O'Reilly, Myles William Patrick
O'Reilly, Myles William Patrick (1825–80), soldier and politician, was born 13 March 1825 in Dublin, only son of William O'Reilly (1792–1844) of Knock Abbey, Co. Louth, MP for Dundalk, and his wife and cousin Margaret Dowell O'Reilly. Myles was educated at St Cuthbert's College,…...
O'Reilly, Philip MacHugh
O'Reilly, Philip MacHugh (1599–c.1664), politician and soldier, was son of Hugh O'Reilly of Ballynacargy, Co. Cavan, one of the ‘deserving’ native Irish of the Ulster plantation, and Katherine MacMahon. Another …...
O'Shaughnessy, William
O'Shaughnessy, William (c.1674–1744), Jacobite soldier, was the only son and heir of Roger O'Shaughnessy, of Gort, Co. Galway (who was not, as is sometimes stated, a baronet), and his wife, Helen, a daughter of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount O'Brien of Clare; the couple…...
O'Sullivan Beare, Domhnall
O'Sullivan Beare, Domhnall (1560–1618), Gaelic lord and soldier, was son of Domhnall Cam O'Sullivan Beare, lord of Beare and Bantry, and Margaret O'Brien, daughter of O'Brien of Thomond. After the murder of Domhnall Cam by the MacGillacuddys (1563), his younger brother Sir Eóghan…...
O'Sullivan Beare, Philip
O'Sullivan Beare, Philip (1590–1636), writer, soldier, and exile, was born on Dursey Island, Co. Cork, one of seventeen children of Johanna McSweeny and Dermot O'Sullivan, a member of the local ruling family. After the Irish defeat at Kinsale, Philip was sent to Spain in February…...
O'Sullivan, Gearóid
O'Sullivan, Gearóid (1891–1948), soldier and politician, was born 28 January 1891 at Coolnagrane, Skibbereen, Co. Cork, fourth son among six sons and three daughters of Michael O'Sullivan, farmer, of Loughine, and Margaret Sullivan (née McCarthy) of Coolnagrane. It is uncertain when the…...
O'Sullivan, Maureen Patricia (‘Paddy’)
O'Sullivan, Maureen Patricia (‘Paddy’) (1918–p. 1950), undercover agent, was born 3 January 1918 in Dublin, daughter of John O'Sullivan, journalist, and his English wife, Adelaide (née Redmond), who died when Maureen was a year old. She briefly attended St Louis' convent…...
O'Sullivan (Sullivan), Sir John William
O'Sullivan (Sullivan), Sir John William (c.1700–p. 1760), Jacobite soldier and companion to Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was born in Co. Kerry, one of two sons of Dermot O'Sullivan, described as lord of Dunkerron, and his wife, whose maiden surname…...
Oxburgh, Heward
Oxburgh, Heward (d. 1691), Jacobite soldier and landowner, of Boveen, King's Co., was of unknown parentage but probably a member of a Norfolk gentry family. He, or his parents, perhaps came to Ireland as part of the plantation of King's Co. in the 1620s. He was in any case in the…...
Pakenham, Charles Reginald
Pakenham, Charles Reginald (1821–57), army officer and religious, was born 21 September 1821 at Longford House, 10 Rutland Square (later Parnell Square), Dublin, fourth son of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd earl of Longford, and his wife, Georgiana Emma Charlotte, fifth daughter of William…...
Plunket, Christopher
Plunket, Christopher (d. 1649), 2nd earl of Fingall , catholic confederate, was the eldest son of Lucas Plunket, the first earl, and his second wife, Susanna, daughter of Edward, first Baron Brabazon (qv), who married in 1611.…...
Power, Richard
Power, Richard (c.1630–1690), 1st earl of Tyrone , soldier and politician, was the eldest son (there was also a daughter) of John Power (c.1597–1666), 5th Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, of Curraghmore, Co. Waterford, and his wife, Ruth Power (née Pypho), daughter and…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (1585–1655), 1st Viscount Tara , soldier, was second son of Christopher, 4th Viscount Gormanston, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Baggotrath, Co. Dublin. Thomas attended the Irish college at Douai c.1600, before…...
Purcell, Nicholas
Purcell, Nicholas (c.1651–1723), Jacobite soldier and politician, was the only son and heir of James Purcell (d. 1652), owner of extensive lands and titular baron, of Loughmoe (or Loughmore), near Templemore, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Elizabeth Purcell (née Butler…...
Redmond, William Archer
Redmond, William Archer (1886–1932), politician, soldier, and lawyer, was born 16 October 1886 in London, only son among three children of John Edward Redmond (qv), member and subsequently leader of the Irish parliamentary party,…...
Redmond, William Hoey Kearney (‘Willie’)
Redmond, William Hoey Kearney (‘Willie’) (1861–1917), Irish nationalist and British soldier, was born 13 April 1861 in Grassendale, Liverpool, England, second son of William Archer Redmond (qv), and younger brother of…...
Reynolds, James Henry
Reynolds, James Henry (1844–1932), army surgeon and VC, was born 3 February 1844 in Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, second son of Laurence Reynolds, JP and owner of a tavern, hotel, and livery…...
Rice, James Louis
Rice, James Louis (1730–p. 1793), soldier and duellist, was son of Thomas Rice, count of the Holy Roman Empire and merchant, of Baile Mhic an Daill, Dingle, Co. Kerry, and Alicia Rice (née Meade). Educated at the Irish College at Louvain, he was initially destined for the…...
Riley, John
Riley, John (c.1817–p.1850), soldier, was born in Clifden, Co. Mayo. Details of his early life are scarce, but it is believed that he enlisted in the British army and served with the 66th Foot in Canada before deserting and travelling to America. In 1842/3 he was…...
Robinson, Joseph
Robinson, Joseph (1887–1955), republican, was born 21 April 1887 at Sevastopol Street, Belfast, first of two sons and one daughter of James Robinson, industrial-mould maker, and his wife, Sarah Jane (née Black), wool weaver. His parents, the children of exiled Fenians, were both…...
Rothe (Roth, Root), Michael
Rothe (Roth, Root), Michael (1661/5–1741), general in the French service and Jacobite, was born in Kilkenny on 29 September 1661/5, second son of Edward Rothe (‘Fitzpeter’) and his wife Catherine, daughter of Capt. James Archdekin of the King's Regiment of Foot Guards. Although…...
Ryan, John Joseph
Ryan, John Joseph (1871–1954), huntsman, was born in Edermine House, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, on 25 March 1871, the eldest of nine children of Major-General Thaddeus Richard Ryan (1837–1905) of Scarteen House, Knocklong, Co. Limerick, and his wife Gwendaline (née Power), daughter of…...
Saint-Ruth (Saint-Ruhe), Charles Chalmont
Saint-Ruth (Saint-Ruhe), Charles Chalmont (c.1650–91), marquis of Saint-Ruth , commander of the Irish Jacobite army in 1691, was a French aristocrat of modest means who had made his career as an officer in Louis XIV's army. He commanded a regiment in the 1672 invasion of…...
Sarsfield, Patrick
Sarsfield, Patrick (d. 1693), soldier, lst earl of Lucan , was the second son, and youngest of five children, of Patrick Sarsfield and his wife Anne, daughter of Rory O'More (qv), a leader of the 1641 rebellion. The Sarsfields were an Old…...