Milligan, Victor
Milligan, Victor (1929–2009), athlete and civil engineer, was born in Belfast on 11 November 1929, the only child of Albert Milligan, a member of the RUC, and his wife Margaret (née Walker). Growing up in Irwin Drive, Ballyhackamore, in east Belfast, he was encouraged by his parents…...
Neville, William Cox
Neville, William Cox (c.1855–1904), rugby international, sports administrator, and pioneer obstetrician, was born c.1855 in Dundalk, Co. Louth, son of John Neville, civil engineer; nothing is known of his mother. Educated at Dundalk College, he studied medicine…...
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…...
O Brien, Conor
O Brien, Conor (1880–1952), sailor and author, was born Edward Conor Marshall O'Brien on 3 November 1880 in Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick, the son of Edward William O'Brien, JP, and Julia O'Brien (née Marshall). A grandson of…...
O'Brien, Sir Edward
O'Brien, Sir Edward (1705–65), 2nd baronet, MP, and racehorse owner, was born 7 April 1705, elder son among three children of Lucius O'Brien and his wife Catherine Keightley, daughter of Lady Frances Hyde, a sister-in-law of King James…...
O'Donoghue, Nannie Power
Power O’Donoghue (née Lambert), Nannie (1843–1940), journalist, equestrian and writer was born 2 June 1843 and baptised as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert in St Thomas Church of Ireland, Marlborough Street, Dublin. She was the youngest child of four daughters and one son of Charles Lambert,…...
Peacock, Bertie (John Robert)
Peacock, Bertie (John Robert) (1928–2004), football player and manager, was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, on 29 September 1928. His family lived in Killowen in the town; his father was a water bailiff, and he had a brother and five sisters. He was apprenticed to a local plumber…...
Peter, Richard Milliken
Peter, Richard Milliken (1849–1909), rugby and swimming pioneer and administrator, was born in Dublin, a member of the Peter family after whom Peter Place, off Adelaide Road in Dublin, was named; no other family details are known. He was educated at Blackheath school near London,…...
Pike, Mary
Pike, Mary (1776–1832), quaker heiress, was the only surviving daughter of Samuel Pike and his wife Catherine Hutchinson (d. 1813), a son and daughter both having died in infancy. Samuel (d. 1796) was a partner with his older brother Ebenezer in the family bank in Cork city,…...
Price, Ivon Henry
Price, Ivon Henry (1866–1931), policeman and army intelligence officer, was born 18 March 1866 in Lucan, Co. Dublin, the son of James Price, a chartered engineer, and his wife Fanny (née Peebles); the family were Church of Ireland. He was educated at St Columba's College,…...
Putland, George
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Quin, Windham Thomas Wyndham-
Quin, Windham Thomas Wyndham- (1841–1926), 4th earl of Dunraven, politician and sportsman, was born 12 February 1841 at Adare, Co. Limerick, son of Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin (qv) (1812–71), 3rd earl of Dunraven,…...
Rambaut, Daniel Frederick
Rambaut, Daniel Frederick (1865–1937), doctor and Irish international rugby player, was born on 6 August 1865 at 3 Newtown Buildings, Waterford city, to Reverend Edmund Francis Rambaut, a Church of Ireland clergyman at Trinity, Waterford (who later moved to Carysfort church, Blackrock,…...
Reed, Sir Andrew
Reed, Sir Andrew (1837–1914), inspector-general of the RIC, was born 26 September 1837 in Galway, the only son of John Reed, local land agent, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Adamson of Moate, Co. Westmeath. His mother died when Andrew was three and his father later remarried…...
Robertson, Lawrence Alexander Durdin-
Robertson, Lawrence Alexander Durdin- (1920–94), Church of Ireland clergyman and priest of Isis, was born in London on 6 May 1920, the elder son of Manning Robertson (qv) and his wife Nora (née Parsons), a connexion of the earl of…...
Robinson, David Lubbock
Robinson, David Lubbock (1882–1943), British soldier, republican, senator, and hockey player, was born 11 August 1882 in Dublin, the second of the three sons and one daughter of John Joseph Robinson, Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife, Henrietta Harriet, youngest daughter…...
Roe, Robin
Roe, Robin (1928–2010), army chaplain and rugby player, was born on 11 November 1928 at Skeirke (Skirk), Ballybrophy, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, the youngest of two sons and three daughters of William Henry Roe, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Marshall). Educated at King's…...
Rooke, Charles Vaughan (‘C. V.’)
Rooke, Charles Vaughan (‘C. V.’) (1869–1946), rugby player, was born 24 September 1869 at Summerhill, Dublin, son of Thomas Slator Rooke, gentleman and member of the Plymouth Brethren, from Dublin; and Adelaide Rooke (née Reid) originally of Rossbrook, Co. Armagh. Educated…...
Scott, Elisha (‘Leesh’, ‘Lee’)
Scott, Elisha (‘Leesh’, ‘Lee’) (1893–1959), soccer player, was born 24 August 1893 off the Donegall Road in the Shankill area of Belfast, one of the younger sons in a Church of Ireland family of ten (five girls and five boys) of William E. Scott, a yarn bundler, and his wife, Jane (née…...
Shaw, Sir Alexander William
Shaw, Sir Alexander William (1847–1923), bacon manufacturer and founder of Limerick and Lahinch golf clubs, was born 27 October 1847 in Limerick, second son of William John Shaw of Willowbank, Limerick, bacon merchant. He was educated at St Mary's College, Limerick, and on…...
Sirr, Henry Charles
Sirr, Henry Charles (1764–1841), town-major of Dublin, was born 25 November 1764, possibly in Dublin castle, as his father, Joseph Sirr (1715–99), was then town major and housed there. His mother was Elizabeth Hall (1730?–1790) from Skelton Castle in Cleveland, Yorkshire. Joseph…...
Sirr, Joseph
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Stephenson, George Vaughan
Stephenson, George Vaughan (1901–70), rugby footballer and medical doctor, was born 22 December 1901 in Dromore, Co. Down, son of a Church of Ireland clergyman. Educated at Clanrye preparatory school in Belfast and at the RBAI…...
Stevenson, Alexander Ernest ('Alex')
Stevenson, Alexander Ernest ('Alex') (1912–85), footballer, was born on 9 August 1912 in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, the fourth of eight children (five girls and three boys) of Alexander Riach Stevenson (1883–1960), a blacksmith, of Palace View, Richmond Road, Drumcondra, and his wife…...
Talbot, James
Talbot, James (c.1768–1850),3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide , diplomat and spy, was born at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, second son among seven sons and five daughters of Richard Talbot, soldier, and Margaret Talbot (née O'Reilly). Educated at…...