Co. Kilkenny

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Mackey, Patrick J. (‘Paddy’)

Mackey, Patrick J. (‘Paddy’) (c.1889–1948), Gaelic footballer and hurler, was born in Kylemore, The Rower, Kilkenny, third among four sons and two daughters of Patrick Mackey, farmer, and Catherine Mackey (née Lyng). After leaving school Mackey became an apprentice in a…

Maher, Fr Tommy

Maher, Fr Tommy (1922–2015), hurling coach, was born 25 April 1922, the youngest of eleven children of John Maher a smallholding farmer from Whitepark, near Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, and his wife Annie (née Fowler), also from Whitepark. Four of his siblings had died before he was born, two…

Marshal, Richard

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Mayne, Ethel (Ethelind) Frances Colburn

Mayne, Ethel (Ethelind) Frances Colburn (1865–1941), novelist, short story writer, biographer and translator, was born on 7 January 1865 in Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, the second of eight children of Charles Edward Bolton Mayne and Charlotte Emily Henrietta Sweetman. Her father’s family…

McGough, Joseph Christopher (Joe)

McGough, Joseph Christopher (Joe) (1919–2003), army officer, barrister and businessman, was born 23 December 1919 at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, the fourth child and first son of John McGough, originally of Co. Clare, and his wife Ann (née Brennan). His father, having served as a…

Meagher, Lorenzo (‘Lory’)

Meagher, Lorenzo (‘Lory’) (1899–1973), hurler, was born 14 September 1899 in Curragh, Tullaroan, Co. Kilkenny, son of Henry Meagher, farmer, and Elizabeth Meagher (née Keoghan). His father, a Parnellite and member of Kilkenny county council, had attended the inaugural meeting of the…

Morris, William O'Connor

Morris, William O'Connor (1824–1904), judge and historian, was born 26 November 1824 in Kilkenny city, eldest son of the Rev. Benjamin Morris, clergyman, and his wife Elizabeth, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Morris Nugent O'Connor, a wealthy landowner from Gortnamona, King's…

Mullins, Patrick ('Paddy')

Mullins, Patrick ('Paddy') (1919–2010), racehorse trainer, was born on 28 January 1919 in the townland of Old Grange, near Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, the second eldest of seven children (four boys and three girls) of Willie Mullins, a prosperous farmer who later trained…

Murphy, Paul Aloysius

Murphy, Paul Aloysius (1887–1938), plant pathologist, was born 22 February 1887 at Ballybur, Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny, son of James Murphy, farmer, and Julia Murphy (née Mackey). He attended St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, before attending the Albert Agricultural College,…

Nowlan, James

Nowlan, James (1854?–1924), sports official, nationalist, and politician, was born in Kilkenny city; he was probably the James Nowlan baptised 14 July 1854 in St Canice's church, son of Michael Nowlan and Catherine Nowlan (née Tully), of Green's Hill, Kilkenny. A cooper by trade,…

Nugent, Sir John

Nugent, Sir John (1806–99), inspector of lunacy, was born in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, son of John Nugent, gentleman; no other details of his family are known. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College (1816–21) before entering TCD; he…

O'Connor, Mary

O'Connor, Mary (Sister Mary Agnes ) (1815–59), Sister of Mercy, foundress, and social worker, was born 6 January 1815 in Kilkenny city, youngest among ten children of Patrick O'Connor and Mary O'Connor. Like other charitable women of her time she visited the sick poor and made…

O'Donnell, Nicholas (‘Nick’)

O'Donnell, Nicholas (‘Nick’) (1925–88), hurler, was born 4 September 1925 in Killeen, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, son of Nicholas O'Donnell, farmer, and Anne O'Donnell (née White). A member of the Éire Óg hurling club in Kilkenny city, he was a non-playing member of the Kilkenny…

O'Donovan (Ó Donnabháin), John (Seán)

O'Donovan (Ó Donnabháin), John (Seán) (1806–61), Irish scholar, was born about 25 July 1806 at Atateemore, in the parish of Slieverue, Co. Kilkenny, a few miles from Waterford city, the seventh of nine children (of whom two died young) of Edmund (Óg) O'Donovan, farmer, and Ellenor…

O'Keeffe, Robert

O'Keeffe, Robert (1814–81), catholic priest and educationist, was born in Green St., Callan, Co. Kilkenny, youngest and posthumous child of Robert Keeffe or O'Keeffe and his widow Elinor (née Fennelly) (d. 1861), grocers and iron-mongers. Both parents were from ‘strong farmer’…

O'Mahoney, Katharine Aloysia O'Keeffe

O'Mahoney, Katharine Aloysia O'Keeffe (1851–1908), editor, educator, and writer, was born in Co. Kilkenny, daughter of Patrick O'Keeffe (b. 1803) and his wife Rose (b. 1824; maiden name unknown). The O'Keeffes emigrated to Methuen, Massachusetts, USA, c.1851 when she was ten…

O'Malley, Tony (Anthony)

O'Malley, Tony (Anthony) (1913–2003), painter, was born 25 September 1913 in Bridge Street, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, eldest of two sons and two daughters of Patrick O'Malley, a commercial traveller for Singer sewing machines, and his wife Margaret (née Ryan), from the Callan area, who…

O'Neill, James

O'Neill, James (1845–1920), actor, was born 14 October 1845 in Rosbercon, Co. Kilkenny, sixth of the nine children of Edmond O'Neil (also Neil, Neill, or O'Neill), labourer, and his wife (and cousin) Mary Neill. After struggling in the famine years, Edmond O'Neill emigrated (May…

O'Shea, Thomas

O'Shea, Thomas (1813–87), catholic priest and agrarian agitator, was born 16 April 1813 at Cappahayden, Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny, a son of Thomas Shea or O'Shea, a native of Little River, Callan, and presumably a farmer, who had moved to Cappahayden in 1790. With his wife (née…

Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey)

Ó Súilleabháin, Amhlaoibh (O'Sullivan, Humphrey) (1783–1838), diarist, seanchaí (storyteller), schoolteacher, and draper, was born 1 May 1783 in Glenfesk, near Killarney, Co. Kerry, probably the eldest of several children born to Donncha Ó Súilleabháin (1738–1808),…

Pack, Sir Denis

Pack, Sir Denis (1775–1823), British army general, was born 7 October 1775 in Kilkenny city, younger son of Rev. Thomas Pack (1720?–1795), dean of Ossory, and Catherine Pack (née Sullivan), of St Andrew's parish, Dublin. In June 1790 he entered…

Parry, Benjamin

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Phelan, Anastasia (Mary Gerard)

Phelan, Anastasia (Mary Gerard) (1872–1960), religious superior and educator, was born 18 January 1872 in Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny, to John Phelan, farmer, and Mary Phelan (née Dallon). Baptised Anastasia, she was educated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Waterford…

Phelan, Margaret Mary (‘Daisy’)

Phelan, Margaret Mary (‘Daisy’) (1902–2000), local historian, was born 22 December 1902 at 8 William St., Kilkenny, second child of the marriage of Richard Duggan , businessman (proprietor of the Monster House), and his second wife, Henrietta Fitzgibbon of Castlerea, Co. Mayo,…

Phelan (O'Phelan), James

Phelan (O'Phelan), James (c.1621–1695), catholic bishop of Ossory, was born in Kilkenny, son of Daniel Phelan and his wife Catherine Dulany. His early life remains obscure. Supposedly descended from the Fitzpatricks of Upper Ossory (whose escutcheon he retained as his…