Kelly, Richard John
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Kennedy, Eileen
Kennedy, Eileen (1914–83), district justice, was born 30 May 1914 in Dublin, daughter of Patrick Kennedy, solicitor, and Delia Kennedy (née Blood). Educated at St Louis convent, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, where her father had established a legal practice, she qualified as a…...
Kennedy, Hugh
Kennedy, Hugh (1879–1936), first attorney general and chief justice of the Irish Free State, was born 11 July 1879 in Dublin, eldest among five children of Hugh Boyle Kennedy (d. 1923) of 8 Great Denmark St., Dublin (a Donegal-born surgeon who had spent some years in the Society of…...
Kenney, James Christopher Fitzgerald-
Kenney, James Christopher Fitzgerald- (1878–1956), politician and lawyer, was born 30 April 1878, in Ballyglass, Co. Mayo, second surviving son of James Christopher Fitzgerald-Kenney of Kilcloger, Co. Galway, and his wife Helena, daughter of Maj. Patrick Crean-Lynch of Clogher House, Co…...
Kenny, John Joseph
Kenny, John Joseph (1917–87), lawyer and judge, was born 19 April 1917, eldest son of John Kenny, building contractor, of 14 Green Park, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, and his wife, Lucy O'Dea. Kenny senior later unsuccessfully sued the president of the executive council,…...
Keogh, William Nicholas
Keogh, William Nicholas (1817–78), MP and judge, was born 17 December 1817 in Mary St., Galway city, eldest son of William Keogh, solicitor and clerk of the crown, and his wife Mary, daughter of Austin French of Rahoon, Co. Galway. After attending Dr Huddard's school on Mountjoy…...
Kernan, Randal
Kernan, Randal (1774–1844), barrister and catholic politician, was born on 20 March 1774, youngest of the four sons of Edward Kernan (d. 1796?) of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, and his wife Anne (née McDonnell). The eldest son was Edward…...
Kinlen, Dermot Patrick
Kinlen, Dermot Patrick (1930–2007), barrister, judge and penal reformer, was born 24 April 1930 in Dublin, the eldest of two sons and one daughter of Louis P. Kinlen, of Darwin Hall, 200 Rathfarnham Road, Dublin, a building contractor, and his wife Aileen (née O'Donnell). Educated…...
Lardner, James Carrige Rushe
Lardner, James Carrige Rushe (1879–1925), lawyer and politician, was born 22 May 1879 at the Diamond, Monaghan town, the eldest of five children of Hugh William Lardner, a commercial traveller, and his wife Annie Lardner (née Loughran). He was educated at the local Christian Brothers…...
Lavery, Cecil Patrick Linton
Lavery, Cecil Patrick Linton (1894–1967), lawyer and judge, was born 6 October 1894 in Armagh, the second son in a family of five sons of Patrick Lavery, solicitor, and his wife Rose (née Vallely). He was educated at St Patrick's College, Armagh, Castleknock College, Dublin, and…...
Law, Hugh Alexander
Law, Hugh Alexander (1872–1943), politician and lawyer, was born in Dublin, second son of Hugh Law (qv), of Co. Down, later lord chancellor of Ireland, and his wife Ellen Maria, daughter of William White of Dublin. Educated at Rugby and University…...
Lawless, John
Lawless, John (1780?–1837), lawyer, journalist, and political agitator, was the eldest son among twenty-one children of Philip Lawless, brewer, of Warren Mount, Mill St., Dublin, and his wife Bridget (née Savage). Philip's younger brother, Barry, of Cherrywood, near Bray, was a delegate…...
Lawless, Luke
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Leamy, Edmund
Leamy, Edmund (1848–1904), writer, politician, and lawyer, was born 25 December 1848 in Waterford city. Educated at University High School, Waterford, St John's College, Waterford, and St Stanislaus College in Tullabeg, he was admitted a solicitor in 1878 and called to the Irish…...
Lehane, Con
Lehane, Con (1912–83), republican, politician, solicitor and actor, was born in Belfast on 7 May 1912, the only surviving child of Denis Lehane (Donncadh Ó Liatháinn), an excise officer originally from Co. Cork, and his wife Mary (née Connolly), a native of the Falls Road in Belfast…...
Lenihan, Brian
Lenihan, Brian (1959–2011), politician, was born on 21 May 1959 in Athlone, Co. Westmeath, eldest of five sons and one daughter of Brian Lenihan (qv), Fianna Fáil politician, and his wife Ann (née Devine). His grandfather…...
Lindsay, Patrick James
Lindsay, Patrick James (1914–93), barrister and politician, was born 18 January 1914 in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, eldest of three sons and four daughters of Patrick Lindsay, post office worker, and his wife Mary (née Keegan). When he was eighteen months old his parents returned to…...
Little, Patrick John (‘P. J.’)
Little, Patrick John (‘P. J.’) (1884–1963), journalist, lawyer, and politician, was born 17 June 1884 in Dundrum, Co. Dublin, son of Philip Francis Little and Mary Jane Little (née Holdwright). His father, born in Canada of Irish parents, was a former leader of the Liberal party in…...
Lynch, Fionán (Finian)
Lynch, Fionán (Finian) (1889–1966), politician and judge, was born 17 March 1889 in Cahirciveen, Co. Kerry, fourth son of Finian Lynch of Kilmakerin, Cahirciveen, national teacher, and Ellen Maria Lynch (née McCarthy). Educated at St Brendan's, Killarney; Rockwell College, Co. Tipperary…...
Lynch, (Robert) Roebuck
Lynch, (Robert) Roebuck (c.1606–1667), 2nd baronet, lawyer, and politician, was eldest son of Henry Lynch (d. 1634), 1st baronet (1622), and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Martin and widow of James Darcy. The Lynches, one of the ‘tribes of Galway’, had extensive…...
Lynch, Stanislaus John
Lynch, Stanislaus John (1831–1915), landed estates court registrar, land commissioner, and estates commissioner, was the second son of Patrick Lynch, JP, of Tara Hall, Co. Meath, and Rathermon, Co. Sligo, and his wife, Marcella, daughter…...
Macauliffe, Max
Macauliffe, Max, also known as Michael McAuliffe (1838–1913), Indian Civil Service judge and Sikh scholar, was born 11 September 1838 in Glenmore, Monagea, Co. Limerick, eldest of five sons and seven daughters of John McAuliffe, schoolteacher and farmer, and Julia McAuliffe (née Browne…...
MacBride, Seán
MacBride, Seán (1904–88), lawyer and politician, was born in Paris on 26 January 1904. He was the only child of the marriage of Major John MacBride (qv) and (Edith) Maud Gonne (qv) and…...
MacCarthy, John George
MacCarthy, John George (1829–92), MP and land commissioner, was the son of John MacCarthy, of Cork, merchant, and his wife, Jane, daughter of George O'Driscoll, of Cork, distiller. He was educated at St Vincent's Seminary in Cork. In 1845 he delivered the welcome address to the…...
MacDermot, Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke
MacDermot, Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke (1834–1904), solicitor general and attorney general for Ireland, was born 1 July 1834 at the family seat at Coolavin, Co. Sligo, the eldest of twelve children of Charles Joseph MacDermot (1794–1873), JP and…...