Bourke, Theobald
Bourke, Theobald (c.1615?–1653), 3rd Viscount Mayo , soldier and politician, was son and heir of Miles Bourke (qv), 2nd Viscount Mayo, and Honora, daughter of Sir John Bourke of Derrymaclaghtny, Co. Galway.…...
Bourke, Thomas
Bourke, Thomas (fl. 1643–4), printer, has been considered the first known printer in Waterford. Though his background is not known, it has been argued that the ‘good standard of the typesetting and printing of his extant works demonstrate that he was already a well-trained…...
Bourke, Thomas Francis
Bourke, Thomas Francis (1840–89), Fenian, was born 10 December 1840 in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, second eldest of six children of Edmond Burke (d. 1859), house painter, and Mary Burke (née Dwyer). His father's business, which had been reasonably prosperous, was hit badly by the…...
Bracken, Brendan
Bracken, Brendan (1901–58), politician, was born 15 February 1901 in Church St., Templemore, Co. Tipperary, third child and second of three sons of Joseph Kevin (J. K.) Bracken (qv) and Hannah (née Ryan) Bracken. The family moved to…...
Brady, Joe
Brady, Joe (c. 1857–1883), Fenian and assassin, was born in Dublin, second of twenty sons and five daughters of Thomas Brady, a paviour of forty years standing with Dublin corporation. After serving an apprenticeship with Dublin corporation, Joe was employed by the corporation…...
Brady, Rory
Brady, Rory (1957–2010), barrister and attorney general, was born on 20 August 1957 in Gray Street in the Liberties area of Dublin, son of John Brady and his wife Teresa (née Kennedy). John Brady worked in Guinness's brewery, and was an unsuccessful Clann na Poblachta candidate for…...
Brady, Seán Ernest
Brady, Seán Ernest (1890–1969), revolutionary and politician, was born 28 May 1890 at 4 Lower Pembroke St., Dublin, fourth of eight children of Charles Brady (d. 1906), businessman, and Martha Brady (née Flynn) (d. 1930), shopkeeper. After Pembroke St. (1890–97) the family lived…...
Braughall, Thomas
Braughall, Thomas (1730–1803), merchant and politician, was born in Dublin (no further details of his background are known), and was one of the most forthright radical catholics to emerge from the Dublin merchant community in the eighteenth century. Braughall's ancestors had taken…...
Brayton, Teresa C.
Brayton, Teresa C. (1868–1943), poet and nationalist, was born 29 June 1868 in the townland of Kilbrook, near Enfield, Co. Kildare, fifth child of Hugh Boylan and Elizabeth Boylan (née Downes), tenant farmers. She was educated locally; having trained as a teacher, she worked for a…...
Brenan, Joseph
Brenan, Joseph (1828–57), Young Ireland revolutionary, poet, and journalist, was born 17 November 1828 in Cork city; nothing is known of his parents. He spent some of his early childhood in Skibbereen and was educated at St Vincent's seminary, Cork. He joined the Cork Historical…...
Brennan, Garrett (Gerald Brennan/O'Brennan; Gearóid Ó Braonáin/ Ó Breanáin)
Brennan, Garrett (Gerald Brennan/O'Brennan; Gearóid Ó Braonáin/ Ó Breanáin) (1894–1974), revolutionary and garda, was born 7 October 1894 in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, second of ten children of Cornelius Barrett, shopkeeper, and Margaret Brennan (née Boran). One of his brothers was…...
Brennan, Robert
Brennan, Robert (1881–1964), republican, journalist, writer, and diplomat, was born in Co. Wexford on 22 July 1881, second child and eldest son among four children of Robert Brennan (d. 1919), cattle dealer, and Bridget Brennan (née Kearney; d. 1938), dressmaker. He was educated…...
Brennan, Seamus
Brennan, Seamus (1948–2008), politician and government minister, was born in Galway city on 16 February 1948, the second of five children (four sons and a daughter) of James Brennan, a Fianna Fáil activist and builder (fifty employees in 1976), and his wife Tess (née O'Donnell), a…...
Browne, Geoffrey
Browne, Geoffrey (d. 1668), lawyer and politician, was the eldest son, of the four sons and five daughters, of Sir Dominick Browne, merchant, and mayor of Galway in 1634, and his wife, Anastasia, daughter of James Darcy, mayor of Galway in 1603, and sister of…...
Browne, Kathleen Anne
Browne, Kathleen Anne (1878–1943), agriculturist, writer, and politician, was born 1 October 1878 in Wexford, eldest among five children of Michael Browne, farmer, shopkeeper, and local politician, of Rathronan Castle, Bridgetown, Co. Wexford, and his wife (and cousin) Mary…...
Browne, Nicholas
Browne, Nicholas (1660?–1720), 2nd Viscount Kenmare , soldier and MP, was son and heir of Valentine Browne, 1st viscount, and his wife Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Plunkett (qv) of Dublin and Balrath, Co. Meath,…...
Browne, Noel Christopher
Browne, Noel Christopher (1915–97), politician and physician, was born 20 December 1915 at 38 Bath Street, Waterford city, second son and fourth among eight children of Joseph Browne, of Loughrea, Co. Galway, and Mary Theresa Browne (née Cooney), of Hollymount, Co. Mayo. His father was…...
Browne, Patrick
Browne, Patrick (d. 1614), merchant and municipal politician, was the elder of two sons of Patrick Browne of Backweston, Co. Kildare, and his wife Katherine Weston, sister of the former prior of St Wolstan's, Celbridge, Co. Kildare. The Brownes were an old established merchant…...
Browne, Sir Valentine
Browne, Sir Valentine (1638–94), 3rd baronet, 1st Viscount Kenmare , politician, and soldier, was son and heir of Sir Valentine Browne, 2nd baronet, and his wife Mary, daughter of Charles MacCarthy, 1st Viscount Muskerry. He succeeded his father in the baronetcy at the age of two…...
Browne, Thomas
Browne, Thomas (1726–95), 4th Viscount Kenmare , improving landlord, and catholic activist, was born in April 1726, second (and only surviving) son among two sons and a daughter of Valentine Browne (qv), 3rd viscount, and his first…...
Browne, Thomas Wogan
Browne, Thomas Wogan (1758?–1812), whig politician, was the elder son of Michael Browne (d. c.1778), a French army colonel with a modest property, Castle Browne, near Clane in Co. Kildare, and of his cousin and wife Catherine, daughter and (with her sister Frances) co-…...
Browne, Valentine
Browne, Valentine (1754–1812), 5th Viscount and 1st earl of Kenmare , catholic activist, and landlord, was born in January 1754, only son of Thomas Browne (qv), 4th Viscount Kenmare, and his wife Anne, daughter of Thomas Cooke of…...
Brugha, Cathal
Brugha, Cathal (1874–1922), revolutionary, was born Charles William St John Burgess 18 July 1874 at 13 Richmond Avenue, Fairview, Dublin, tenth among fourteen children (four sons and ten daughters) of Thomas Burgess (d. 1899), art dealer and native of Carlow, and Maryanne Burgess (née…...
Brugha, Ruairí
Brugha, Ruairí (1917–2006), politician and businessman, was born 15 October 1917 in Dublin, fourth child and only son (he had five sisters) of the republican revolutionary Cathal Brugha (qv) and his wife Cathleen (Caitlín) (née Kingston),…...
Bryan, George
Bryan, George (1770–1843), militia officer and catholic politician, was born 3 November 1770 in Devonshire Square, London, the younger son of George Bryan (1720–96) of London and his wife, Catherine Xaveria (d. 1778), daughter and heir of Henry Byrne of Oporto, Portugal. His great…...