Power, Sir John
Power, Sir John (1771–1855), 1st baronet, distiller, was born in Dublin, son of James Power, proprietor of the New Sun Inn, 109 Thomas St., Dublin, and founder of a distillery at nearby John's St. West (1791), later known as the John's Lane distillery. No information on his mother is…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Preston, Anthony
Preston, Anthony (1736–86), 11th Viscount Gormanston , was the eldest son of Jenico Preston, 10th Viscount Gormanston, of Co. Dublin and Co. Meath, and his wife Thomasine (d. 1788), eldest daughter of John Barnewall, 11th Lord Trimlestown. The Prestons were a catholic family with…...
Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico (Genico)
Preston, Jenico (Genico) (1585–1630), 5th Viscount Gormanston , landowner and champion of the catholic cause, was the son of Christopher Preston, 4th viscount, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Merrion, Dublin. Preston succeeded to his father's title in…...
Preston, Nicholas
Preston, Nicholas (c.1608–43), 6th Viscount Gormanston , Old English leader, was the son of Jenico Preston (qv), 5th viscount, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Nicholas St Lawrence, Lord Howth. On the death of his…...
Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (1585–1655), 1st Viscount Tara , soldier, was second son of Christopher, 4th Viscount Gormanston, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Baggotrath, Co. Dublin. Thomas attended the Irish college at Douai c.1600, before…...
Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-
Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham- (1812–71), 3rd earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl, antiquarian, and MP, was born 19 May 1812 in London, only son of Windham Henry Quin (1782–1850), 2nd earl of Dunraven and MP for Co. Limerick (1806–20), and his wife Caroline (d. May 1870), daughter and…...
Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas
Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas (1815–62), landlord, MP, and under-secretary for Ireland, was born 2 October 1815 at Kilcornan, Oranmore, Co. Galway, the only son of Capt. Christopher Redington (1780–1825), a catholic landowner, and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Dowell of…...
Rice, James Louis
Rice, James Louis (1730–p. 1793), soldier and duellist, was son of Thomas Rice, count of the Holy Roman Empire and merchant, of Baile Mhic an Daill, Dingle, Co. Kerry, and Alicia Rice (née Meade). Educated at the Irish College at Louvain, he was initially destined for the…...
Roche, David
Roche, David (c.1573–1635), 2nd Viscount Fermoy , politician, was the eldest surviving son and heir of Maurice Roche and his first wife, Eleanor, sister of the famous adventurer James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald (qv),…...
Roche, Maurice
Roche, Maurice (1597–1670), 3rd Viscount Fermoy , politician, was son and heir of David Roche (qv) and Joan, daughter of James FitzRichard, Viscount Buttevant. Maurice assumed a leading role in provincial politics at an early age, gaining a…...
Rogers, John Cecil Kelly-
Rogers, John Cecil Kelly- (1905–81), aviation pioneer, was born 8 February 1905 at Raven Lodge, Sandycove, Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, second child of Capt. Theodore Rogers, RN (later of the Dublin–Liverpool passenger service), and Violet…...
Sarsfield, Patrick
Sarsfield, Patrick (d. 1693), soldier, lst earl of Lucan , was the second son, and youngest of five children, of Patrick Sarsfield and his wife Anne, daughter of Rory O'More (qv), a leader of the 1641 rebellion. The Sarsfields were an Old…...
Scully, Vincent
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Scully, Vincent
Scully, Vincent (1810–71), barrister, landowner, banker, and politician, was the second son in the family of five sons and three daughters of Denys Scully (qv) and his second wife, Katherine (d. 1843), daughter of Vincent Eyre of…...
Scully, William
Scully, William (1821–1906), landowner, was born 23 November 1821 in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary, the youngest son of Denys Scully (qv), lawyer, and his second wife, Katherine (née Eyre; d. 1843). The Scullys were a prosperous catholic…...
Sheehy, Edmund
Sheehy, Edmund (1733–66), farmer executed for murder, of Lodge (parish of Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary), was the son of Ellin Fitzpatrick. He was otherwise known as ‘Buck’ Sheehy, a term indicative of semi-gentleman status, as he had an income of £300 or £400 a year, and was a person…...
Sherlock, David
Sherlock, David (1850–1940), barrister and peat industrialist, was born 27 March 1850 in Rahan Lodge, Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), second son among four sons and two daughters of David Sherlock (1814–84), lawyer and MP, of Stillorgan Castle, Co. Dublin, and his wife Elizabeth,…...
Smurfit, John Jefferson
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Smurfit, (John) Jefferson
Smurfit, (John) Jefferson Snr (1909–77), industrialist and businessman, was born 24 March 1909, the son of a Sunderland shipyard worker. He was ten when his father, John, died painfully at home from diabetes, leaving a widow and three small children. To support her family Ellen…...
Somers, Elizabeth
Somers, Elizabeth (1881–1934), republican and industrial revivalist, was born 14 October 1881 at Waterford city, daughter of William Somers, post office engineer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Walsh); she had at least three brothers. Her mother's family, who came from Kilmacow, Co.…...
Somerset, Edward
Somerset, Edward (d. 1667), earl of Glamorgan and later 2nd marquess of Worcester , envoy to the confederate catholics at Kilkenny, was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, fifth earl and first marquess of Worcester (d. 1646), and his wife, Anne (d. 1639), the daughter of Lord…...