Anderson, John
(1815–1905), woollen merchant, geologist, bibliographer, and local politician, was born 8 July 1815 near Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. After moving to Belfast he entered (1840) the woollen business in Donegall St. founded by James Young in 1795. Anderson's eminence…...
Gailey, Robert Alan (1935–2013), folklife
scholar and museum director, was born on 4
October 1935 in Galway.
Known by his middle name, Alan was the second child of Andrew J. Gailey (d. 1963), a
presbyterian minister in Galway, and Mary Gailey (née Porter). He had two sisters.
From…...
Lyster, Thomas William
(1855–1922), librarian and author, was born 17 December 1855 in Co. Kilkenny, son of Thomas Lyster of Rathdowney, Co. Laois, and Jane Lyster (née Smith) of Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. Of a quaker family, he was educated at Wesley College, Dublin, before…...