Co. Wicklow

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Le Fanu, William Richard (1816–94), civil engineer and commissioner of public works, was born 24 February 1816 in the Royal Hibernian Military School, Phoenix Park, Dublin, youngest child among two sons and a daughter of the Very Rev. Thomas Philip Le Fanu (1784–1845), dean of…

Lefroy, Thomas Langlois (1776–1869), judge and MP, was born 8 January 1776 in Limerick, eldest son of Lt.-col. Anthony Lefroy, 9th Light Dragoons, and Anne Lefroy (née Gardner). He entered TCD in November 1790 and graduated…

Lyon, Matthew (1750–1822), politician in the USA, was born 14 July 1750 in Co. Wicklow, son of a farmer who died when he was a child. Educated in Dublin, he emigrated to America in 1765, paying for his passage with three years’ indentured service. In 1774 he moved to Vermont where…

MacMurrough (Mac Murchada), Muirchertach (d. 1282), king of Leinster, had for much of his career good relations with the English, but the changed political conditions of the 1270s led him to reassert his dynasty's traditional power. Due to genealogical confusion his parentage is…

Madden, Claire (Kathleen May Delacheroise) (1905–98), feminist and political activist, was born 14 October 1905 at Boley House, Coolattin, Co. Wicklow, second child and elder daughter of Thomas Madden – described on her birth certificate as ‘university grinder’ – and his second…

Marsden, William (1754–1836), orientalist, numismatist, and secretary to the admiralty, was born 16 November 1754, probably in Verval, Co. Wicklow, youngest child among six sons and four daughters of John Marsden (d. 1801), a wealthy merchant in Dublin, who was one of the founders…

Mason, Henry Joseph Monck (1778–1858), miscellaneous bilingual writer, librarian, and evangelical reformer, was born 15 July 1778 at Powerscourt demesne, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, son of Lt-col. Henry Monck Mason and his second wife, Jane, only daughter of…

Maunsell, Henry (1806–79), medical doctor and journalist, was born 3 February 1806 at James's St. Harbour, Dublin, eldest among eight children of Thomas Maunsell, general manager of the Grand Canal Co., and Anne Maunsell (neé Murray). In later years his brother E. W. Maunsell was…

McAnally, Ray (1926–89), actor, was born 30 March 1926 in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, son of James William McAnally, bank manager, and Winifred McAnally (née Ward). He was educated at the national school in Moville, Co. Donegal, and St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. From the age…

McCaffrey, Anne Inez (1926–2011), science fiction and fantasy writer, was born on 1 April 1926 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, the second child and only daughter of George Herbert McCaffrey (1890–1954), soldier and administrator, and his wife Anne Dorothy (née McElroy), who worked…

McQuillan, John (‘Jack’) (1920–98), Gaelic footballer and politician, was born 30 August 1920 at Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon, eldest among seven children of Thomas Francis McQuillan, an RIC sergeant who was pensioned after the 1921 Anglo…

McWeeney, Paul Denis (1909–83), sportsman and sports journalist, was born 26 September 1909 in Dublin, youngest child among five sons and two daughters of Edmund Joseph McWeeney (qv) of Dublin, professor of pathology and…

Miley, John (1805–61), priest and ecclesiastical historian, was born in Co. Kildare, possibly near Eadestown (his parents’ names are not known), and educated at Maynooth and the Irish College, Rome. After his ordination he returned to Dublin, where he served under Archbishop…

Millin, Terence John (1903–80), urologist, was born 9 January 1903 at Helen's Bay, near Bangor, Co. Down, the son of Samuel Shannon Millin, barrister, and Ella Millin (née Morton) of Scotland. After his father became deaf around 1905 the family moved to 22 St Kevin's Park, Rathmines…

Monck, Charles Stanley (1819–94), 4th Viscount Monck , first Canadian governor-general, church temporalities commissioner, and MP, was the eldest of the two sons and two daughters of Charles Joseph Kelly Monck, third Viscount Monck (second brother of the earl of Rathdowne, second…

Monteith, Robert (1879–1956), soldier and nationalist, was born 1 March 1879 in Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow, one of nine children of Joseph Monteith, a protestant farmer from Cavan, and Mary Monteith (née Dillion). Robert went to school locally and at 16 left to join the…

Morris, Frank (1928–70), sculptor, was born 8 November 1928 in Arklow, Co. Wicklow, son of Edward Morris, convert to catholicism and draughtsman with the civil service, and Catherine Morris (née Collins). The family moved to Dublin in the mid 1930s and lived at 93 Ranelagh Road…

Morrison, Sir Richard (1767–1849), architect, was born probably in Co. Cork, where his father, John Morrison, practised as an architect of some pretensions. Frederick Augustus Hervey (qv), bishop of Cloyne and future earl…

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Murphy, Michael (c.1744/5–1798), Roman catholic priest and insurgent leader, was born in Ballinoulart, Co. Wexford. His parents – small farmers who previously lived in Kilnew, Blackwater – were John Murphy of Parkannesley or Ballinoulart, and Julia Murphy (née Neal) (1714…

Murray, Daniel (1768–1852), archbishop of Dublin, was born 18 April 1768 near Arklow, Co. Wicklow, fourth son of Thomas Murray, a prosperous tenant of Lord Wicklow, and Judith Murray. Baptised in Redross chapel, he received his early education locally. In about 1776 he was sent to…

Nugent, Laval(l) (1777–1862), field-marshal and count in Austria, was born 3 November 1777 at Ballinacor, Co. Wicklow, eldest son of John Nugent, landowner, from Westmeath, and Jane Nugent (née McDonagh). His father died when he was four, and in 1789 he moved to Austria, where he…

O'Brien, John Thomond (1786–1861), bullfighter and military officer in Argentina, was born 24 June 1786 at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, son of Martin O'Brien, a wealthy farmer, and Honoria O'Brien (née O'Connor). In 1811 he emigrated to South America, settling first in Brazil. His…

O'Brien, William (1881–1968), labour leader and trade union official, was born 23 January 1881 at Ballygurteen, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, third son and youngest among four children of Daniel O'Brien of Co. Tipperary, member of the RIC, and…