Co. Wexford

McWilliams, Brendan Eugene (1944–2007), meteorologist, writer and broadcaster, was born in south Dublin on 7 August 1944, the only son of John (Sean) McWilliams and his wife Nora (née Smyth). Sean McWilliams (1911–84), originally from Maghera, Co. Londonderry, was one of the first…

Millett, Benignus (1922–2006), Franciscan priest and historian, was born 1 April 1922 in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, eldest of eight children (five sons and three daughters) of Matthew Millett, a tax consultant and auditor, and his wife Mary (née Keating); he was christened Austin Matthew…

Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald (1858–1908), author, was born 19 March 1858 at New Ross, Co. Wexford, son of Pierce Molloy and Catherine Molloy (née Byrne). Educated at St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, he intended to join the catholic clergy. At the age of twenty he decided instead on a…

Mullen, (Daniel) Karl (1926–2009), rugby player and gynaecologist, was born on 26 November 1926 in Courtown Harbour, Co. Wexford, one of three sons and seven daughters of Daniel Mullen, an officer of the customs and excise, and his wife Annie (née Hargrove). Daniel had known and greatly…

Murphy, John (1753–98), Roman catholic priest and insurgent leader, was born in Tincurry, parish of Ferns, Co. Wexford, son of Thomas Murphy, farmer and bacon curer, and Johanna Murphy (née Whitty), from nearby Tomgarrow. John Murphy was the youngest in the family. He had four…

Murphy, (John Francis) Desmond ('Jack') (1913–2005), military psychiatrist, was born 22 May 1913 in Kilrane, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, the son of Francis Murphy, a merchant, and his wife Annie (née Murphy). After attending Clongowes Wood College (1925–31), Murphy studied…

Murphy, Michael (c.1744/5–1798), Roman catholic priest and insurgent leader, was born in Ballinoulart, Co. Wexford. His parents – small farmers who previously lived in Kilnew, Blackwater – were John Murphy of Parkannesley or Ballinoulart, and Julia Murphy (née Neal) (1714…

Murphy, Thomas (1915–97), academic and president of UCD, was born 3 December 1915 in Bunclody, Co. Wexford, elder of two sons of John Murphy, farmer, and Mary Murphy (née Doyle). A sister of the two boys died in childhood. Educated…

Murphy, William Richard English (1890–1975), teacher, soldier, schools’ inspector, general and police commissioner, was born on 26 January 1890 at Danescastle, Carrig on Bannow, Co. Wexford, son of John Joseph Murphy and Sarah Agnes (née English), both of whom were teachers. He had one…

O'Brien, James Thomas (1792–1874), Church of Ireland bishop of Ossory, Ferns, and Leighlin, was born 27 September 1792 in New Ross, Co. Wexford, the son of Michael Burke O'Brien, a corporation officer, and his wife, Dorothy (d. 1803), the daughter of Thomas Kough, of New Ross. His…

O'Brien, (‘Professor’) Peter (1939–2003), musician, was born 28 April 1939 at the Hatch Street nursing home, Dublin, son of John (‘Jack’) O’Brien, chartered quantity surveyor, of Trenwith, Knocksinna Road, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, with offices at 8 South Leinster Street, Dublin city, and…

O'Callaghan, May (1881–1973), journalist, translator and communist, was born Julia Mary O'Callaghan in Wexford town on the 14 August 1881, the youngest of four children born to Patrick O'Callaghan, RIC head constable, and Jane O'Callaghan (…

O'Connor, Sir James (1872–1931), lawyer, was born in Wexford on 1 April 1872, the third son of Michael Joseph O'Connor, builder, rate collector, and county councillor, and his wife, Johanna, the daughter of James Murphy, of Curracloe, Co. Wexford. Educated at St Peter's College,…

O'Connor, Thomas (1817–87), ‘cattle king of Refugio county, Texas’, was baptised and probably born in February 1817 in Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford, second son of Thomas O'Connor, tenant farmer at Kilmuckridge, and Margaret O'Connor (née Power). As a younger son, he had no prospect of…

O'Doherty, Eamonn (1939–2011), artist, musician and teacher, was born on 18 June 1939 in Derry city, one of two sons and two daughters of Thomas O'Doherty, primary school teacher, and his wife Sara (née McElwee), from Co. Tyrone; his three siblings all became teachers. Reared in…

O'Hanrahan, Michael (Ó hAnnracháin, Micheál) (1877–1916), nationalist, journalist, and author, was born 16 January 1877 in New Ross, Co. Wexford, one of six sons and three daughters of Richard O'Hanrahan, a cork cutter, and Mary O'Hanrahan (née Williams), both of New Ross. The family…

O'Herlihy, Dan (Daniel Peter) (1919–2005), actor, was born 1 May 1919 at Odessa Cottage, Wexford town, son of John Robert O'Herlihy, a civil servant from Cork who later worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and his wife Ellen (née Hanton), from Wexford; they had at least…

O'Kelly, Kevin (1924–94), journalist and broadcaster, was born 12 June 1924 at 36 Nelson Street, Dublin, son of Kevin Kelly, a civil servant, and Kathleen Kelly (née O'Keefe). Educated at the Catholic University School, he began his career in journalism with the Irish Press…

O'Kennedy, Sean (1884–1949), hurler and Gaelic footballer, was born in August 1884 in Quay St., New Ross, Co. Wexford, as John Kennedy, one of six sons and one daughter of James Kennedy, originally from Co. Kilkenny, and Mary Anne Kennedy (possibly née Browner). The family ran a…

Orpen, Adela Elizabeth (née Richards) (1855–1927), writer, was born on a slave plantation in Virginia, USA, on 3 February 1855, the only surviving child of Edward Moore Richards and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth (née Tisdale). Following the death of her mother on 19 February 1860, her…

Orpen, Edward Richards Richards- (1884–1967), agriculturalist, conservationist and senator, was born Edward Richards Orpen on 20 October 1884 in London, the son of Goddard Henry Orpen (qv) and his wife…

Orpen, Goddard Henry (1852–1932), lawyer and historian, was born on 8 May 1852 in Dublin, the fourth son of the five sons and three daughters of John Herbert Orpen, barrister, of Dublin, and Ellen Susan Gertrude, youngest daughter of Revd John Richards of Grange (latterly Monksgrange),…

Phelan, Denis (1785–1871), doctor and poor law commissioner (1838–43), was born in New Ross, Co. Wexford. In c.1800 he took courses for a medical degree at the Apothecary's Hall, Dublin, before doing further studies in London. After qualification he got employment as visiting…

Poole, Jacob (1774–1827), philologist and antiquarian, who was descended from an old-established quaker family, was born 11 February 1774 in Growtown, Co. Wexford, son of Josiah Poole and his wife Sarah, daughter of Jacob Martin of Aghfad, Co. Wexford. The Pooles, originally from…

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