Dwyer, Bernie
(1943–2013), journalist, filmmaker and political activist, was born in Dublin on 14 December
1943 to Mary (née Fagan) and Arthur
Hannon , a clerk at Dublin
Corporation. She spent her early childhood in Drimnagh, before the family moved to
Sutton, Co. Dublin. She left…...
Johnston (Johnston-Liik ), Edith Mary (1930–2008), historian and editor, was born 11 July 1930 in Belfast,
eldest of three daughters of John Worthington Johnston (1904–52), athlete, presbyterian
minister and army chaplain, and his wife Mary Isobel Giraud (née McFadden); a son died at…...
Pinkerton, Emily (Emilie) Cordner- (c.1859–1902), publisher, was born probably in Newry, Co. Down, where her parents, William Henry Cordner (d. 1890) and Matilda Cordner (née McCracken), had a jewellery and watchmaker's shop. There were also at least three sons in the family…...
Raftery, Mary Frances Thérèse (1957–2012), campaigning journalist and documentary maker, was born on 21 December 1957 in Dublin to Adrian Raftery, an Irish diplomat, and Ita Raftery (née Elmes). She had one sister and two brothers. The family lived in France for much of her early life,…...