Netterville, John
Netterville, John (d. 1659), 2nd Viscount Netterville of Dowth , army officer, and landowner, was eldest son of Nicholas Netterville (qv), Viscount Dowth, and his wife, Eleanor Bath of Athcarne, Co. Meath. John married (1623)…...
Nolan, John Philip
Nolan, John Philip (1838–1912), landowner, army officer, and politician, was born 3 August 1838 in Dublin, the eldest of six sons of John Nolan (b. 1810) of Ballinderry, near Tuam, Co. Galway, a catholic barrister, landowner, and magistrate, who, after relieving the poor during…...
Norcott, William
Norcott, William (1773?–1820), barrister, satirist, and bon vivant, was eldest son of William Norcott of Charleville, Co. Cork, and Mary Norcott (née Knight). He entered TCD in July 1790, graduating BA…...
Nugent, Christopher
Nugent, Christopher (d. 1731), Jacobite and army officer, was the eldest son of Francis Nugent of Dardistown, Co. Meath, and his wife, Bridget, sister of William Dongan (qv), created earl of Limerick in 1685. His grandfather was…...
Nugent, John
Nugent, John (1671–1754), 5th earl of Westmeath , Jacobite officer in the French service, was the third of three sons of Christopher Nugent (d. a.1680), Lord Delvin, and his wife Mary (d. 1737), niece of James Butler, 1st duke of …...
Nugent, Laval(l)
Nugent, Laval(l) (1777–1862), field-marshal and count in Austria, was born 3 November 1777 at Ballinacor, Co. Wicklow, eldest son of John Nugent, landowner, from Westmeath, and Jane Nugent (née McDonagh). His father died when he was four, and in 1789 he moved to Austria, where he…...
Nugent, Richard
Nugent, Richard (1623–84), 2nd earl of Westmeath , soldier, was the only child of Christopher Nugent, Lord Delvin, and Anne, eldest daughter of Randal MacDonnell (qv), 1st earl of Antrim. His father, heir to the earldom of…...
Nugent, Thomas
Nugent, Thomas (1668?–1752), 4th earl of Westmeath , soldier, and catholic activist, was second son of Christopher Nugent, of Delvin, Co. Westmeath and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Butler of Kilcash. She was a niece of James Butler…...
Ó Brádaigh, Ruairí
Ó Brádaigh, Ruairí (1932–2013), republican paramilitary and political activist, was born Peter Roger Casement Brady in Upper Mount Street, Dublin, on 2 October 1932. He was the second child of two sons and a daughter of Matt (Matthew) Brady, a farmer of Longford town, and his wife…...
O'Brien, John Thomond
O'Brien, John Thomond (1786–1861), bullfighter and military officer in Argentina, was born 24 June 1786 at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, son of Martin O'Brien, a wealthy farmer, and Honoria O'Brien (née O'Connor). In 1811 he emigrated to South America, settling first in Brazil. His…...
O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
Ó Caiside, Tomás Bán
Ó Caiside, Tomás Bán (c.1700–d. p. 1749), renegade Augustinian, rake, and folklore persona, was the son of Eoghan son of Éamann Odhar, and brought up in Leacht an Driseacháin, Co. Roscommon, about halfway between Castlerea and Tulsk. Ó Muraíle suggests…...
O'Clery, (Patrick) Keyes
O'Clery, (Patrick) Keyes (1845?–1913), soldier, barrister, politician, and author, was born, probably in May 1845, at Darragh house, Kilfinnane, Co. Limerick, the only son of John Walsh O'Clery (The O'Clery ) and Elisa O'Clery (née O'Donoghue Keyes); some sources record his birth…...
O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph (‘J. J.’, ‘Ginger’)
O'Connell, Jeremiah Joseph (‘J. J.’, ‘Ginger’) (1887–1944), soldier and revolutionary, was born 21 December 1887 in Ballina, Co. Mayo, son of Jeremiah Ambrose O'Connell, national school inspector, and Winifred O'Connell (née Geraty). Because of his father's job the family moved…...
O'Connell, Mary
O'Connell, Mary (1778–1836), wife of Daniel O'Connell (qv), was born 25 September 1778 in Tralee, Co. Kerry. Her father Thomas O'Connell, prominent physician and member of the Church of Ireland, was a widower with three children…...
O'Connell, Maurice Charles Philip
O'Connell, Maurice Charles Philip (1768–1848), soldier and colonial governor, was born in Co. Kerry, younger son of Charles Philip O'Connell and his wife, a daughter of John O'Connell; he was a relation of Gen. Count…...
O'Connell, Moritz (‘Murty’)
O'Connell, Moritz (‘Murty’) (1738–1830), general in the Austrian service and court chamberlain, was the third son of Maurice O'Connell of Tarmons, Co. Kerry, and his wife Mary, daughter of O'Sullivan Beare of Berehaven, Co. Cork. He was a kinsman of…...
O'Connor, Francis Burdett
O'Connor, Francis Burdett (1791–1871), general in the Bolivian army, was born 12 June 1791 in Cork city, son of Roger O'Connor (qv), landowner and United Irishman, and his second wife, Wilhelmina, daughter of Nicholas Bowen of…...
O'Connor, Sir Luke
O'Connor, Sir Luke (1831–1915), soldier and first recipient of the Victoria Cross, was born 21 January 1831 at Kilcroy, near Hillstreet, six miles from Elphin, Co. Roscommon; details of his parents are not known. Educated locally, he survived a childhood bout of smallpox and…...
O'Conor Don, Hugh
O'Conor Don, Hugh (d. 1669), was the son of An Calbhach O'Connor Don (qv) of Ballintober Co. Roscommon, and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir …...
O'Conor, Hugh
O'Conor, Hugh (Oconór, Hugo) (1734–79), soldier and colonial military officer, was born in Dublin in December 1734, the second son of Daniel O’Conor and Margaret (née Ryan), who married in September 1720. Daniel (1694–1769) was the O’Conor Don, head of the family long established at…...
O'Doherty, Rosa
O'Doherty, Rosa (c.1588–1660), refugee and political activist, was born on the Inishowen Peninsula in northern Co. Donegal, daughter of Sir John O'Doherty (d. 1601) and his first wife, a daughter of Shane O'Neill (qv). Rosa…...
O'Donnell, Daniel
O'Donnell, Daniel (c.1666–1735), Jacobite soldier, was of Co. Donegal O'Donnell stock on both sides of his family. His father was Turlough O'Donnell of Ramelton, whose wife, Joan, was a daughter of Terence O'Donnell of Cúil Mhic an Tréin (Castleforward) and his wife, Rose…...
O'Donnell, Erica Marie-Josèphe
O'Donnell, Erica Marie-Josèphe (1920–99), art historian and SOE officer, was born 11 March 1920 in Dublin, the only child of Eric Hugh O'Donnell, a British army officer of Dublin and Ballingaddy, Co. Limerick, and his wife Mary Mabel Elizabeth, second daughter of Joseph Charles Dunbar…...
O'Donnell, Hugh Balldearg (Balderick, Balderock)
O'Donnell, Hugh Balldearg (Balderick, Balderock) (d. c.1704), soldier and sometime Jacobite, was son of John O'Donnell of Co. Donegal, soldier in the Spanish army, and Catherine O'Rourke. His early life remains obscure; he may have been born in Spain, and at some point he…...