Co. Clare

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Mulready, William

Mulready, William (1786–1863), painter, was born 1 April 1786 in Ennis, Co. Clare, the only son and only surviving child of Michael Mulready, maker of leather breeches. His mother's name remains unknown. In 1788 the family moved to Dublin, leaving soon afterwards for London, where…

Murray, James Andrew

Murray, James Andrew (1840–1921), businessman, was born in 1840 in Co. Clare, the eldest of five sons and one daughter of Michael Murray and his wife Ann (née MacNamara), of whom little is known. The family emigrated to Canada about 1845, and in 1858 at age eighteen, James left for the…

Ní Ghráda, Máiréad

Ní Ghráda, Máiréad (1896–1971), playwright, author, and broadcaster, was born 23 December 1896 in Knockadangan, Kilmaley, Co. Clare, younger of two daughters of James O'Grady (1856–1942), farmer and sometime county councillor, and Bridget O'Grady (née Greene; 1854–1934), native of…

O'Brien (Arnold-Forster), Florence Mary

O'Brien (Arnold-Forster), Florence Mary (1854–1936), diarist, philanthropist, and craftswoman, was born 3 July 1854 in Bayswater, London, the second of four children of William Delafield Arnold and Frances Anne Arnold (née Hodgson). Her father, a son of Dr Thomas Arnold of Rugby and…

O'Brien, Catherine Amelia

O'Brien, Catherine Amelia (1881–1963), stained-glass artist, was born 19 June 1881 at Durra, Ennis, Co. Clare, one of five children of Pierce O'Brien, JP, a gentleman landowner, of Durra house, Ennis, Co. Clare, and Sophia Angel St John O'…

O'Brien, Cornelius

O'Brien, Cornelius (c.1782–1857), landlord, lawyer, and MP, was born at Birchfield, Liscannor, Co. Clare, the third son of Henry O'Brien of Birchfield and Ennis and his wife Hellen O'Callaghan, of Kilgorey, Co. Clare. Educated in Ennis, he entered the King's Inns in 1803, qualified as…

O'Brien, Edward

O'Brien, Edward (1806–40), lawyer and writer, was born 6 December 1806 in Dromoland, Co. Clare, third son of Sir Edward O'Brien (1773–1837), 4th baronet and MP for Clare, 1802–26, and his wife, Charlotte, daughter of William Smith of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick. Edward's older brother…

O'Brien, Frances Marcella

O'Brien, Frances Marcella (‘Attie ’) (1840–83), poet and novelist, was born 24 June 1840 near Ennis, Co. Clare, second youngest among three sons and two daughters of William O'Brien, farmer, from Co. Clare, and Marcella O'Brien (née Burke-Browne) of Newgrove, Co. Clare. Her mother…

O'Brien, Matthew

O'Brien, Matthew (1814–55), mathematician, was born at Ennis, Co. Clare, the son of Matthew O'Brien, a doctor. Educated initially by a private tutor, he entered Trinity College, Dublin, in July 1830 at the age of sixteen, but in November 1834 transferred to Gonville and Caius…

O'Brien (Ó Briain), Brian Ruad

O'Brien (Ó Briain), Brian Ruad (d. 1277), son of Conchobar O'Brien (qv), king of Thomond, ruled Thomond during an intensely turbulent period of its history. He succeeded after his father's death at the hands of his kinsmen in…

O'Brien, Peter

O'Brien, Peter (1842–1914), Baron O'Brien of Kilfenora , lord chief justice of Ireland, was born 29 June 1842 at Carnelly House, Ballynalacken, Co. Clare, fifth son of John O'Brien, MP for Limerick (1841–52), and his wife, Ellen (née Murphy).…

O'Brien, Richard Barry

O'Brien, Richard Barry (1847–1918), Irish nationalist biographer, historian, and publicist, was born 7 March 1847 in Kilrush, Co. Clare, third son of Patrick Barry O'Brien and Sarah O'Brien (née Hannan). In 1863 he went to Dublin, passing from the St Laurence O'Toole preparatory…

O'Brien, William Smith

O'Brien, William Smith (1803–64), politician, was born 17 October 1803 at Dromoland, Co. Clare, second son of Sir Edward O'Brien (1773–1837), baronet, and his wife, Charlotte (1781–1856), elder daughter of William Smith of Cahirmoyle (or Cahermoyle). William was descended from the…

Ó Broin, Seán

Ó Broin, Seán (1890–1965), civil servant, was born 22 June 1890 in Kilrush, Co. Clare, as John Joseph Byrne, son of Thomas Byrne, RIC constable, from Ballymote, Co. Sligo, and Maryanne Byrne (née Birmingham), of Kilrush. He was…

O'Connell, Peter (Ó Conaill, Peadar)

O'Connell, Peter (Ó Conaill, Peadar) (1755–1826), schoolmaster and lexicographer, was born at Carne, Killimer, Co. Clare (a townland latterly designated as Carrowdotia, on the Shannon estuary 8 km east of Kilrush), one of four sons and two daughters of Tadhg Ó Conaill and Áine Ó Conaill…

O'Curry (Curry, Ó Comhraí), Eugene (Eoghan)

O'Curry (Curry, Ó Comhraí), Eugene (Eoghan) (1794–1862), Irish scholar, was born 20 November 1794 at Dunaha, about three miles south of Kilkee, Co. Clare, third among four children of Eoghan ‘Mór’ O'Curry (c.1740–1825) and Catherine O'Curry (née Madigan) of Dunaha. His father,…

O'Donohue, John Joseph

O'Donohue, John Joseph (1956–2008), priest, philosopher and spiritual writer, was born 2 January 1956 in Ennistymon hospital, Co. Clare, eldest of three sons and one daughter of Patrick O'Donohue (d. 1970s), a small farmer and stonemason (whom John remembered as a profound influence…

O'Donohue, Maura

O'Donohue, Maura (1933–2015), missionary doctor and public health campaigner, was born on 2 March 1933 at Likeen, her family home in Kilfenora, Co. Clare, the second of four children (two girls and two boys) of Andrew O’Donohue, a farmer, and his wife Kate (née O’Brien). Mary Brigid, as…

O'Flanagan, Theophilus

O'Flanagan, Theophilus (c.1762–1814), classical and Irish scholar, was born in the parish of Tulla, Co. Clare, son of Mathghamhain Ó Flannagáin, scribe and hedge-schoolmaster. He was baptised Tadhg but later on entering TCD

O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’)

O'Gorman, Thomas (‘The Chevalier’) (1732–1809), officer in French service, scholar, and entrepreneur, was by his own account born 16 September 1732 at Castletown, Co. Clare, son of Matthew O'Gorman (or MacGorman) and his wife Margaret, daughter of Donough O'Loughlin of Castletown…

O'Halloran, Michael Joseph

O'Halloran, Michael Joseph (1933–99), railwayman and politician, was born 20 August 1933 in Doonbeg, Co. Clare, son of Martin O'Halloran, railwayman. He was educated at Clohanes national school up to the age of 14, when he left to work on the railways in London. He became an active…

O'Halloran, Sylvester

O'Halloran, Sylvester (1728–1807), surgeon and historian, was born 31 December 1728 at Caherdavin, Co. Clare, third son of Michael O'Halloran, a prosperous catholic farmer, and Mary O'Halloran (née McDonnell). His brothers were Joseph Ignatius, later a member of the Society of Jesus,…

Ó haodha, Mícheál

Ó haodha, Mícheál (1918–98), writer and radio producer, was born in July 1918 in Killaloe, Co. Clare. He attended UCD and had his first full play in Irish, ‘Ordóg an Bháis’ produced to acclaim at the Abbey. This was followed by a…

Ó hUaithnín, Seon

Ó hUaithnín, Seon (b. c.1688), poet, was born in Kilshanny, north of Ennistymon, Co. Clare, eldest son of Walter Huonyn (the name took many anglicised forms) of Tullamore in the parish of Killaspuglonane; nothing is known of his mother. Little is known of him, apart from…

O'Loghlen, Sir Michael

O'Loghlen, Sir Michael (1789–1842), 1st baronet, lawyer, politician was born in October 1789 at Ruan, Co. Clare, third son among five sons and one daughter of Colman O'Loghlen (1745–1810), landowner, and his second wife, Susannah (née Finucane). Educated at the Erasmus Smith school at…