Jellett, Henry
Jellett, Henry (1872–1948), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born 29 May 1872 at Aghinagh, Killinardrish, Co. Cork, youngest among four sons and four daughters of the Rev. Henry Jellett (1821–1901), theologian and dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and Elizabeth Rebecca…...
Johnston, George
Johnston, George (1814–89), obstetrician, was born 12 August 1814 in Dublin, third of seven sons and two daughters of Andrew Johnston, MD, army surgeon and PRCSI (…...
Kearney, Mother Kevin
Kearney, Mother Kevin (1875–1957), pioneer Ugandan missionary sister and foundress of Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa, was born 28 April 1875 in Knockenrahan, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, the third and youngest daughter of Michael Kearney, a farmer, and Teresa Kearney (née…...
Kelleher, Michael Joseph
Kelleher, Michael Joseph (1937–98), psychiatrist, was born 11 September 1937 at St Patrick's Place, Cork, one of six children, two girls and four boys, of Denis Patrick Kelleher, manager in an insurance company, and Sophie Kelleher (née Köss). Educated locally, he entered…...
Kelly, (Patrick) Colm
Kelly, (Patrick) Colm (1925–2002), director of Athlone Drama Festival, was born 19 January 1925 in Dysart, Co. Roscommon, youngest son in a family of seven sons and one daughter of Denis Joseph Kelly and his wife Fanny Lucy (née Power or Le Poer), who was born in Devonshire, England…...
Kennedy, Evory
Kennedy, Evory (1806–86), obstetrician, was born 28 November 1806 at Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, ninth of ten sons and thirteenth of fourteen children of Rev. John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). He was educated at Foyle College, Derry, and studied…...
Kerley, Sir Peter James
Kerley, Sir Peter James (1900–79), radiologist, was born 27 October 1900 at Park Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth, the fourth son and thirteenth child of Michael Kerley, grocer and egg exporter, and Matilda Kerley (née Henry). His maternal uncle…...
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…...
Kinnear, Nigel Alexander
Kinnear, Nigel Alexander (1907–2000), vascular surgeon, was born 3 April 1907 at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, the only son of James Alexander Kinnear, an accountant from Glenageary, and Margaret Kinnear (née Robinson). Educated at Kingstown grammar school (latterly Newpark…...
Laffan, Sir Joseph de Courcy
Laffan, Sir Joseph de Courcy (1786–1848), physician, was born 8 May 1786 in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the third son of Walter Laffan of Cashel and his wife Eleonora De Courcy. Initially educated for the catholic priesthood at Maynooth, he found that he had no vocation and then…...
Lalor, Joseph
Lalor, Joseph (1811–1886), psychiatrist, was born in 1811 in Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, fourth and youngest son of Richard Lalor, a landowner, and Mary Lalor (née Carroll). Nothing is known of his childhood. He received a licentiate in midwifery from the Dublin Lying-In Hospital (Rotunda…...
Lambert, Bob Robert James
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Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton)
Lambert, Ham (Noel Hamilton) (1910–2006), sportsman and veterinary surgeon, was born 10 June 1910 in Dublin, the eldest son of Robert James Hamilton (Bob) Lambert (see below), veterinary surgeon and cricketer, of Rathmines, Dublin, and his wife Nora (née Mitchell). He was educated in…...
Lambert, Thomas Drummond
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Lane, Thomas Joseph Daniel
Lane, Thomas Joseph Daniel (1894–1967), doctor and pioneering urologist, elder of two known sons, was born in Ferozepore (Firozpur) in the Punjab, near the border between India and Pakistan, where his father, Col. Daniel Thomas Lane (fl. 1885–1949), served as surgeon with…...
Lane, Victor
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Lavan, John Thomas (‘Sean’)
Lavan, John Thomas (‘Sean’) (1898–1973), athlete, footballer, and medical doctor, was born 22 September 1898 in Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, eldest of four children of Michael Lavan, landholder, and Bridget Lavan (née O'Brien). Educated locally at Ballyglass national school, he won a king…...
Leared, Arthur
Leared, Arthur (1822–79), physician and traveller, was born in Wexford, son of Richard Leared, merchant. He graduated BA (1845), MB (1847), and MD (1860) from…...
Lee, John Baptist Mary
Lee, John Baptist Mary (1915–2008), dentist, was born 24 June 1915 in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick (probably in Glendove House), second youngest of ten children of William P. Lee and his wife Agnes (née Condon; d. 1955). William Lee, from a locally prominent family of strong farmers that…...
Leeper, Richard Robert
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Lentaigne, John Francis O'Neill
Lentaigne, John Francis O'Neill (1803–86), physician, of Tallaght, Co. Dublin, was born 21 June 1803, eldest son among four children of Benjamin Lentaigne (qv) (1773–1813), a French physician who settled in Dublin after the French…...
Lentaigne, John Vincent
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Longfield, Mountifort
Longfield, Mountifort (1802–84), economist and lawyer, was second son of the Rev. Mountifort Longfield (d. 1850), JP and vicar of Desert Serges, Co. Cork, of the Anglo-Irish Longfield family of Longueville, near Mallow, Co. Cork, and his…...
Long, Joseph John
Long, Joseph John (fl. 1891–1925), medical missionary, was the son of a Church of Ireland clergyman. After considering a missionary career overseas, in 1891 Long began work at the Dublin Medical Mission; this was an evangelical body which used the offer of free medical…...
Loughnane, William (‘Bill’, ‘Willie’)
Loughnane, William (‘Bill’, ‘Willie’) (1915–82), hurler, musician, doctor, and politician, was born 5 August 1915 in Feakle, Co. Clare, son of Willie Loughnane, farmer and shopkeeper, and Kate Loughnane (née McInerney), and educated at Feakle national school, St Flannan's College…...