Mulally, Teresa
Mulally, Teresa (1728–1803), educationist, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was born in October 1728, in Pill Lane, near Chancery Street, Dublin, the only child of Daniel and Elizabeth Mulally. While she was young, her father, a provisions dealer, retired from his business and…...
Mulcahy, John Augustine (‘Jack’)
Mulcahy, John Augustine (‘Jack’) (1906–94), industrialist, businessman, and philanthropist, was born 26 August 1906 at Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, fifth among twelve children of Patrick Mulcahy, town clerk of Waterford , and Mary Mulcahy (née O'Shea). He was educated locally in the…...
Mulchinock, John
Mulchinock, John (1781?–1863), merchant and benefactor, was the son of Nicholas and Christiana Mulchinock, and was baptised into the Church of Ireland in Tralee, Co. Kerry, on 2 March 1781. Nothing is known for certain of his early life but, as a young man, he may have been at sea…...
Murphy, Edmund
Murphy, Edmund (d. p.1682), priest and informer, was a native of Co. Armagh. Nothing is known of his early life. In 1670, when Oliver Plunkett (qv) took up his duties as archbishop of Armagh, Murphy was parish priest of…...
Murphy, Patrick
Murphy, Patrick (1834–62), ‘world's tallest man’ and fairground performer, was born 15 June 1834 in Killowen, Co. Down, son of James Murphy (d. c.1850), smallholder, and Peggy Murphy (née Cunningham). There was nothing exceptional about his physique as a child. An…...
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa)
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa) (1917–2008), politician, tribal elder and nurse, was born Bridget Wren on 11 November 1917 in Tarmons, Tarbert, Co. Kerry, one of five daughters and two sons of John Wren, a small-holding farmer, and his wife Johanna (née…...
Nedley, Thomas
Nedley, Thomas (1819–99), surgeon and wit, was born in Dublin; nothing is known of his family background. Educated at Castleknock College, he then went to Scotland to study medicine and was made a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1851). In August 1856 he…...
Netterville, John
Netterville, John (d. 1659), 2nd Viscount Netterville of Dowth , army officer, and landowner, was eldest son of Nicholas Netterville (qv), Viscount Dowth, and his wife, Eleanor Bath of Athcarne, Co. Meath. John married (1623)…...
Netterville, Nicholas
Netterville, Nicholas (1581–1654), 1st Viscount Netterville , politician, was the only son and heir of John Netterville of Dowth, Co. Meath, and Eleanor, daughter of Sir James Gernon (frequently called Garland) of Kilmacoole, Co. Louth. Nicholas inherited the family estates in…...
Nolan, Christopher
Nolan, Christopher (1965–2009), writer and advocate for the disabled, was born 6 September 1965 in the county hospital in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, second and youngest child (he had an elder sister) of Joseph Nolan, psychiatric nurse and small farmer, and his wife Bernadette (née Martin…...
Nolan, John Philip
Nolan, John Philip (1838–1912), landowner, army officer, and politician, was born 3 August 1838 in Dublin, the eldest of six sons of John Nolan (b. 1810) of Ballinderry, near Tuam, Co. Galway, a catholic barrister, landowner, and magistrate, who, after relieving the poor during…...
Norcott, William
Norcott, William (1773?–1820), barrister, satirist, and bon vivant, was eldest son of William Norcott of Charleville, Co. Cork, and Mary Norcott (née Knight). He entered TCD in July 1790, graduating BA…...
Nugent, George Frederick
Nugent, George Frederick (1760–1814), 7th earl of Westmeath , nobleman and politician, was born 18 November 1760, the third son of Thomas Nugent (1714–92), 6th earl of Westmeath, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Henry White of Pitchfordstown, Cloncurry, Co…...
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, Denis Thomas
O'Brien, Denis Thomas (1736?–1814), merchant, catholic politician, and benefactor, was the younger son of Thomas O'Brien (d. 1756) of Fairfield, near Ahascragh, Co. Galway, and his wife Mary (1710?–83), a daughter of Christopher French of Tyrone, Co. Galway. Thomas was in business as a…...
O'Brien, Francis Cruise
O'Brien, Francis Cruise (1885–1927), journalist, author, and cooperationist, was born 18 November 1885, at 6 Grantham St., Dublin, one of two children of John Cruise O’Brien, a law clerk, and Mary Cruise O’Brien (née Lally); his sister, Cathleen, married the novelist…...
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, Anna Maria (née Ball)
O'Brien, Anna Maria (née Ball) (1785–1871), philanthropist, was born at 5 Werburgh Street in Dublin, the second eldest of five children (four girls and a boy) of John Ball (qv), a wealthy Dublin silk manufacturer, merchant, and catholic convert,…...
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…...