Butler, Pierce (1744–1822), soldier, planter, slaveholder, delegate to the constitutional convention and US senator, was born in Ballintemple House, Co. Carlow on 11 July 1744, the third son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th baronet of Cloughgrenan and member of the Irish parliament, and his…...
St George, Richard St George Mansergh (c.1752–98), landlord, artist
and soldier,
was born Richard St George Mansergh, the only son of James Mansergh, landowner and
soldier of Macrony Castle, Co. Cork, and his
second wife Mary, a natural daughter of Lieutenant-General…...
Thompson, Samuel (Sam) (1916–65), playwright and shipyard worker, was born 21 May 1916 at 2 Montrose Street, Ballymacarrett, Belfast, one of the eight children of Hugh Thompson, lamplighter and part-time sexton of the Church of Ireland St Clement's church, and his wife, Margaret, née…...