McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’; ‘Macker’)
McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’; ‘Macker’) (1895–1977), Gaelic footballer and GAA administrator, was born 29 April 1895 in Buckingham Place, Dublin, one of two sons and a daughter of John McDonald, quay labourer, and Ann McDonald (née McAnally), both originally from…...
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’)
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’) (1888–1966), politician, businessman, and racehorse owner, was born 21 August 1888 in Dublin, fifth among six children (three sons and three daughters) of George McGrath, stonemason, and Mary McGrath (née Dempsey). Educated at…...
McGrath, Seamus
McGrath, Seamus (1923–2005), racehorse trainer, was born 21 February 1923, the second son of three sons and three daughters of Joseph McGrath (qv), revolutionary, politician, businessman and racehorse owner, and his wife Eileen (née…...
McGuire, Edward Augustine
McGuire, Edward Augustine (1901–92), businessman, politician, painter, and sportsman, was born at his grandfather's home in Tramore, Co Waterford on 28 August 1901, the eldest of five sons (one son died in infancy) and two daughters of…...
McInerney, Pat (‘Fowler’)
McInerney, Pat (‘Fowler’) (1893–1987), hurler, was born 19 March 1893 in Garrynakilla, Ennis, Co. Clare, son of Francis McInerney, drover, and Bridget McInerney (née Gleeson). Raised in Belvoir, near Kilkishen, he played hurling for the O'Callaghan's Mills club, winning his first…...
McQuillan, John (‘Jack’)
McQuillan, John (‘Jack’) (1920–98), Gaelic footballer and politician, was born 30 August 1920 at Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon, eldest among seven children of Thomas Francis McQuillan, an RIC sergeant who was pensioned after the 1921 Anglo…...
McWeeney, Paul Denis
McWeeney, Paul Denis (1909–83), sportsman and sports journalist, was born 26 September 1909 in Dublin, youngest child among five sons and two daughters of Edmund Joseph McWeeney (qv) of Dublin, professor of pathology and…...
Meldon, George James
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Meldon, Louis Albert
Meldon, Louis Albert (1886–1956), tennis and cricket international, was born 10 October 1886 in Dublin, son of Louis Stanislaus Meldon, solicitor, and Mary Rose Meldon (née Kenny) of Ailesbury Road, Dublin. Educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England, he served with the…...
Mills, Kathleen ('Kay')
Mills, Kathleen ('Kay') (1923–96), camogie player, was born 8 October 1923 at 31 South Square, Inchicore, Dublin, to Thomas Mills, originally from Glanmire, Co. Cork, and his wife Winifred (née Wills) of Inchicore. Thomas Mills was employed by Great Southern Railways (later subsumed…...
Moore, George Henry
Moore, George Henry (1810–70), politician, landowner, and horse-trainer, was born 1 March 1810 in Moore Hall, Ballyglass, Co. Mayo, eldest among three sons of George Moore (1770–1840), landlord and historian, and Louisa Moore (née Browne), granddaughter of the 1st earl of Altamont…...
Morris, Thomas
Morris, Thomas (1914–97), archbishop of Cashel and Emly and patron of the GAA, was born 16 October 1914 in Kilkennybeg, Killenaule, Co. Tipperary, son of James Morris, farmer, and Johanna Morris (née Carrigan). He was educated in Killenaule national school and in Thurles…...
Morton, William (Billy)
Morton, William (Billy) (1910–69), athletics organiser, was born 28 June 1910 at 26 Sandwith St., Dublin, eldest of three children of Patrick Morton, saddler, of Wicklow, and Mary Morton (née Clegg) of Cootehill, Co. Cavan. Educated at Great Brunswick St. (latterly Pearse St.)…...
Mulhall, Michael George
Mulhall, Michael George (1836–1900) writer and newspaper proprietor and editor, was born at 100 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the sixth of the ten children (six boys and four girls) of Thomas Mulhall and Catherine Flood. His father, his uncle John B. Mulhall, and his elder brother…...
Mullane, Anthony John ('Tony')
Mullane, Anthony John ('Tony') (1859–1944), baseball player, was born either 30 January or 7 February 1859 in Co. Cork, eldest among three sons and one daughter of Dennis Mullane, a labourer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Behan). His family emigrated to the USA in the early 1860s,…...
Mullen, (Daniel) Karl
Mullen, (Daniel) Karl (1926–2009), rugby player and gynaecologist, was born on 26 November 1926 in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford, one of three sons and seven daughters of Daniel Mullen, an officer of the customs and excise, and his wife Annie (née Hargrove). Daniel had known and greatly…...
Mullins, Patrick ('Paddy')
Mullins, Patrick ('Paddy') (1919–2010), racehorse trainer, was born on 28 January 1919 in the townland of Old Grange, near Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, the second eldest of seven children (four boys and three girls) of Willie Mullins, a prosperous farmer who later trained…...
Mulrooney (Carbonneau), Belinda
Mulrooney (Carbonneau), Belinda (1872–1967), frontier entrepreneur, was born on 16 May 1872 (though her official birth certificate stated 10 June) in her maternal grandparents' 21-acre farm near Carns, Co. Sligo, the first child of one son and four daughters of John Mulrooney from Carra…...
Murphy, Con (Cornelius)
Murphy, Con (Cornelius) (1922–2007), hurler and GAA administrator, was born on 28 October 1922 in Toureen, near Innishannon, Co. Cork, the eldest of seven children of Dan Murphy, labourer, of Toureen, and his wife Julia (née McCarthy). Many of his uncles were active in the…...
Murray, Laurence Patrick, ('Larry'), (Ó Muireadhaigh, Lorcán)
Murray, Laurence Patrick, ('Larry'), (Ó Muireadhaigh, Lorcán) (1883–1941), priest, historian and Irish-language activist, was born 8 June 1883 in Newry Street, Carlingford, Co. Louth, the eldest of seven surviving children (four sons and three daughters) of James Murray, a member of the…...
Nowlan, James
Nowlan, James (1854?–1924), sports official, nationalist, and politician, was born in Kilkenny city; he was probably the James Nowlan baptised 14 July 1854 in St Canice's church, son of Michael Nowlan and Catherine Nowlan (née Tully), of Green's Hill, Kilkenny. A cooper by trade,…...
O'Brien, Dermot
O'Brien, Dermot (1932–2007), musician and Gaelic footballer, was born 23 October 1932 in Ardee, Co. Louth, the son of Paddy O'Brien, labourer and bandmaster of the Ardee Brass and Reed Band, of Dolan Terrace, Ardee, and his wife Nancy (née Dowdall). He attended Ardee's De La Salle…...
O'Brien, Desmond Joseph ('Des')
O'Brien, Desmond Joseph ('Des') (1919–2005), rugby player and business executive, was born 22 May 1919 in Dublin, the son of Tim O'Brien and his wife Mary (née Molloy). Educated at Belvedere College (1930–36), he joined Old Belvedere RFC in 1938, playing as flanker on the first two (…...
O'Brien, John Thomond
O'Brien, John Thomond (1786–1861), bullfighter and military officer in Argentina, was born 24 June 1786 at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, son of Martin O'Brien, a wealthy farmer, and Honoria O'Brien (née O'Connor). In 1811 he emigrated to South America, settling first in Brazil. His…...
O'Brien, (Michael) Vincent ('M. V. ')
O'Brien, (Michael) Vincent ('M. V. ') (1917–2009), racehorse trainer, was born 9 April 1917 at Clashganiff House near Churchtown, Co. Cork. His father, Dan O'Brien, a fox-hunting farmer who trained a few horses under a permit, lost his first wife, Helena, in childbirth while she was…...