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…...
Fields, Arthur
Fields, Arthur (1901–94), photographer, known as the 'man on the bridge', was born Abraham Feldman on 27 October 1901 at home in Dublin to Ukrainian Jewish parents Malka (also known as 'Molly' or 'Mary'; née Sweed) and Simon Feldman, a draper, of 6 Raymond Street, Dublin 8. He had four…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
O'Donnell, Caffar
O'Donnell, Caffar (d. 1608), prominent member of O'Donnell family, was the son of Aodh mac Maghnusa O'Donnell (qv) (d. 1600), lord of Tír Chonaill from 1566 to 1592, and his wife,…...
O'Donnell, Hugh McHugh Dubh (Aodh Ó Domhnaill)
O'Donnell, Hugh McHugh Dubh (Aodh Ó Domhnaill) (c.1537–1618), nobleman and bardic poet, was born in Co. Donegal, the youngest son of Aodh Dubh O'Donnell (qv), lord of Tír Conaill (d. 1537). His mother may…...
O'Donnell, Manus (Ó Domhnaill, Maghnas)
O'Donnell, Manus (Ó Domhnaill, Maghnas) (d. 1563), lord of Tír Conaill, was born in Co. Donegal, the eldest son of Aodh Dubh O'Donnell (qv), lord of Tír Conaill. His mother is unknown. He had thirteen half-brothers…...