Chappell, William
Chappell, William (1582–1649), protestant bishop of Cork and Ross, and provost of TCD, was born 10 December 1582 at Lexington, Nottinghamshire, England, and was educated at Mansfield Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge (…...
Charles, Robert Henry
Charles, Robert Henry (1855–1931), Biblical scholar, was born 6 August 1855 at Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, probably in Loy House, fifth of the seven sons of Dr David H. Charles and Annie E. Charles (née Allen). He attended Belfast Academy and won a scholarship to…...
Chenevix, Richard
Chenevix, Richard (1697–1779), church of Ireland bishop, was born early in 1697, son of Philip Chenevix, colonel in the Guards, and grandson of Philip Chenevix, a huguenot clergyman who fled in 1685 from Limay, France, to England. Nothing is known of his mother. Richard was…...
Clare, Wallace George
Clare, Wallace George (1895–1963), priest and genealogist, was born 9 August 1895 in Ipswich, Suffolk, the only son of Frederick Clare, wine buyer, and Agnes Clare (née Keegan). His father died when Wallace was 2 years old, and his mother brought him and his sister up in…...
Clarke, Adam
Clarke, Adam (1760/62–1832), methodist minister and scholar, was born at Moybeg, near Maghera, Co. Londonderry, son of John Clarke (fl. 1762), schoolmaster, whose early marriage to a Miss McLean prevented him from completing a degree in…...
Clayton, Robert
Clayton, Robert (1695–1758), Church of Ireland bishop of Clogher, antiquary, and religious controversialist, was born in England, possibly at Fulwood, near Preston, Lancashire, the eldest of eight children and first of four sons of John Clayton (1657–1725) and his wife, Eleanor (…...
Cleaver, Euseby
Cleaver, Euseby (1745–1819), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born in the rectory of Twyford, near Buckingham, England, son of the Rev. William Cleaver, the Twyford schoolmaster. He was admitted a king's scholar at Westminster School (1759) and subsequently as an…...
Cleaver, Euseby Digby
Cleaver, Euseby Digby (1826–94), clergyman and Gaelic revivalist, was born 8 March 1826 in Delgany, Co. Wicklow, eldest son of William Cleaver, rector of Delgany, and Mary (née Mackworth) Cleaver, and grandson of Euseby Cleaver (qv) (…...
Cleland, John
Cleland, John (1755–1834), Church of Ireland clergyman and land agent, was the second son of Moses Cleland, a Co. Down gentleman. He attended Glasgow University, graduating MA (1777), which supports the belief of…...
Close, Maxwell Henry
Close, Maxwell Henry (1822–1903), Church of England clergyman and geologist, was born 23 October 1822 in Merrion Square, Dublin, the eldest of the eleven children (eight sons and three daughters) of Henry Samuel Close, a partner in Ball's Bank, Dublin, and his wife, Jane, a daughter of…...
Cobbe, Charles
Cobbe, Charles (1686/7–1765), archbishop of Dublin, was born in Winchester, Hants., England, and educated there and at Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1709, MA 1712). In August 1717 he went to Ireland as…...
Cole, William Willoughby
Cole, William Willoughby (1807–86), 3rd earl of Enniskillen and amateur geologist, was born 25 January 1807 at Florence Court, Co. Fermanagh, the country seat of the earls of Enniskillen. Cole was the eldest of three sons of the 2nd earl and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Henry…...
Collisson, William Alexander Houston
Collisson, William Alexander Houston (1865–1920), clergyman and musician, was born 20 May 1865 in Dublin, son of William Houston Collison and Elizabeth O'Callaghan. Before graduating from TCD (Mus.D.…...
Colquhoun, Samuel Randall Sproule
Colquhoun, Samuel Randall Sproule (1883–1961), clergyman, was born 28 July 1883, son of William Colquhoun, archdeacon of Derry. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) (Bachelor of Arts, 1906), and ordained deacon (1908) and priest (1909), he served in several parishes in Kilmore,…...
Colville, Alexander
Colville, Alexander (d. 1670×1679), clergyman, was apparently born in Scotland, and may have been related to Alexander Colville (d. 1666), principal of St Mary's College, St Andrews, and to the Colvilles, Lords Culross. He graduated MA, and was…...
Coneys, Thomas de Vere
Coneys, Thomas de Vere (1804?–51), Church of Ireland clergyman and first professor of Irish at TCD, was born in Galway, the first son of John Coneys, barrister, of Streamstown, Co. Galway. He was educated at the school of a Mr Whiteley and in October 1819 (aged fifteen) entered…...
Connellan, Thomas
Connellan, Thomas (1856–1917), catholic priest turned protestant evangelist, was eldest son of James Connellan (1814–96), farmer at Geevagh, Sligo, and his wife Honora. After studying at Summerhill College in Sligo (which he greatly disliked) and at Maynooth, he was ordained a…...
Connor (O'Connor), Bernard
Connor (O'Connor), Bernard (c.1666–1698), royal physician, anatomist, and historian, was born into a catholic family in Co. Kerry, one of at least three children of Bernard O'Connor, possibly a member of the branch of the lords of Kerry, whose seat was at Carrigafoyle;…...
Cooney, Edward
Cooney, Edward (1867–1960), evangelist, was born 11 February 1867 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, one of twelve children of William Rutherford Cooney, a prosperous anglican draper, and his methodist wife Emily (née Carson). He was educated at Enniskillen Model School and Portora…...
Cooper, Edward Joshua
Cooper, Edward Joshua (1798–1863), astronomer and MP, was born in May 1798 at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the eldest son of Edward Synge Cooper (1762–1830) of Markree castle, Co. Sligo, landowner and MP for Co. Sligo (1806–30), and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Verelst,…...
Coote, Charles
Coote, Charles (1712/13–1796), clergyman and philanthropist, was third son among six sons and one daughter of the Rev. Chidley Coote, DD, of Ash Hill, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, and Jane Coote (née Evans). He was taught by Dr McDonnell of…...
Cotter, George Sackville
Cotter, George Sackville (1755–1831), clergyman, poet, and translator, was most probably born in Co. Cork, the fourth and youngest son of Sir James Cotter, MP, created first baronet of Rockforest, Co. Cork, in 1763, and his wife, Arabella (née Rogerson, formerly Cassaubon), coheir…...
Cotton, Henry
Cotton, Henry (1789–1879), theologian and bibliographer, was born in Bucks., England, son of the Rev. William C. Cotton of Chichley, Berks., educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1811; MA…...
Cox, Michael
Cox, Michael (1692–1779), Church of Ireland archbishop, was born 2 November 1692 in Dublin, fifth and youngest son of Sir Richard Cox (qv) and his wife Mary (née Bourne). Different years have been given for his birth, but…...
Craig, John Duncan
Craig, John Duncan (1830–1909), clergyman and man of letters, was born at Horsehead House, Passage West, Co. Cork, the second son of John Craig, businessman and bank manager, and his first wife, a daughter of David Taylor of Edendale, who claimed family ties with…...