Hughes, Pat (1924–99), prospector and businessman, was born
Patrick Joseph Hughes on 14 March 1924 near Keady, Co. Armagh, the only son of three children of
Charles Hughes, a building contractor of Keady, and his wife Mary. When he was around
10, his catholic family moved to Newry,…...
Joyce, Patrick Weston (1827–1914), educationalist, historian, linguist, translator and collector of folk music, was born in Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick, one of the eight sons of Garrett Joyce, a shoemaker known locally as ‘Garrett the Scholar’ for his knowledge of poetry and religion, and…...
Keegan, John
(1813–93), surveyor and diarist, was born at Laragh, near Horseleap, Co. Westmeath, in 1813, the only son of Thomas Keegan (1789–1854), a farmer, and his wife, Mary (née Gannon). The Keegans were descended from the hereditary brehons of the Irish midlands; one…...
Winder, Frank (Francis Gerard Augustine) (1928–2007), biochemist, naturalist and mountaineer, was born 14 April
1928 in Dublin, one of four sons of
Percy Winder (d. 1950), secretary of the Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Society and a
freeman of the city of Dublin, and his second…...