Nugent, Christopher
Nugent, Christopher (1697/8–1775), physician, was born into a prosperous catholic family, possibly in Co. Tipperary, in late 1697 or early 1698. Educated in France, he graduated MD (probably in Montpellier) and returned to work as physician…...
Nugent, Sir John
Nugent, Sir John (1806–99), inspector of lunacy, was born in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, son of John Nugent, gentleman; no other details of his family are known. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College (1816–21) before entering TCD; he…...
O'Beirne, Seamas (Ó Beirn, Séamus; Byrne, James Fahy
O'Beirne, Seamas (Ó Beirn, Séamus; Byrne, James Fahy ) (1881–1935), medical doctor, dramatist, and businessman, was born 18 July 1881 on Tawin island, Co. Galway, the eldest son among at least three sons and two daughters of Patrick Byrne, farmer, and Mary Byrne (née Fahy), of Kinvara…...
O'Brien, Mary Lucy
O'Brien, Mary Lucy (1923–2006), missionary sister and doctor in Africa, was born Nora Veronica O'Brien on 17 August 1923 in Ballinderry, in the parish of Cummer, near Tuam, Co. Galway, the second eldest in a family of four girls and four boys of Michael O'Brien and his wife Nora (née…...
O'Carroll, Michael William ffrench-
O'Carroll, Michael William ffrench- (1919–2007), politician, doctor, and social campaigner, was born 15 September 1919 at 89 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, the eldest of two sons and a daughter of Arthur Stephens ffrench-O'Carroll (1896–1952), medical doctor then in military service,…...
O'Casey, Eileen
O'Casey, Eileen (1897–1995), actress, author, and wife of writer Sean O'Casey (qv), was born 27 December 1897 in Dublin, youngest among three children of Edward Reynolds , accountant, from Athlone, Co. Westmeath, and Kathleen Reynolds (…...
Ó Ceallaigh, Séamus
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O'Connell, John
O'Connell, John (1927–2013), medical doctor, businessman and politician, was born in a tenement at 73 Aungier Street, Dublin, on 20 January 1927, the fifth child of three sons and three daughters of John O'Connell, a half-blind, semi-literate British army pensioner, and his wife Mary (…...
O'Connor, Denis Charles
O'Connor, Denis Charles (1808–88), physician, was born in Bandon, Co. Cork, the son of Denis O'Connor, a shoemaker. Educated locally at one of the schools endowed by the duke of Devonshire, he entered TCD on 18 May 1826, aged nineteen.…...
O'Connor, Fergal
O'Connor, Fergal (1926–2005), priest and philosopher, was born Thomas Francis O'Connor on 6 December 1926 in Rathmorrel, Causeway, Co. Kerry, third of seven children of Henry O'Connor, national school teacher, and his wife Nora (née Egan). O'Connor's grandfather had also been a…...
O'Connor, James Joseph
O'Connor, James Joseph (1874?–1955), principal of the Veterinary College of Ireland, may have been born on 22 May 1874, and was son of a prosperous farmer at Ward House, the Ward, north Co. Dublin. His parents were possibly Daniel O'Connor and Eliza O'Connor (née Moyles), and he…...
O'Connor, James Malachy
O'Connor, James Malachy (1886–1974), physiologist, was born in Limerick on 9 February 1886, the son of Michael Roderick O'Connor, visiting physician at Barrington's Hospital, and Kathleen O'Connor (née Bowler). He was educated at the Crescent College, Limerick, and then entered…...
O'Connor, Michael Patrick
O'Connor, Michael Patrick (1896–1967), doctor, writer, and broadcaster, was born 15 October 1896 in Loughrea, Co. Galway, the son of Thomas O'Connor, RIC sergeant, of Athenry Rd, Loughrea, and Mary O'Connor (née Scanlon). Reared a…...
O'Dea, Denis
O'Dea, Denis (1903–78), actor, was born 26 April 1903 in Dublin, the only child of Michael O'Dea, RIC officer, and Katherine O'Dea (née Neilson), both originally from north Co. Kerry. At the time of Denis's birth they were living at…...
O'Dea, James Augustine (‘Jimmy’)
O'Dea, James Augustine (‘Jimmy’) (1899–1965), actor and comedian, was born 26 April 1899 at 11 Lower Bridge St., Dublin, over his parents’ toyshop in the historic but dilapidated Liberties. Both parents, twice-widowed James O'Dea and his third wife, Martha (née O'Gorman), former…...
O'Doherty, (Eamonn) Feighin
O'Doherty, (Eamonn) Feighin (1918–98), priest, academic, and psychologist, was born in Dublin on 10 February 1918, youngest son among four sons and two daughters of Séamus O'Doherty (qv), revolutionary, and his wife Kitty O'Doherty (qv). His…...
O'Doherty, Kevin Izod
O'Doherty, Kevin Izod (1823–1905), Young Irelander, MP, and medical doctor, was born 7 September 1823 in Dublin, youngest of two sons and two daughters of William Izod Doherty (d. 1832), a catholic solicitor, and Anne Doherty (née McEvoy). Educated at Dr Wall's school in Hume St.,…...
O'Donohue, John Joseph
O'Donohue, John Joseph (1956–2008), priest, philosopher and spiritual writer, was born 2 January 1956 in Ennistymon hospital, Co. Clare, eldest of three sons and one daughter of Patrick O'Donohue (d. 1970s), a small farmer and stonemason (whom John remembered as a profound influence…...
O'Donohue, Maura
O'Donohue, Maura (1933–2015), missionary doctor and public health campaigner, was born on 2 March 1933 at Likeen, her family home in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, the second of four children (two girls and two boys) of Andrew O’Donohue, a farmer, and his wife Kate (née O’Brien). Mary Brigid, as…...
O'Donovan, Frederick Michael ('Fred')
O'Donovan, Frederick Michael ('Fred') (1929–2010), theatrical impresario, theatre and radio producer, and public figure, was born 27 May 1929 at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, the fourth of six sons of John O'Donovan, of 53 Casino Road, Croydon Park, Fairview,…...
Ó Faracháin, Roibeárd (Farren, Robert)
Ó Faracháin, Roibeárd (Farren, Robert) (1909–84), poet, broadcaster, and director of the Abbey Theatre, was born Robert Farren on 24 April 1909 in Lower Grand Canal St., Dublin, son of Henry Farren, stone-cutter, and Catherine Farren (née Gray). His father, who played a prominent role…...
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick
O'Flanagan, Kevin Patrick (1919–2006), athlete, rugby and soccer international, Olympics administrator and medical doctor, was born on 10 June 1919 in Dublin, son of Timothy O'Flanagan, tobacconist, and his wife Teresa (née McLaughlin). Raised in Terenure, he attended the Christian…...
O'Glacan (Ó Glacan), Nial
O'Glacan (Ó Glacan), Nial (d. 1665?), physician and writer, was born in Co. Donegal sometime in the last quarter of the sixteenth century. Very little is known of his early life, but his own writings indicate that he was trained as a physician by one of the Mac Duinntsleibhe (…...
O'Halloran, Sylvester
O'Halloran, Sylvester (1728–1807), surgeon and historian, was born 31 December 1728 at Caherdavin, Co. Clare, third son of Michael O'Halloran, a prosperous catholic farmer, and Mary O'Halloran (née McDonnell). His brothers were Joseph Ignatius, later a member of the Society of Jesus,…...
O'Hara, Maureen
O’Hara, Maureen (1920–2015), actor, was born Maureen FitzSimons on 17 August 1920 at the family home at 32 Upper Beechwood Avenue in Ranelagh, Dublin. Her father, Charles Stewart Parnell FitzSimons, managed a high-end clothing company and was part-owner of Dublin’s Shamrock Rovers FC.…...