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Arthur, James

Arthur, James (1587/8–1654), Dominican priest, was a son of William Arthur, member of a leading merchant family in Limerick, and his wife, Beatrice (née Creagh). He entered the Irish college, Salamanca, on 5 November 1606 (NS), aged eighteen, and, after entering the Dominican…

Callanan, Jeremiah J.

Callanan, Jeremiah J. (1795–1829), poet and verse translator, was born in Ballinhassig, Co. Cork, of a respectable medical family. Educated locally and in Cobh, he studied for the priesthood in Maynooth at the encouragement of his parents, but left (1818) to begin medical studies in…

Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard

Falkiner, Sir Frederick Richard (1831–1908), recorder of Dublin, was born 19 January 1831 at Mount Falcon, Co. Tipperary, third son of Richard Falkiner (1778–1833), a soldier in the 4th Dragoon Guards, and Tempe Falkiner (née Litton; 1796–1888). His older brother Travers Hartley…

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice

Fitzgibbon (Macgibbon), Maurice (d. 1578), archbishop of Cashel and catholic envoy to Spain, was the illegitimate son of a member of the powerful Fitzgerald dynasty of Munster. He joined the Cistercian order, becoming abbot of the monastery of St Mary de Magio at Monasternenagh,…

Haydn, Joseph Timothy

Haydn, Joseph Timothy (1788/1793–1856), newspaper editor and compiler of reference works, was born in Lisbon in 1788 or 1793, the son of Thomas Haydn, a protestant Irish expatriate. He was educated in Portugal before he moved to Dublin in 1818 to found The Stage, an…

Houling, (Howlin), John

Houling, (Howlin), John (1543/4–1599), Jesuit and martyrologist, was born in Wexford and entered the priesthood at an unknown date. He is first recorded in 1577 when he was at Alcala de Henares, Spain (where he was a friend of William Walsh…

MacDonagh (MacDonogh), Michael

MacDonagh (MacDonogh), Michael (1699?–1746), catholic bishop, was a native of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry. His parents' names are unknown. He joined the Dominicans of St Mary's convent in Coleraine (c.1715–16) and subsequently left for Italy to study in Pesaro, before…

Methuen, John

Methuen, John (c.1649–1706), lord chancellor of Ireland, was the eldest son of Paul Methuen, clothier, of Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, and his wife Grace, daughter of John Ashe of Freshford, Somerset. He matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1665), aged 15, and entered…

O'Brien, John Thomond

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'Daly, Daniel (Dominic; Domingos do Rosario)

O'Daly, Daniel (Dominic; Domingos do Rosario) (1595–1662), Dominican priest, diplomat, and historian, was born in Kilsarkan near Castleisland, Co. Kerry. He came from a family of poets, the Ó Dálaigh; his grandfather, Maoilseachlainn na Scoile, his uncle Cuchonnacht, and his…

O'Higgin, Bernard

O'Higgin, Bernard (d. c.1563), catholic bishop of Elphin, was probably from Leyney, Co. Sligo. In 1517 he entered the order of Augustinian friars, possibly at the monastery of Corpus Christi at Banada, Co. Sligo, the first house of the Observant movement founded in…

O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly, Gerald Edward

O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly, Gerald Edward (1890–1968), diplomat, was born 11 March 1890 at Gurtray, Portumna, Co. Galway, third among seven sons of Count John Appleyard O'Kelly – his ancestor Festus O'Kelly de Gallagh et Tycooly had been created a count of the Holy Roman Empire…

O'Mahony, Conor

O'Mahony, Conor (1594–1656), Jesuit academic and author, was a native of Muskerry, west Co. Cork. Little of his early life is known until his entrance into the Irish College at Seville, probably in 1614, where he studied philosophy and theology for three and four years…

O'Neill, Henrietta

O'Neill, Henrietta (1757/8–1793), poet, hostess, and patron of the arts, was the only child of Charles Boyle (1728–59), Viscount Dungarvan (son of John Boyle (qv), 5th earl of Cork and Orrery), and his wife, Susannah (1732–83), daughter of…

Ouseley, Ralph

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Roberts, Thomas

Roberts, Thomas (1748–78), painter, was baptised 22 May 1748 in Waterford city, one of the large family of John Roberts (qv), the distinguished architect who designed both of Waterford's cathedrals, and his wife, Mary Susannah Sautelle, of…

Talbot, James

Talbot, James (1805–83), 4th Baron Talbot, antiquarian , and MP, was born 22 November 1805 at Tiverton, Devon, eldest son of James (qv), 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide in the Irish peerage, and his wife Anne Sarah (d. March 1857), second…