Co. Waterford

Roch(e), Regina Maria (c.1764–1845), writer, was born in Waterford, the daughter of Capt. Blundell Dalton (or D'Alton), and was brought up in Dublin; nothing is known of her mother. She began writing in her teens, encouraged by her father, and her first two novels, The…

Roch, James (1659–1723), soldier, was born 29 September 1659 at Kinsale, Co. Cork, only son of George Roch, who owned estates at Glyn and Tourin, Co. Waterford; nothing is known of his mother. In 1689 James Roch was a soldier in the Williamite forces that arrived at Derry in June…

Sargent, Fay (1890/91–1967), singer, actress, and journalist, was born in Waterford in 1890 or 1891, an only child, and christened Mary Gertrude. Her father Terence Hannan died, aged 38, when she was an infant, and she and her mother went to England to live with her uncle, the Rev.…

Sexton, Thomas (1847–1932), politician, was born in Waterford city, eldest son and second among six children of John Sexton, constable in the RIC, and Mary Sexton (née Phelan). Educated by the Christian Brothers at Mount Sion school,…

Sheehan, Michael (1870–1945), catholic archbishop, was born 17 December 1870, at Newtown, Waterford, son of Cornelius Sheehan, merchant, and his wife, Anne Lawlor, both from Waterford. His family lived in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, from 1880. Educated privately and later at St…

Sherlock (Sherlog), Paul (1595–1646), Jesuit priest and theologian, was born in August 1595 at or near Waterford city, reputedly the son of Walter Sherlock and his wife Beatrice Leonard. He was a descendant of James Sherlock of Gracedieu who, in 1494, was granted extensive lands…

Smith, Charles (1715?–1762), apothecary, topographer, and writer, was born in Co. Waterford. Details of his life remain obscure, but he was educated in medicine and worked as an apothecary in Lismore (1739–44) and Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (1744–60). He is remembered as a pioneer of…

Somers, Elizabeth (1881–1934), republican and industrial revivalist, was born 14 October 1881 at Waterford city, daughter of William Somers, post office engineer, and his wife Elizabeth (née Walsh); she had at least three brothers. Her mother's family, who came from Kilmacow, Co.…

Stewart, Louis (1944–2016), jazz guitarist, was born on 5 January 1944 in Waterford to Tony Stewart, a store keeper, and his wife Mary (née Ryan), who were both from Dublin and returned to live in the city shortly after his birth. An only child, Stewart grew up at 7 Harty Place off…

Stokes, Whitley (1763–1845), physician and polymath, was born in Waterford, son of Gabriel Stokes (1732–1806), DD, chancellor of the cathedral, and master of Waterford endowed school, an ex-fellow of TCD…

Strangman, Mary Somerville Parker (1872–1943), doctor and suffragist, was born 16 March 1872 at Carriganore, Killotteran, Co. Waterford, sixth of seven children of Thomas Handcock Strangman, gentleman, of Carriganore, and Sarah White Strangman (née Hawkes), formerly of Castle White…

Stuart, Henry Windsor Villiers (1827–95), MP, clergyman, and Egyptologist, was born 13 September 1827, the only son of Henry Villiers-Stuart (1803–74), 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana, Co. Waterford, privy councillor, MP (1826–30) and lord lieutenant of Co. Waterford (1831–…

Troy, Una ('Elizabeth Connor') (1910–93), writer, was born on 21 May 1910 in Fermoy, Co. Cork, the eldest of three daughters of John (Seán) Troy (1881–1972), solicitor, and his wife Bridget Agnes (née Hayes). John Troy was an Irish Irelander, GAA member, republican activist, and son of…

Ua Brolcháin, Máel-Ísu (d. 1086), author and ecclesiastic, was a member of the Uí Brolcháin, which produced a number of important Armagh churchmen in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. According to John Colgan (qv), he was educated at…

Ua hAinmire, Máel-Ísu (Malchus) (c.1047–1135), first bishop of Waterford, was one of the earliest and most important figures in the eleventh-century reform movement in the Irish church. Nothing is known of his ancestry or family background. In 1095…

Ussher, Richard John (1841–1913), ornithologist and speleologist, was born 6 April 1841, the only child that survived infancy of Richard Kiely Ussher (1778–1854) of Cappagh, Co. Waterford, and his second wife, Isabella Ussher, daughter of Col. Jasper Grant, of Kilmurray, Co. Cork…

Wadding, Luke (1588–1657), Franciscan priest, scholar, and churchman, was born 16 October 1588 at Waterford and baptised on 18 October, the son of Walter Wadding, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia (née Lombard), a relative of Peter…

Wadding, Peter (1583–1644), Jesuit priest, theologian, and chancellor of the University of Prague (1629–41), was born in July 1583 in Waterford, son of Thomas Wadding and Mary Wadding (née Walsh). On entering the Society of Jesus in 1601 he recorded that both of his parents were…

Walker, Robin Andrew Day (1924–91), architect, was born 30 September 1924 at 1 Catherine Street, Waterford, eldest child of Andrew Ernest Walker, bank official, of ‘Nailima’, Bailey, Co. Dublin, and Eleanor Walker (née Croker). He was educated in Dublin at St Columba's College,…

Wallace, (William) Vincent (1812–65), composer of operas, piano music, and songs, was born 11 March 1812 in Waterford city, son of Spencer (‘William’) Wallace, fifer in the North Mayo Militia, born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, in 1789, who had a long career in the British army (1804–26),…

Walsh, Edward (1756–1832), physician and writer, was born in Waterford, eldest son of John Walsh, merchant of Ballymountain House, Co. Kilkenny, and brother of the writer and clergyman Robert Walsh (qv). He was sent to school in England, and…

Walsh, John (1835–81), poet and schoolmaster, was born 1 April 1835 at Belville Park, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, son of William Walsh, steward of Mr Poer of Belville Park; nothing is known of his mother. He was educated at Cappoquin national school and worked there as a monitor and…

Walsh, Joseph James (1905–92), journalist and newspaper editor, was born 21 December 1905 (although he claimed to have been born exactly ten years later) in Waterford city, youngest among five children of Edward Walsh, commercial cork-maker, editor/proprietor of the Munster…

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Walsh, Nicholas (Nicolás Bhailis) (1538?–1585), Church of Ireland bishop of Ossory, was born in Waterford city in or before 1538; he was the son of Patrick Walsh (qv), bishop of Waterford and Lismore (d. 1578). The identity of his mother is…