Nugent, John
Nugent, John (1671–1754), 5th earl of Westmeath , Jacobite officer in the French service, was the third of three sons of Christopher Nugent (d. a.1680), Lord Delvin, and his wife Mary (d. 1737), niece of James Butler, 1st duke of …...
Nugent, Richard
Nugent, Richard (1623–84), 2nd earl of Westmeath , soldier, was the only child of Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin, and Anne, eldest daughter of Randal MacDonnell (qv), 1st earl of Antrim. His father, heir to the earldom of…...
Nugent, Sir Richard
Nugent, Sir Richard (1583–1642), 1st earl of Westmeath , politician, was eldest son of Christopher Nugent (qv), Lord Delvin, and Marie, daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald…...
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard
Nugent, Sir Walter Richard (1865–1955), politician, businessman, and 4th baronet, of Donore, Co. Westmeath, was born 12 December 1865 in St John's, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, third son among six sons and four daughters of Sir Walter George Nugent, 2nd baronet, and Maria Anne, only…...
Nugent, Thomas
Nugent, Thomas (d. 1715), 1st Baron Nugent of Riverston , lawyer and chief justice of the king's bench in Ireland, from Clonyn in Co. Westmeath, was the second son of Richard Nugent, 2nd earl of Westmeath (qv), and his wife, Mary (1623–72),…...
Nugent, Thomas
Nugent, Thomas (1668?–1752), 4th earl of Westmeath , soldier, and catholic activist, was second son of Christopher Nugent, of Delvin, Co. Westmeath and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Butler of Kilcash. She was a niece of James Butler…...
O'Brien, Conor
O'Brien, Conor (1535–81), 3rd earl of Thomond , was the eldest of three sons of Donough O'Brien (c.1515–1553), 2nd earl of Thomond, and Ellen (Helen; d. 2 July 1597), youngest daughter of Piers Butler (qv), 8th earl…...
O'Brien, John Patrick ('Jack')
O'Brien, John Patrick ('Jack') (1900–56), promoter of Irish tourism, was born on 3 February 1900 in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary, the eldest son of Patrick O'Brien, shopkeeper and baker of Main Street, Ballyporeen, and his wife Catherine (née O'Brien). He attended Rockwell College,…...
O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
O'Brien, Sir Daniel
O'Brien, Sir Daniel (c.1577–1666), 1st Viscount Clare , politician, was the third and youngest son of Conor O'Brien (qv), 3nd earl of Thomond, and his second wife, Úna, daughter of Turlough MacBrien. His eldest brother Donough…...
O'Connell, Maurice (‘Hunting-cap’)
O'Connell, Maurice (‘Hunting-cap’) (1728–1825), landowner and smuggler was the second surviving son of Daniel O'Connell (d. 1770), known as Donal Mór, a prosperous grazier, a head tenant of the earl of Cork, and probably a smuggler, at Darrinane or Derrynane, on the Iveragh…...
O'Conor, Charles
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O'Conor, Denis
O'Conor, Denis (1732–1804), and Charles O'Conor (1736–1808), both catholic gentlemen with properties in Co. Roscommon, were the sons of the antiquary Charles O'Conor (qv) of Belanagare, near Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, and his wife…...
O'Donnell, Mary Stuart
O'Donnell, Mary Stuart (d. p.1639), heiress, was born in England c.1607, the daughter of Ruaidhrí O'Donnell (qv), earl of Tyrconnell, and Bridget Fitzgerald, daughter of…...
O'Gorman, James
O'Gorman, James (1765–1855), landowner and angler, and his brother Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman (1777/8–1857), barrister and secretary to the Catholic Association, were the first and second of the three sons of James O'Gorman (1717–87) of Ennis, Co. Clare, and his wife, Susanna (née…...
O'Neill, John
O'Neill, John (1728?–1809), catholic gentleman and linen merchant, was one of four sons of Owen O'Neill of Ballygorian, a townland north-west of Hilltown, Co. Down, and a grandson of Hugh O'Neill (‘Hugh of the Standards’) who was killed on the Jacobite side at the battle of…...
O'Neill, Sir Neil (Niall)
O'Neill, Sir Neil (Niall) (1657/8–1690), 2nd baronet, Jacobite army officer, was born in December 1657 or January 1658, the eldest son of Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim, elevated to the baronetcy of Killelagh on 23 February 1666, and Eleanor Talbot, sister of Richard…...
O'Reilly, Dominick William
O'Reilly, Dominick William (d. 1816), landowner and catholic activist, nephew of William Reilly (1710/11–1782), inherited a modest estate at Kildangan Castle, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, on the death of his unmarried uncle; no further details of his family are known. He was drawn…...
O'Shaughnessy, Dermot
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O'Sullivan, Cornelius
O'Sullivan, Cornelius (1841–1907), brewer's chemist, was born 20 December 1841 at Bandon, Co. Cork, one of seven children (three boys and four girls) of James O'Sullivan, merchant, and his wife Elizabeth (née Morgan). He attended Denny Holland's private primary school in Bandon,…...
Oxburgh, Heward
Oxburgh, Heward (d. 1691), Jacobite soldier and landowner, of Boveen, King's Co., was of unknown parentage but probably a member of a Norfolk gentry family. He, or his parents, perhaps came to Ireland as part of the plantation of King's Co. in the 1620s. He was in any case in the…...
Penrose, George
Penrose, George (1722–96), merchant and co-founder of the Waterford glass works, was born 5 September 1722, ninth son among twelve children of William Penrose I, merchant, and Margaret Penrose (née Godfrey), of Co. Waterford. The Penroses were one of a close knit group of quaker…...
Penrose, William
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Plunket, Luke
Plunket, Luke (1639–84), 3rd earl of Fingall , nobleman and catholic lobbyist, was the son and heir of Christopher Plunket, 2nd earl of Fingall, of Killeen castle, Dunsany, Co. Meath. His mother was Mabel Barnewall, daughter of …...
Plunket, Patrick
Plunket, Patrick (1595–1668), 9th Baron Dunsany , politician, was born about March 1595, the only son of Christopher Plunket and his wife, Mary, daughter of Henry Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire. His family was one of the leading families among the Old English aristocracy of the…...