Robinson, Paschal
Robinson, Paschal (1870–1948), journalist, medieval historian, diplomat and papal nuncio to Ireland, was born 26 April 1870 in 49 Percy Place, Dublin, and christened Charles Edward Neville, second of three sons of Nugent Robinson, treasurer of Dublin corporation, and Jannet Robinson (…...
Ronan, Myles Vincent
Ronan, Myles Vincent (1877–1959), priest, church historian, and controversialist, was born 19 July 1877, third son of Myles Ronan, originally from Co. Wexford, and Margaret Ronan (neé Kenny), at 36 Fishamble St., Dublin. He was first educated by the Christian Brothers at Mary's…...
Rothe, David
Rothe, David (1573–1650), bishop of Ossory and historian, was born in the city of Kilkenny, son of John Rothe (d. 1590) and his wife Lettice, only daughter of John Rothe Fitzpiers of New Ross. It is likely that he received his early education at Kilkenny in…...
Rothe, Robert
Rothe, Robert (1550–1622), lawyer and antiquary, was born 28 April 1550, eldest son of David Rothe of Kilkenny and his wife Anastace, daughter of Patrick Archer, also of Kilkenny. The Rothes were part of a tightly knit group of families that dominated Kilkenny city. His first…...
Rushe, Denis Carolan
Rushe, Denis Carolan (1852–1928), historian, antiquary and public servant, was born in Monaghan town, where his father worked as a doctor in the county infirmary. Both his parents came from the south of the county; other details of them are unknown. He attended St Louis convent, St…...
Russell, Charles William
Russell, Charles William (1812–80), priest and historian, was born 14 May 1812 at Killough, Co. Down, youngest son among five sons and four daughters of Charles Russell (d. 1828), a brewer and merchant descended from the Barons Russell of Killough and Ballystrew, and his second…...
Ryan, Cornelius John
Ryan, Cornelius John (1920–74), journalist and author, was born 5 June 1920 at 33 Heytesbury St., Dublin, son of John Joseph Ryan, checker, and Amelia Ryan (née Clohisey). Educated at Synge St. CBS and the Royal Irish Academy of…...
Shaw, Francis
Shaw, Francis (1907–70), Jesuit priest, Celtic scholar and historical polemicist, was born 26 March 1907 in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, the fourth child among four sons and two daughters of Patrick Walter Shaw (1872–1940), merchant, and his wife Mary 'Minnie' (née Galligan). The Shaws…...
Sheehan, Richard
Sheehan, Richard (1845–1915), priest, antiquary, and bishop of Waterford, was born 16 June 1845, at Bantry, Co. Cork, son of Jeremiah Sheehan, farmer, and his wife, Maria Roycroft. He was educated at Bandon national school and St Vincent's, Cork, where he took classical studies and…...
Sheehy, Jeanne Iseult
Sheehy, Jeanne Iseult (1939–99), art historian, was born 15 September 1939 in Dublin, daughter of Edward Sheehy (d. 1956), a distinguished critic, and Anna Sheehy (née Kelly), an accomplished graphic artist. She had one brother, David, a picture restorer. Educated at Eccles St.…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1646–1712), writer, royal official, and Jacobite, was born in St John's, near Trim, Co. Meath, fourth son of Denis Sheridan (qv), a Church of Ireland clergyman from Co. Cavan, and an Englishwoman named Foster. In the rebellion of 1641…...
Slevin, ( John) Gerard
Slevin, ( John) Gerard (1919–97), heraldist and dramatist, was born 1 November 1919 in Cork, son of John Slevin, motor mechanic, of Wellington Rd, Cork, and Bridget Slevin (née Kennelly). His father, who hailed from Co. Laois tenant farmers, worked with the Irish Omnibus…...
Swift, (Laurence) John
Swift, (Laurence) John (1896–1990), trade unionist and labour historian, was born 26 August 1896 in Dundalk, Co. Louth, the eldest of two sons and two daughters of Patrick Swift, a master baker, and his wife Alice (née Deane), daughter of a Dundalk businessman. Known generally as…...
Taaffe, Denis
Taaffe, Denis (1759–1813), clergyman, polemicist, and historian, was born in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth, and baptised 3 February 1759 in the local parish of Clogher, the fourth of six children of Laurence Taaffe, a farmer, and his wife, Mary (née Gallagher). After being educated at local…...
Táherzadeh-Málmírí, Adib
Táherzadeh-Málmírí, Adib (1921–2000), historian of the Bahá’í Faith, was born 29 April 1921 in Yazd, Iran, youngest of two surviving sons of the four sons and four daughters (three of whom had been killed during a massacre of Bahá’ís) of Hájí Muhammad-Táhir-i-Málmírí (c.…...
Thornley, David Andrew Taylor
Thornley, David Andrew Taylor (1935–78), academic, broadcaster, and politician, was born 31 July 1935 in Sutton, Surrey, youngest child among two sons and one daughter of Frederick Edward Thornley (d. 1953) and Maud Helen Thornley (née Browne). His parents, both civil servants,…...
Tierney, Mark
Tierney, Mark (1925–2011), Benedictine monk and historian, was born Gerald Francis Tierney in Dublin on 10 January 1925, fourth child among five sons and one daughter of Gerald Tierney (1885–1938), gynaecologist, and Marie Tierney (née Blanche). His mother was the elder daughter of…...
Tighe, Joan
Tighe, Joan (1922–2014), journalist, editor and historian, was born on 28 June 1922 in Dublin, the second eldest of six children of Robert Tighe and his wife Catherine Angela (née Moloney). Robert Tighe served as a British army lieutenant during the first world war and was later…...
Walsh, Micheline Kerney-
Walsh, Micheline Kerney- (1919–97), archivist and historian, was born 21 October 1919 in La Celle, St Cloud, Paris, second child and only daughter of Leopold Harding Kerney (qv) of Dublin and Raymonde Kerney (née Élie) of…...
Walsh, Paul
Walsh, Paul (Breathnach, Pól) (1885–1941), priest and historian, was born 19 June 1885 in the townland of Ballina, a few miles from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, eldest child among five sons and three daughters of Michael Walsh and Brigid Walsh (née Gallagher), while…...
White, (Herbert) Terence de Vere
White, (Herbert) Terence de Vere (1912–94), solicitor and writer, was born 29 April 1912 in Dublin, where his family lived at 61 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook. His father, Frederick Sutton Darley de Vere White, LLD, was then a junior solicitor…...
White, Stephen
White, Stephen (1574?–1646/7), Jesuit priest, academic, and antiquary, was born in Clonmel, the son of Pierce White. His was a remarkable family, two of his brothers also being priests: James was vicar apostolic of Waterford and Lismore and Thomas…...
Whyte, John Henry
Whyte, John Henry (1928–90), academic, was born 30 April 1928 in Penang, Malaya (Malaysia), son of William Henry Whyte, military officer, and Dorothy Gordon Whyte (née Hibbard), daughter of an American industrial metallurgist; he had one sibling, a younger sister. He was educated…...
Williams, (Thomas) Desmond
Williams, (Thomas) Desmond (1921–87), historian, was born 26 May 1921 in Dublin, the only child of William John Williams, later professor of education in UCD, and his wife Angela (née Murnaghan), member of a prominent legal and political…...
Windle, Sir Bertram Alan Coghill
Windle, Sir Bertram Alan Coghill (1858–1929), scholar, anatomist, archaeologist, and university president, was born 8 May 1858 at Mayfield, Staffordshire, England, eldest son of the Rev. Samuel Allan Windle and Sydney Katherine Windle (née Coghill). When he was four, the family…...