Co. Meath

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Collier, Michael

Collier, Michael (1780–1849), highwayman, was born at Bellewstown Hill, Co. Meath, son of a small farmer; no other details of his parents are known. Aged 13, he was employed as a farm labourer in Co. Louth, and he later worked as a carman on the Dublin–Drogheda mail coach (where he…

Comyn, Sir James Peter

Comyn, Sir James Peter (1921–97), leading barrister and high court judge in England, was born 8 March 1921 in Beaufield House, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, the only son of James Comyn, a barrister and former civil servant from Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare, and his wife Mary Moloney,…

Condon, Colm (Columba)

Condon, Colm (Columba) (1921–2008), barrister and attorney general, was born 16 July 1921 in Ashbourne, Co. Meath, the only son and third of six children of Thomas Condon, of Cloonand House, Ashbourne, an accountant and revolutionary, and his wife Margaret (née Maguire), a national…

Connell, James (‘Jim’)

Connell, James (‘Jim’) (1852–1929), socialist and author of ‘The red flag’, was born 27 March 1852 in Killskyre, Crossakiel, Co. Meath, eldest of thirteen children of Thomas and Anne O'Connell, tenant farmers. His father later became a groom for the earl of Rosse at Birr, King's Co…

Connolly, Peter Romauld

Connolly, Peter Romauld (1927–87), catholic priest and literary critic, was born 25 February 1927 at Rathlagan, Drumconrath, Co. Meath, eldest of five children (three sons and two daughters) of Peter Paul Connolly, farmer, and Susan Connolly (née Slattery), schoolteacher. He was…

Coote, Sir Charles

Coote, Sir Charles (d. 1642), army officer, was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Coote of Blownorton, Norfolk, and had two sisters and at least two brothers, one of whom, William, became dean of Down. His mother was almost certainly Nicholas Coote's second wife, Eleanor, daughter of…

Cosgrave, Mary Anne (Patrick)

Cosgrave, Mary Anne (Patrick) (1863–1900), pioneer nurse in Rhodesia, educationist, and Dominican prioress, was born 22 May 1863 in Summerhill, Co. Meath, one of four children of a member of the Irish Constabulary, who came from Ballysilla, near Oulart Hill, Co. Wexford. Her…

Cowley, Jane (Sister Mary Teresa)

Cowley, Jane (Sister Mary Teresa) (1857–1914), Sister of Mercy, Boer war nurse, and educator, was born in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, daughter of John Cowley and Margaret Cowley (née Loughran). She entered the Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, on 2 February 1877, taking the…

Cowley, John Ultan

Cowley, John Ultan (1923–98) actor and animal welfare activist, was born 8 September 1923 in Ardbraccan, Navan, Co. Meath, the third child of Patrick Cowley, a small farmer, and his wife Margaret. Educated at the local national school, he left at the age of thirteen to work on the…

Cregan, Martin

Cregan, Martin (1788–1870), portrait painter, was born in Co. Meath and reared by foster parents named Creggan, of Martinstown, Co. Meath, whose name he adopted but later altered to Cregan. As a boy he was placed in the service of the Stewarts of Killymoon, Co. Tyrone, who…

Cusack (Cusacke, Cusake), Thomas

Cusack (Cusacke, Cusake), Thomas (c.1505–1571), government official, was eldest son of John Cusack, a wealthy landowner of Cushington, Co. Meath, and his wife, Alison Welesley. Some sources put his birth in 1490, but c.1505 seems a better estimate, given that he…

Dargan, Michael James

Dargan, Michael James (1918–2005), Aer Lingus chief executive and businessman, was born at Ballivor, Co. Meath, on 14 September 1918, the eldest son among seven children of Peter Dargan, farmer and butcher, and his wife Gretta (née O'Conor), a national school teacher. He was educated at…

Darragh, Paul

Darragh, Paul (1953–2005) showjumper, was born 28 April 1953 in Killiney, Co. Dublin, son of

Dillon, Sir John Talbot

Dillon, Sir John Talbot (c.1740–1805), 1st baronet, politician, was born at Lismullen, Co. Meath, son of Arthur Dillon and his wife, Elizabeth Dillon (née Tilson); he was the grandson of Sir John Dillon, MP for Kells (1692–3) and Co. Meath (1695–9 and 1703–8). Little is…

Dillon, Sir Robert

Dillon, Sir Robert (d. 1597), judge, was the eldest son of Thomas Dillon of Riverston, Co. Meath, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell (qv), chief justice of the common pleas. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, appearing…

Dreaper, Thomas (‘Tom’) William

Dreaper, Thomas (‘Tom’) William (1898–1975), racehorse trainer, was born 28 September 1898 in Donaghmore, Ashbourne, Co. Meath, the second son of James Dreaper, farmer, and Harriet Dreaper (née McKeever). He was educated at St Andrew's College, Dublin. In 1930 he moved to Greenogue…

Farrell, Micheal

Farrell, Micheal (1940–2000), painter and print-maker, was born 3 July 1940 at Cookstown House, near Ceanannus Mór (Kells), Co. Meath, one of two sons and two daughters of James Farrell, farmer and rugby player with Bective Rangers, and Nora Farrell (née Folwell). He began his…

Fitzsimons, Jack

Fitzsimons, Jack (1930–2014), architect, writer and politician, was born on 26 April 1930 in the county home at Trim, Co. Meath, one of a family of six of John (Jack) Fitzsimons, a farm labourer, and Annie Fitzsimons (née Monaghan), a former domestic servant, living at Kilbeg,…

Fowler, Bryan John (‘the Brig’)

Fowler, Bryan John (‘the Brig’) (1898–1987), Olympic silver medallist in polo, amateur jockey, and racehorse owner, breeder, and trainer, was born 18 August 1898 at Rahinston, Co. Meath, second son among two sons and a daughter of George Hurst Fowler of Eureka Wells, Co. Meath, and…

Galvin, Edward

Galvin, Edward (1882–1956), bishop and co-founder of the Columban fathers, was born 23 November 1882 at Clodagh, Newcestown, Co. Cork, the eldest of seven sons and two daughters of John Galvin, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Lorden. He was educated at Newcestown national school and…

Gargan, Denis

Gargan, Denis (1819–1903), catholic priest and president of Maynooth College, was born in June 1819 at Cromwell's Bush, Duleek, Co. Meath, the second son of Patrick Gargan, who seems to have farmed there, and his wife, Jane (née Branagan). Having been taught at home by a tutor,…

Geneville (Joinville), Geoffrey de

Geneville (Joinville), Geoffrey de (p.1226–1314), justiciar of Ireland and royal agent, was born in, or shortly after, 1226, the younger son of Simon, lord of Joinville, seneschal of Champagne, and his second wife, Beatrix, daughter of Estienne, count of Burgundy and…

Glennon, John Joseph

Glennon, John Joseph (1862–1946), cardinal archbishop of St Louis, was born 14 June 1862 in Hardwood, Clonard, Co. Meath, the eldest of twelve children of Matthew Glennon, a farmer, and Catherine Glennon (née Rafferty). Educated initially at a local national school in Kinnegad, Co…

Gogan, Christina (Sr Mary de Lourdes)

Gogan, Christina (Sr Mary de Lourdes) (1908–2000), Medical Missionary of Mary, was born 21 December 1908, second among eight children of John Gogan, licensed vintner and general merchant, Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, and Bridget Gogan (née Caul). After local primary school she was…

Gogarty, James Martin

Gogarty, James Martin (1917–2005), civil engineer, building company executive, and anti-corruption whistle-blower, was born 20 May 1917 in Cannon Street, Kells, Co. Meath, son of Bernard Gogarty, a mason and small-scale building contractor, and his wife Mary (née Mooney). Educated in…