Hancock, John
Hancock, John (‘John Hancock II’) (1762–1823), quaker linen manufacturer, merchant, and philanthropist, was born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, son of John Hancock, one of the Society of Friends, who had inherited a family business near Lisburn, and his second wife, Betty (née Hunter). John…...
Hanley, (Luke) Vincent
Hanley, (Luke) Vincent (1954–87), music broadcaster, was born 2 April 1954 in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, elder son of Michael Hanley and Joan Hanley (née Cleary). His father was a soldier, who served overseas with the Irish army on UN duties. Vincent attended the Sisters of Charity…...
Hardiman, James
Hardiman, James (1782–1855), historian and librarian, was born in February 1782 at Westport, Co. Mayo, only son of Tomás (or Richard) Ó hArgadáin or Hartigan, a small estate owner, originally from Co. Meath, and his wife Marcella or Margery (née Hall). Hardiman, according to his friend…...
Harkin, Hugh
Harkin, Hugh (1791–1854), journalist, teacher, poet, and nationalist, was born 6 July 1791 in Magilligan, Co. Derry. Little is known about his early life and education before he established a career as a teacher and journalist attached to various newspapers in both Britain and…...
Harrington, Niall Charles
Harrington, Niall Charles (1901–81), soldier, writer, and broadcaster, was born 23 January 1901 at 6 Cavendish Row, Dublin, one of the eight children of Timothy Charles Harrington (qv), MP, barrister at law, and his wife…...
Haverty, Martin
Haverty, Martin (1809–87), journalist and historian, was born 1 December 1809 in Mayo, younger half-brother of the artist Joseph Haverty (qv). Nothing is known of their early life. Aspiring to the priesthood, Martin was educated at the…...
Hayes, Richard James
Hayes, Richard James (1902–76), librarian, was born 26 June 1902 in Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, son of Richard James Hayes, bank manager, and Katherine Hayes (née Whelan). His early childhood and youth were spent in Claremorris, Co. Mayo. He was a student at Clongowes Wood College,…...
Hennessy, Richard
Hennessy, Richard (c.1729–1800), brandy merchant and distiller, was born about 1724 according to his army record, but more reliably about 1729 according to his marriage certificate, in Ballymacmoy, Co. Cork, the son of James Hennessy. He was the first member of the famous…...
Herlihy, John Newman
Herlihy, John Newman (1863?–1941), journalist, was born in Killeedy, near Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick, probably in 1863 (his obituaries give his age at death as 77). His younger brother, William, became chief reporter on the Cork Examiner. At an early age John joined the…...
Hickey, John D.
Hickey, John D. (1911–77), Gaelic games sports journalist, was born 16 April 1911 in Templemore, Co. Tipperary, youngest among at least three sons and two daughters of Patrick Hickey, victualler, and Helena Hickey (née Donoghue), of Main St., Templemore. The ‘D.’ in his name is…...
Hickey, Ted (Edward Vincent)
Hickey, Ted (Edward Vincent) (1940–2005), arts administrator and traditional music enthusiast, was born 4 March 1940 in Wicklow town. He was educated at the Institute for Science and Technology in Kevin Street, Dublin; the London School of Film Technique; and…...
Hiffernan, Paul
Hiffernan, Paul (1719–77), playwright and journalist, was born in, or near, Dublin, but little is known about his early life. Educated in a classical seminary in Dublin, he was sent to Montpellier to study for the priesthood, and he claimed that it was there that he made the…...
Higgins, Matthew James
Higgins, Matthew James (1810–68), journalist, was born 4 December 1810 in Westmeath, youngest child and only son of Matthew Higgins of Benown Castle, Co. Westmeath, and his wife Janette, daughter of James Baillie of Dochfour, Inverness-shire, Scotland. His father died soon after…...
Hinkson, Katharine (née Tynan)
Hinkson, Katharine (née Tynan) (1859–1931), novelist, poet, and journalist, was born 23 January 1859 in South Richmond St., Dublin, the fifth of twelve children of Andrew Cullen Tynan , a prosperous farmer and cattle trader, and Elizabeth Tynan (née Reilly). From an early age she was…...
Hodnett, George Desmond ('Hoddy')
Hodnett, George Desmond ('Hoddy') (1918–90), musician, journalist and bohemian, was born 25 February 1918 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, son of George Pope Hodnett (1890–1982), soldier, and Lauré Hodnett (née Faschnacht), a native of Switzerland; he had at least one sibling, a brother…...
Hoey, Frances Sarah (Mrs Cashel Hoey)
Hoey, Frances Sarah (Mrs Cashel Hoey) (née Johnston ) (1830–1908), novelist and journalist, was born 15 February 1830 in Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin, one of eight children of Charles Bolton Johnston, secretary and registrar of Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin, and his wife Charlotte…...
Hoey, James
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Hoey, James
Hoey, James (d. 1775), printer, publisher, bookseller and circulating library keeper, had premises in Dublin at Pembroke Court, Castle St. (1725–6), Christ Church Yard (1726–8) and Skinner Row (1729–75). As a catholic he became a quarter-brother of the stationers’ guild (1729). He…...
Hoey, John Cashel
Hoey, John Cashel (1828–92), author, editor of the Nation, and administrator, was born 25 October 1828 at Dundalk, Co. Louth, first son of Cashel Fitzsimons Hoey and grandson of John Hoey, a United Irishman hanged in Dundalk in 1798. No details of his mother are known. He…...
Hoey, Peter
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Hogan (Dilloughery), Austin
Hogan (Dilloughery), Austin (1906–74), trade unionist and communist, was born 22 May 1906 in Bogberry, Ennistymon, Co. Clare, fourth son among numerous children of Michael Dilloughery, native of Co. Clare, RIC pensioner (sergeant,…...
Holland, Denis
Holland, Denis (1826–72), nationalist and journalist, was born in Cork city; details of his parents are not known. He had at least one brother, John Callanan Holland, a journalist; the family were related to J. J. Callanan (qv). As a…...
Holohan (Houlihan), Patrick (‘Paddy’)
Holohan (Houlihan), Patrick (‘Paddy’) (1897–1946), revolutionary nationalist and trade unionist, was born 2 October 1897 at 3 Terrace Place, off Bella St. in the Dublin north inner city, son of Patrick Holohan, labourer, and Bridget Holohan (née Burns). He joined the republican…...
Horan, Thomas ('Tom'; 'Tommy') Patrick
Horan, Thomas ('Tom'; 'Tommy') Patrick (1855–1916), cricketer and journalist, was born 8 March 1855 near Middleton, Co. Cork, the son of James Horan (d. 1895), a building contractor, and his wife Ellen (née Sheehan) (d. 1876). The family emigrated to Australia soon after Thomas's birth…...
Horgan, John Joseph
Horgan, John Joseph (1905–64), press photographer, was born 20 May 1905 at 13 Moore Street, Dublin, 'in the shadow of Nelson's pillar', the second of two sons of John Horgan, who owned the Boyneview dairy shop (located in the family's house), and his wife Rosanna (née O'Rourke; she was…...