Co. Offaly

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Purcell, Seamus

Purcell, Seamus (1923–2003), businessman , was born James Purcell in the family home in Cumberland Street (later Emmet Street), Birr, Co. Offaly, on 3 January 1923, the third of eight sons and two daughters of Patrick Purcell (d. 1961), cattle and sheep dealer, and his wife Florence (…

Ridgeway, Sir William

Ridgeway, Sir William (1853–1926), classical scholar, was born 6 August 1853, youngest son of the Rev. John Henry Ridgeway, of Ballydermot, King's Co. (Offaly), and Marianna Ridgeway, daughter of Samuel Ridgeway of Aghanvilla, King's Co. His parents may have been cousins; his family…

Rolleston, Thomas William Hazen (T. W.)

Rolleston, Thomas William Hazen (T. W.) (1857–1920), poet, critic and journalist, was born 1 May 1857 at Glasshouse, near Shinrone, King's County (Offaly), youngest child among three sons and a daughter of Charles Rolleston-Spunner (d. 1887), barrister and county court judge for…

Sherlock, David

Sherlock, David (1850–1940), barrister and peat industrialist, was born 27 March 1850 in Rahan Lodge, Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), second son among four sons and two daughters of David Sherlock (1814–84), lawyer and MP, of Stillorgan Castle, Co. Dublin, and his wife Elizabeth,…

Smith, Michael

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Smith, Sir William Cusack

Smith, Sir William Cusack (1766–1836), 2nd baronet, politician, judge, was born 23 January 1766 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir Michael Smith and his first wife, Mary (d. 1798), daughter and heiress of James Cusack of Ballyronan, Co. Wicklow, and Coolmines, Co. Dublin. His father Sir…

Stoney, Bindon Blood

Stoney, Bindon Blood (1828–1909), civil engineer, was born 13 June 1828 at Oakley Park, King's Co. (Offaly), younger son of George Stoney and his wife Anne, second daughter of Bindon Blood of Cranagher and Rockforest, Co. Clare. He had one elder brother, the renowned mathematical…

Stoney, George Johnstone

Stoney, George Johnstone (1826–1911), mathematical physicist and astronomer, was born 15 February 1826 at Oakley Park, Clareen, near Birr, King's Co. (Offaly), elder son among three children of George Stoney, landowner, and Anne Stoney (née Bindon Blood) of Crannagher and Rockforest…

Taylour, Frances Helen ('Fay')

Taylour, Frances Helen ('Fay') (1904–83), racing motorist and fascist, was born on 5 April 1904 at 11 Oxmanton Mall, Birr, King's County (Co. Offaly) to Herbert Fetherstonhaugh Taylour, formerly a lieutenant in the 3rd battalion of the Leinster regiment and then county inspector in the…

Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide

Ua Conchobair, Ruaidrí na Saide Buide (d. 1118), a son of Áed and overking of Connacht, belonged to a family line descended from Conchobar (qv) (d. 973) son of Tadc, of the Uí Briúin Aí dynasty. His father was…

Walsh, Richard Hussey

Walsh, Richard Hussey (1825–62), economist, born in King's Co. (Offaly) on 25 July 1825, was the fifth son in the family of eight sons and one daughter of John Hussey Walsh (1791–1863), a justice of the peace, of Kilduff, near Tyrrellspass, King's Co., and Cranagh and Mulhussey, Co…

WARBURTON, Bartholomew Elliott George (‘Eliot Warburton’)

Warburton, Bartholomew Elliott George (‘Eliot Warburton’) (1810–52), author, landowner, and traveller, was born near Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), eldest son of George Warburton, of Aughrim, Co. Galway, a former inspector-general of the constabulary in Ireland, and Anna Warburton (née…

Ward, Mary

Ward, Mary (1827–69), artist, naturalist, and astronomer, was born 27 April 1827 in Ballylin, near Ferbane, King's Co. (Offaly), youngest among three daughters and one son of the Rev. Henry King (1799–1857) of Ballylin, and Harriette King (née Lloyd), of Gloster, King's Co. Her…

Wesley, Richard (Colley)

Wesley, Richard (Colley) (c.1690–1758), politician and 1st Baron Mornington , was born Richard Colley, near Edenderry, King's Co. (Offaly), sixth and youngest son of Henry Colley, of Castle Carbery, Co. Kildare, politician and landowner, and Mary Colley (née Usher).…

Williams, (Daniel) Edmund

Williams, (Daniel) Edmund (1928–2007), businessman, was born in Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, on 3 April 1928, the youngest son among three sons and two daughters of John ('Jack') Williams of Tullamore, Co. Offaly, and his wife Sheila ('Julia') (née Moorhead). The Williamses…

Woods, Sir Robert Henry

Woods, Sir Robert Henry (1865–1938), surgeon and MP, was born 27 April 1865 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, the youngest son of Christopher Woods, shopkeeper, and his wife, Dorothea (née Lowe). Educated in Dublin at Wesley College and then TCD…

Woodward, Benjamin

Woodward, Benjamin (1816–61), architect, was born 16 November 1816 in Tullamore, King's Co. (Offaly), seventh child among five sons and four daughters of Capt. Charles Woodward (1781–1864), formerly of the Royal Meath Militia, and his wife Mary (d. 1824), daughter of Dr Edward Atkinson…

Young, Charles

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