Co. Armagh

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O'Neill, Felix

O'Neill, Felix (1720?–95), Jacobite and officer in the Spanish service, was born possibly on 1 November 1720 at Creggan, Co. Armagh, son of Henry and Cáitlín O'Neill. His commission papers give this date of birth but later Spanish records give birth dates of 1712, 1717, and 1718.…

O'Neill, Sarah Ann (née Hanna)

O'Neill, Sarah Ann (née Hanna) (1919–2012), traditional singer, was born on 19 August 1919 in Derrytresk, Co. Tyrone, the eldest of nine children (five sons and four daughters) of Joe Hanna, a small farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Hughes). Her mother also had three sons from her…

Paisley, Ian

Paisley, Ian Richard Kyle (1926–2014), Lord Bannside, protestant revivalist and politician, was born in Armagh city on 6 April 1926, younger of two sons of James Kyle Paisley (known as Kyle Paisley), baptist preacher, and his wife Isabella (née Turnbull), a former governess from Kilsyth…

Palmer, Sir Arthur Hunter

Palmer, Sir Arthur Hunter (1819–98), politician in Australia, was born 28 December 1819 in Armagh city, second son of Lieut. Arthur Palmer, RN, and Emily Palmer (née Hunter). Educated at Youghal grammar school in Co. Cork, and by a private tutor in…

Paterson, John Thomas Farquhar

Paterson, John Thomas Farquhar (1938–2005), Church of Ireland clergyman and scholar, was born 21 December 1938 in Portadown, Co. Armagh, the only child of Henry Paterson and his wife Greta (Margreta) (née Bell). His uncle was the local historian and folklorist Thomas George Farquhar…

Patterson, Annie Wilson

Patterson, Annie Wilson (1868–1934), musician, author, and music teacher, was born 27 October 1868 in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, daughter of Thomas Rankin Patterson, bakery owner, and Martha Macaulay Patterson (née Wilson), a distant relative of Lord Macaulay. She attended Alexandra College,…

Patterson, Robert James

Patterson, Robert James (1868–1930), presbyterian minister and temperance campaigner, was born 1 January 1868 in Ballymoyer, Whitecross, Co. Armagh, second son of Samuel Patterson and Margaret Patterson (née Ranton). His father was probably a farmer, but a half-brother and three…

Pollock, Joseph

Pollock, Joseph (1752–1824), barrister, reformer, and polemicist, was born in Newry, Co. Down, the first son of James Pollock; Joseph was a cousin of John Pollock (qv) (d. 1825) of Newry. Admitted to the King's Inns and Middle Temple (…

Preston, Thomas

Preston, Thomas (1860–1900), physicist, was born 23 July 1860 at Ballyhagan, Kilmore, Co. Armagh, youngest among three sons of Abraham Dawson Preston, gentleman farmer, and his wife Anne (née Hall), and was educated at Armagh Royal School and

Reid, James Seaton

Reid, James Seaton (1798–1851), presbyterian historian, was born 19 December 1798 at Lurgan, Co. Armagh, eleventh son among seventeen children of Forrest Reid (d. 1801), schoolmaster, and Mary Reid (née Weir) of Derriaghy, Co. Antrim. Only five of the children survived childhood.…

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…

Richardson, John Grubb

Richardson, John Grubb (1813/15–1890), linen manufacturer and philanthropist, was second son among seven sons and three daughters of James Nicholson Richardson and Alicia Richardson (née Grubb); he was a grandson of Jonathan…

Robinson, Thomas Romney

Robinson, Thomas Romney (1793–1882), astronomer and mathematical physicist, was born 23 April 1793 in St Anne's parish, Dublin, eldest son of Thomas Robinson, an English portrait painter, and Ruth Robinson (née Buck). He was named after his father's painting master, George Romney.…

Rudd, Margaret Caroline

Rudd, Margaret Caroline (c.1745–1797), courtesan and forger, born c.1745 in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, the only child of Patrick Youngson, an apothecary, and his wife Isabella (née Stewart), through whom Margaret, more commonly known as Caroline, claimed to be descended from…

Russell, George William (‘Æ’)

Russell, George William (‘Æ’) (1867–1935), journalist, writer, artist, and cooperator, was born 10 April 1867 in William Street, Lurgan, Co. Armagh, son of Thomas Elias Russell (d. 1900), a bookkeeper, and Marianne Russell (née Armstrong; d. 1897). Early life and marriage The youngest…

Shillington, David Graham

Shillington, David Graham (1872–1944), politician, was born 10 December 1872 at Tavanagh House, Portadown, Co. Armagh, son of Thomas Shillington, JP, and Mary Jane Shillington (née Graham). Educated at Rydalmount School, Colwyn Bay, he later…

Shillington, Sir (Robert Edward) Graham

Shillington, Sir (Robert Edward) Graham (1911–2001), chief constable of the RUC, was born at Portadown, Co. Armagh, on 2 April 1911, youngest of six children of Major David Shillington (qv) and his wife, Louisa (née Collen).…

Simpson, Maxwell

Simpson, Maxwell (1815–1902), chemist, was born 15 March 1815 in Beech Hill, Co. Armagh, youngest among nine children of Thomas Simpson, prosperous linen merchant and flour mill owner, whose wife's maiden name was Browne. He was educated at the private school of Dr Henderson, at…

Sleator, James Samuel (Sinton)

Sleator, James Samuel (Sinton) (1885–1950), portrait- and still-life painter, was born 27 June 1885 at Derrycarne, Portadown, Co. Armagh, one of five children of William Slator and Margaret Slator (née Thompson), both teachers. Sleator changed the spelling of his surname and used…

Sloan, Joshua Walter (‘Paddy’, ‘Tod’)

Sloan, Joshua Walter (‘Paddy’, ‘Tod’) (1920–93), soccer player and manager/coach, was born 30 April 1920 in Hill St., Lurgan, Co. Armagh, son of James Henry Sloan, insurance agent, and Sarah Sloan (née Walker). Described as ‘the original soccer gypsy’ (McGarrigle, 175), during a…

Snoddy, Theodore John ('Theo')

Snoddy, Theodore John ('Theo') (1922–2008), art critic and historian, was born in Lurgan hospital, Co. Armagh, on 30 November 1922, one of two sons of John Snoddy and his wife Emily Elizabeth (née Sinton), residing at that date in Boconnel House, Lurgan. Emily Sinton was the daughter…

Strain, Alexander

Strain, Alexander (c.1877–1943), Dublin builder and property developer, was born in Markethill, Co. Armagh, eldest son of Robert Douglas Strain, builder, and his wife Margaret (née McFadden). Alexander moved to Dublin in 1893 and initially worked for a timber dealer in…

Stronge, Sir Charles Norman Lockhart

Stronge, Sir Charles Norman Lockhart (1894–1981), 8th baronet, politician, was born 23 July 1894 in Bryansford, Co. Down, the only son among two children of Sir Charles Edmond Sinclair Stronge (1862–1939) of Tynan Abbey, Co. Armagh, and Marian Iliff Stronge (née Bostock) of Walton…

Stuart, James

Stuart, James (1764–1840), newspaper editor and historian, was born in Armagh city, son of Benjamin Stuart of Co. Antrim. He was educated at Armagh Royal School under Dr Arthur Grueber and in 1784 took sixth place on entrance to TCD. He…

Tennent, Gilbert

Tennent, Gilbert (1703–64), presbyterian minister in America, was born 5 February 1703 in Vinecash, Co. Armagh, near Portadown, eldest son among four sons and a daughter of William Tennent (qv) (d. 1746), and his wife Catherine,…