Mulchinock, John
Mulchinock, John (1781?–1863), merchant and benefactor, was the son of Nicholas and Christiana Mulchinock, and was baptised into the Church of Ireland in Tralee, Co. Kerry, on 2 March 1781. Nothing is known for certain of his early life but, as a young man, he may have been at sea…...
Newce, William
Newce, William (fl. c.1596–1623), planter, army captain, and founder of Bandon and Newcestown, Co. Cork, first came to Ireland in the late 1590s as a captain in the English army in Munster. In December 1600 he became a lessee of the Inchiquin seignory of Sir…...
Nicholson, John
Nicholson, John (1821–57), army officer and administrator in India, was born 11 December 1821 in Dublin, eldest son among five sons and two daughters of Dr Alexander Nicholson, physician, of Stramore House, Gilford, Co. Down, and his wife Clara (née Hogg). His father had studied…...
Norris (Norreys), Sir John
Norris (Norreys), Sir John (c.1547–97), military commander and lord president of Munster, was second son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame. In the course of one of the most…...
Norris, Sir Thomas
Norris, Sir Thomas (1556–99), soldier and president of Munster, was fifth son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, and was a younger brother of Sir…...
Nugent, Sir George
Nugent, Sir George (1757–1849), army general, was born 10 June 1757 at Gosfield, Essex, England, illegitimate son of Edmund Nugent, lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Foot Guards. His younger brother, Sir Charles Edmund Nugent (c.1759–1844), became a distinguished admiral in…...
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…...
O'Brien, William
O'Brien, William (c.1640–92), 2nd earl of Inchiquin , army officer and colonial governor, was the eldest son of Murrough O'Brien (qv) (c.1614–1673), 6th Baron Inchiquin and 1st earl of Inchiquin, and his wife,…...
O'Daly, John
O'Daly, John (1800–78), writer and publisher, was born 5 February 1800 in Fernane, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and three daughters of Eamonn O'Daly and Brigid O'Daly (née Kyley). He was educated at a local hedge school before going to work, in 1826, for the…...
Olpherts, Sir William
Olpherts, Sir William (1822–1902), general, also known as ‘Hellfire Jack ’, was born 8 March 1822 at Dartry Lodge, Blackwaterstown, Co. Armagh, third son of William Olpherts, lawyer, and Rosanna Olpherts (née Macartney). Educated at Gracehill School in Ballymena and later the…...
O'Neill, Daniel
O'Neill, Daniel (c.1612?–1664), royalist politician and soldier, was the son of Con MacNiall MacBrian Faghartach O'Neill, lord of Clandeboye in Co. Antrim, and his wife Eilis, daughter of Art MacBaron O'Neill, older brother of Hugh O'Neill…...
O'Neill, John Bruce Richard
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Orpen, Edward Richards Richards-
Orpen, Edward Richards Richards- (1884–1967), agriculturalist, conservationist and senator, was born Edward Richards Orpen on 20 October 1884 in London, the son of Goddard Henry Orpen (qv) and his wife…...
Pack, Sir Denis
Pack, Sir Denis (1775–1823), British army general, was born 7 October 1775 in Kilkenny city, younger son of Rev. Thomas Pack (1720?–1795), dean of Ossory, and Catherine Pack (née Sullivan), of St Andrew's parish, Dublin. In June 1790 he entered…...
Pakenham, William Lygon
Pakenham, William Lygon (1819–87), 4th earl of Longford , army officer, and politician, was born 31 January 1819 at Pakenham Hall, Co. Westmeath, second son of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd earl of Longford, and his wife Georgiana Emma Charlotte (d. 12 February 1880), fifth daughter of…...
Pennefather, John Lysaght
Pennefather, John Lysaght (1800–72), general, was born in Co. Tipperary, third son of the Rev. John Pennefather, DD, treasurer (1786–9) of Cashel cathedral and rector of St John's, Newport, Co. Tipperary, and Elizabeth Pennefather (née…...
Pennefather, William
Pennefather, William (1816–73), evangelist, philanthropist, and hymn writer, was born 5 February 1816 at 5 Merrion Square, Dublin, the youngest son of the eight children of Richard Pennefather (qv), chief baron of the exchequer in…...
Pepyat, Jeremiah
Pepyat, Jeremiah (c.1683–1753?), printer and bookseller, was apprenticed to John North of Dublin in 1697 and on North's death that same year moved to Joseph Ray (qv), with whom he served seven years apprenticeship; nothing else is…...
Pepyat, Mary
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Pepyat, Sylvanus
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Persse, William
Persse, William (c.1728–1802), Volunteer leader, was elder of two sons of Robert Persse, of Roxborough, Co. Galway, and his wife Elizabeth (née Parsons) of Birr, King's Co. (Offaly). The family estate, acquired under the Stuarts by his great-great-grandfather Dean Dudley…...
Phillips, Sir Thomas
Phillips, Sir Thomas (c.1560–1636), English soldier and planter, was first son of William Phillips of London, one of the queen's customers of the wool, and his wife Joane Houghton of London. William died in 1590, leaving his heir a considerable estate in London, Middlesex…...
Ponsonby, Sir William
Ponsonby, Sir William (1772–1815), general, was born 13 October 1772, the second son of William Brabazon Ponsonby (qv), 1st Baron Ponsonby, and his wife Louisa (née Molesworth) (d. 1824), fourth daughter of Richard, 3rd…...
Porter, Margaret Lavinia
Porter, Margaret Lavinia (d. 1881), philanthropist, was eldest daughter among three sons and five daughters of Thomas Lindsey , gentleman, of Hollymount, Co. Mayo, and his wife (m. 1784) Lady Margaret, daughter of Charles Bingham…...
Porter, Robert Wilson
Porter, Robert Wilson (1923–2014), lawyer and politician, was born on 23 December 1923 in Derry city, eldest of four children of Joseph Wilson Porter, a joiner, and his wife Letitia (née Wasson). Throughout his life, he retained a strong attachment to his home city, which he always…...