Co. Wexford

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Swiney (Swiny, Swinny, MacSwinny), Owen Mac

Swiney (Swiny, Swinny, MacSwinny), Owen Mac (1680–1754), playwright and theatre manager, was born near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. He appears to have joined the army as a young man but by spring 1703 was in London as associate of Christopher Rich at the Drury Lane theatre, where he…

Thompson, John Patrick

Thompson, John Patrick (1880–1913), champion jockey, was born 13 December 1880 in Bunclody, Co. Wexford, eldest among two sons and a daughter born to Joseph Thompson, farmer, from Newtownbarry Mills, and Katherine Thompson (née Murphy), originally from Enniscorthy. He was initially…

Tynan, Patrick Joseph Percy

Tynan, Patrick Joseph Percy (1851–1936), revolutionary, was born in March 1851 in Gorey, Co. Wexford, son of Patrick Tynan, shopkeeper, and Maryanne Tynan (née Lavelle). The family lived at 35 Main St., Gorey, and there were at least two other children: Harry Tynan later worked as a…

Vignoles, Charles Blacker

Vignoles, Charles Blacker (1793–1875), civil engineer, was born 31 May 1793 at Woodbrook near Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Descended from a notable French huguenot family, his father, Capt. Charles Henry Vignoles, married a daughter of Dr Charles Hutton,…

Wadding, Luke

Wadding, Luke (1628–87), catholic bishop of Ferns, was born in Ballycogly in the Anglo-Norman barony of Bargy, Co. Wexford, eldest son of Walter Wadding, merchant of Wexford town, and his wife Mary, daughter of David Sinnott of Raheen, another property owner. There appear to have…

Walsh, Thomas

Walsh, Thomas (1914–88), scientist and agricultural administrator, was born in Piercestown, Co. Wexford, fourth son of modest farmers. Walsh was educated at Piercestown national school and Wexford CBS before attending…

Walsh, Thomas Joseph

Walsh, Thomas Joseph (1911–88), physician, founder and artistic director of the Wexford Opera Festival, and writer, was born on 20 November 1911 at 6 Upper George St., Wexford, eldest son of John Joseph Walsh, commercial traveller, and Margaret Walsh (née Hayden) of…

Whitmore, William James Brennan-

Whitmore, William James Brennan- (1886–1977), revolutionary and journalist, was born 21 October 1886 at the family home in Mary St., Wexford, son of Thomas Whitmore, People journalist and printer, and Mary Whitmore (née Brennan) from Ferns, Co. Wexford. Both parents died…

Whitty, Ellen (Sister Mary Vincent)

Whitty, Ellen (Sister Mary Vincent) (1819–92), Sister of Mercy, foundress, and educator, was born 1 March 1819 in Poldharrigge, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, daughter of Robert Whitty and Mary Whitty. She had two sisters and three brothers. Educated in Enniscorthy and the Academy of…

Whitty, Michael James

Whitty, Michael James (1795–1873), newspaper editor and proprietor, was born in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, in 1795, the son of a corn merchant and owner of boats operating out of Wexford port. After failing to complete his studies for the priesthood, Whitty moved to London in 1821 to…

Wisdom, John Oulton (J. O.)

Wisdom, John Oulton (J. O.) (1908–93), philosopher and psychoanalyst, was born in Dublin on 29 December 1908, only child of Thomas Hume Wisdom, brewery clerk, and his English-born wife Jane, daughter of Dr Henry Oulton of St Stephen's Green. The Cambridge language philosopher Arthur…