Co. Meath

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Green, Alice Sophia Amelia Stopford

Green, Alice Sophia Amelia Stopford (1847–1929), historian and nationalist, was born on either 30 or 31 May 1847 in Kells, Co. Meath, seventh among nine children of Edward Adderly Stopford , archdeacon of Meath, and Anne Catherine Stopford (neé Duke) from Sligo. With the exception of…

Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes

Halloran (O'Halloran), Laurence Hynes (1765–1831), schoolmaster, clergyman, writer, and forger, was born 29 December 1765 in Co. Meath. Orphaned while still a young child, he was raised by his uncle, Judge William Gregory, before attending Westminster School. In 1785 he opened a…

Halpin (Halpine), Charles Graham

Halpin (Halpine), Charles Graham (1829–68), writer and journalist, was born 20 November 1829 at Oldcastle, Co. Meath, son of the Rev. Nicholas John Halpin (qv), clergyman and newspaper editor, and Anne Halpin (née Grehan). Educated…

Halpin, William G.

Halpin, William G. (1824–92), Fenian, was born in May 1824 in Nobber, Co. Meath, son of John Halpin and his wife Sally. After studying civil engineering in Dublin, he left for the USA, arriving in New York on 28 October 1847. Shortly thereafter he settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where…

Hamilton, Gustavus

Hamilton, Gustavus (1642–1723), 1st Viscount Boyne, soldier , was third son of Sir Frederick Hamilton (qv) (c.1590–1647) of Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, who had served in the Swedish army and the wars in Ireland, and his…

Hamilton, Laetitia

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Hand, John

Hand, John (1807–46), catholic priest and founder of All Hallows College, Dublin, was born 23 August 1807 at Bolies, Oldcastle, Co. Meath, eldest of six children of Luke Hand, farmer, and Margaret Hand (née Fox). He attended school at Oldcastle and then, intending to study for the…

Haughey, Padraig Columb ('Jock')

Haughey, Padraig Columb ('Jock') (1932–2003), sportsman and would-be arms smuggler, was born in Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, on 9 October 1932, third of four sons (there were also three daughters) of Sean 'Johnnie' Haughey, farmer and former commandant in the Free State army, and his…

Hilliard, Michael Leo

Hilliard, Michael Leo (1903–82), revolutionary and politician, was born 11 March 1903 in Flower Hill, Navan, Co. Meath, fifth child of James Hilliard, a prosperous farmer and cattle dealer, and Mary Hilliard (née O'Brien). Educated at St Finian's College, Mullingar, he left in 1920…

Hooke, Nathaniel

Hooke, Nathaniel (1664–1738), Jacobite envoy, was born at Corballis, Co. Meath, the third son of John Hooke, a merchant at Drogheda, and his wife Margaret, the daughter of Christopher Hooke; it is not known whether or in what way his parents were related. He was the grandson of…

Hussey, Thomas

Hussey, Thomas (1746–1803), catholic bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was born in Harristown, Co. Meath. Educated at Seville, he was ordained to the priesthood on 25 March 1769 and was immediately appointed one of the chaplains to the Spanish ambassador in London. Hussey's time in…

Johnson, Sir William

Johnson, Sir William (1715–74), superintendent of Indian affairs in colonial America (specifically among the Iroquois and their allies in New York), was born at Smithtown, Co. Meath, one of seven children (three sons and four daughters) of Christopher Johnson, tenant farmer, and Anne…

Jones, Frederick Edward

Jones, Frederick Edward (1759–1834), theatre manager, was born at Vesington, Co. Meath, into a prosperous protestant family; no other details of his background are available. Educated in Ireland and then on the Continent, he returned to Ireland c.1793 to run the Music Hall…

Kennedy, Patrick James

Kennedy, Patrick James (1864–1947), politician, was born 19 December 1864 at Rathcore House, Enfield, Co. Meath, son of Brian Kennedy and his wife, Brigid (née Bourke). He was educated at St Vincent's College, Castleknock, Co. Dublin. In 1888 he married Cornelia Duncan, whose…

Ledwidge, Francis Edward

Ledwidge, Francis Edward (1887–1917), poet and soldier, was born 19 August 1887 at Janeville, Slane, Co. Meath, eighth among nine children of Patrick Ledwidge (1840/41–1892), farm labourer, and his wife, Anne (1853/4–1926), daughter of Nicholas Lynch of Slane. The Ledwidges (the name is…

Liddiard, Jane Susannah (J. S.) Anna

Liddiard, Jane Susannah (J. S.) Anna (c.1780–p.1819?), poet, was born in Co. Meath, daughter of Sir Henry Wilkinson , of Corballis, Co. Meath. She dedicated her Poems (Dublin, 1810) to her husband, the Rev. William Liddiard (1773–1841), an anglican clergyman of…

Locke, John Edward

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Locke, Mary Anne Theresa

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Mac Domhnaill, Aodh (McDonnell, Hugh)

Mac Domhnaill, Aodh (McDonnell, Hugh) (1802–67), writer and folklore collector, was born at Drumgill, near Drumcondra, Co. Meath. His father was named Séamas Mac Domhnaill but nothing else is known of his immediate family. In 1827 he married Bridget Roe of Ardee, Co. Louth, and they had…

MacGeoghegan, Ross (Rossa Mac Eochagáin)

MacGeoghegan, Ross (Rossa Mac Eochagáin) (c.1577–1644), catholic bishop of Kildare and sometime Dominican provincial, was the sixth son of Rossa Mac Eochagáin, lord of Moycashel, and Sheila O'Dempsey, sister of the 1st Lord Clanmalier; he was born c.1577 at his…

MacMurrough (Mac Murchadha), Art

MacMurrough (Mac Murchadha), Art (d. 1362), king of Leinster, was eldest son of Muircheartach mac Muiris MacMurrough, king of Leinster. He may be the man captured with Henry Trahene, seneschal of Carlow, by the Butlers in 1326. Very little else is known of his early career…

MacNamara, Thomas

MacNamara, Thomas (1808–92), catholic priest and pioneer of the nineteenth-century ‘devotional revolution’, was born near the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, where his family had a long-established milling business. After schooling in Navan he entered Maynooth for the diocese of Meath in…

Mac Stiofáin, Seán

Mac Stiofáin, Seán (1928–2001), republican paramilitary, was born John Edward Drayton Stephenson in South Leyton, Essex, on 17 February 1928, only child of Edward George Stephenson, political agent, and his wife, Lilian Mary (formerly Brown, née Newland), of 81 Maryville Road,…

Magee, Aloysius Mary (‘Louis’)

Magee, Aloysius Mary (‘Louis’) (1874–1945), rugby player, was born 25 March 1874 in 7 Rathmines Terrace, Dublin, one of at least three sons of William Magee, merchant, and Margaret Magee (née Chambers). He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, and at Edinburgh…

Martin, James

Martin, James (1783–1860), poet, antiquary, and linguist, was born at Millbrook, near Oldcastle, Co. Meath, youngest son among several children of James Martin, small farmer, who owned several cabins and some plots of land in Oldcastle, and who, according to McCall (1896, 631),…