McSparran, Daniel
McSparran, Daniel (1888–1964), doctor and newspaper proprietor, was born 5 February 1888, one of the five sons of James McSparran, merchant and farmer, and his wife, Annie McSparran (née McDonnell), in Cushendun, Co. Antrim. The McSparrans were a highly respected family from the…...
McWeeney, Edmund Joseph
McWeeney, Edmund Joseph (1864–1925), professor of pathology, was born 8 March 1864 in Dublin, third son of Theophilus Joseph McWeeney (1833?–15 October 1900) of Beaumont, Terenure Road, Rathgar, Co. Dublin, a journalist with the Freeman's Journal, and his wife Margaret (1841?–1…...
Meade, Henry Sords
Meade, Henry Sords (1884–1952), surgeon, was born in December 1884 in Amoy, South China, the son of Henry John Meade and his wife Mary Josephine Meade. At the time of his birth the family was based in China, where his father worked in the imperial civil service, but they returned…...
Meenan, James Nahor
Meenan, James Nahor (1879–1950), doctor and academic, was born 24 October 1879 in Corbally House, Fintona, Co. Tyrone, sixth among eleven children of Patrick Meenan, farmer and JP, and Mary Meenan (née Donnelly). Educated at St Macartan's…...
Meenan, Patrick Nahor
Meenan, Patrick Nahor (1917–2008), microbiologist and physician, the second of three sons of James Nahor Meenan (qv), professor of systemic medicine at UCD, and Mary Elizabeth Meenan (née…...
Mitchel, Charles Gerald
Mitchel, Charles Gerald (1920–96), actor and broadcaster, was born 8 November 1920 at Montpelier Manor, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, third among four children of Albert David Mitchel, manufacturer of religious goods, and Netta Mitchel (née Fitzgerald), also a company director, from…...
Montgomery, James
Montgomery, James (1870–1943), filmcensor, was born 8 October 1870 in Dublin, son of Thomas Montgomery and Mary Montgomery (née Dempsey), of Lime St., Dublin. Educated at CBS, Westland Row, he worked on the engineering staff of the…...
Moore, Henry Francis
Moore, Henry Francis (1887–1954), doctor, was born 4 June 1887 in Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, younger son among two sons and one daughter of James Moore, a civil engineer engaged in railway construction in Peru before returning to Ireland suffering from tuberculosis, and his wife (…...
Moore, Kieron
Moore, Kieron (1924–2007), actor and catholic activist, was born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, on 5 October 1924, one of four sons and two daughters of the Gaelic Leaguer and political activist Peadar Ó hAnnracháin (1873–1965) and his wife Máire Ní Dheasúna (Desmond) (…...
Moore, Michael
Moore, Michael (c.1639–1726), priest, philosopher and educationist, was born in Bridge St., Dublin, son of Andrew Moore and Mary Moore (née Dowdall) of Mountown (Monktown, Co. Meath). In the 1650s Moore travelled to Nantes, where he received an education in the humanities…...
Moore, Theophilus
Moore, Theophilus (c.1730–c.1809), almanack compiler, may have been born in King's Co. (Offaly), but details of his life are scant and conflicting. John McCall (qv) in his comprehensive ‘History of Irish almanacks’ (written 1878; unpublished…...
Morgan, Dermot
Morgan, Dermot (1952–98), comedian, was born 31 March 1952 in a nursing home at 7 Herbert Place, Dublin, third child and elder son among two sons and two daughters of Donnchadh Morgan (d. 1974, suddenly in his early 50s), a civil servant, native of Thurles, Co. Tipperary, and Hildegarde…...
Moriarty, John Stephen
Moriarty, John Stephen (1938–2007), philosopher and shaman, was born 2 February 1938 at Moyvane, near Listowel, Co. Kerry, fourth of six children (two sons and four daughters) of James Moriarty, smallholder and native speaker of Irish (with eleven cows and 'thirty-two acres of bad,…...
Mullen, (Daniel) Karl
Mullen, (Daniel) Karl (1926–2009), rugby player and gynaecologist, was born on 26 November 1926 in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford, one of three sons and seven daughters of Daniel Mullen, an officer of the customs and excise, and his wife Annie (née Hargrove). Daniel had known and greatly…...
Murnaghan, Maurice Francis
Murnaghan, Maurice Francis (1917–82), physiologist and pharmacologist, was born 1917 in Dublin, second youngest child among three sons and two daughters of Daniel Murnaghan, general practitioner (son of George Murnaghan (qv)), and…...
Murphy, Arthur
Murphy, Arthur (1727–1805), dramatist, actor, and lawyer, was born 27 December 1727 at his mother's family home at Cloonyquin, Co. Roscommon, the fifth (and second surviving) child of Richard Murphy, a prosperous Dublin merchant, and his wife, Jane (née French) (d. 1761). Following…...
Murphy, John
Murphy, John (c.1755–1832), engraver and educational publisher, was born in Cork city and reared in its northern suburbs, around Mallow Lane. At the age of seventeen he emigrated to London, led by his ‘predilection for the Fine Arts and a desire to cultivate an inclination for…...
Murphy, (John Francis) Desmond ('Jack')
Murphy, (John Francis) Desmond ('Jack') (1913–2005), military psychiatrist, was born 22 May 1913 in Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, the son of Francis Murphy, a merchant, and his wife Annie (née Murphy). After attending Clongowes Wood College (1925–31), Murphy studied…...
Murphy, William Lombard
Murphy, William Lombard (1876–1943), surgeon and newspaper proprietor, was born 1 October 1876 in Rathmines, Dublin, eldest of nine children of William Martin Murphy (qv), architect, politician, and founder of Independent…...
Murray, Sir James
Murray, Sir James (1788–1871), doctor and chemist, was born in Co. Londonderry, probably in Culrady, near Maghera, eldest son of Edward Murray and Belinda Murray (née Powell). He was brought up as a Roman catholic; he had at least two brothers, and possibly other siblings. His brother…...
Nedley, Thomas
Nedley, Thomas (1819–99), surgeon and wit, was born in Dublin; nothing is known of his family background. Educated at Castleknock College, he then went to Scotland to study medicine and was made a licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (1851). In August 1856 he…...
Neligan, Maurice Christopher
Neligan, Maurice Christopher (1937–2010), cardiac surgeon and commentator, was born on 15 May 1937 at his parents' home, 31 St Helen's Road, Booterstown, Co. Dublin, the only son among three children of John Neligan, army officer, and his wife Nan (née Kelly). His father was a…...
Nihell (Nihil), James
Nihell (Nihil), James (1705–59), physician and author, was born in Limerick, second son among five sons and four daughters of Laurence Nihell, merchant, and Alice Nihell (née Arthur). He was educated in France at the Jesuit Collège Royale de la Flèche, near Le Mans, and studied medicine…...
Nixon, Sir Christopher John
Nixon, Sir Christopher John (1849–1914), physician, was born 30 June 1849 in Dublin, son of Christopher William Nixon, railway agent, and Mary Frances Nixon (née Hackett). He was educated at Terenure College, Dublin, and studied at the Catholic University School of Medicine (CUSM),…...
Nolan, Thomas
Nolan, Thomas (1872/3–1939), newspaper editor and publisher, was educated at the CBS, Tralee, Co. Kerry; few other details of his early life are available. As a young man he joined the clerical staff of J. B. Healy, building…...