Bourke, Fergus (Ignatius)
Bourke, Fergus (Ignatius) (1934–2004), photographer, was born 31 July 1934 in Bray, Co. Wicklow. His mother was Eileen (Eibhlín) Bourke (née Somers). His father Thomas Bourke (Tómas de Búrca), who worked for Dublin Corporation, was related to people prominent in twentieth‑century…...
Browne, Francis Patrick Mary
Browne, Francis Patrick Mary (1880–1960), photographer and Jesuit priest, was born 3 January 1880 in Sunday's Well, Cork, youngest of eight children of James Browne, flour merchant and JP, and Brigid Browne (née Hegarty; 1840–80), who died…...
Bull, (George) Lucien
Bull, (George) Lucien (1876–1972), inventor, was born 5 January 1876 at 16 Upper Gloucester St., Dublin, one of two sons and two daughters of Cornelius Bull of Bedford, England, and Gabrielle Jouvé of Paris, owners of Bull's religious depository, Suffolk St., Dublin. Educated at…...
French, Robert
French, Robert (1841–1917), photographer, was born 11 November 1841 in Dublin, eldest of the seven children of William French, a court messenger, and Ellen French (née Johnson). At the age of nineteen, in September 1860, he joined the Constabulary (later…...
Horgan, John Joseph
Horgan, John Joseph (1905–64), press photographer, was born 20 May 1905 at 13 Moore Street, Dublin, 'in the shadow of Nelson's pillar', the second of two sons of John Horgan, who owned the Boyneview dairy shop (located in the family's house), and his wife Rosanna (née O'Rourke; she was…...
Lawrence, William Mervin
Lawrence, William Mervin (1840–1932), photograph merchant, was born 5 July 1840 in the General Post Office, Lower Sackville (later O'Connell) St., Dublin, second surviving son of William Lawrence of Pembrokeshire, Wales, then clerk of works at the…...
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main)
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main) (1860–1934), mountaineer, author and photographer, was born 26 June 1860 in Dublin, the only child of Sir St Vincent Bentinck Hawkins-Whitshed, 3rd (and last) baronet of Killincarrick…...
MacCarthy Mór, Donal
MacCarthy Mór, Donal (d. 1596), 26th MacCarthy Mór and 1st earl of Clancare , Gaelic lord, was second but eldest surviving son of Domhnall MacCarthy Mór (qv), 25th MacCarthy Mór. Nothing is known of his…...
MacCarthy Reagh, Florence (Finian, Finghín)
MacCarthy Reagh, Florence (Finian, Finghín) (c.1562–c.1640), Gaelic chieftain and scholar, was born probably at Kilbrittan castle, eldest son of Sir Donough MacCarthy Reagh (d. 1576). His mother was a Geraldine, being the sister of Maurice of Desmond and the aunt…...
MacCarthy, Sir Cormac mac Dermond (Mac Carthaigh, Cormac Óg mac Diarmada)
MacCarthy, Sir Cormac mac Dermond (Mac Carthaigh, Cormac Óg mac Diarmada) (1552–1616), Gaelic lord, was eldest son of Sir Dermond mac Teig (Diarmaid mac Taidhg) MacCarthy, lord of Muskerry, and his wife Ellen, daughter of Maurice fitz John Fitzgerald of Kerrycurrihy. After his…...
MacDonnell, Alasdair (Alexander) MacColla
MacDonnell, Alasdair (Alexander) MacColla (d. 1647), Gaelic lord, was the third son of Coll MacGillespie and (most probably) Mary, daughter of Ranald MacJames of Smerby: both parents were MacDonnells, but the use of fixed hereditary surnames was not normal practice in Gaelic…...
MacDonnell (Nic Dhomhnaill), Fiona (Fionnghuala) (‘Iníon Dubh’)
MacDonnell (Nic Dhomhnaill), Fiona (Fionnghuala) (‘Iníon Dubh’) (d. 1611?), lady of Tír Conaill (Tyrconnell), was daughter of James MacDonnell (qv), lord of the Western Isles of Scotland, and his wife Lady…...
MacDonnell, Sir James MacSorley
MacDonnell, Sir James MacSorley (d. 1601), Gaelic chieftain, was the third son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell (qv) and Mary O'Neill, daughter of Con O'Neill (qv), 1st earl of…...
MacDonnell, Sir Randal mac Sorley
MacDonnell, Sir Randal mac Sorley (d. 1636), Gaelic lord and 1st earl of Antrim , was fourth son of Sorley Boy MacDonnell (qv) and as such was born into a resilient dynastic offshoot (known as the MacDonnells) of the…...
O'Byrne, Aodh
O'Byrne, Aodh (c.1520–1579), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, was the eldest son of Seán O'Byrne (qv), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, and his wife, Doireann O'Byrne. After the collapse of the Kildare hegemony in 1535,…...
O’Byrne, Aodh
O’Byrne, Aodh (c.1596–p.1652), soldier, was the second son of Phelim O'Byrne (qv) (d. 1631), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, and Una O'Toole (d. 1628), daughter of Fiach O'Toole (qv…...
O'Byrne, Brian
O'Byrne, Brian (1593–1653), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, was the eldest son of Feilim O'Byrne (qv) (d. 1631), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, and Una O'Toole (d. 1628), daughter of Fiach O'Toole (qv) (d…...
O'Byrne, Feilim
O'Byrne, Feilim (d. 1631), lord of Críoch Raghnuill, was second son of Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne (qv), lord of Críoch Raghnuill and leader of Gaelic Leinster, and Sadhbh, daughter of…...
O'Byrne, Fiach MacHugh
O'Byrne, Fiach MacHugh (c.1544–1597), lord of Crioch Raghnuill and leader of Gaelic Leinster, was eldest son of Aodh O'Byrne (qv) (d. 1579), lord of Crioch Raghnuill, and his first wife Sadhbh, daughter of Feilim O'Byrne of…...
O'Cahan, Sir Donnell Ballach
O'Cahan, Sir Donnell Ballach (d. 1617?), Gaelic chieftain, was the eldest son of Rory O'Cahan, ruler of a territory corresponding approximately to Co. Londonderry. His holdings have been described as a rich and populous land, and the O'Cahan was accounted the most powerful of the…...
O'Connor Don, An Calbhach (Charles)
O'Connor Don, An Calbhach (Charles) (1584–c.1655), head of the O'Connor Don dynasty, was eldest son of Sir Aodh O'Connor Don and his wife Mary, daughter of Brian na Murtha O'Rourke of Breifne. He was a prominent leader of the Irish nobility of Connacht during the first…...
O'Connor Sligo, Donough
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O'Connor Sligo, Sir Donal (Domhnall)
O'Connor Sligo, Sir Donal (Domhnall) (d. 1588), lord of the O'Connor Sligo, was the second son of Tadhg, lord of the O'Connor Sligo. After Tadhg's death in 1552, Rory Mac Phelim O'Connor Sligo became the new lord, but Donal disputed the succession and a bitter civil war…...
O'Conor Don, Hugh
O'Conor Don, Hugh (d. 1669), was the son of An Calbhach O'Connor Don (qv) of Ballintober Co. Roscommon, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir …...
O'Doherty (Ó Dochartaigh), Cahir
O'Doherty (Ó Dochartaigh), Cahir (1587–1608), lord of Inishowen, was born in Co. Donegal, the eldest son of Seán Óg O'Doherty, lord of Inishowen (1582–1601), and grandson of Seán O'Doherty, lord of Inishowen (d. 1582). He had two younger brothers, Seán and Rury, and a half-brother…...