Sheridan, John Desmond
Sheridan, John Desmond (1903–80), journalist and writer, was born 7 July 1903 at 29 Park Road, Glasgow, the eldest of nine children of Thomas Sheridan, a spirit merchant, and Ellen-Maria Sheridan (née Deeney); both parents were from Rathmullen, Co. Donegal. They returned to Ireland soon…...
Sherlock, Thomas
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Smyth, Patrick James
Smyth, Patrick James (1823–85), Young Irelander, journalist, and MP, was born at Mount Brown, Kilmainham, Dublin, the son of James Smyth originally of Co. Cavan, proprietor of a tanning business, and his wife Ann (née Bruton) of Portaine, Co. Meath. In 1839 he entered Clongowes…...
Snow, Carmel
Snow, Carmel (1887–1961), magazine editor, was born on 27 August 1887 in Dalkey, Co. Dublin, one of six children to Peter White (1850–93), businessman, and his wife Anne (née Mayne), daughter of Thomas Mayne, an MP for the Irish Home Rule Party from 1883–90. Snow’s father was managing…...
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…...
South (Sabhat), Seán
South (Sabhat), Seán (1928–57), republican, journalist and Irish-language activist, was born 8 February 1928 at 47 Henry St., Limerick, one of three sons of John South, grocer, and Mary South (née O'Donovan). His father died when he was 13. Educated locally by the Christian…...
St Lawrence, Christopher
St Lawrence, Christopher (d. 1589), 7th Baron Howth , politician, was the third son of Sir Christopher St Lawrence (d. 1542), 4th baron, and Anne Bermingham, of Baldongan, near Lusk, Co. Dublin. Like his two elder brothers, Edward, 5th baron, and Richard, 6th baron, Christopher…...
Sullivan, Alexander Martin
Sullivan, Alexander Martin (1830–84), nationalist, journalist, and politician, was born 15 May 1830 at Bantry, Co. Cork, the second of seven children of Daniel Sullivan, house painter, and his wife, Catherine (née Baylor), a teacher. As a teenager he led a lively group of young…...
Sutton, David
Sutton, David (c.1555–1581), landowner, was the eldest son of Gerald Sutton (d. 1574) of Castletown, Co. Kildare, and Genet, daughter of Thomas Eustace (qv), 1st Viscount Baltinglass. The Sutton family was an important…...
Sweetman, William Nicholas (‘Bill’)
Sweetman, William Nicholas (‘Bill’) (1903–99), journalist and judge, was born 6 December 1903 at 47 Merrion Square, Dublin, one of six children of John Sweetman (qv), of private means, and Agnes Sweetman (née Hanly). The family were…...
Taaffe, Sir William
Taaffe, Sir William (d. 1631), soldier, official, and landowner, was second son of John Taaffe of Harristown and Ballybraggan, a member of a family who had long been prosperous landowners in Co. Louth. He found employment in the service of Sir…...
Taaffe, Theobald
Taaffe, Theobald (c.1603–1677), 1st earl of Carlingford , soldier, was son and heir of Sir John Taaffe (d. 1642) and his wife Anne, daughter of Theobald, 1st Viscount Dillon (qv) of Costello-Gallen. Sir John, a catholic and ‘…...
Talbot, Frances
Talbot, Frances (c.1649–1731), duchess of Tyrconnell , was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Richard Jennings (Jenyns) (d. 1668) of Holywell House, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, MP for St Albans, and his wife Frances Thornhurst. Her sister was Sarah Churchill,…...
Talbot, Richard
Talbot, Richard (1630–91), earl and duke of Tyrconnell, army officer and lord deputy of Ireland, was the eighth son among eight sons and eight daughters of Sir William Talbot (qv), lawyer and politician, of Carton, Co. Kildare, and his…...
Talbot, Sir Robert
Talbot, Sir Robert (b. 1608; d. in or after 1671), 2nd baronet, lawyer, and politician, was the son of Sir William Talbot (qv) (d. 1634) of Carton, Co. Kildare, and Alison, daughter of John Netterville of Castleton, Co. Meath. He was the…...
Tansey, Paul Joseph Anthony
Tansey, Paul Joseph Anthony (1949–2008), economist and journalist, was born 17 August 1949 in the Leinster private nursing home, Pembroke Street, Dublin, eldest child of John Joseph Tansey, of 8 North Earl Street, who was owner of the Wolfe Tone Café at that address, and had served in…...
Thornley, David Andrew Taylor
Thornley, David Andrew Taylor (1935–78), academic, broadcaster, and politician, was born 31 July 1935 in Sutton, Surrey, youngest child among two sons and one daughter of Frederick Edward Thornley (d. 1953) and Maud Helen Thornley (née Browne). His parents, both civil servants,…...
Tighe, Joan
Tighe, Joan (1922–2014), journalist, editor and historian, was born on 28 June 1922 in Dublin, the second eldest of six children of Robert Tighe and his wife Catherine Angela (née Moloney). Robert Tighe served as a British army lieutenant during the first world war and was later…...
Tullio, Paolo Luigi Mario
Tullio, Paolo Luigi Mario (1949–2015), restaurant owner, writer and food critic, was born on 20 August 1949 in Falkirk, Scotland, the only child of Dionisio Tullio, a restaurant owner and his wife Irene (née Fusco). Although Tullio’s parents were Italian, his mother was raised between…...
Walker, Dorothy
Walker, Dorothy (1929–2002), writer and critic, was born 16 January 1929 at 3 Mountjoy Square, Dublin, the daughter of Walter Cole, a stallholder at the city of Dublin fruit and vegetable market, and his wife, Moira. Following her education at the Dominican convent in Wicklow (1937–46)…...
Wall, Mervyn Eugene Welply
Wall, Mervyn Eugene Welply (1908–97), novelist, playwright, broadcaster, and civil servant, was born 23 August 1908 at 27 Palmerston Rd, Dublin, the third eldest of three sons and one daughter of Thomas Patrick Wall, barrister, and Beatrice Agnes Wall (née Morrissey), both of Co.…...
Walsh, Joseph James
Walsh, Joseph James (1905–92), journalist and newspaper editor, was born 21 December 1905 (although he claimed to have been born exactly ten years later) in Waterford city, youngest among five children of Edward Walsh, commercial cork-maker, editor/proprietor of the Munster…...
Whitmore, William James Brennan-
Whitmore, William James Brennan- (1886–1977), revolutionary and journalist, was born 21 October 1886 at the family home in Mary St., Wexford, son of Thomas Whitmore, People journalist and printer, and Mary Whitmore (née Brennan) from Ferns, Co. Wexford. Both parents died…...
Winder, Frank (Francis Gerard Augustine)
Winder, Frank (Francis Gerard Augustine) (1928–2007), biochemist, naturalist and mountaineer, was born 14 April 1928 in Dublin, one of four sons of Percy Winder (d. 1950), secretary of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society and a freeman of the city of Dublin, and his second…...
Woods, Thomas (‘Tommy’)
Woods, Thomas (‘Tommy’) (1921–61), diplomat, journalist, and writer, was born 2 July 1921 at 4 St Brendan's Terrace, Galway city, one of three children of Thomas Woods, draper, and Bridget Woods (née Hogan). He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Galway and for a time…...