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Tobin, Daniel Joseph

Tobin, Daniel Joseph (1872–1955), trade union leader, was born 2 April 1872 in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare, son of John Tobin, shopkeeper, and Bridget Tobin (née Kennelly). He attended national school locally before emigrating with a brother to the United States, settling in Cambridge…

Tone, Matilda (Martha)

Tone, Matilda (Martha) (1769–1849), wife of Theobald Wolfe Tone (qv), is notable for her preservation and publication of his literary remains. She was born 17 June 1769 and called Martha, the eldest daughter in the family of four…

Tone, William Theobald Wolfe

Tone, William Theobald Wolfe (1791–1828), officer in the French and American armies, was born 29 April 1791 in Dublin, a son of Theobald Wolfe Tone (qv) and his wife Matilda Tone (…

Torrance, Francis

Torrance, Francis (1816–86), manufacturer and entrepreneur, was born in Co. Donegal, one among eight children of Francis Torrance, said to be the seventh in a direct line of farmers of that name who had come from Kirkintilloch, Scotland, and settled near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal,…

Touhey, Patrick J. (‘Patsy’)

Touhey, Patrick J. (‘Patsy’) (1865–1923), traditional musician and vaudeville entertainer, was born 27 February 1865 in Cahertinny, Bullaun, Loughrea, Co. Galway, son of James Twohill, or O'Toole (1839–75) (all variations of the surname being anglicisations of the Irish ‘Ó Tuathail…

Tuohy, Patrick Joseph

Tuohy, Patrick Joseph (1894–1930), painter, was born 27 February 1894 at 77 Lower Dorset St., Dublin, one of three children of John Joseph Tuohy, surgeon, of 15 North Frederick St., and Máire Tuohy (née Murphy), a native of Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, and member of several nationalist…

Tynan, Patrick Joseph Percy

Tynan, Patrick Joseph Percy (1851–1936), revolutionary, was born in March 1851 in Gorey, Co. Wexford, son of Patrick Tynan, shopkeeper, and Maryanne Tynan (née Lavelle). The family lived at 35 Main St., Gorey, and there were at least two other children: Harry Tynan later worked as a…

Voynich, Ethel Lilian

Voynich, Ethel Lilian (1864–1960), novelist, translator, and composer, was born 11 May 1864 at Lichfield Cottage, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, youngest of five daughters of Professor George Boole (qv) of QCC…

Waddell, Hugh

Waddell, Hugh (1734–73), colonial general in America, was born in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, son of Hugh Waddell, a prosperous farmer, and Isabella Waddell (née Brown). His father killed a man in a duel and was forced to flee the country; emigrating to America, Hugh was educated in Boston,…

Walsh, Cornelius (‘Con’)

Walsh, Cornelius (‘Con’) (1881–1961), Olympic hammer thrower, was born 24 April 1881 in Carriganima (Carriganimmy), Clondrohid, near Macroom, Co. Cork, eldest of at least nine children of Edmond Walsh, farmer, from Carriganima, and Hannah Walsh (née Kelleher), originally from…

Walsh, John Stephen

Walsh, John Stephen (c.1835–1894), revolutionary, was born in Milford, Co. Cork, but when he was a boy his family emigrated to Middlesborough, where he attended school. A tall, powerfully built man with a military appearance, he worked for many years as a steelworker in…

Walsh, Michael (‘Mike’)

Walsh, Michael (‘Mike’) (1810–59), politician and newspaperman, was born 4 May 1810 in Youghal, Co. Cork, son of Michael Welsh, a protestant cabinetmaker, reputed in some sources to have been a United Irishman involved in the 1798 rising, and Eileen Welsh (née Keefe). He was brought…

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…

Weir, Isaac O'Neill (‘Ike’)

Weir, Isaac O'Neill (‘Ike’) (1867–1908), bareknuckle boxer, was born 17 January 1867 in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, son of Jacob Weir, weaver, and Catherine Weir (née Neil). As a young man he showed an aptitude for many different sports and activities, being described as an excellent jockey…

Whitehead, O. Z. (Oothout Zabriskie; 'Zebby')

Whitehead, O. Z. (Oothout Zabriskie; 'Zebby') (1911–98), actor and Bahá'í pioneer, was born 18 March 1911 in New York city, USA, the son of O. Z. Whitehead, a wealthy banker living in Manhattan's Upper East Side, and his wife Maria. Enjoying a comfortable childhood, he attended the…

Whyte, John Henry

Whyte, John Henry (1928–90), academic, was born 30 April 1928 in Penang, Malaya (Malaysia), son of William Henry Whyte, military officer, and Dorothy Gordon Whyte (née Hibbard), daughter of an American industrial metallurgist; he had one sibling, a younger sister. He was educated…

Williams, Richard D'Alton

Williams, Richard D'Alton (1822–62), poet, medical doctor, and nationalist, was born 8 October 1822 in Dublin, the illegitimate son of Alexandre Count D'Alton (1766–1859), an officer in the French army and land proprietor in Co. Tipperary, and Mary Williams, the daughter of a…

Workman, Thomas

Workman, Thomas (1843–1900), naturalist, traveller, and businessman, was born 14 August 1843, third son among fifteen children of Robert Workman and Jane Workman (née Service) of Ceara, Malone Road, Belfast. His father's family was originally from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland,…

Wright, James Lendrew

Wright, James Lendrew (1816–93), USA labour leader, was born 6 April 1816 to a protestant family in Co. Tyrone, of whom nothing else is known except that the family emigrated first to St John, in the British colony of New Brunswick, and thence to the US, settling in Philadelphia in…

Wylie, Samuel Brown

Wylie, Samuel Brown (1773–1852), presbyterian minister, and oriental and classical scholar, was born 21 May 1773 at Moylarg, Co. Antrim, son of Adam Wylie, a prosperous farmer, and Margaret Wylie (née Brown). Educated locally, he entered the University of Glasgow, where he…

Yeats, John Butler

Yeats, John Butler (1839–1922), painter and critic, was the eldest of the three sons of the Rev. William Butler Yeats (1806–62), Church of Ireland rector of Tullylish, Co. Down, and his wife, Jane Grace Corbet (1811–76). John Butler Yeats was brought up in a strict protestant…

Yorke, Peter Christopher

Yorke, Peter Christopher (1864–1925), priest, journalist, and controversialist, was born 13 August 1864 in Galway city, son of Gregory Yorke, sea captain, and Bridget Yorke (née Kelly). His father died when he was six months old; his mother subsequently remarried. Educated at St…

Young, Ella

Young, Ella (1867–1956), poet, republican, and mystic, was born 26 December 1867 in the townland of Fenagh, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, eldest of at least five daughters of James Bristow Young and his wife, Matilda (née Russell), whose family were from Fenagh and who was a Reformed…