Dúnlaing
Dúnlaing (d. 869), son of Muiredach and overking of Leinster, belonged to the Uí Muiredaig lineage of Uí Dúnlainge. His father, Muiredach son of Bran Ardchenn (qv), who had been appointed joint puppet king of Leinster (804) by the king…...
Dunlap, John
Dunlap, John (1746/7–1812), printer, was born in what is now Meetinghouse Street, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, a younger son among probably three sons and four daughters of John Dunlap, saddler, and Sarah Dunlap (née Ector). He may have been apprenticed to learn the printing trade in Gray's of…...
Echmarcach
Echmarcach (d. 1064/5), son of Ragnall and king of Dublin and the Isles, belonged to the Hiberno-Norse ruling dynasty of Waterford. As his father Ragnall had been slain (1035) by King Sitriuc…...
Eithne
Eithne (d. 795), daughter of Donnchad Midi and queen-consort of Leinster, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of the Southern Uí Néill. Her marriage to Bran Ardchenn (qv), an early representative of the Uí Muiredaig lineage of Uí…...
Énnae Cennselach
Énnae Cennselach (5th cent.?), son of Labraid and putatively king of Leinster, was the eponymous ancestor of the south Leinster dynasty of Uí Chennselaig. A genealogical synchronism which makes Énnae coeval with …...
Éogan
Éogan (d. 465), son of Niall, is the eponymous ancestor of the royal lineages of Cenél nÉogain. Éogan and his brothers Conall Gulban (qv) and Énnae have perhaps the best historical claim to represent the sons of…...
Éogan Bél
Éogan Bél (d. 543), son of Cellach and overking of Connacht, probably belonged to the dynasty of Uí Fhiachrach. While an account in the Book of Leinster represents him as a son of the Uí Briúin dynast Duí Galach (alias Duí Tenga Uma?), the tradition that names his father as…...
Éogan Már
Éogan Már (‘the great’), according to Munster genealogical tradition, was son of Ailill Ólom (qv), a mythical king of Munster, and was the eponymous ancestor of the Éoganacht dynasties. Through a supposed liaison with Monchae the daughter…...
Esdall, Anne
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Esdall, James
Esdall, James (d. 1755), printer, publisher, and bookseller, was born in Dublin. His parents' names are not known but various members of the Esdall (often spelt Esdale, Asdill, or Esdill) family in Dublin were involved in printing and drawing from at least the 1720s. An ‘Esdale…...
Exshaw, Edward
Exshaw, Edward (1710–48), bookseller and publisher, was the eldest of four sons of John Exshaw (1685?–1746), a merchant and landowner of Tymon (later called Kimmage), Co. Dublin, and his wife Thomasine (d. 1777?), daughter of Capt. Charles Barry of Newtown, Co. Meath, and grand-niece…...
Exshaw, John
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Exshaw, John
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Fáelán
Fáelán (d. c.645), son of Colmán Már and king of northern Leinster, was an early representative of Uí Dúnlainge and is viewed by many historians as the founder of that dynasty's fortunes. According to the genealogies, his father was Colmán son of Cairpre, and his mother was…...
Fáelán
Fáelán (d. 738), son of Murchad and overking of Leinster, belonged to the dynasty of Uí Dúnlainge. As is the case with his brothers Dúnchad (qv) and Bran Becc, the identity of Fáelán's mother is unknown; only the mother of their half-brother…...
Fáilbe Flann
Fáilbe Flann (d. 637/9), son of Áed Dub and overking of Munster, belonged to the Éoganacht dynasty of Cashel. His father may have been a local ruler, but seems not to have achieved particular prominence. Neither the name of his mother nor that of his wife survives, but he had at…...
Fairbrother, Samuel
Fairbrother, Samuel (c.1684–1758?), printer, bookseller, and ‘king's stationer’ in Ireland. Details of his early life and ancestry go unrecorded, though he probably served his apprenticeship in Dublin under Joseph Ray (qv), inheriting…...
Faulkner, George
Faulkner, George (1703–1775), bookseller and printer, was born on 3 April 1703 according to his own statement, but in 1699 according to the obituary in the Dublin Journal. The son of a protestant Dublin victualler, he was educated by Dr Lloyd before being apprenticed (…...
Fedelmid (Feidlimid)
Fedelmid (Feidlimid) (p. 770?–847), son of Crimthann and king of Cashel, belonged to the dynasty of Éoganacht Chaisil. A retrospective entry in the Annals of Inisfallen places his birth at 770, which is perhaps a little early. His father, a descendant of Fíngen (a seventh-…...
Feehan, John (Seán)
Feehan, John (Seán) (1916–91), publisher and writer, was born 8 September 1916 in Ballinree, Dualla, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the elder of two sons of Thomas Feehan, teacher, Ballytarsna, and his wife, Catherine O'Connor, teacher, of Dualla. His brother Gerard died aged two, and his…...
Fergal
Fergal (d. 722), son of Máel-dúin and king of Tara, belonged to the Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. His father Máel-dúin died as king of his line in 681; his mother was Cacht daughter of Cellach (qv) son of Máel-Cobo of Cenél Conaill. Fergal…...
Fergal
Fergal (d. 966), grandson of Ruarc, son of Art and overking of Connacht, belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin Bréifne. His grandfather Ruarc (d. 898) and great-uncle Flann (sl. 910), both sons of Tigernán, in turn ruled the Connacht–Ulster border kingdom of Bréifne; but it is not…...
Fergus, John
Fergus, John (c.1700–1761), doctor of medicine and collector of books and manuscripts, was born in Co. Mayo, where a branch of the Ó Fearghusa family was to be found. His father's name was Mac Raith, and hence Dr Fergus was sometimes referred to in Irish as Seán mac Mac Raíth Ó…...
Fergus Mór
Fergus Mór (‘the great’) (d. 503), son of Erc and putatively king of Dál Riata, was an early representative of this dynasty in Co. Antrim and ancestor of the later Cenél nGabráin kings in Scotland. There is no record of his mother or his wife, but he is said to have had eleven…...
Ferguson, John
Ferguson, John (1836–1906), publisher, home-ruler, and land reformer, was born 18 April 1836 in Belfast, the son of Leonard Ferguson (d. 1844?), who was in the provision trade there and whose family were tenant farmers in Co. Antrim and related to the United Irish martyr…...