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Egerton, George

Egerton, George (Mary Chavelita Dunne ) (1859–1945), writer, was born 14 December 1859 in Melbourne, Australia, eldest daughter among three daughters and one son of Capt. John Joseph Dunne (1837–1910), native of Queen's Co. (Laois), Ireland, army officer, author, artist, sportsman,…

Farrell, Monica

Farrell, Monica (1892–1982), protestant evangelist, was born in Dublin in 1892, one of the younger children in a family of seven. Her mother died when she was seven and she was brought up by an older sister who worked as a seamstress. She reacted to her bereavement and physical ill-…

Fitzgerald, Robert David

Fitzgerald, Robert David (1830–92), surveyor, botanical artist, and naturalist, was born 30 November 1830 at Tralee, Co. Kerry, the son of Robert David Fitzgerald, a banker, and his wife, Mary Ann, née Bell. After studying civil engineering at QCC…

Flood, John

Flood, John (1835–1909), Fenian, journalist and politician, was baptised on 25 May 1835 in Howth parish, Co. Dublin, son of a shipping merchant based in the area who was originally from Wexford; no further details of his family are known. After a local national school education, he was…

Frayne, Mary Clara (Sister Mary Ursula)

Frayne, Mary Clara (Sister Mary Ursula) (1816–85), Sister of Mercy, Australian foundress, and educator, was born 15 October 1816 in 29 Bride's Alley, Dublin, younger daughter among four children of Robert Frayne, cabinet-maker and auctioneer, and Bridget Frayne. She entered the…

Gatty (Gillett-Gatty), Katherine

Gatty (Gillett-Gatty), Katherine (1870–1952), suffragette and socialist, was born on 11 June 1870 in Firozpur, India, to Edward Gatty, a British army captain and Emma Rebecca Gatty (née Collum ), a member of a prominent Fermanagh family. Gatty, an only child, was raised on the…

Gibbons, Geraldine Henrietta (Mary Scholastica)

Gibbons, Geraldine Henrietta (Mary Scholastica) (c.1817–1901), founder and first superior of the Community of the Good Samaritan, was born in Kinsale, Co. Cork, the daughter of Gerald Gibbons, a landowner, and Mary Gibbons (née Sughrue), niece of the bishop of Ferns. She…

Glynn, Patrick McMahon

Glynn, Patrick McMahon (1855–1931), politician and lawyer in Australia, was born 25 August 1855 in Gort, Co. Galway, third among eleven children of John McMahon Glynn (1824–79), owner of a large general store, and Ellen Glynn (née Walsh; 1835–1918). Patrick was educated by the…

Goold, James Alipius

Goold, James Alipius (1812–86), catholic archbishop of Melbourne, was born 4 November 1812 in Cork city into a prominent Cork merchant patrician family, whose wealth had started to decline. His father's name is unknown, but his mother was a Hynes, also from Cork, and an uncle was Dr…

Gray, Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer

Gray, Edmund John Chisholm Dwyer (1870–1945), journalist and politician, was born 2 April 1870 in Dublin, son of Edmund Dwyer Gray (qv), MP, and Caroline Agnes Gray (née Chisholm). Gray's grandfather, Sir…

Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel

Grimshaw, Beatrice Ethel (1870–1953), author and traveller, was born 3 February 1870 at Cloona House, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, fourth child among two sons and four daughters of Nicholas William Grimshaw of Belfast, former director of the Ulster Spinning Company turned wine-and-oil merchant…

Gwynn, Arthur Montagu

Gwynn, Arthur Montagu (1908–2008), medical doctor, naturalist, explorer and editor, was born 5 August 1908 in the family home, St Dymphna's, Clontarf, Dublin, second eldest of three sons and two daughters of Edward John Gwynn (qv),…

Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes

Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes (1765–1831), schoolmaster, clergyman, writer, and forger, was born 29 December 1765 in Co. Meath. Orphaned while still a young child, he was raised by his uncle, Judge William Gregory, before attending Westminster School. In 1785 he opened a…

Hammond, Thomas Chatterton

Hammond, Thomas Chatterton (1877–1961), anglican clergyman and controversialist, was born 20 February 1877 in Cork city, youngest son of Colman Mark Hammond, former lay missionary, retired naval officer, and farmer, and his second wife, Elizabeth (née Sergeant). The farm near Cobh…

Hearn, William Edward

Hearn, William Edward (1826–88), lawyer and politician in Australia, was born 21 April 1826 at Belturbet, Co. Cavan, the second of seven sons of the Rev. William Edward Hearn, curate at Killargue, Co. Leitrim, and his wife, Henrietta Alicia Hearn (née Reynolds). Educated at…

Higgins, Henry Bournes

Higgins, Henry Bournes (1851–1929), politician in Australia, was born 30 June 1851 in Newtownards, Co. Down, second of six sons in a family of nine children of John Higgins, a banker who became a methodist minister, and his wife Ann, daughter of Henry Bournes, landowner, of Crossmolina…

Horan, Thomas ('Tom'; 'Tommy') Patrick

Horan, Thomas ('Tom'; 'Tommy') Patrick (1855–1916), cricketer and journalist, was born 8 March 1855 near Middleton, Co. Cork, the son of James Horan (d. 1895), a building contractor, and his wife Ellen (née Sheehan) (d. 1876). The family emigrated to Australia soon after Thomas's birth…

Irvine, Sir William Hill

Irvine, Sir William Hill (1858–1943), premier and chief justice of Victoria in Australia, was born 6 July 1858 at Dromalane, Newry, Co. Down, sixth among seven children of Hill Irvine, farmer and linen manufacturer, and his wife Margaret, a sister of…

Jennings, Patrick Alfred

Jennings, Patrick Alfred (1831–97), politician in Australia and premier of New South Wales 1886–7, was born 20 March 1831 at Newry, Co. Down, son of Francis Jennings, a Roman catholic linen merchant, and Mary Jennings (née O'Neill). Educated at Newry School, and in Exeter, Devonshire,…

Kelly, (Mary Anne) Eva

Kelly, (Mary Anne) Eva (1830–1910), poet and nationalist, known as ‘Eva of the Nation’, was born 15 February 1830 at the home of her maternal grandfather John O'Flaherty in Headford, Co. Galway, one of seven children of Edward Kelly and Mary Kelly (née O'Flaherty) of…

Kelly, Michael

Kelly, Michael (1850–1940), catholic archbishop of Sydney, was born 13 February 1850 in Waterford, the son of James Kelly of Camlin Woods, New Ross, Co. Wexford, and Mary Kelly (née Grant) of Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny. He was educated at the

Knight (Hope-Connolly), Olivia Mary

Knight (Hope-Connolly), Olivia Mary (1828?–1908), poet, translator and teacher, was born at Rathbawn, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, probably on 29 September 1828, the only daughter of Simon Knight, a civil engineer, and his wife, possibly Sarah D'Alton of Ballaghadereen, Co. Roscommon. Olivia…

Lalor, Peter

Lalor, Peter (1827–89), politician and leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Australia, was born 5 February 1827 at Tinnakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), son of Patrick Lalor (qv), a substantial farmer and later MP for Queen's Co. (…

Lee, Mary Agnes

Lee, Mary Agnes (1821–1909), suffragist in Australia, was born Mary Agnes Walsh on 14 February 1821 in Co. Monaghan, the daughter of John Walsh; her mother's name is unknown. Raised in Ulster, in 1844 she married George Lee, the organist and choirmaster of Armagh Cathedral; they had…

Le Fanu, Henry Frewen

Le Fanu, Henry Frewen (1870–1946), anglican clergyman and primate of Australia (1935–46), was born 1 April 1870 in Dublin, one of the eight surviving children of William Richard Le Fanu (qv), civil engineer and commissioner of…