O'Daly, John
O'Daly, John (1800–78), writer and publisher, was born 5 February 1800 in Fernane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and three daughters of Eamonn O'Daly and Brigid O'Daly (née Kyley). He was educated at a local hedge school before going to work, in 1826, for the…...
O'Donohue, Maura
O'Donohue, Maura (1933–2015), missionary doctor and public health campaigner, was born on 2 March 1933 at Likeen, her family home in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, the second of four children (two girls and two boys) of Andrew O’Donohue, a farmer, and his wife Kate (née O’Brien). Mary Brigid, as…...
O'Duinn, Seán
O’Duinn, Seán (1873–1952), teacher, propagandist and trade representative, was born John J. Dunne on 7 September 1873 at 1 Forge Street, Mountmellick, Queen’s Co. (Laois), the son of James Dunne, a shopkeeper of Mountmellick, and his wife Catherine (née McEvoy); his mother had…...
Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán Sairseal
Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán Sairseal (1917–67), civil servant and publisher, was born 11 February 1917 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales, son of post office official, Patrick Sarsfield O'Hegarty, (qv) and his wife, Liaimín…...
O'Keeffe, Timothy
O'Keeffe, Timothy (1926–94), publisher and editor, was born 27 September 1926 in Kinsale, Co. Cork, son of Michael O'Keeffe, hospital porter, formerly of Middlesex, England, and Margaret O'Keeffe (née Sheehan) of Kinsale. He moved to England at an early age and was educated at St Edmund…...
Ó Lochlainn, Colm
Ó Lochlainn, Colm (1892–1972), printer, publisher and Gaelic scholar, was born William Gerard O'Loughlin at Drumcondra, Dublin, on 11 October 1892, the second of four surviving children (from six) of John O'Loughlin, publisher, and his wife Delia Bridget (née Carr), whose family were…...
O'Sullivan, Seumas
O'Sullivan, Seumas (1879–1958), writer, editor, and publisher, was born James Sullivan Starkey 17 July 1879 at 7 Charleston Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin, third son among three sons and two daughters of William Starkey, physician and pharmicist, and Martha Starkey (née Sullivan). His father…...
Pepyat, Jeremiah
Pepyat, Jeremiah (c.1683–1753?), printer and bookseller, was apprenticed to John North of Dublin in 1697 and on North's death that same year moved to Joseph Ray (qv), with whom he served seven years apprenticeship; nothing else is…...
Pepyat, Mary
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Pepyat, Sylvanus
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Pinkerton, Emily (Emilie) Cordner-
Pinkerton, Emily (Emilie) Cordner- (c.1859–1902), publisher, was born probably in Newry, Co. Down, where her parents, William Henry Cordner (d. 1890) and Matilda Cordner (née McCracken), had a jewellery and watchmaker's shop. There were also at least three sons in the family…...
Pollard, Mary ('Paul')
Pollard, Mary ('Paul') (1922–2005), librarian, was born 5 June 1922 in Essex, the eldest of four children (three daughters and a son) of an emigrant Irish doctor, Richard Payne Pollard, MC, and his wife (née Wilkinson). She was educated at Hawnes School and then studied medicine for…...
Porter, William
Porter, William (1757–1841), printer, was born probably in Wexford, son of Henry Porter of Blackwater, Co. Wexford, and his wife, Hannah, daughter of John Peare of Kilmallock. His great-grandfather John Porter, quartermaster, had been granted lands in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, by Charles…...
Potts, James
Potts, James (c.1733–1796), printer and newspaper proprietor, was the son of John Potts (d. 1738), an Athlone merchant, and his wife, Jane. James was apprenticed to the printer George Faulkner (qv) on 1 December 1747, and in…...
Powell, Humphrey
Powell, Humphrey (fl.1551–66), first ‘king's printer’ in Ireland, was a charter member of the London Stationers' Company, and had already printed seven or eight books in his premises in Holborn, London, when on 18 July 1550 the English privy council issued a warrant…...
Pue, Elizabeth
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Pue II, Richard
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Pue, James
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Pue, Richard
Pue, Richard (d. 1722), newspaper publisher, bookseller, and coffee house proprietor, founded Dick's Coffee House, Skinner Row, Dublin, sometime before July 1698. Made a freeman of the city (1701) as a member of the Dyers’ Guild, he commenced publication of Impartial…...
Pue, Sarah
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Ray, Elizabeth
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Ray, Joseph
Ray, Joseph (d. 1709), printer, bookseller, newspaper publisher, and ‘deputy king's printer’, was son of Giles Ray, of London, woodmonger; nothing is known of his mother. Serving his apprenticeship under his kinsman John North, bookseller, Ray was made free of the London…...
Reilly, Alice
Reilly, Alice (1702/3–1778), printer and publisher, born Alice Abbot , was the widow (m. 10 October 1733) of Richard Reilly; she took over his business on his death in July 1741. Paying quarterage fees to the printers guild (the Guild of St Luke the Evangelist), she was unable to…...
Roberts, George
Roberts, George (1873–1953), actor, publisher, and poet, was born 8 January 1873 in Clarkill, Kilmegan, Castlewellan, Co. Down, son of Oliver Goldsmith Roberts, a warehouse manager, and Margaret Roberts (née Gray). On leaving school he worked briefly in the linen trade, and later in the…...
Roddy, Martin
Roddy, Martin (1883–1948), politician, publisher, and farmer, was born 9 December 1883 at Breeogue, Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo, eldest son among at least four sons and two daughters of Patrick Roddy, farmer, and Jane Roddy (née O'Hara). The family were long established and prominent in…...