Cináed
Cináed (d. 851), son of Conaing and king of Cianachta and north Brega, belonged to the Uí Chonaing lineage of Síl nÁedo Sláine, an Uí Néill dynasty based at Cnogba (Knowth), Co. Meath. His father, Conaing, died (849) as king of Brega. Cináed had at least two brothers; Dúnchad, the…...
Cináed Cáech
Cináed Cáech (d. 728), son of Írgalach and king of Tara, belonged to the Uí Chonaing lineage of the Uí Néill dynasty of Síl nÁedo Sláine. His father Írgalach (qv), ruler of Brega, was slain in 702; his mother was Muirenn, a daughter of…...
Cináed Kenneth MacAlpin
Cináed Kenneth MacAlpin (d. 858), son of Alpín and king of the Scots and Picts, is assigned to the Cenél nGabráin lineage of Dál Riata, although the authenticity of his lineage has been questioned by some modern historians. It seems that Cináed (‘Kenneth’) attained the kingship of…...
Clagget (Claget), Charles
Clagget (Claget), Charles (c.1741–c.1820), musician and inventor, was born in Waterford. Together with his younger brother Walter (c.1742–c.1798) he moved to Dublin before 1762, having spent some time in Edinburgh, where they appear to have…...
Clagget, Walter
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Clancy, Basil
Clancy, Basil (1907–96), publisher, magazine editor, and journalist, was born Anthony Sebastian Clancy in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, on 7 July 1907, the seventh of the twelve children of Patrick J. Clancy, JP (d. 1947), linen merchant and…...
Clancy, Liam
Clancy, Liam (1935–2009), folk singer, was born William ('Willie') Clancy on 2 September 1935 in William Street, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, youngest child among four sons and seven daughters of Robert Joseph Clancy, insurance agent, and Johanna Clancy (née McGrath). His father…...
Clancy, Thomas (‘Tom’)
Clancy, Thomas (‘Tom’) (1924–90), folk singer and actor, was born 29 October 1924 on William St., Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, seventh child and second son among four sons and seven daughters of Robert Joseph Clancy, accountant, and Johanna Clancy (née McGrath), from a family of…...
Clancy, William (‘Willie’)
Clancy, William (‘Willie’) (1918–73), musician, was born 25 December 1918 in Moy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, into the large family of Gilbert Clancy, carpenter and musician, from Islandbawn, and Ellen Clancy (née Killeen), from an Ennistymon family renowned for their singing ability…...
Clandillon, Seamus (‘Clan’)
Clandillon, Seamus (‘Clan’) (1878–1944), musician, civil servant, and first director of radio broadcasting at 2RN, was born 6 June 1878 near Gort, Co. Galway, son of William A. Clandillon, national…...
Clive (Raftor), Catherine (Kitty)
Clive (Raftor), Catherine (Kitty) (1711–85), comic actress, singer, and writer, was probably born in London on 5 November 1711. Her father, William Raftor or Rafter, was a Kilkenny-born lawyer, who lost his claim on a large estate following his support of…...
Cochrane, Sir Stanley Herbert
Cochrane, Sir Stanley Herbert (1877–1949), baronet, businessman, and patron of music and sport, was born 19 September 1877, the fourth son of Sir Henry Cochrane (qv), 1st baronet, of Woodbrook, Bray, Co. Wicklow, and his wife…...
Coffey, Brian
Coffey, Brian (1905–95), poet, academic, teacher, and publisher, was born 8 June 1905 at Glenageary, Co. Dublin, son of Denis J. Coffey (qv), president of UCD, and Maude Coffey (née Quin…...
Cogan, Philip
Cogan, Philip (c.1748–1833), organist, pianist, and composer, was probably born in Co. Cork, though his parentage is unclear. He was a choirboy and then a lay vicar at St Fin Barre's cathedral, Cork, before taking up a post as stipendiary in the choir of Christ Church…...
Coghill, Rhoda Sinclair
Coghill, Rhoda Sinclair (1903–2000), pianist, composer, and poet, was born 14 October 1903 in Dublin, the youngest of eight children of Alexander Sinclair Coghill, printing manager, from Thurso, Scotland, and his wife, Rhoda Ann Sinclair (née Baily). Coghill attended Alexandra…...
Colahan, Arthur Nicholas Whistler
Colahan, Arthur Nicholas Whistler (1885–1952), medical doctor and songwriter, was born in Galway city, eldest son of Nicholas Whistler Colahan (d. 1930), professor of materia medica at QCG, and grandson of Nicholas Colahan (president of…...
Coleman, Michael
Coleman, Michael (1891–1945), fiddle player, was born 31 January 1891 in Knockgrania, Killavil, Co. Sligo, youngest among five sons and two daughters of James Coleman (d. 1930), farmer, and Beatrice Ellen (Beesie) Coleman (née Gorman) (d. 1912). Educated at Killavil national school…...
Collier, Peter Fenelon
Collier, Peter Fenelon (1849–1909), publisher and newspaper proprietor, was born 12 December 1849 in Myshall, Co. Carlow, son of Robert C. Collier and Catherine Collier (née Fenelon). After an education in local schools he emigrated to America at 17 and entered St Mary's seminary…...
Collisson, William Alexander Houston
Collisson, William Alexander Houston (1865–1920), clergyman and musician, was born 20 May 1865 in Dublin, son of William Houston Collison and Elizabeth O'Callaghan. Before graduating from TCD (Mus.D.…...
Colmán Bec
Colmán Bec (d. 587), son of Diarmait and prominent Uí Néill dynast, is probably to be identified as ancestor of Clann Cholmáin. His father Diarmait (qv) (d. 565) son of Cerball, king of Tara, descended from…...
Colmán Már
Colmán Már (‘the great’) (d. 555/63), putatively a son of Diarmait and king of Uisnech, is accepted in some sources as eponymous ancestor of Clann Cholmáin, a dynasty of the Uí Néill. His father is identified as Diarmait (qv) (d. 565) son…...
Colmán Rímid
Colmán Rímid (‘the counter/computist?’) (d. 604), son of Báetán and overking of the Uí Néill, belonged to the dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. His father Báetán (qv) son of Muirchertach/Mac Ercae (qv…...
Conall Cóel (‘the slender’)
Conall Cremthainne
Conall Cremthainne (d. 480?), an early dynast of Uí Néill and putatively king of Uisnech, was regarded by the pre-Norman genealogists as the common ancestor of Síl nÁedo Sláine and Clann Cholmáin. Conall (also called Conall Err Breg) is included among the fourteen sons credited to…...
Conall Gulban
Conall Gulban (5th cent.?), an early Uí Néill figure, is eponymous ancestor of the dynasty of Cenél Conaill. He is claimed as a son of Niall Noígiallach (qv), along with thirteen alleged brothers including…...