher, was born Henrietta Norah O'Connor (known within her family as Norah) at Sheephaven coastguard station, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal on 4 December 1905, third of four children (three daughters and a son) of Patrick O'Connor, coastguard and…...
O'Donoghue, Nannie Power
Power O’Donoghue (née Lambert), Nannie (1843–1940), journalist, equestrian and writer was born 2 June 1843 and baptised as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert in St Thomas Church of Ireland, Marlborough Street, Dublin. She was the youngest child of four daughters and one son of Charles Lambert,…...
O'Hara, Kane (Kean
O'Hara, Kane (Kean ) (c.1712–1782), musician and librettist, was born at Templehouse, Co. Sligo, younger of two sons of Kean Og O'Hara, landowner (and high sheriff of the county in 1703), and his wife, the widow of Theobald Mathew. Educated locally, he entered…...
Pennefather, Catherine
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Pennefather, William
Pennefather, William (1816–73), evangelist, philanthropist, and hymn writer, was born 5 February 1816 at 5 Merrion Square, Dublin, the youngest son of the eight children of Richard Pennefather (qv), chief baron of the exchequer in…...
Petrie, George
Petrie, George (1790–1866), artist, antiquary and collector of Irish traditional music, was born on 1 January 1790 (his gravestone has 1789) in Dame Street, Dublin, the only child of James Petrie, portrait painter, of Dublin, and Elizabeth Petrie (née Simpson) of Edinburgh, Scotland.…...
Phillips, Walter Alison
Phillips, Walter Alison (1864–1950), historian and first Lecky professor at TCD, was born 21 October 1864 at Lewisham, England, youngest son of John Phillips, merchant, and Jane Phillips (née Atkins); throughout his career he was known as W. Alison Phillips. His father died in…...
Pratt, Benjamin
Pratt, Benjamin (1669–1721), provost of TCD, was born at Garradice, Co. Meath, eldest son of Joseph Pratt (d. December 1705 or January 1706) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Audley Mervyn (qv) and widow of Nathaniel Poole. He…...
Purser, John Mallet
Purser, John Mallet (1839–1929), physiologist and professor of medicine, was born 8 November 1839 in Dublin, eldest son among nine sons and two daughters of Benjamin Purser (1815–98), corn merchant, and Anne Purser (née Mallet). He was educated in private schools before studying…...
Quain, Jones
Quain, Jones (1796–1865), surgeon, medical writer, and professor of anatomy, was born in November 1796 at Mallow, Co. Cork, eldest son of Richard Quain of Rathhealy, gentleman, and his first wife (née Jones). His younger brother was Richard…...
Quain, Richard
Quain, Richard (1800–87), surgeon, anatomical lecturer, and medical writer, was born in July 1800 at Fermoy, Co. Cork, third son of Richard Quain, gentleman, of Rathealy, Co. Cork, and his first wife (née Jones). His elder brother was Jones…...
Quin, Walter
Quin, Walter (c.1575–1640), writer and royal tutor, was born into a Dublin merchant family. In 1590 he joined the law faculty of the Jesuit University of Ingolstadt where he moved in recusant circles and where his literary aspirations were noted. That year he contributed…...
Reid, Richard Tuohill
Reid, Richard Tuohill (1823–83), lawyer and academic, was the only surviving son of Herbert Reid, a Killarney merchant, and Catherine Reid (née Tuohill). His father died young and he entered TCD as a sizar in 1841; he was admitted as a…...
Robinson, Joseph
Robinson, Joseph (1816–98), baritone singer, composer, conductor, and professor of music, was born 20 August 1816 in Dublin, second son of Francis Robinson, also a baritone singer and professor of music; nothing is known of his mother. Joseph's family was steeped in music, particularly…...
Roseingrave, Daniel
Roseingrave, Daniel (d. 1727), musician, and his sons Thomas and Ralph, were at the forefront of musical activity in Dublin in the first half of the eighteenth century. They may be descendants of the Ralph Roseingrave who died in Dublin in 1667. Daniel Roseingrave had contact with…...
Roseingrave, Ralph
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Roseingrave, Thomas
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Ross, Jane
Ross, Jane (1810–79), folksong collector, was born 5 August 1810 in or near Limavady, Co. Londonderry, eldest child among four daughters and two sons of John Ross (1781–1830), captain in the Limavady yeomanry and owner of land, flour mills, and a bleach green, and his second wife…...
Sadleir, Franc (Francis)
Sadleir, Franc (Francis) (1775–1851), academic and provost of TCD, was born on 3 May 1775, second son among five children of Thomas Sadleir (1753–1815), barrister, and his first wife, Rebecca Woodward of Cloughprior, Co. Tipperary. With his second wife, Florence Atkinson, Thomas…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1687–1738), schoolmaster, poet, essayist, and wit, was born in Co. Cavan. His father, Patrick, may have been a farmer. Nothing certain is known of Sheridan's life before he entered TCD in 1707, aged 20, except that he…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1684–1746), Jacobite tutor of Charles Edward Stuart, one of the ‘Seven men of Moidart’, was son of Thomas Sheridan (qv) the elder (1647–1712) – formerly secretary to …...
Singleton, Robert Corbet
Singleton, Robert Corbet (1810–81), clergyman, classical scholar, and hymn-writer, was born 9 October 1810 in Dublin, second son of Francis Corbet, gentleman, of Dublin and Aclare, Co. Meath, and his wife, Frances (d. 1860), daughter of Joseph Deane, MP, of Terenure, Co. Dublin.…...
Smith, John
Smith, John (1797–1861), singer and composer, was born in Cambridge, where he received his early education as a member of one of the chapel choirs. While still young, Smith moved to Dublin, where he remained for the rest of his life. He is said to have possessed ‘a fine robust…...