Moore, Robert
Moore, Robert (1886–1960), farmer, politician, and presbyterian minister, was born 26 September 1886 at Ballymacannon, Ringsend, near Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, son of Kennedy Moore, whose family had farmed in the area for generations, and Mary Elizabeth Moore (née McFetridge).…...
Morgan, James
Morgan, James (1799–1873), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1799 in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, second of three surviving sons of Thomas Morgan and Maria Morgan (née Collins); another brother died in infancy, and his mother died when James was 11. Thomas Morgan owned a linen…...
Moriarty, John Stephen
Moriarty, John Stephen (1938–2007), philosopher and shaman, was born 2 February 1938 at Moyvane, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, fourth of six children (two sons and four daughters) of James Moriarty, smallholder and native speaker of Irish (with eleven cows and 'thirty-two acres of bad,…...
Morrow, John Love
Morrow, John Love (1859–1940), presbyterian minister and golfer, was born 14 December 1859 in Dundermott House, near Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, a younger son of Matthew Morrow, a prosperous farmer, and Margaret Morrow (née Love). John was educated locally and at Ballymena Academy.…...
Morrow, John Watson
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Mullin, (Thomas) Hugh
Mullin, (Thomas) Hugh (1914–2006), presbyterian minister and historian, was born 22 September 1914 at Irish Green Street, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, second son in a family of four boys of John Barbour Mullin and his wife Effie (née Black). Both his parents were teachers. Hugh was…...
Murray, Nicholas
Murray, Nicholas (1802–61), presbyterian minister in the USA, was born 25 December 1802 in Ballynaskeagh, Co. Westmeath, or near Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. All that is known of his family background is that his father, Nicholas Murray, a Roman catholic farmer, wanted him to become a…...
Neilson, William (Mac Néill, Uilliam)
Neilson, William (Mac Néill, Uilliam) (1774–1821), presbyterian minister, classical and Irish-language scholar and writer, was born 12 September 1774 at Rademon, Kilmore, Co. Down, fourth among seven sons of the Rev. Moses Neilson (1739?–1823), schoolmaster and presbyterian minister of…...
Nelson, Isaac
Nelson, Isaac (1809–88), presbyterian minister and politician, was born in Belfast, son of Francis Nelson, greengrocer, of Barrack St., Belfast, who was said to have been a United Irishman in 1798. Little else is known of Isaac's early life, but in the late 1820s he was in the…...
Nevin, Thomas
Nevin, Thomas (c.1686–1744), presbyterian minister, was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, grandson of Hugh Nevin, vicar at Donaghadee, Co. Down. Educated at Glasgow College, he graduated MA (1703). On 20 November 1711 he was…...
Nicholson, William Patteson
Nicholson, William Patteson (1876–1959), evangelist, was born on 3 April 1876 in Cottown near Bangor, Co. Down, one among seven children of Capt. John G. Nicholson, merchant seaman, and his wife Ellen (née Campbell). The family was devoutly presbyterian; two sisters and a brother became…...
Norcott, William
Norcott, William (1773?–1820), barrister, satirist, and bon vivant, was eldest son of William Norcott of Charleville, Co. Cork, and Mary Norcott (née Knight). He entered TCD in July 1790, graduating BA…...
Nowlan, David Shackleton
Nowlan, David Shackleton (1936–2010), journalist, critic and medical doctor, was born on 19 May 1936 at 16 Lower Hatch Street, Dublin, the eldest of four children (two boys and two girls) of Revd George Nowlan (1904–74), rector (1935–9) of St Matthias's church, Dublin, and his wife…...
O'Faolain, Nuala
O'Faolain, Nuala (1940–2008), journalist, writer and feminist, was born 1 March 1940 in Clontarf, Dublin, the second of nine children (six daughters and three sons) of Terry O'Sullivan (qv) (Terry Phelan), journalist and broadcaster, and…...
O'Quinn, Jeremiah
O'Quinn, Jeremiah (d. 1658), presbyterian minister, was born to Irish-speaking catholic parents in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. Presumably raised a catholic, he later converted to protestantism. The local protestant landowner, Arthur Upton…...
Orpen, Goddard Henry
Orpen, Goddard Henry (1852–1932), lawyer and historian, was born on 8 May 1852 in Dublin, the fourth son of the five sons and three daughters of John Herbert Orpen, barrister, of Dublin, and Ellen Susan Gertrude, youngest daughter of Revd John Richards of Grange (latterly Monksgrange),…...
Paisley, Ian
Paisley, Ian Richard Kyle (1926–2014), Lord Bannside, protestant revivalist and politician, was born in Armagh city on 6 April 1926, younger of two sons of James Kyle Paisley (known as Kyle Paisley), baptist preacher, and his wife Isabella (née Turnbull), a former governess from Kilsyth…...
Park, William
Park, William (1844–1925), presbyterian minister, was born 29 March 1844 in Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, son of William Park; his mother's maiden name may have been McAlister. He had two uncles who were presbyterian ministers, and his cousin was John Park (d. 1913), professor of…...
Patterson, Robert
Patterson, Robert (1743–1824), mathematician and educator, was born 30 May 1743 at Hillsborough, Co. Down, eldest son among three sons and two daughters of Robert Patterson, presbyterian farmer, and Jane Patterson (née Walker). Educated locally, he displayed a natural talent for…...
Patterson, Robert James
Patterson, Robert James (1868–1930), presbyterian minister and temperance campaigner, was born 1 January 1868 in Ballymoyer, Whitecross, Co. Armagh, second son of Samuel Patterson and Margaret Patterson (née Ranton). His father was probably a farmer, but a half-brother and three…...
Paul, John
Paul, John (1777–1848), Reformed Presbyterian minister, was born at Tobernaveen, Co. Antrim, only son of John Paul, farmer; nothing is known of his mother. His classics teacher was a Mr Matthews; Paul attended the University of Glasgow and the Divinity Hall, and on 16 November…...
Peden, Alexander
Peden, Alexander (1626–86), covenanting minister, was born at Auchencloich, Sorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. Nothing is known of his parents, but he had at least two brothers, his family was well connected, and he was educated at Glasgow University. At a meeting of the presbytery of…...
Perry (Shaw), Alice Jacqueline
Perry (Shaw), Alice Jacqueline (1885–1969), engineer and Christian Scientist, was born in Wellpark, Co. Galway, one of five daughters and one son of James Perry, engineer and county surveyor for Galway, originally from Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, and Martha Perry (née Park), from…...
Porter, James
Porter, James (1752/3–1798), presbyterian minister and satirist, was born in the townland of Tamnawood, near Ballindrait in the Laggan district of Co. Donegal. His parents, who were presbyterians, were natives of the place and had three younger sons and four daughters. The father…...
Porter, John Scott
Porter, John Scott (1801–80), non-subscribing presbyterian minister, biblical scholar, theologian, and teacher, was born 31 December 1801 at Artikelly, Newtownlimavady (now known as Limavady), Co. Londonderry, the eldest among four children of William Porter and his first wife Mary…...