McCarthy, Daniel
McCarthy, Daniel (1883–1957), revolutionary nationalist, sports administrator, and politician, was born 22 January 1883 at 50 Upper Dorset St., Dublin, son of John McCarthy, coach finisher, and Bridget McCarthy (née Rabbit). Employed as a commercial traveller, he was active from his…...
McClean, (John) Raymond
McClean, (John) Raymond (1933–2011), medical doctor, civil-rights activist and humanitarian, was born on 18 January 1933 in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, third in a family of three sons and one daughter of Charles McClean and his wife Kathleen (née King). Charles McClean, a trophy-winning…...
McCluskey, Constantine Mary (‘Conn’)
McCluskey, Constantine Mary (‘Conn’) (1915–2013), medical doctor and civil rights campaigner, was born on 19 February 1915 in Warrenpoint, Co. Down, the elder of two sons of John Montague McCluskey, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Hughes), also from a farming family. Conn attended…...
McDonagh, Matthew ('Mattie')
McDonagh, Matthew ('Mattie') (1937–2005), Gaelic footballer, was born in Ballygar, Co. Galway, on 24 January 1937, youngest son of five sons and three daughters of Matt McDonagh, farmer, of St. Brendan's, Ballygar, and his wife Catherine (née Kelly). He attended the local…...
McDonald, John (Johnny)
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McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’; ‘Macker’)
McDonald (McDonnell), Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’; ‘Macker’) (1895–1977), Gaelic footballer and GAA administrator, was born 29 April 1895 in Buckingham Place, Dublin, one of two sons and a daughter of John McDonald, quay labourer, and Ann McDonald (née McAnally), both originally from…...
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’)
McGrath, Joseph (‘Joe’) (1888–1966), politician, businessman, and racehorse owner, was born 21 August 1888 in Dublin, fifth among six children (three sons and three daughters) of George McGrath, stonemason, and Mary McGrath (née Dempsey). Educated at…...
McGrath, Seamus
McGrath, Seamus (1923–2005), racehorse trainer, was born 21 February 1923, the second son of three sons and three daughters of Joseph McGrath (qv), revolutionary, politician, businessman and racehorse owner, and his wife Eileen (née…...
McGuire, Edward Augustine
McGuire, Edward Augustine (1901–92), businessman, politician, painter, and sportsman, was born at his grandfather's home in Tramore, Co Waterford on 28 August 1901, the eldest of five sons (one son died in infancy) and two daughters of…...
McInerney, Pat (‘Fowler’)
McInerney, Pat (‘Fowler’) (1893–1987), hurler, was born 19 March 1893 in Garrynakilla, Ennis, Co. Clare, son of Francis McInerney, drover, and Bridget McInerney (née Gleeson). Raised in Belvoir, near Kilkishen, he played hurling for the O'Callaghan's Mills club, winning his first…...
McKenna, Ellen (Sister Mary Augustine)
McKenna, Ellen (Sister Mary Augustine) (1819–83), Sister of Mercy, American civil war nurse and teacher, was born 24 December 1819 in Traugh, Willville, Co. Monaghan, eldest among three daughters and two sons of James and Mary Anne McKenna. Ellen was educated at home, then at Miss…...
McKinney, Thomas Joseph
McKinney, Thomas Joseph (1887–1973), army surgeon and Irish scholar, was born 30 October 1887 at Greencastle, Co. Antrim, son of Thomas McKinney, sergeant in the RIC, and Mary McKinney (née McKillop). His family later moved to…...
McQuillan, John (‘Jack’)
McQuillan, John (‘Jack’) (1920–98), Gaelic footballer and politician, was born 30 August 1920 at Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon, eldest among seven children of Thomas Francis McQuillan, an RIC sergeant who was pensioned after the 1921 Anglo…...
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…...
McWeeney, Paul Denis
McWeeney, Paul Denis (1909–83), sportsman and sports journalist, was born 26 September 1909 in Dublin, youngest child among five sons and two daughters of Edmund Joseph McWeeney (qv) of Dublin, professor of pathology and…...
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…...
Meldon, George James
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Meldon, Louis Albert
Meldon, Louis Albert (1886–1956), tennis and cricket international, was born 10 October 1886 in Dublin, son of Louis Stanislaus Meldon, solicitor, and Mary Rose Meldon (née Kenny) of Ailesbury Road, Dublin. Educated at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England, he served with the…...
Mills, Kathleen ('Kay')
Mills, Kathleen ('Kay') (1923–96), camogie player, was born 8 October 1923 at 31 South Square, Inchicore, Dublin, to Thomas Mills, originally from Glanmire, Co. Cork, and his wife Winifred (née Wills) of Inchicore. Thomas Mills was employed by Great Southern Railways (later subsumed…...
Moclair (Horne), Delia
Moclair (Horne), Delia (1895–1971), obstetrician, was born Bridget Angela on 8 January 1895 at John Street, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the home of her parents Patrick and Margaret (née Carew) Moclair. She was the youngest of seven children. Patrick Moclair had endured a farm eviction,…...
Moore, George Henry
Moore, George Henry (1810–70), politician, landowner, and horse-trainer, was born 1 March 1810 in Moore Hall, Ballyglass, Co. Mayo, eldest among three sons of George Moore (1770–1840), landlord and historian, and Louisa Moore (née Browne), granddaughter of the 1st earl of Altamont…...
Moore, Georgina (Sister Mary Clare)
Moore, Georgina (Sister Mary Clare) (1814–74), Sister of Mercy, foundress, Crimean war nurse, and teacher, was born 20 March 1814 in the Church of Ireland parish of St Ann's, Dublin, youngest among three children (one son and two daughters) of George and Catherine Moore, both…...