Cotter, James
Cotter, James (1689–1720), prominent member of the catholic gentry and Jacobite, was born 14 August 1689 at Ballinsperry, Carrigtohill, Co. Cork, eldest son of Sir James Cotter (qv) and his second wife, Eleanor. Cotter was educated…...
Courtenay, Ellen
Courtenay, Ellen (1802–c.1837), accuser of Daniel O'Connell (qv), was born in Co. Cork, daughter of a native of the county. In 1817, at the age of 15, she moved to Dublin, and the catholic bishop of Cork,…...
Dargan, William
Dargan, William (1799–1867), engineer, was born 28 February 1799 in Co. Carlow. His parents were Patrick and Elizabeth Dargan, his father being a well-to-do farmer who was a tenant of Lord Portarlington. Much of William's early life is obscure. Likewise the exact place of birth is…...
De Vere, Sir Stephen Edward
De Vere, Sir Stephen Edward (1812–1904), polemicist, poet, and country gentleman, was born 26 July 1812 at Curragh Chase, parish of Adare, Co. Limerick, second son of Sir Aubrey de Vere (qv) and Mary de Vere (née Spring-Rice…...
Devereux (D'Evereux, Devereaux), John
Devereux (D'Evereux, Devereaux), John (1778?–1860), soldier and adventurer, was born in Co. Wexford, son of a prominent catholic landowner, probably William Devereux of Taghmon, Co. Wexford. He and his father may have been United Irishmen: they certainly took part in the 1798…...
Devereux, James Edward
Devereux, James Edward (1766–1845), catholic landowner, politician, and pamphleteer, was born on 22 November 1766 at Carrigmannon, near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, the eldest of two sons of Robert Devereux (d. 1787) and his wife and cousin Maria Thomasina, daughter of Thomas Ward of…...
Dillon, Theobald
Dillon, Theobald (d. 1625?), 1st Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, administrator and landowner, was the third son of Thomas Dillon of Ardnecragh in the barony of Kilkenny West, Co. Westmeath, and his wife Margery, daughter of Sir Christopher Dillon of Kilmore. His family was…...
Dillon, Theobald
Dillon, Theobald (d. 1691), 7th Viscount Dillon , Jacobite officer, was born at Lough Glynn, Co. Roscommon, eldest son of Capt. Robert Dillon and his wife Rose, one of the Dillon family of Streamstown, Co. Galway. In 1682 he succeeded as 7th Viscount Dillon on the death without…...
Dillon, Thomas
Dillon, Thomas (1615–1673/4), 4th Viscount Dillon of Costello-Gallen, army officer, was born in March 1615, second son of Sir Christopher Dillon of Ballylagham, Co. Mayo, lord president of Connacht, and Lady Jane, eldest daughter of James Dillon, 1st earl of Roscommon. He was a…...
Diver, Bridget
Diver (Divers, Deaver, Deavers, Devens, Devins, Devan), Bridget (‘Irish Biddy’, ‘Michigan Bridget’) (fl. 1861–4), vivandière and ‘daughter’ of the First Michigan Cavalry regiment, was born in Ireland sometime before 1840. It has been suggested that the ‘Michigan Bridget’ legend…...
Dunning, Gertrude Frances
Dunning, Gertrude Frances (née Hayes; other married name Talbot Power) (1856–1926), philanthropist, was born on 29 March 1856 in St Patrick’s parish in Cork city, the only child of Thomas Hayes (1820/21–12 Aug. 1905) and his wife Margaret (née Ryan) of Grenville House,…...
Ennis, Sir John
Ennis, Sir John (1800–78), 1st baronet, businessman, landowner, and politician, was born 15 August 1800, the only son of Andrew Ennis (d. 1834) of Roebuck, near Dublin, and his wife (née McManus). Andrew Ennis ‘engaged extensively in commercial pursuits and realised a very large…...
Errington, Sir George
Errington, Sir George (1839–1920), 1st baronet, politician, was born at Rockfield, south Co. Dublin, on 1 September 1839, eldest son of Michael Errington (1801–74) and his wife Rosanna, daughter of Ambrose More O'Ferrall (1752–1835) of Balyna, near Moyvalley, Co. Kildare. Michael…...
Esmonde, Sir John Lymbrick
Esmonde, Sir John Lymbrick (1893–1958), 14th baronet, barrister, landowner, and politician, was born 15 December 1893 at Ingleside, Pontesbury, Salop (Shropshire), England, eldest among three sons and three daughters of John Joseph Esmonde (1862–1915), a medical doctor who practised for…...
Esmonde, Sir Thomas Henry Grattan
Esmonde, Sir Thomas Henry Grattan (1862–1935), 11th baronet, landowner and politician, was born 21 September 1862 at Pau, France, the eldest of seven children of Sir John Esmonde (d. 1876), a liberal MP and tenth holder of a baronetcy created in 1628, and Louisa Esmonde (d. 1880),…...
Eustace, James
Eustace, James (1530–85), of Harristown, 3rd Viscount Baltinglass , was eldest son and heir of Sir Roland Eustace, 2nd Viscount Baltinglass, and his wife Joan, daughter of James Butler, Lord Dunboyne. The family was firmly catholic and James had as his tutor a priest and relative…...
Everard, Sir Richard
Everard, Sir Richard (c.1590–1660?), 1st baronet and Confederate, was born in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, second among three sons of Sir John Everard (qv), knight, of Fethard, lawyer, second justice of the king's bench, and his…...
Ferris, Richard
Ferris, Richard (1754–1828), priest and adventurer, was born 10 February 1754 at Ballymalis, near Killarney, Co. Kerry, youngest among four sons of Daniel Ferris, tenant farmer; his mother was a Hassett, apparently a protestant. His brothers emigrated to France, where one, Edward…...
Finaghty, James
Finaghty, James (1614–p.1671), catholic priest and faith healer, was attached to the diocese of Elphin. During the confederate period in the 1640s, he was a supporter of the papal nuncio, Rinuccini (qv). Utilising the…...
Fitzgerald (Butler), Eleanor
Fitzgerald (Butler), Eleanor (c.1545–1638?), countess of Desmond, was born in Kiltinan castle, near Fethard, Co. Tipperary, second daughter of Edmund Butler, baron of Dunboyne, and his wife Cecilia MacCarthy Reagh. Her father was a liegeman of…...
Fitzgerald, Edward
Fitzgerald, Edward (c.1770–1807), landed gentleman and insurgent leader, was born in Co. Wexford at his wealthy catholic family's country estate, Newpark, in the parish of Killisk, situated between Enniscorthy and Wexford town. Details of his early life are sketchy and…...
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth
Fitzgerald, Elizabeth (d. 1645), countess of Kildare and patroness of the Jesuits in Ireland, was born (date and place unknown) second eldest among six daughters and six sons of Christopher Nugent (qv), 14th…...
Fitzgerald (fitz Maurice), James
Fitzgerald (fitz Maurice), James (d. 1540), 13th de jure earl of Desmond , was the son of Maurice fitz Thomas, son of Thomas Fitzgerald (qv), 12th earl, and Joan, daughter of John FitzMaurice FitzGibbon, the White Knight. Sent to…...
Fitzgerald, Gerald
Fitzgerald, Gerald (1525–85), 11th earl of Kildare , was the son of Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 9th earl of Kildare, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Grey, marquis of Dorset. He was born on…...
Fitzgerald, Gerald fitz James
Fitzgerald, Gerald fitz James (c.1530–1583), 15th earl of Desmond and reluctant rebel leader, was elder son of James fitz John Fitzgerald (qv) (d. 1558), 14th earl of Desmond, and his second wife, More, daughter of…...