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Kinrechtan (MacKenraghty), Maurice

Kinrechtan (MacKenraghty), Maurice (d. 1585), catholic priest and martyr, was a native of Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. Contemporary accounts of his death, which are the principal sources of information, credit him with a degree in theology, so that it is likely that he was educated…

Lacy (Lasi, Lasci, Lascay), Peter Edmund (Pyotr Petrovich)

Lacy (Lasi, Lasci, Lascay), Peter Edmund (Pyotr Petrovich) (1678–1751), the ‘Prince Eugene of Muscovy’, Russian field-marshal, was born 29 September 1678 in Killeedy, Co. Limerick, son of Pierce Edmund de Lacy of Ballingarry, Co. Limerick, and his wife Maria (née Courtney). At the…

Laffan, Sir Robert Michael

Laffan, Sir Robert Michael (1821–82), soldier and governor of Bermuda, was born 21 September 1821 in Co. Limerick, the second son of John Laffan, a supervisor of excise whose brother Dr Robert Laffan (1765–1833) was catholic archbishop of Cashel (1823–33). Educated at the college of…

Laird, Helen (‘Honor Lavelle’)

Laird, Helen (‘Honor Lavelle’) (1874–1957), actress, costumier, teacher, and feminist, was the daughter of John Laird, a protestant pharmacist, and of Marion Laird, née Seymour. She was born in Limerick on 12 April 1874. About 1899 she joined the Gaelic League and Inginidhe na hÉireann…

Lane, Patrick ('Paddy')

Lane, Patrick ('Paddy') (1934–2012), farm leader and politician, was born on 7 September 1934 in the family home at Parteen, Co. Clare, the only son among three children of Thomas Lane, farmer, and his wife Gertrude (née McCormack). A sports enthusiast, Paddy was a four-time Munster…

Lane, Timothy O'Neill

Lane, Timothy O'Neill (1852–1915), lexicographer and Irish scholar, was born at Templeglentan, Co. Limerick, third son of Timothy Lane, farmer, and Mary Lane (née O'Neill), who also had four daughters. As a child he spoke Irish and English, and was a pupil at Templeglentan national…

Lee, John Baptist Mary

Lee, John Baptist Mary (1915–2008), dentist, was born 24 June 1915 in Kilfinane, Co. Limerick (probably in Glendove House), second youngest of ten children of William P. Lee and his wife Agnes (née Condon; d. 1955). William Lee, from a locally prominent family of strong farmers that…

Leen, Edward

Leen, Edward (1885–1944), priest and academic, was born 17 August 1885 at Abbeyfeale, West Limerick, the son of Daniel Leen, a shopkeeper, and his wife Margaret (née Barrett). Born into a large catholic family of 14 children, of whom seven died in their youth, Leen received his…

Lefroy, Thomas Langlois

Lefroy, Thomas Langlois (1776–1869), judge and MP, was born 8 January 1776 in Limerick, eldest son of Lt.-col. Anthony Lefroy, 9th Light Dragoons, and Anne Lefroy (née Gardner). He entered TCD in November 1790 and graduated…

Lentin, Louis

Lentin, Louis (1933–2014), theatre, film and television producer and director, was born in Limerick on 11 December 1933, the first of six children of Isaac Lentin, who owned a women’s tailoring business, and Annie Rose (Hyacinth) Lentin (née Goldberg). His parents were the children of…

Lewis, John (‘Jack’, ‘J. J.’)

Lewis, John (‘Jack’, ‘J. J.’) (1903–83), Irish Army officer and showjumper, was born 18 June 1903 at Ballyvelish, Crecora, Co. Limerick, son of Patrick Lewis, farmer and shopkeeper, and Mary Kate Lewis (née Carroll). Educated at the national school at Crecora, he joined the Irish…

Lipper, Michael (‘Mick’)

Lipper, Michael (‘Mick’) (1931–87), politician and footballer, was born 15 June 1931 in Garryowen, Co. Limerick, fifth of ten children of Dominic Lipper, locomotive driver, and Catherine Lipper (née McGann). Educated at CBS Sexton St…

Littleton, Michael Flannan

Littleton, Michael Flannan (1938–2002), broadcaster, was born 5 March 1938 in Limerick city, the eldest child of Michael Littleton and his wife, Bridget Long, shopkeepers of Tulla, Co. Clare. He had two brothers and three sisters. Educated at Tulla national school and at St Joseph…

Lloyd, Edward

Lloyd, Edward (d. 1847), army officer and explorer, was born at Beechmount, Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, the fifth son of Colonel Thomas Lloyd of Beechmount and his wife Ellen, daughter of Thomas Lloyd of Kildromin and Drumsallagh, Co. Limerick. He was commissioned ensign in the 54th…

Long, John St John

Long, John St John (1798–1834), painter and quack physician, was born at Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, second son of John Long, basket-maker, and Anne Long (née St John). There is evidence to suggest that his father had originally been called O'Driscoll, and had assumed the surname…

Lundon, Thomas

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Lundon, William

Lundon, William (1839–1909), Fenian and politician, was born in October 1839 in Ballinlough, Kilteely, Co. Limerick, son of M. Lundon, farmer, and Alice Lundon (née Molony), and was educated at the local classical academy, where he returned as a teacher in the 1860s. A prominent…

Lynch, William Fanaghan (Liam)

Lynch, William Fanaghan (Liam) (1893–1923), chief of staff of the IRA, was born 9 November 1893 in Barnagurraha, Anglesboro, Co. Limerick, fifth child among six sons and a daughter of Jeremiah Lynch (d. 1914), farmer, and Mary Lynch (neé Kelly). The family was politically active:…

Lytton, Rosina Anne Doyle Bulwer

Lytton, Rosina Anne Doyle Bulwer (‘Lady Lytton’) (1802–82), novelist, was born 2 November 1802 at Ballywhire, Co. Limerick, the youngest of two surviving daughters of Francis Massy Wheeler (d. 1820), a landlord, and the feminist philosopher…

Macauliffe, Max

Macauliffe, Max, also known as Michael McAuliffe (1838–1913), Indian Civil Service judge and Sikh scholar, was born 11 September 1838 in Glenmore, Monagea, Co. Limerick, eldest of five sons and seven daughters of John McAuliffe, schoolteacher and farmer, and Julia McAuliffe (née Browne…

Mac Carthaig, Cormac

Mac Carthaig, Cormac (d. 1138), son of Muiredach, king of Desmumu (Desmond) and overking of Munster, belonged to the Clann Donngaile lineage of Éoganacht Chaisil. His father, Muiredach (d. 1092), was a son of the eponymous Carthach, who in turn was a great-grandson of…

MacDonagh, Michael

MacDonagh, Michael (1860–1946), journalist and historian, was born 26 August 1860 in Limerick, son of Michael MacDonagh (d. 1893). He was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and then joined a local paper as a reporter. In 1882 he moved to Dublin to work for the Freeman's…

MacKenzie, Robert Shelton

MacKenzie, Robert Shelton (1809–81), writer and journalist, was born 22 June 1809 at Drew's Court, Co. Limerick, second son of Capt. Kenneth Mackenzie, a soldier with the Caithness fencibles, and Maria MacKenzie (née Shelton). Educated at Fermoy, Co. Cork, where his father became…

Mackey, Michael John (‘Mick’)

Mackey, Michael John (‘Mick’) (1912–82), hurler, was born 12 July 1912 in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, eldest son among four sons and four daughters of John ‘Tyler’ Mackey, labourer, and Mary Mackey (née Carroll). The Mackey family was very active in the Limerick GAA: his father…

MacMahon (McMahon), Michael Peter

MacMahon (McMahon), Michael Peter (c.1710–1807), catholic bishop, was probably born in Doonass, Co. Clare, son of Patrick MacMahon of Dooradoyle, Limerick, and Margaret MacMahon (née O'Sullivan). From a wealthy catholic gentry family who lost their lands in the Williamite…