Kelly, Rosaline
Kelly, Rosaline (1922–2013), union official and media professional, was born on 27 November 1922 to Laurence Kelly, an insurance agent, and Ellen Kelly (née Fogarty) of 2 Sandyford Terrace, Drogheda, Co. Louth. Rosaline attended primary school at St Patrick's and St Philomena's in…...
Kelly, Sarah
Kelly, Sarah (1801–56), landowner and murder victim, was born Sarah Birch in Ramsgate, Kent, England, sixth child of John Birch, husbandman and innkeeper, and his wife Elizabeth. At the age of 15 she was seduced by Joshua Paul Meredith, an Anglo-Irish gentleman who took her to…...
Laverty (Kelly), (Mary) Maura
Laverty (Kelly), (Mary) Maura (1907–66), author and broadcaster, was born 15 May 1907 in Rathangan, Co. Kildare, the third of nine surviving children of Michael Kelly and Mary Ann Kelly (née Treacy). Her father appears to have given up his career in farming at his wife's…...
Lawless, Emily
Lawless, Emily (1845–1913), novelist, historian, and poet, was born at Lyons House, near Hazelhatch, Co. Kildare, fourth child and eldest daughter of Edward Lawless (1816–69), a wealthy landlord who in 1853 succeeded as 3rd Baron Cloncurry, and his wife Elizabeth (née Kirwan), a…...
Leask (Longfield), Ada Kathleen
Leask (Longfield), Ada Kathleen (1899–1987), historian and antiquary, was born 27 October 1899 in India, the eldest daughter of Major Alfred Percival Longfield (1862–1916) and Constance Ada Longfield (née Sanders) (d. 1967) of Edinburgh. Owing to her poor health she spent much of…...
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main)
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main) (1860–1934), mountaineer, author and photographer, was born 26 June 1860 in Dublin, the only child of Sir St Vincent Bentinck Hawkins-Whitshed, 3rd (and last) baronet of Killincarrick…...
Leslie, Anita (Anne Theodosia Moria)
Leslie, Anita (Anne Theodosia Moria) (1914–85), biographer, was born 21 November 1914, in Talbot Square, London, the eldest child and only daughter of the author Sir (John Randolph) Shane Leslie (qv) of Castle Leslie,…...
Levine, June
Levine, June (1931–2008), feminist, journalist and author, was born Stephanie June Levine in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, on 31 December 1931, eldest child of Charles Solomon ('Solly') Levine, a cabinet maker, the son of Jewish parents who fled from Latvia, and his wife Muriel Ruth (…...
Locke, Mary Anne Theresa
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Locke, Mary (Muds)
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Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’)
Lynam, Sybil Mary Joan (‘Shevawn’) (1914–98), administrator, author, and linguist, was born 16 April 1914 in Dublin, daughter of Charles Lynam, engineer, and Margaret (‘Mai’) Lynam (née Moran), both from Co. Galway. Her father served in the first world war as an officer in the…...
Lynch, Hannah
Lynch, Hannah (1862–1904), journalist, writer, and Land Leaguer, was born in Dublin; though her parents’ names are not known, she was the posthumous child of a Fenian activist. Her mother, also a nationalist, later married the Young Irelander …...
MacDonnell, Katherine
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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, Rose
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Marshal, Isabella
Marten, Moira
Marten, Moira (d. p. 1548), third wife of Ulick Burke (qv), 1st earl of Clanricard, appears to have been a member of the merchant élite of the city of Galway. She is described as ‘a woman of great…...
Maxwell, Constantia (Elizabeth)
Maxwell, Constantia (Elizabeth) (1886–1962), historian, was born in Dublin, the daughter of Patrick Maxwell, a distinguished Scottish ophthalmic surgeon, who came to Dublin from Scotland in 1884, when he was appointed assistant surgeon to the National Eye and Ear Infirmary.…...
McDougall, Margaret Moran
McDougall, Margaret Moran (1826–99), author and journalist, was born 25 December 1826, according to family records (though her obituary said 25 December 1828), probably in Co. Antrim. Her father, J. Moran (or William Henry) Dixon , tailor, died in Galgorm, Co. Antrim, when…...
McKisack, May
McKisack, May (1900–81), historian, was born 30 March 1900 in Belfast, the only daughter of Audley John McKisack, a unitarian solicitor, and Elizabeth McKisack (née McCullough), who, like her husband, was well connected and popular in Belfast society; the family's traditions of…...
McShain, Mary
McShain, Mary (1907–98), landowner and benefactor, was born Mary Horstmann on 27 March 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, fifth among six children of Ignatius J. Horstmann and his wife Pauline. She was educated at St Leonard's Academy, Philadelphia, and Rosemont College, Rosemont…...
McWeeney, Veronica Mary Elizabeth (Vera)
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Meade, Theodosia
Meade, Theodosia (1743–1817), countess of Clanwilliam , landowner, was the only daughter and heir of Robert Hawkins Magill (d. 1747) of Gill Hall, Gilford, Co. Down, and his wife, Lady Anne Magill (d. 1789), whose name he took on marriage. Robert Magill died when his daughter was an…...
Mitchel, Henrietta
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Morgan, Maria
Morgan, Maria (1828–92), journalist, was elder of at least two daughters of James Morgan of Prospect, Carrigrobane, Co. Cork; nothing is known of her mother. In 1865, accompanied by her younger sister, Jane, she went to Rome, where Jane studied art and Maria obtained a commission…...