Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough)
Ua Conchobair, Tairdelbach (O'Conor, Turlough) (1088–1156), king of Connacht and high-king of Ireland ‘with opposition’. His accession to the kingship of Connacht in 1106, and his domination of that province for the next half-century, saw the emergence of Connacht as a major…...
Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait
Ua Dímasaig, Diarmait (d. 1193), son of Cú Broga and king of Uí Fhailge, belonged to the dynasty of Clann Maíl-augrai. His grandfather Áed died in 1158 as local ruler of a territory on the western fringes of Uí Fhailge (straddling the modern counties of Laois and Offaly), whose line…...
Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn
Ua Fáeláin, Máel-Sechlainn (fl. c.1173), king of the Déisi Muman, belonged to a line of the Déisi traced to Fáelán (d. 966), ruler of a petty kingdom which leaves its name on the two baronies of Decies, Co. Waterford. Little is known of Máel-Sechlainn's immediate family…...
Ua hEochada, Donnchad
Ua hEochada, Donnchad (d. 1113), son of Donn Slébe and overking of Ulaid, belonged to the dynasty of Dál Fiatach. For most of the eleventh century, the dynasty had been wracked by internal dissensions; since the death of the eponymous Eochaid (1004), the kingship had been contested…...
Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall
Ua Lochlainn (Mac Lochlainn), Domnall (1048/9–1121), son of Ardgar and overking of Leth Cuinn (the northern half of Ireland), was an early representative of the Mac Lochlainn family line within the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain. Domnall's father Ardgar (d. 1064) had…...
Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar
Ua Máelshechlainn, Conchobar (d. 1073), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of the Uí Néill. A grandson of Máel-Sechnaill (qv) son of Domnall, he was the first member of the…...
Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad
Ua Máelshechlainn, Murchad (d. 1153), son of Domnall and king of Mide, belonged to the Clann Cholmáin dynasty of Uí Néill. He survived as king for forty-seven years, in itself no mean achievement. Although his political fortunes fluctuated greatly (he was temporarily displaced…...
Ua Néill, Áed
Ua Néill, Áed (975–1004), son of Domnall and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty. His father, Domnall Ua Néill (qv) (d. 980), was king of Tara and one of the most innovatory leaders of his time. His mother was Dirbail…...
Ua Néill, Domnall
Ua Néill, Domnall (d. 980), grandson of Niall Glúndub (qv) and king of Tara, belonged to the Northern Uí Néill dynasty of Cenél nÉogain, the cause of which had been greatly advanced by his immediate forebears. He had at least three…...
Ua Néill, Flaithbertach
Ua Néill, Flaithbertach (d. 1036), son of Muirchertach and king of Ailech, belonged to the Cenél nÉogain dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill. In later sources he is sometimes referred to as Flaithbertach an Trostáin (of the pilgrim's staff). His father Muirchertach (slain…...
Ua Ruairc, Áed
Ua Ruairc, Áed (d. 1087), son of Art Uallach and overking of Connacht, belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin Bréifne. His father Art Uallach was one of four kings of his dynasty to reign as overking of Connacht between 956 and 1102, his reign being from 1030 to 1046, when he was…...
Ua Ruairc, Tigernán
Ua Ruairc, Tigernán (d. 1172), son of Donnchad and king of Bréifne, who belonged to the dynasty of Uí Briúin, was one of the strongest and most colourful rulers of his line. Claimed by Gerald (qv) of Wales to…...
Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach
Ua Tuathail, Muirchertach (d. 1164), son of Gilla-Comgaill and king of northern Leinster, belonged to the Uí Muiredaig lineage of the Uí Dúnlainge dynasty. His family line descended from Tuathal (qv) (d. 958), king of Uí Dúnlainge, and he…...
Ward, John
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Ward, Marcus
Ward, Marcus (1807–47), printer, stationer, and founder of Marcus Ward & Co., was born in Belfast, second son among five sons and two daughters of John Ward (1770–1836) of Jackson Hall, Co. Down, Ulster paper manufacturer and printer, and his wife Margaret (née Davis) (1782–1832…...
Watson, John
Watson, John (d. 1769), bookseller and bookbinder. Nothing is known of his early life. He married (21 April 1722) in St Audoen's church, Dublin, Elizabeth (d. 1753), daughter of Peter Lawrence (d. 1709), bookseller and freeman since 1697. Three months later he petitioned for freedom…...
Watson, Samuel
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Watts (Lynch), Elizabeth
Watts (Lynch), Elizabeth (d. 1794), printer, stationer, and ‘bookseller to the courts of law’, whose origins are unknown, succeeded her first husband Richard Watts (d. November 1762) printer and bookseller, with whom she had four sons and a daughter. She married secondly (14…...
Webb, Richard Davis
Webb, Richard Davis (1805–72), printer and philanthropist, was born in the Cornmarket, Dublin, where his parents had a linen business; he was eldest among seven sons of James Webb and Deborah Webb (née Forrest). The Webbs and Forrests were members of the Society of Friends;…...
Wheatley, John
Wheatley, John (1869–1930), socialist and publisher, was born 19 May 1869 at Bunmahon, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and seven daughters of Thomas Wheately, copper miner of Welsh extraction, and Johanna Wheately (née Ryan); it is not known when he came to use the spelling…...
White, John Davis
White, John Davis (1820–93), publisher and antiquary, was born 22 May 1820 in Conaghy, Co. Kilkenny, youngest son among three sons and two daughters of Benjamin Newport White (1776–1846), landowner, late of the Slieveardagh yeomanry cavalry stationed in Killenaule, Co. Tipperary,…...
Wilson, Peter
Wilson, Peter (c.1720–1802), publisher, printer, and bookseller, was probably born in Dublin and spent most of his career working in the city. During his youth he was apprenticed to the printer George Risk of Dublin. By 1739 Wilson established his own bookshop at Gay's Head…...
Wilson, William
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Wogan, Patrick
Wogan, Patrick (c.1740–1816), printer, was born in obscure circumstances: nothing is known of his origins or early life. In 1771 he was in business in Church Street, Dublin, and in 1773 moved to Old Bridge Street, where he transacted for thirty-four years; from 1775 to 1782 he…...
Yeats, Bertha Georgie (‘George’)
Yeats, Bertha Georgie (‘George’) (1892–1968), scholar, occultist, publisher, and wife of William Butler Yeats (qv), was born 16/17 October 1892 at The Grove, Fleet, Hampshire, daughter of William Gilbert Hyde Lees , captain in the 4th…...