Co. Laois

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O'Hanlon, John (‘Lageniensis’)

O'Hanlon, John (‘Lageniensis’) (1821–1905), priest, hagiologist, historian, folklorist, and poet, was born 30 April 1821 in Stradbally, Queen's County (Laois), son of Edward Hanlon (d. early 1840s), who probably owned a tanyard in the town, and Honora Hanlon (1793/4–1887). He was…

O'Higgins, Kevin Christopher

O'Higgins, Kevin Christopher (1892–1927), politician, was born 7 June 1892 in Stradbally, Queen's Co. (Laois), fourth son among fifteen children (three of whom died in infancy) of Thomas Higgins, doctor and elected county coroner, who was the son of farmer John Higgins and Anne Waters…

O'Higgins, Thomas Francis (‘T. F.’)

O'Higgins, Thomas Francis (‘T. F.’) (1890–1953), politician, was born 20 November 1890 in Stradbally, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among eight sons and eight daughters of Dr Thomas F. Higgins, FRCSI,…

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…

Parnell, Sir Henry Brooke

Parnell, Sir Henry Brooke (1776–1842), politician and 1st Baron Congleton , was born 3 July 1776 at Rathleague, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son of Sir John Parnell (qv), Irish MP and chancellor of the exchequer, and Letitia Parnell (…

Peacocke, Joseph Ferguson

Peacocke, Joseph Ferguson (1835–1916), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born 5 November 1835 at Abbeyleix, Queen's Co. (Laois), the youngest son of George Peacocke, a Longford doctor, and his wife Catherine (née Ferguson). He was educated at…

Pim, Joseph Robinson

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Pim, Joshua

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Pim, Thomas

Pim, Thomas (1771–1855), merchant, was born 27 October 1771 in Mountmellick, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among nine sons and four daughters of Jonathan Pim (1741–1824), tanner, originally of Rushin, Queen's Co., and later of Mountmellick, and his second wife, Sarah (1746–1805…

Plant, George

Plant, George (1904–42), republican, was born 5 January 1904 at St Johnstown, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, second son among eight children of Albert Plant, farmer, originally of Co. Wicklow, and Kathleen Plant (née Hayden) of St Johnstown. The family, who worked an eighty-acre farm,…

Prior, Thomas

Prior, Thomas (1681–1751), founder of the Dublin Society and philanthropist, was born in Garrison House, Rathdowney, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among five children of Col. Thomas Prior and his first wife, whose name is unknown. According to unverified family history, his…

Roche, James Jeffrey

Roche, James Jeffrey (1847–1908), poet and journalist, was born 31 May 1847 at Mountmellick, Queen's Co. (Laois), son of Edward Roche, schoolteacher, and his wife, Margaret (née Doyle). Roche had at least four brothers and two sisters. When Roche was an infant his parents…

Roe, Helen Maybury

Roe, Helen Maybury (1895–1988), librarian and antiquary, was born 18 December 1895 in Mountrath, Queen's Co. (Laois), the only child of William Ernest Roe and Anne Roe (neé Lambert Shields). Her father's family had lived in the Mountrath area since the seventeenth century and her…

Roe, Robin

Roe, Robin (1928–2010), army chaplain and rugby player, was born on 11 November 1928 at Skeirke (Skirk), Ballybrophy, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, the youngest of two sons and three daughters of William Henry Roe, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Marshall). Educated at King's…

Shackleton, Richard

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Trench, Richard Steuart (‘William Steuart Trench’)

Trench, Richard Steuart (‘William Steuart Trench’) (1808–72), land agent, was born at Bellegrove (later Rathdare), Ballybrittas, Queen's Co. (Laois), eighth and youngest son of the Very Rev. Thomas Trench, Church of Ireland dean of Kildare, and his wife Mary, daughter of Robert…

Tynan, Thomas

Tynan, Thomas (1871–1953), merchant, farmer, greyhound breeder, and politician, was born 17 March 1871 in Jamestown, Ballybrittas, Queen's Co. (Laois), son of Thomas Tynan, farmer, and Mary Tynan (née Connell). Educated locally, in early manhood he entered business as publican and…

Walsh, Edward J. (‘Ned’)

Walsh, Edward J. (‘Ned’) (c.1865–1939), athlete and rugby international, was born c.1865. Some sources give 1868 or later as his birth year, but his death certificate suggests 1865 as more likely, and this date tallies better with his subsequent sporting career.…

Warde, Frances Teresa (Sister Mary Frances Teresa)

Warde, Frances Teresa (Sister Mary Frances Teresa) (1810–84), Sister of Mercy and educator, was born in Belbrook House, Abbeyleix, Queen’s Co. (Laois) in 1810, the youngest of six children (three sons and three daughters) of John Warde, a merchant, and Mary Warde (née Maher). Educated…