Fitzgibbon, Gerald
Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1793–1882), lawyer and political writer, was born at Glin, Co. Limerick, on either 1 January or 31 December 1793 (the sources differ), fourth son of Garret or Gerald FitzGibbon, a farmer and weaver who left the catholic for the established church, and his wife…...
Fitzgibbon, Gerald
Fitzgibbon, Gerald (1837–1909), judge, was born 28 August 1837 in Dublin, the eldest child of the two sons and a daughter of Gerald Fitzgibbon (qv), judge, and his wife, Ellen (née Patterson), who came from Belfast. He was educated…...
Fitzgibbon, John
Fitzgibbon, John (1708?–1780), barrister and politician, was born probably in 1708, the first of the four sons of Thomas Fitzgibbon of Ballyseeda, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Honor, a daughter of William Hayes of Cahirguillamore, Co. Limerick. Thomas Fitzgibbon, whose father,…...
FitzGibbon, John
FitzGibbon, John (1748–1802), 1st earl of Clare , lawyer and politician, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, one of seven children of John Fitzgibbon (qv), a barrister and MP who had converted from catholicism, and his wife Elinor,…...
Fleming, Marie
Fleming, Marie (1953–2013), campaigner for assisted suicide, was born Eileen Mary Brolly on 26 December 1953 in Lifford, Co. Donegal, the first of five children (two girls and three boys) to Annette (née Maxwell) and Daniel Brolly, a painter and decorator. In 1969, when she was fourteen…...
Flood, Warden
Flood, Warden (1694–1764), lawyer and politician, was born at Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, eldest son among eight sons and one daughter of Francis Flood, MP for Callan, Co. Kilkenny (1703–5, 1713–14, 1715–27), and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of John Warden. Educated at…...
Forster, John
Forster, John (1667–1720), judge and MP, was the eldest son among at least two sons and two daughters of Richard Forster, of Clonshagh, Co. Dublin, militia colonel and later MP for Swords (1692–3), and his wife Anne (née Webber). He entered …...
Fox, Luke
Fox, Luke (1757–1819), politician and chief justice of the common pleas, was the fifth son of Michael Fox of Tully, Co. Leitrim, and Margaret Fox (née Coane). Educated privately by Dr Armstrong, and at a grammar school in Cavan, he entered TCD…...
Freyer, Sir Peter Johnston
Freyer, Sir Peter Johnston (1851–1921), surgeon, was born 21 July 1851 at Selerna, Ballynahinch, Co. Galway, eldest son of Samuel Freyer, farmer, and Celia Freyer (née Burke). Educated at Erasmus Smith's grammar school, Galway, he entered QCG…...
Fullerton, Andrew
Fullerton, Andrew (1868–1934), surgeon, was born 20 March 1868 in Wesley Street, Cavan, the third son of the seven children of Rev. Alexander Fullerton, a methodist clergyman, and his wife Mary Jane (née Moffitt), a close relative of General Gordon of Khartoum. His paternal…...
Gaine, Hugh
Gaine, Hugh (1726–1807), printer and newspaper editor in New York, was born in Portglenone, Co. Antrim, the son of Hugh Gaine, possibly a merchant. There was at least one other son, who also emigrated. The family was Church of Ireland, although in a 1766 religious census family…...
Gerrard, Sir William
Gerrard, Sir William (d. 1581), lord chancellor of Ireland, was son of Gilbert Gerrard of Ince, Lancashire, and his wife Eleanor, daughter of William Davison, alderman of Chester. He was a cousin of Sir Gilbert Gerrard, master of the rolls in England. William Gerrard entered…...
Goold (Gould), Thomas
Goold (Gould), Thomas (1765–1846), lawyer and master of the court of chancery, was born in Cork city, son of John Goold, soldier, of Limerick, and Mary Anne Goold (née Quin). Educated locally, he entered TCD (1781), graduating…...
Gore, John
Gore, John (1718–84), Baron Annaly of Tenelick , politician and judge, was born 2 March 1718, the second of three sons of George Gore (1675–1753) and his wife, Bridget, daughter and heir of John Sankey of Tenelick, Co. Longford; he also had one sister. His father was an MP until…...
Graves, John Thomas
Graves, John Thomas (1806–70), jurist and mathematician, was born 4 December 1806 at 12 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, eldest son of four boys and one girl of John Crosbie Graves, chief police magistrate of Dublin, and his wife Helena, daughter of the Rev. Charles Perceval, rector of…...
Graves, Robert James
Graves, Robert James (1796–1853), physician and teacher, was born 28 March 1796 in Dublin, youngest of three sons and seventh among ten children of Richard Graves (1763–1829), author, professor of divinity at TCD, and dean of Ardagh, and his…...
Gray, Samuel (‘Sam’)
Gray, Samuel (‘Sam’) (1782–1848), Orangeman and magistrate, was born 18 June 1782 in Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, son of William Gray, innkeeper and property-owner, and his wife (name unknown). Soon after 1798 he joined the yeomanry and the Orange order; by the 1820s he was master of…...
Greatrakes, William
Greatrakes, William (1723/5–81), barrister and soldier, was born in Waterford, third son of Allen Greatrakes, gentleman, of Mount Lahan, Co. Cork, and Frances Greatrakes (née Supple) of Aghadoe, Co. Kerry. He entered TCD (July 1740) and…...
Greene, Juan Nassau
Greene, Juan Nassau (1918–79), farmer and medical doctor, was born 19 September 1918 in Argentina, third son and fifth child of John Nassau Greene (1890–1973), native of Kilkea, Castledermot, Co. Kildare, and Annie Kathleen Greene (née Jackson) (1888/9–1973), third daughter of…...
Grey, Mona Elizabeth Clara
Grey, Mona Elizabeth Clara (1910–2009), nurse, was born 24 September 1910 in Westridge, Rawalpindi, in the Punjab, then in India, the daughter of Albert Edward Grey and Grace Grey (née Dassing or Dashing). At the time of her birth her father was working as a guard on the North Western…...
Grierson, George
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Grierson, George
Grierson, George (1680?–1753), king's printer, a native of Scotland, possibly the younger son of George Grierson, an Edinburgh merchant, and his wife Margaret (née Allane), arrived in Ireland c.1703. Purchasing premises in Essex St., Dublin, he was admitted to the…...
Grierson, George Abraham
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Gubbins, Sir Charles Decimus O'Grady
Gubbins, Sir Charles Decimus O'Grady (1855–1911), medical doctor and parliamentarian, was born 23 May 1855 in Ballingarry, Co. Limerick, son of the Rev. George Gubbins and Dorothea Gubbins (née Purdon). He was educated in Tipperary and at TCD…...
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu (1908–2008), medical doctor, naturalist, explorer and editor, was born 5 August 1908 in the family home, St Dymphna's, Clontarf, Dublin, second eldest of three sons and two daughters of Edward John Gwynn (qv),…...