Co. Carlow

O'Donohoe, Patrick (1808–54), Young Irelander, was born in Clonegal, Co. Carlow. Nothing is known about his early life but it is likely that he came from a catholic middle-class family and received a good education. By the mid 1840s he was living with his wife and daughter at 25…

O'Kelly, Denis (‘Count’) (c.1728–1787), adventurer, professional gambler, racehorse owner and breeder, was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow, second son among two sons and two daughters of Philip O'Kelly; no other family details are known. An early biography of O'Kelly says that he…

O'Meara, Frank (1853–88), landscape painter, was born in Carlow on 30 March 1853, the youngest of the seven children of Thomas O'Meara, a medical doctor, and his wife, Sarah (née Isbourne). His grandfather Dr Barry Edward O'Meara…

O'Neill, Thomas Patrick (1921–96), historian, was born 1 November 1921 in Ballon, Co. Carlow, the son of Thomas O'Neill, a farmer, and his wife, Anna Maria (née Murphy); he had two brothers, John and Maurice. He was educated in the local national school, at Knockbeg College, and at…

O'Toole, Rose (d. c. 1629), politically significant member of O'Toole family, was the eldest child of Fiach O'Toole (qv) (d. 1578), lord of Fartry and Ferter, and Rose Basnett, daughter of Edward Basnett (d. 1545), dean of St…

Swayne, Seán (1933–96), catholic priest and liturgist, was born 9 May 1933 in Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia, younger of two sons of Edward Swayne, teacher and farmer, of Ballon, Co. Carlow, and Helen Swayne (née McAllister) of Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. In 1937…

Taylor, William Desmond (1872–1922), silent film director and celebrity murder victim, was born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner at Straw Hill House, Carlow town, Co. Carlow, on 26 April 1872, second child and oldest son among two daughters and three sons (one of whom died in infancy) of…

Tyndall, John (1820–93), scientist and mountaineer, was born 2 August 1820 in Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, only son among two children of John Tyndall (1792–1847) and Sarah Tyndall (née McAssey; d. 1867). His father came from a family of small landowners in Co. Kilkenny, acted as…

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