Co. Fermanagh

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Crichton, John Henry

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De Grey, Henrietta Frances

De Grey, Henrietta Frances (1784–1848), Countess de Grey , political hostess and philanthropist, was born 22 June 1784 at Florence Court, Co. Fermanagh, the fifth and last daughter and youngest of the ten children of William Willoughby Cole (1736–1803), 1st earl of Enniskillen, and…

De Valera, Ruaidhrí

De Valera, Ruaidhrí (1916–78), archaeologist, was born 3 November 1916 in Dublin, fourth son among five sons and two daughters of Éamon de Valera (qv) and Sinéad de Valera (qv) (née…

Digges, Mary (née Quinn)

Digges, Mary (née Quinn) (1872–47), actress and nationalist, was born Mary Roden Quinn on 9 June 1872 in Co. Fermanagh. A founding member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland), the nationalist society formed in Dublin on 15 April 1900, she was appointed its executive…

Duff, Charles St Lawrence

Duff, Charles St Lawrence (1894–1966) author, barrister and linguist, was born on 7 April 1894 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the youngest of ten children to grow to adulthood of John Duff, secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie Duff (…

Duff, David

Duff, David (1883–1959), doctor, barrister and colonial civil servant, was born on 11 April 1883 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, one of ten children of John Duff, the secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie (née Elkins). Educated at the…

Ferguson, Richard ('Dick')

Ferguson, Richard ('Dick') (1935–2009), barrister and politician, was born in Derrygonnelly, Co. Fermanagh, on 22 August 1935, only child of Wesley Ferguson, RUC sergeant, and his wife Edith. The Fergusons, who were methodists, had farmed…

Fisher, William Robert (‘Bertie’)

Fisher, William Robert (‘Bertie’) (1950–2001), rally driver and businessman, was born 25 March 1950 in Ballinamallard, Co. Fermanagh, one of four sons of Tommy Fisher, owner of a structural engineering firm, and Elsie Fisher, both originally from Co. Leitrim. He was educated at the…

Flanagan, Terence Philip ('T. P.'; 'Terry')

Flanagan, Terence Philip ('T. P.'; 'Terry') (1929–2011), painter, was born 15 August 1929 at 18 The Hollow, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the eldest among four sons and three daughters of William Flanagan and his wife Margaret (née Maguire). His father held a series of clerical jobs in…

Gamble, James

Gamble, James (1803–91), soap manufacturer in the USA, was born 3 April 1803 in the Graan, near Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, eldest among four sons and two daughters of George Gamble and his wife Mary Norris. They were related to prosperous farmers, merchants, and linen bleachers…

Gamble, Josias (or Josiah) Christopher

Gamble, Josias (or Josiah) Christopher (1778–1848), presbyterian minister and chemical manufacturer, was born in August 1778, fourth of five sons of David Gamble, farmer, from near Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, whose wife's maiden name was Rutherford, and who also had a daughter.…

Gibson, Norman James

Gibson, Norman James (1931–2014), economist and university administrator, was born on 13 December 1931 in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, the younger of two children of Frederick Gibson, a shopkeeper and small farmer, and Hilda Gibson (née Smith). Frederick Gibson (1888–1975) was born in…

Gorman, William Moore (Terence)

Gorman, William Moore (Terence) (1923–2003), economist, was born 17 June 1923 at Letterkeen, near Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the son of Richard Gorman (d. 1927) and his wife Sarah Crawford (née Moore) (d. 1963). His father was a vet who practised in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (…

Healy, Cahir

Healy, Cahir (1877–1970), nationalist politician and language revivalist, was born Charles Everard Healy, on 2 December 1877 at Doorin, near Mountcharles, Co. Donegal, the son of Patrick Healy, a small farmer and merchant. A catholic, he was educated at Drimcoo interdenominational…

Honner, Maria

Honner, Maria (1808–70), actress, was born Maria Macarthy on 21 December 1808 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, daughter of Eugene Macarthy (1788–1866), actor and manager. Educated in Cork, she lost her mother (name unknown) at a young age and made an early debut, at the age of 15, on…

Irvine, George

Irvine, George (1877–1954), republican, language activist and campaigner, was born in August 1877 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the son of John Irvine, a bookseller, and Jane Irvine (née Boyle). George was one of seven children, four of whom were living in 1911. John Irvine’s shop on…

Irvine, William

Irvine, William (1741–1804), general in the American army, was born 3 November 1741 in Co. Fermanagh. His parents' names are unknown, though it is possible that his father was James Irvine, a doctor in Enniskillen. Others give the name as John; it seems likely that the family was…

Jordan, Jeremiah

Jordan, Jeremiah (1829–1911), businessman, land campaigner and MP, was born in the townland of Tattinbar, parish of Aghavea, Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, the eldest son of Samuel Jordan, tenant farmer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Warrell). He was 'a Wesleyan methodist of the third…

Kerr, Cecil George

Kerr, Cecil George (1936–2010), clergyman, was born on 21 November 1936 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, second of four sons of Hugh Kerr, a farmer at Culkey, near Bellanaleck, and Caroline Kerr (née Cathcart). He was educated in Enniskillen at Portora Royal School. Deciding to become…

Kerr, Robert

Kerr, Robert (1882–1963), athlete, was born on 8 June 1882 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the son of George and Rebecca Kerr; he had at least three sisters. He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1896, settling on a small farm near Hamilton, Ontario. He showed an early liking for…

Lynch, John Joseph

Lynch, John Joseph (1816–88), catholic archbishop of Toronto, was born 6 February 1816 in Annynonum, in the Fermanagh part of Clones parish, son of schoolmaster James Lynch and Ann Lynch (née Connolly). He received his primary education at a school privately run by a…

Macken, John

Macken, John (1784/5–1823), poet and newspaper editor, was born in Brookeborough, Co. Fermanagh, eldest son of Richard Macken, catholic linen merchant, and Catherine Macken (née Dugan). He ran a small business (probably in a branch of the textile trade) in Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan,…

Madden, Samuel Molyneux (‘Premium Madden

Madden, Samuel Molyneux (‘Premium Madden ’) (1686–1765), writer and philanthropist, was born in Dublin on 23 December 1686, the second son of John Madden MD (d. 1703), one of the original members of the Irish College of Physicians, and his first…

Magee, William

Magee, William (1766–1831), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born at Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, on 18 March 1766, the third child of John Magee (d. 1799), a farmer turned linen merchant, and his wife, Jane Glasgow, a wealthy presbyterian. The Scottish ancestors of the…

Mág Uidhir (Maguire), Cú Chonnacht Óg (‘an Comharba’)

Mág Uidhir (Maguire), Cú Chonnacht Óg (‘an Comharba’) (1480?–1537), lord of Fir Manach (Fermanagh), was son of Cú Chonnacht Mág Uidhir (head of the junior Enniskillen-based branch of the Maguires) and grand-nephew of Seaán Mág Uidhir, lord of Fir Manach 1486–1503. On the death of…