Boyle, Roger
Boyle, Roger (1621–79), 1st Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery , soldier, politician, and writer, was born 25 April 1621 in Co. Waterford, twelfth child and third son to survive of Richard Boyle (qv), 1st earl of Cork, and his second wife…...
Brabazon, Reginald
Brabazon, Reginald (1841–1929), 12th earl of Meath , landowner, philanthropist, and disciplinarian, was born in London on 31 July 1841, the second son of William Brabazon, eleventh earl, and Harriet, second daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, sixth baronet, of Norton Priory, Cheshire…...
Bradley, Daniel Joseph ('Dan')
Bradley, Daniel Joseph ('Dan') (1928–2010), physicist, was born in Derry city on 18 January 1928, the son of John Columba Bradley, a Post Office worker, and his wife Margaret (née Keating), one of ten daughters of farming stock, originally from near Cashel, Co. Tipperary. He was the…...
Brambell, Francis William Rogers
Brambell, Francis William Rogers (1901–70), zoologist, was born 25 February 1901 at Combridge House, Sandycove, Dublin, the eldest of the three sons of Louis Alfred Brambell, an accountant at the Guinness brewery, and his wife, Amelia Jane Mary, née Rogers. One of the three brothers…...
Braose (Briouze, Briouse), William de
Braose (Briouze, Briouse), William de (d. 1211), lord of Braose in Normandy and Bramber and Brecon in Wales, was son of William de Braose and Bertha, daughter of William de Hereford. He succeeded his father in 1180 and by that time had already acquired a reputation as a ruthless…...
Breslin, Mary (‘Maura’)
Breslin, Mary (‘Maura’) (1914–84), trade unionist and feminist, was born 29 December 1914 in Dublin. She began working life as a staff nurse in Grangegorman mental hospital, and began her lifelong activism in trade unionism by joining the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU), founded (…...
Brinkley, John
Brinkley, John (1766?–1835), astronomer and bishop, was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, and baptised 31 January 1767, illegitimate son of John Toler and Sarah Brinkley, who later married James Boulter. He was educated by clergymen in Suffolk (it is not known at whose expense…...
Brodrick, Alan
Brodrick, Alan (c.1655–1728), 1st Viscount Midleton , lord chancellor of Ireland, was the second son of St John Brodrick, a beneficiary of the Cromwellian land settlement who originated from Wandsworth in Surrey and established himself at Ballyannan, near Midleton in Co.…...
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle (1856–1942), 1st earl of Midleton, politician, was born 14 December 1856 in London, eldest of eleven children of William Brodrick (later 8th Viscount Midleton) and his wife Augusta Mary, third daughter of Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron…...
Brooke, Henry Vaughan
Brooke, Henry Vaughan (1743?–1807), landowner and MP, was the son of Basil Brooke, landowner, of Brooke Hill, Co. Donegal, and Jane Brooke (née Wray) of Castle Wray, Co. Donegal. He entered TCD in July 1761. He participated in the…...
Brooke, John Warden
Brooke, John Warden (1922–87), politician and 2nd Viscount Brookeborough , was born 9 November 1922 in Colebrooke, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, second of three sons of Sir Basil Brooke (qv), prime minister of Northern Ireland…...
Brooke, Sir Arthur
Brooke, Sir Arthur (1726–85), landowner and MP, was elder son of Henry Brooke of Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh, MP for Fermanagh, and his wife Lettice (Letitia), daughter of Benjamin Burton (qv) of Dublin. Arthur Brooke succeeded his…...
Brooke, Sir Basil
Brooke, Sir Basil (d. 1633), soldier and planter, was possibly a son of Oliver Brooke of Warwick, who was of a Cheshire family. Basil Brooke, born in the reign of Elizabeth, went to Ireland as an army captain and served under Sir…...
Brooke, Sir George Frederick
Brooke, Sir George Frederick (1849–1926), landlord, wine merchant, and banker, was born on 13 August 1849, the eldest son of the three sons and three daughters of Francis Richard Brooke (1817–67), of Summerton, Castleknock, Co. Dublin, and Coolgreany, Co. Wexford, and the Hon.…...
Brooke, Sir Henry
Brooke, Sir Henry (a.1613–1671), landowner in Co. Fermanagh, was born possibly in Ireland, and was son of (Sir) Basil Brooke (qv) and Elizabeth Brooke (née Leycester). He inherited his father's estates and his position as…...
Brosnahan, Seán
Brosnahan, Seán (1911–87), teacher and trade unionist, was born 26 August 1911 in Killaloe, Co. Clare, one of nine children of John Brosnahan, RIC sergeant, and Norah Brosnahan (née Ryan) (d. 1946). One of his brothers was Thomas J.…...
Browne (Altamont), Jeremy Ulick
Browne (Altamont), Jeremy Ulick (1939–2014), 11th marquis of Sligo and entrepreneur, was born on 4 June 1939 in London, the only child of…...
Browne, Denis
Browne, Denis (1763–1828), politician, was born in Westport House, Co. Mayo, second son among two sons and four daughters of Peter Browne (1741–80), 2nd earl of Altamont and MP for Co. Mayo (1761–8), and his wife Elizabeth, the only daughter and heiress of Denis Kelly of Lisduffe…...
Browne, Dennis
Browne, Dennis (1908–91), 10th marquess of Sligo (also Baron Monteagle of Westport (UK), earl of Altamont, and 7th earl of Clanricarde ), and promoter of Irish tourism, was born on 13 December 1908, probably in London, eldest child of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Alfred Eden Browne (Royal…...
Browne, Geoffrey Henry
Browne, Geoffrey Henry (1861–1927), 3rd Baron Oranmore and Browne in the peerage of Ireland, 1st Baron Mereworth (UK peerage), politician, and landowner, was born 6 January 1861, only son of Geoffrey Dominick Browne Guthrie, 2nd baron (Irish representative peer 1869–1900), who had…...
Browne, John
Browne, John (1709–76), 1st earl of Altamont , landowner, and MP, was born at Mount Browne near Westport, Co. Mayo, the only son of Peter Browne (d. 1722), a catholic landowner, of Mount Browne, and his wife Mary, daughter of Denis Daly (…...
Browne, John Denis
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Browne, José
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Browne, Nicholas
Browne, Nicholas (1660?–1720), 2nd Viscount Kenmare , soldier and MP, was son and heir of Valentine Browne, 1st viscount, and his wife Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Plunkett (qv) of Dublin and Balrath, Co. Meath,…...
Browne, Patrick
Browne, Patrick (c.1720–1790), botanist and physician, was born at Woodstock, Crossboyne, Co. Mayo, fourth son of Edward Browne, landowner; his mother's name is not known. In 1737 he went to live in Antigua with a relative, but ill health prompted his return to Europe,…...