Jones, Jimmy
Jones, Jimmy (1928–2014), footballer, was born on 25 July 1928 in Keady, Co. Armagh, the son of Thomas Jones, an RUC sergeant, and Ellen Jones (née Wilson). He was raised in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, and educated at the local Carrick primary…...
Jones, Michael
Jones, Michael (d. 1649), parliamentarian soldier, was the younger son of Lewis Jones (qv), bishop of Killaloe, and his wife Mabel, daughter of Arland Ussher and sister of James Ussher (qv),…...
Keating, Justin Pascal
Keating, Justin Pascal (1930–2009), politician, veterinarian and television presenter, was born 7 January 1930 in a nursing home at 37 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, younger of two sons of Seán Keating (qv), artist, and…...
Keenan, Brian Paschal
Keenan, Brian Paschal (1941–2008), republican paramilitary, was born on 17 July 1941, in Dysert, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry, one of six children of Henry Keenan, an accountant, and his wife Jean (née McAlea). During the second world war Keenan's father served at Pocklington air base (…...
Kellett, Iris
Kellett, Iris (1926–2011), showjumper and horse trainer, was born on 8 January 1926 in Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, the only child of Thomas Kellett, of Mespil Road, Ballsbridge, and his wife Julia (née Maron). Her father was a veterinary surgeon who, after service as a British army…...
Kennedy, John Pitt
Kennedy, John Pitt (1796–1879), army officer and agriculturist, was born 8 May 1796 at Donagh, Co. Donegal, fourth son of John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh and later Balteagh, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). Educated at the Foyle Academy, Derry, he entered the…...
King, George
King, George (1771–1839), 3rd earl of Kingston, MP and militia colonel, was born 28 April 1771 in Chelsea, London, eldest son of Robert King (qv), 2nd earl of Kingston, and his wife Caroline, daughter and heir of Richard Fitzgerald of Mount…...
King, William Donald Aelian ('Bill')
King, William Donald Aelian ('Bill') (1910–2012), submarine captain and yachtsman, was born on 23 June 1910 in Church Avenue, Farnborough, Hampshire, the only son of four children of William King, army officer, originally from Co. Galway, and his wife Georgina Marie (née Mackenzie…...
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert (1850–1916), 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome in Kent, field-marshal, was born 24 June 1850 at Gunsborough Villa, north of Listowel, Co. Kerry, second son of Lt-col. Horatio Herbert Kitchener and his first wife, Anne Frances (née Chevallier).…...
Knox, John
Knox, John (1758–1800), soldier and MP, was born 9 October 1758, second among seven sons of Thomas Knox (qv), 1st Viscount Northland, and his wife Anne née Vesey (d. 1803), second daughter of John, 1st Lord Knapton, and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of…...
Lake, Gerard
Lake, Gerard (1744–1808), British general and MP, was born 27 July 1744, possibly in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, second son of Launcelot Charles Lake (d. 1751), a Middlesex landowner, and Letitia Lake (née Gumley; d. 1760). Educated at Eton, he was commissioned ensign 9 May…...
Lally, Mick
Lally, Mick (1945–2010), actor, was born on 10 November 1945 in Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo, the eldest of seven children (two sons and five daughters) of Thomas Lally, a hill farmer with thirty acres, and his wife May (née McGing). The district was bilingual and Lally grew up as a native…...
Lambart, Charles
Lambart, Charles (1600–60), 1st earl of Cavan , landowner, military commander and politician, was born in Ireland about May 1600, the eldest son of Sir Oliver Lambart (qv), 1st Baron Lambart of Cavan, and his wife, Hester,…...
Lambart (Lambert), Sir Oliver
Lambart (Lambert), Sir Oliver (d. 1618), 1st Baron Lambart of Cavan , soldier and Irish administrator, was the son of Walter Lambart, of Preston, Yorkshire, England, and Rose, daughter of Sir Oliver Wallop and niece of Sir Henry Wallop…...
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…...
Lawrence, John Fortune
Lawrence, John Fortune (1833–97), sporting merchant and publisher, was born 13 January 1833 in Dublin, the eldest of six brothers and five sisters (three of each reaching adulthood) of William Lawrence (d. 1887), a clerk of works at the General Post Office (GPO), and his wife Elizabeth…...
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main)
Le Blond, Elizabeth (‘Lizzie’) Alice Frances (née Hawkins-Whitshed; other married names Burnaby, Main) (1860–1934), mountaineer, author and photographer, was born 26 June 1860 in Dublin, the only child of Sir St Vincent Bentinck Hawkins-Whitshed, 3rd (and last) baronet of Killincarrick…...
Lennon, Peter Gerard
Lennon, Peter Gerard (1930–2011), journalist, documentary film-maker and social critic, was born on 28 February 1930 at 30 North Frederick Street, Dublin, the eldest of three sons of Peter Joseph Lennon and his wife Delia (née Fenton). His mother was a former post office worker…...
Leslie, John
Leslie, John (1571–1671), ‘the fighting bishop’, was born 14 October 1571 in Crichie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, eldest son of George Leslie and his wife Marjory. Educated in Aberdeen, he travelled on the Continent (c.1589–c.1609), becoming fluent in French,…...
Lowe (Thompson), Beatrice Geraldine Hill
Lowe (Thompson), Beatrice Geraldine Hill - (1869–1951), archer and Olympian, was born on 26 January 1869 at Ardee House, Ardee, Co. Louth, the youngest of five daughters and three sons of William Ruxton (1823–95), landowner, JP,…...
Luttrell, Henry Lawes
Luttrell, Henry Lawes (1737–1821), 2nd earl of Carhampton , soldier, and politician, was born 7 August 1737, first son of Simon Luttrell (1713–87), 1st earl of Carhampton, and his wife Judith Maria, daughter of Sir Nicholas Lawes, governor of Jamaica. Educated at Westminster and…...
Macan, Arthur Jacob
Macan, Arthur Jacob (1774–1819), politician, soldier and banker, was the youngest child of seven (six sons and one daughter) of Thomas Macan (1717–95). Thomas had been born McCann , a descendant of one of the most important Gaelic clans in Co. Armagh, but on 27 October 1751…...
Macan, Turner
Macan, Turner (1792–1836), soldier, linguist and translator, was born on 30 September 1792 at Kilbrogan, Bandon, Co. Cork, the second son of seven children (three sons and four daughters) of Robert Macan (1750–1808), originally of Carrive, Co. Armagh, and his wife Hannah (née…...
MacCarthy, Donogh
MacCarthy, Donogh (1668–1734), 4th earl of Clancarty , soldier and Jacobite, was born in Blarney, Co. Cork, only son of Callaghan MacCarthy (qv) (second son of Donough MacCarthy (…...