Graves, James
Graves, James (1815–86), clergyman, archaeologist, and historian, was born 11 October 1815 in Kilkenny town, son of Rev. Richard Graves (1785–1857), rector of Coolcullen, Co. Kilkenny, and vicar choral (1817–26) of St Canice's cathedral, Kilkenny, and Joanna Graves (née Anderson…...
Graves, John Thomas
Graves, John Thomas (1806–70), jurist and mathematician, was born 4 December 1806 at 12 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, eldest son of four boys and one girl of John Crosbie Graves, chief police magistrate of Dublin, and his wife Helena, daughter of the Rev. Charles Perceval, rector of…...
Graydon, George
Graydon, George (c.1753–1803), cleric, geologist, and social reformer, was probably born at Killashee, Co. Kildare, one of four sons and a daughter of George Graydon, gentleman, and Jane Graydon (neé Maxwell). The eldest son, Robert (c.1744–1800), represented…...
Green, William Spotswood
Green, William Spotswood (1847–1919), marine scientist, was born 10 September 1847 in Youghal, Co. Cork, the only son and eldest of six children of Charles Green, JP, merchant of Youghal, and his wife Catherine Frances, daughter of Walter…...
Gregg, John
Gregg, John (1798–1878), Church of Ireland bishop, was born 4 August 1798 at Cappa, near Ennis, Co. Clare, fifth son and twelfth and youngest surviving child of Richard Gregg (1742–1808), country gentleman, and Barbara Gregg (née Fitzgerald), a catholic and sister of…...
Gregg, John Allen Fitzgerald
Gregg, John Allen Fitzgerald (1873–1961), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was born 4 July 1873 at North Cerney, Gloucestershire, England, into a distinguished family, youngest and only son among four children of the Rev. John Robert Gregg (1831–82), vicar of Deptford, Kent…...
Gregg, Robert Samuel
Gregg, Robert Samuel (1834–96), Church of Ireland primate, was born 3 May 1834 at Kilsallaghan, Co. Dublin, second son among three sons and three daughters of John Gregg (qv), bishop of Cork, and Elizabeth Nicola Gregg (née Law). Entering…...
Gregg, Tresham Dames
Gregg, Tresham Dames (1800–81), clergyman and controversialist, was born 11 August 1800 in Dublin, son of Hugh Gregg (c.1775–1805), originally of Dublin but later of Kilkenny, and Martha Gregg (née Dames; 1781–1874). He was a grandson of Tresham Gregg (1751–1809), gaoler…...
Gregory, (William) Robert
Gregory, (William) Robert (1881–1918), painter, theatre designer, sportsman, and airman, was born 20 May 1881 in London, only child of Sir William Gregory (qv) of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and his second wife, Isabella Augusta…...
Groves, Edward Kelly
Groves, Edward Kelly (1776/7–c.1854), clergyman, writer, and political activist, was born in Dublin, son of James Groves, attorney, and Grace Groves (née Kelly). Educated initially by private tutor, he entered TCD (January 1790…...
Guiney, David
Guiney, David (1921–2000), athlete, sports journalist, sports historian, and author, was born 31 January 1921 in Kanturk, Co. Cork, one of four sons of John Guiney, solicitor and nationalist MP for Cork North (1913–18), and Mary Guiney (née Buckley) of O'Brien St., Kanturk. Guiney…...
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu (1908–2008), medical doctor, naturalist, explorer and editor, was born 5 August 1908 in the family home, St Dymphna's, Clontarf, Dublin, second eldest of three sons and two daughters of Edward John Gwynn (qv),…...
Gwynn, John
Gwynn, John (1827–1917), clergyman and scholar, was born 28 August 1827 in Larne, Co. Antrim, eldest son among four sons and two daughters of the Rev. Stephen Gwynne, rector of Agherton, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Gwynne (née Stevens or Stevenson). Their mother drowned at…...
Hackett, Thomas
Hackett, Thomas (d. 1697), deprived Church of Ireland bishop of Down and Connor, is said to have been born in England but the date and exact place of his birth and the identity of his parents are unknown. Educated at TCD, where he…...
Hall, David Henry
Hall, David Henry (1873–1940), clergyman, scholar, and promoter of housing reform, was born 21 May 1873 in Dromore, Banbridge, Co. Down, the son of Henry Hall, schoolteacher and organist, and his wife, Helen (née Kingham). Educated at Dundalk and Santry schools, he had a…...
Hall, George
Hall, George (1753–1811), clergyman and academic, was born in Northumberland, son of the Rev. Mark Hall, and was baptised on 14 May 1753 at Earsdon ‘by North Shields’ (distinguishing it from another Earsdon further north), and educated at the Free Grammar school, Newcastle upon…...
Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes
Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes (1765–1831), schoolmaster, clergyman, writer, and forger, was born 29 December 1765 in Co. Meath. Orphaned while still a young child, he was raised by his uncle, Judge William Gregory, before attending Westminster School. In 1785 he opened a…...
Halpin, Nicholas John
Halpin, Nicholas John (1790–1850), clergyman and writer, was born 18 October 1790 at Portarlington, Queen's Co. (Laois), son of William Halpin, gentleman. He entered TCD in 1810 and, in a distinguished career there, showed a talent for…...
Hamilton, Andrew
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Hamilton, Andrew
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Hamilton, Archibald
Hamilton, Archibald (1580?–1659?), Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was second son of Sir Claud Hamilton of Cochnough, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Betoun of Creich. He was educated at Glasgow University, graduating…...
Hamilton, Hugh
Hamilton, Hugh (1729–1805), Church of Ireland bishop and scientist, was born 26 March 1729 at Knock, Co. Dublin, eldest of four sons of Alexander Hamilton, attorney and later MP for Killyleagh (1739–60), and his wife Isabella, a Maxwell of Finnebrogue, Co. Down; there were also two…...
Hamilton, James Archibald
Hamilton, James Archibald (1747–1815), Church of Ireland clergyman and astronomer, was born at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, son of Col. Gustavus Hamilton and Jane Hamilton (née Giverdot). From 1754 he attended the Royal School at Armagh before entering…...
Hamilton, Malcolm
Hamilton, Malcolm (d. 1629), Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was the son of Archibald Hamilton and either Maria Barkley of Ladeland or Anna Kennedy of Stamhasset Cassily. His father's provenance is uncertain; he may have been one of the Hamiltons of Raplock, Lanarkshire,…...
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan (1805–65), mathematician, was born on the night of 3–4 August 1805 (the time was recorded as midnight) at his father's house in Dominick Street, Dublin. He was the second of five children who survived infancy, and the only son, of Archibald Hamilton (…...