Plunkett, Nicholas
Plunkett, Nicholas (c.1601–80), lawyer and politician, was the third son of Christopher Plunkett, 9th Lord Killeen, and Jane, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon (qv), Lord Kilkenny-West, and sister of James, earl of Roscommon…...
Reddin, John Kenneth Sheils
Reddin, John Kenneth Sheils (1894–1967), district justice and writer, was born 24 March 1894 in Clontarf, Dublin, one of three sons of John Joseph Reddin, clerk of the Dublin Port and Docks Board, and Annie Teresa Reddin (née Sheils). His parents were keen patrons of the Irish…...
Redmond, Mary
Redmond, Mary (1950–2015), solicitor and founder of the Irish Hospice Foundation, was born on 25 August 1950, third in a family of six girls and a boy, to Dr John Redmond, civil servant, and his wife Mary (Máire) (née Lannin). She described her childhood in the family home on Mount Eden…...
Redmond, William Archer
Redmond, William Archer (1886–1932), politician, soldier, and lawyer, was born 16 October 1886 in London, only son among three children of John Edward Redmond (qv), member and subsequently leader of the Irish parliamentary party,…...
Reily (Reilly, O'Reilly), Hugh
Reily (Reilly, O'Reilly), Hugh (d. c.1695), Jacobite lord chancellor of Ireland and historian, was born in Co. Cavan, though his parents and date of birth are unknown. He was appointed (22 May 1686) a master in chancery by James…...
Rice, Sir Stephen
Rice, Sir Stephen (1637?–1715), lawyer and chief baron of the exchequer, was the son and heir of Edward Rice (d. a.1671) of Dingle, Co. Kerry. Rice's immediate background and the origins of his family are somewhat uncertain, although the surname was recorded in Dublin and…...
Rochford (Rochfort), Robert
Rochford (Rochfort), Robert (d. 1603), Palesman and lawyer, was the son of Christopher Rochford, of Kilbride, Co. Meath, and Margaret Lynce. On 20 August 1576 he was granted livery of his late father's lands, for which he paid a fine of £35. He was a prominent lawyer, and served…...
Ronan, Stephen
Ronan, Stephen (1848–1925), lawyer and lord justice of appeal in Ireland, was born 13 April 1848 in Cork city, eldest son of Walter Ronan, local catholic solicitor, and Sarah Ronan (née McNamara). Historically, the family had owned property in Limerick which brought with it…...
Rothe, Robert
Rothe, Robert (1550–1622), lawyer and antiquary, was born 28 April 1550, eldest son of David Rothe of Kilkenny and his wife Anastace, daughter of Patrick Archer, also of Kilkenny. The Rothes were part of a tightly knit group of families that dominated Kilkenny city. His first…...
Russell, Charles
Russell, Charles (1832–1900), Baron Russell of Killowen , lord chief justice of England and Wales 1894–1900, was born 10 November 1832 in Newry, Co. Down, one of six children of Arthur Russell, owner of a brewery in Newry, and Margaret Russell (née Mullan). She had five children by her…...
Ruttledge, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’, ‘P. J.’)
Ruttledge, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’, ‘P. J.’) (1892–1952), lawyer, politician, and racehorse owner, was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Educated at St Muredach's College, Ballina, and St Enda's school, run by Patrick Pearse (qv). he…...
Ryan, Eoin
Ryan, Eoin (1920–2001), lawyer, businessman, and politician, was born in Dublin on 12 June 1920, at a time when his father and mother were actively engaged in the war of independence. His father, Dr James Ryan (qv), when a medical student had…...
Scanlan, Thomas
Scanlan, Thomas (1872–1930), MP, journalist, lawyer, and magistrate, was born 21 May 1872 at Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo, the second son of Matthew Scanlan, farmer, and his wife Catherine. After his education at Summerhill College, Sligo, he moved to Glasgow, where he worked for a time…...
Scully, Vincent
Scully, Vincent (1810–71), barrister, landowner, banker, and politician, was the second son in the family of five sons and three daughters of Denys Scully (qv) and his second wife, Katherine (d. 1843), daughter of Vincent Eyre of…...
Sheehan, Daniel Desmond (‘D. D.’)
Sheehan, Daniel Desmond (‘D. D.’) (1873–1948), journalist, labour leader, MP, barrister, and soldier, was born 28 May 1873 at Dromtariffe, Kanturk, Co. Cork, the eldest of the three sons and one daughter of Daniel Sheehan, tenant farmer, and his wife, Ellen (née Fitzgerald). He…...
Sheehy, Eugene
Sheehy, Eugene (1883–1958), barrister and circuit court judge, was born 26 March 1883, the younger son of David Sheehy (qv), for many years a member of the Irish parliamentary party at Westminster and the Fenian Brotherhood, who was…...
Sherlock, David
Sherlock, David (1850–1940), barrister and peat industrialist, was born 27 March 1850 in Rahan Lodge, Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), second son among four sons and two daughters of David Sherlock (1814–84), lawyer and MP, of Stillorgan Castle, Co. Dublin, and his wife Elizabeth,…...
Skinner, James John
Skinner, James John (1923–2008), lawyer and politician, chief justice of Zambia and of Malawi, was born 24 July 1923 in Dublin, the only son of William Joseph Skinner, solicitor and registrar for Co. Tipperary, then living at 3 New Quay, Clonmel, and his wife Kathleen (née O'Donnell…...
Sugrue, Elizabeth (‘Lady Betty’)
Sugrue, Elizabeth (‘Lady Betty’) (1740/50–1807), executioner, is thought to have been born in Co. Kerry into a tenant farming family between 1740 and 1750. The location of her birth and names of her parents are not known, and available details of her life are largely anecdotal or…...
Sullivan, Alexander Martin
Sullivan, Alexander Martin (1871–1959), barrister, was born 14 January 1871 at Belfield, Drumcondra, Dublin, second son of Alexander Martin Sullivan (qv) (1830–84) and Frances Genevieve Sullivan (née Donovan). His father,…...
Sullivan, Timothy
Sullivan, Timothy (1874–1949), judge, was born 25 August 1874, the fourth son among nine sons and eight daughters of Timothy Daniel Sullivan (qv), nationalist journalist, politician, and poet, and Catherine Sullivan (née Healy…...
Sweetman, William Nicholas (‘Bill’)
Sweetman, William Nicholas (‘Bill’) (1903–99), journalist and judge, was born 6 December 1903 at 47 Merrion Square, Dublin, one of six children of John Sweetman (qv), of private means, and Agnes Sweetman (née Hanly). The family were…...
Synnott, Nicholas Joseph
Synnott, Nicholas Joseph (1856–1920), barrister and banker, was born 10 April 1856, second and eldest surviving son among six sons and two daughters of Thomas Synnott, corn merchant, of Glenageary, Co. Dublin, and his first wife, Catherine Maria (d. 1862), daughter of Timothy…...
Talbot, Sir Robert
Talbot, Sir Robert (b. 1608; d. in or after 1671), 2nd baronet, lawyer, and politician, was the son of Sir William Talbot (qv) (d. 1634) of Carton, Co. Kildare, and Alison, daughter of John Netterville of Castleton, Co. Meath. He was the…...
Talbot, Sir William
Talbot, Sir William (d. 1634), 1st baronet, recusant lawyer and MP, was the son of Robert Talbot of Carton and grandson of Sir Thomas Talbot of Malahide. The Talbots were one of the most important Old English families of the Pale, and he held extensive lands in Kildare. The Old…...