Ó Murchadha, Seán na Ráithíneach
Ó Murchadha, Seán na Ráithíneach (1700–62), poet and scribe, was born in early March 1700 in Carrignavar, Co. Cork, son of farmer Diarmuid Ó Murchadha. His mother's name is unknown but according to Ó Donnchadha either his mother or grandmother was a descendent of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh ‘na…...
Ó Neachtain, Seán
Ó Neachtain, Seán (c.1640–1729), poet and teacher, was born in the east of Co. Roscommon, son of Tadhg Ó Neachtain, farmer, of Co. Roscommon; nothing is known of his mother. In his early years Seán lived and owned a farm in the parish of Drum in the barony of Athlone, Co.…...
Ó Neachtain, Tadhg
Ó Neachtain, Tadhg (1671–c.1752), writer, scribe, lexicographer, and teacher, was born in Dublin, the first child among two sons and one daughter of Seán Ó Neachtain (qv), teacher and creative writer, and his wife, Úna Ní Bhroin,…...
Ó Néill, Séamas
Ó Néill, Séamas (1910–81), Irish language writer, was born 21 May 1910, in Clárchoill, Clough, Co. Down, son of John O'Neill, a carriage-maker, and his wife, Mary Small. His father had married twice and O'Neill was the child of the second marriage and had two stepbrothers, two…...
Ó Nualláin, Ciarán
Ó Nualláin, Ciarán (1910–83), journalist and Irish-language writer, was born 2 February 1910, in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, one of twelve children of customs and excise officer Micheál Victor Ó Nualláin and his wife, Aigneas Ní Ghoirmligh, both from Omagh, Co. Tyrone. He was a brother of the…...
Ó Nualláin, Gearóid
Ó Nualláin, Gearóid (1874–1942), Irish scholar, was born 22 May 1874 in Deargmhuine, Co. Tyrone, one of eight children of Dónal Ó Nualláin, a schoolteacher, and his wife, Jane Mellon. His nephew, Ciarán Ó Nualláin (qv), noted that Dónal Ó…...
O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis (‘T. F.’)
O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis (‘T. F.’) (1882–1953), scholar, was born 11 November 1882 in Listowel, Co. Kerry, seventh among fifteen surviving children of Thomas Francis Rahilly of Ballylongford, businessman and later court clerk, and Julia Mary Rahilly (née Curry) of Glin, Co.…...
Ó Rathaille, Aogán
Ó Rathaille, Aogán (1670?–1728/9), poet, was probably born in Co. Kerry. Origins There is no direct evidence of his date of birth or family origins, but notes in multiple manuscript compilations of his work agree that he was born on the Kerry side of the intersection of counties Kerry…...
Ó Ríordáin, Seán
Ó Ríordáin, Seán (1916–77), poet, diarist, and essayist, was born in Ballyvourney, Co. Cork, on 3 December 1916. His father, also named Seán, was a cobbler by trade and a native of the area, in which the Irish language was, by then, in sharp decline. The writer's mother, Margaret…...
Ó Rodaighe, Tadhg ((O) Rod(d)y, Thady/ Thadeus; Roddij, Thadei; Tadhg mac Gearóid Óig)
Ó Rodaighe, Tadhg ((O) Rod(d)y, Thady/ Thadeus; Roddij, Thadei; Tadhg mac Gearóid Óig) (1614–1706), scholar, patron, and Jacobite, was a native of Achadh na Croise (Aroddy), Fenagh, Co. Leitrim. The death (2 August 1680) of his father, Gearóid, is known to us from ‘Truagh an mhaidhmsi…...
Ó Ruairc, Manus
Ó Ruairc, Manus (c.1658–1743), priest, poet, and translator, was born in Clashmore, Co. Waterford. Nothing is known of his parents or his life before he left Ireland. He was educated and ordained in Paris and lived there until 1720, one of 400 Irish priests living in…...
Ó Síocháin (Sheehan), Pádraig Augustine
Ó Síocháin (Sheehan), Pádraig Augustine (1905–95), journalist, barrister, and Irish-language activist, was born 26 May 1905 in Kanturk, Co. Cork, sixth child and fourth son among five sons and five daughters of Daniel D. Sheehan…...
Ó Siochfhradha, Pádraig (‘An Seabhac’)
Ó Siochfhradha, Pádraig (‘An Seabhac’) (1883–1964), teacher, writer and Irish language activist, was born 10 March 1883 in Burnham East, near Dingle, Co. Kerry, one of nine children of gamekeeper Patrick Sugrue and his wife, Ellen Cleary. Mícheál Ó Siochfhradha (1901?–1986), dramatist…...
Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey)
Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey) (1783–1838), diarist, seanchaí (storyteller), schoolteacher, and draper, was born 1 May 1783 in Glenfesk, near Killarney, Co. Kerry, probably the eldest of several children born to Donncha Ó Súilleabháin (1738–1808),…...
Ó Súilleabháin, Eoghan ‘Rua’
Ó Súilleabháin, Eoghan ‘Rua’ (c.1748–1784), poet, was born in Meentoges, some 12 km east of Killarney in the parish of Kilcummin, Co. Kerry, one of three or four sons of Parthalón Ó Súilleabháin, tenant farmer, and his wife, whose surname may have been Ní Scannail. Any account…...
Ó Súilleabháin, Seán
Ó Súilleabháin, Seán (1903–96), folklorist, was born 30 November 1903 in Derrylough in the parish of Tuosist, Co. Kerry, second youngest of six children of teachers Eoghan Ó Súilleabháin and his wife, Helena Ní Shúilleabháin. Of the six children, five became national schoolteachers. Ó…...
Ó Súilleabháin, Tadhg ‘Gaelach’
Ó Súilleabháin, Tadhg ‘Gaelach’ (O'Sullivan, Timothy) (1715?–1795), poet, was probably born in the parish of Killeedy, about 8 km south of Newcastle West, Co. Limerick. Nothing is known about his immediate family or early life, but his Irish translations of prayers in the Latin breviary…...
Ó Tuathail (O'Toole), Éamonn
Ó Tuathail (O'Toole), Éamonn (1882/3–1956), Irish-language scholar, was born in 1882/3 in Barndarrig, a townland on the border between counties Dublin and Wicklow, the son of Terence O'Toole of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow (who was a brother of the Rathvilly schoolmaster Éamonn O'Toole), and…...
Pearse, Patrick Henry
Pearse, Patrick Henry (1879–1916), writer, educationalist, and revolutionary, was born 10 November 1879 at the family home, 27 Great Brunswick Street (latterly Pearse Street) Dublin, the elder son and second of the four children of James Pearse, stone carver and monumental sculptor,…...
Pléimeann, Seán
Pléimeann, Seán (Fleming, John) (1814–97), lexicographer, scribe, and editor, was born in Ballyneil, Mothel, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Waterford, where his father worked on the estate of the Barron family. Seán received his earliest education in the Irish language and Irish literature from…...
Plunkett, Richard (Risteard Pluincéid)
Plunkett, Richard (Risteard Pluincéid) (fl. 1662), Franciscan friar and dictionary compiler, is of obscure origins. The Plunketts were one of the most prominent Old English families of the Pale, with titles such as ‘lord of Louth’, ‘Lord Dunsany’, and ‘baron of Killeen’.…...
Power, Maura Wyse (Máire)
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Power, Richard (Dick) (de Paor, Risteard)
Power, Richard (Dick) (de Paor, Risteard) (1928–70), civil servant and writer, was born 24 February 1928 in a private nursing home at 17 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, the eldest of five sons of Patrick Joseph Power, a bank official, originally of Kilrossanty, Co. Waterford, and…...
Quin, Coslett William Charles
Quin, Coslett William Charles (1907–95), clergyman and Irish scholar, was born 27 February 1907 at Derriaghy rectory, Co. Antrim, the only son of the Rev. Charles Edward Quin (d. 1936), rector of Derriaghy, and his wife Edith, daughter of Coslett Waddell of Magheralin, Co. Down.…...
Raymond, Anthony
Raymond, Anthony (1675–1726), clergyman and Irish-language scholar, was born in Ballyloughran, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, second son of Anthony Raymond, sheriff of Kerry, and his wife Ann (née Taylor). His family moved to Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, at some stage during his youth. Little is…...