Parkinson, James Joseph (‘J. J.’)
Parkinson, James Joseph (‘J. J.’) (c.1870–1948), racehorse trainer and senator, was born near Tramore, Co. Waterford. After qualifying with first-class honours in London as a veterinary surgeon, he returned to Ireland and was apprenticed to one of the leading trainers in…...
Plunkett, Oliver James Horace
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Prendergast, Patrick Joseph (‘P. J.’)
Prendergast, Patrick Joseph (‘P. J.’) (d. 1980), horse trainer, was born in Athy, Co. Kildare, son of Patrick Prendergast, horse breeder. Little is known of his early life except that he worked in stables in Australia by 1932 and returned to Ireland by 1935; his father placed him…...
Prendiville, Redmond Garrett (‘Mundy’)
Prendiville, Redmond Garrett (‘Mundy’) (1900–68), Gaelic footballer and catholic archbishop of Perth, Western Australia, was born 11 September 1900 in Glenlarhan, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, youngest among sixteen children of Garrett Prendiville, farmer, and Hannah…...
Punch (Pontius, Ponce), John
Punch (Pontius, Ponce), John (1603–c.1660×73), philosopher, theologian, and controversialist, was born in Cork of an Anglo-Irish family. Nothing is known of his parents, his early years, or his education before he entered the novitiate of the Irish Franciscans at St…...
Purcell, Noel Mary Joseph
Purcell, Noel Mary Joseph (1891–1962), water-polo and rugby player, was born 14 December 1891 in Dublin, one of two children of Daniel Purcell, solicitor, and Mary Clare Purcell (née Hoey) of Westland Row, Dublin. He was educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College, and…...
Purcell, Sean
Purcell, Sean (1928–2005), Gaelic footballer, was born in the family home on the Dublin Road, Tuam, Co. Galway, on 17 December 1928, the son of John Purcell, journalist and newsagent, and his wife Norah (née Kilkenny). Educated at the Presentation Convent, Tuam…...
Reynolds, Augustus Percival Harald (‘Percy’)
Reynolds, Augustus Percival Harald (‘Percy’) (1895–1983), accountant, company director, racehorse owner and breeder, was born 29 August 1895 at 9 Florence Street, Dublin, son of John Richard Reynolds, bookkeeper, and Mary Reynolds (née Griffin). Educated at the O'Connell Schools, he…...
Reynolds, John (‘Jack’)
Reynolds, John (‘Jack’) (1869–1917), footballer, was born 21 February 1869 in Fielding Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, the second of five sons of John Gregory Reynolds, labourer, and Catherine (Kate) Reynolds (née Cash), both of whom were born in Ireland. Probably educated at the…...
Richardson, Edward Gerald (‘Eddie’)
Richardson, Edward Gerald (‘Eddie’) (1903–87), sportsman and politician, was born 15 April 1903 in Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, son of James Richardson, farmer, and Catherine (née McNamara). The family lived at Moybane, Crossmaglen, and he was educated locally. He was Ulster cycling…...
Ring, Christy
Ring, Christy (1920–79), hurler, was born Nicholas Christopher Ring on 30 October 1920 in Kilboy, near Cloyne, Co. Cork, second youngest among three sons and two daughters of Nicholas Ring, gardener, and his wife Mary. In his childhood the family moved to Spittal Street in Cloyne…...
Russell, Paul
Russell, Paul (1906–65), Gaelic footballer, was born 2 July 1906 in Killarney, Co. Kerry, one of two sons and four daughters of Richard Russell, salesman, and Mary (‘May’) Russell (née Jacob) of Mangerton View, Killarney. He was educated at the Monastery, Killarney; Franciscan…...
Ruttledge, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’, ‘P. J.’)
Ruttledge, Patrick Joseph (‘Paddy’, ‘P. J.’) (1892–1952), lawyer, politician, and racehorse owner, was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Educated at St Muredach's College, Ballina, and St Enda's school, run by Patrick Pearse (qv). he…...
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…...
Ryan, John Joseph (Jack)
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Ryan, Michael (‘Mick’)
Ryan, Michael (‘Mick’) (1869–1947), rugby player, was born 4 November 1869 at Racecourse, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, eldest among three sons and two daughters of John Ryan, farmer, from Racecourse, and Anne Ryan (née Moloney), originally from Ballinhowe, Co. Tipperary. Educated at…...
Ryan, Thady (Thaddeus) Francis
Ryan, Thady (Thaddeus) Francis (1923–2005), fox hunter and horse breeder, was born in Hatch Street nursing home, Dublin, on 25 September 1923, the eldest son of…...
Salmon, Peter Joseph (‘Joey’)
Salmon, Peter Joseph (‘Joey’) (1930–91), hurler, was born 1 April 1930 in Cappatagle, Co. Galway, second among two sons and two daughters of Michael Salmon, farmer, of Gortnamona, Co. Galway, and Katie Salmon (née Curley), originally from Kiltormer, Co. Galway. While he was a…...
Seaton, Molly (Mary Anne)
Seaton, Molly (Mary Anne) (1905–74), soccer player, was born 2 September 1905 in the family residence at Greencastle in the docks area of Belfast. She was the second youngest of the four surviving children (three daughters and a son) of Henry Seaton, brick layer, and his wife Mary Jane…...
Sheehy, John Joe
Sheehy, John Joe (1897–1980), Gaelic footballer and republican, was born 16 October 1897 in 11 Gas Tce, Tralee, Co. Kerry, son of Patrick Sheehy, railway guard, and Deborah Sheehy (née Moriarty). Educated at CBS Edward St., Tralee (…...
Smith, James (‘Jim’)
Smith, James (‘Jim’) (1901–70), Gaelic footballer, was born 7 April 1901 in Gola, Killinkere, Co. Cavan, the third of nine surviving children of James Smith, a small farmer of Gola, and Susan Smith (née Tully), from the adjoining townland of Derryhum. He was educated locally before…...
Smythe, Timothy
Smythe, Timothy (1905–82), athlete and politician, was born 12 April 1905 at Garraun, Feakle, Co. Clare, son of Cornelius Smyth, farmer, of Faha, Co. Clare, and Mary Anne Smyth (née Tuohy). After the deaths of both his parents in his early childhood, he was reared by an aunt, Mrs…...
Sutherland, Darren John
Sutherland, Darren John (1982–2009), boxer, was born on 18 April 1982 at the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, the eldest child of Tony and Linda Sutherland. He was raised in Tottenham, London, until aged seven, and then lived for three years in St Vincent in the Caribbean, from where his…...
Toland, John
Toland, John (1670–1722), freethinker and polemical writer, was probably born in Inishowen, Co. Donegal, on 30 November 1670. Reputed to be the illegitimate son of a catholic priest, Toland may have been baptised ‘Joannes Eugenius’, which he later altered to a pen name, ‘Janus Junius’.…...
Traynor, Oscar
Traynor, Oscar (1886–1963), revolutionary, politician, and sports administrator, was born 21 March 1886 in 32 Upper Abbey St., Dublin, son of Patrick Traynor, bookseller and Fenian, and Maria Traynor (née Clarke). Educated at St Mary's Place…...