Brennan, Stan (Stanislaus) (1929–2012), Franciscan missionary, was
born James (Seamus) Brennan on 1 December 1929 at Carrowkeel,
Co. Roscommon, the seventh of ten
children born to James Brennan and his wife Kate (née O'Dowd) who were
farmers. He was initially educated at the local…...
Comerford, James ('Jim') Joseph
(1901–88), nationalist, judge and parade
organiser, was born on 7 January 1901 in the family home at
Coolraheen, Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny, the
only child of John Comerford, farmer, of Coolraheen, and his wife Julia (née
Kavanagh), schoolteacher, from…...
Flinn, Hugo (Hugh) (1922–2010), businessman, was born in Rushbrooke, Cobh, Co. Cork, on 11 June 1922, the eldest of two sons of Hugo Victor Flinn (qv), of Rushbrooke, and his wife Monica (née Wilson). His father was an engineer,…...
Gallagher, Michael Paul (1939–2015), Jesuit theologian, writer and lecturer, was born 26 August 1939 at 15 Hatch Street, Dublin, the only child of Andrew Gallagher and his wife Christine (née O’Brien), both doctors. He grew up in Collooney, Co. Sligo, and attended Camphill National…...
Murphy, John (c.1755–1832), engraver and educational publisher, was born in Cork city and reared in its northern suburbs, around Mallow Lane. At the age of seventeen he emigrated to London, led by his ‘predilection for the Fine Arts and a desire to cultivate an inclination for…...