Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1597), Butler rebel, was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Butler (qv) (d. 1601) of Cloghgrennan, Co. Carlow, and Eleanor Eustace, daughter of Rowland, Lord Baltinglass. He resided at his castle in Newstone. In spite of…...
Butler, Piers
Butler, Piers (d. 1660?), 1st Viscount Ikerrin , confederate commander in Munster, was the son of Sir James Butler, Baron Ikerrin, of Lismallon, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of Ormond. He…...
Butler, Piers (‘Piers Ruadh’)
Butler, Piers (‘Piers Ruadh’) (c.1467–1539), 8th earl of Ormond and 1st earl of Ossory , was third son of Sir James Butler (qv), and his wife Sadhbh, daughter of Domhnall Riabhach Kavanagh. He is perhaps the best exemplar of the use of naked ambition…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1775–1819), 12th Baron Caher and earl of Glengall , was born 13 November 1775 in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, illegitimate son of James Butler, 11th Baron Caher (d. 1788), and a Co. Tipperary mendicant woman. His early life was shrouded in romantic intrigue: at an…...
Butler, Sir Edmund
Butler, Sir Edmund (c.1534–1602), Irish lord and rebel, was the second son of James Butler (qv), 9th earl of Ormond, and his wife Joan, daughter of James fitz Maurice…...
Butler, Walter
Butler, Walter (d. 1633), 11th earl of Ormond , nobleman, was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Butler of Kilcash and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Cormac MacCarthy Reagh, and was nephew to Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of…...
Byrne, Christopher Michael (‘Christy’, ‘C. M.’)
Byrne, Christopher Michael (‘Christy’, ‘C. M.’) (1886?–1958), politician, farmer, and auctioneer, was born in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, the only child of Walter Byrne of 13 Temple Road, Blackrock, and Ballykillavane, Glenealy, Co. Wicklow. Educated (1895–8) at Blackrock College, he…...
Byrne, Edward
Byrne, Edward (1739/40–1804), merchant and chairman of the Catholic Committee, was a son of John Byrne of Saggart, Co. Dublin, whose father, Garret Byrne (d. 1752), was a farmer there and, according to a descendant, ‘lived in the castle of Saggart and owned the estate belonging…...
Byrne, Frank
Byrne, Frank (c.1849–1894), nationalist, was born in Ireland, the son of Francis Byrne, a clerk. His family appears to have moved to Lancashire England, during his childhood. Nothing is known of his early life until 1870, when he served in an Irish company in the French army…...
Byrne, Mary Ann
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Byrne, Patrick
Byrne, Patrick (1740/41–1814), printer, bookseller, and United Irishman, had a flourishing business in Dublin, at 35 College Green (1779–85) and 108 Grafton Street (1785–99). Byrne's business was probably the largest of its kind in Ireland in the eighteenth century. One indication…...
Byrne, Richard
Byrne, Richard (1862–1942), politician and publican, was the third son of John Byrne (1830–86), a farmer of Taughlumny, near Lurgan, Co. Armagh, and Isabella Byrne (1826–1919). While little is known of Byrne's education, he served his apprenticeship to the licensed trade with…...
Byrne, Sir William Patrick
Byrne, Sir William Patrick (1859–1935), under secretary for Ireland (1916–18), was born 12 February 1859 at Beech House, Withington, Lancashire, the fourth son of John Byrne. After attending at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, and St Bede's College, Manchester, he studied law at the…...
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’)
Byrne, Vincent (‘Vinnie’) (1900–92), revolutionary and soldier, was born 23 November 1900 in the national maternity hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, the elder among one son and one daughter of Vincent Byrne, carpenter, of 33 Denzille Street (latterly Fenian Street), and his wife…...
Caffrey, Thomas
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Cahill, Joe (Joseph)
Cahill, Joe (Joseph) (1920–2004), republican paramilitary, was born 10 May 1920 in Divis Street, west Belfast, the eldest of thirteen children (two died in infancy) of Joseph Cahill, printer, and his wife Josephine. One brother, Tom, became an active…...
Cahill, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’)
Cahill, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’) (1885?–1946), revolutionary and newspaper editor, was born at Caherina, Tralee, Co. Kerry, one of five children of bilingual parents, Timothy (‘Thady’) Cahill of Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry, and Mary Cahill (née Tangney) of Killorglin, Co. Kerry. His…...
Callaghan, Daniel
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Callaghan, Gerard
Callaghan, Gerard (c.1787–1833), politician and merchant, was born in Cork city, third son of Daniel (‘Dan’) Callaghan, a wealthy catholic merchant and shipowner from Cork, and Mary Callaghan (née Barry). Dan Callaghan (fl. 1780–1820) set up as a butter…...
Callaghan (MacCallaghan), John
Callaghan (MacCallaghan), John (1605–64), Jansenist priest and agent, was born in Killone (Carbury), near Macroom, Co. Cork, fifth and youngest son of Dermot MacCallaghan and his wife Catherine (née MacCallaghan), a distant cousin. Raised in impoverished conditions, he dropped the…...
Callan, Philip
Callan, Philip (1837–1902), politician, was born 27 May 1837 at Cookstown House, near Ardee, Co. Louth, only son of Owen Callan, a well-to-do tenant farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (or Bessie), eldest daughter of Patrick O'Carroll, and was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co.…...
Calvert, George
Calvert, George (d. 1632), 1st Baron Baltimore , politician, was born in Yorkshire, the son of Leonard Calvert of Danby Wiske, Yorkshire, and his wife, Alice, daughter of John Crossland of Crossland, Yorkshire. He perhaps had a younger brother. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford,…...
Campbell, Joseph
Campbell, Joseph (1879–1944), poet and republican, was born 15 July 1879 at Loreto Cottage, Castlereagh Road, Belfast, seventh among ten children of William Henry Campbell (1842–1900), road-building contractor, and Catherine Campbell (née Canmer; d. 1918) of Belfast. From his…...
Campbell, Sir Henry
Campbell, Sir Henry (1856–1924), secretary to Charles Stewart Parnell, MP, and town clerk of Dublin, was born at Kilcoo, Co. Down, second son of Patrick Campbell and his wife, Margaret (née Boden). He began his career as a grocer's assistant at Newry but soon moved to Newcastle…...
Campbell, Thomas Joseph
Campbell, Thomas Joseph (1871–1946), journalist, lawyer, and politician, was born 14 December 1871 in Divis St., Belfast, son of Joseph Campbell, stationer, originally of Maghery, Co. Armagh, and Sarah Campbell (née Morrow) of Dromore, Co. Down. Educated at St Mary's…...