Monaghan, Cathleen (Sister Mary Aquinas) (1919–85), Missionary Sister of St Columban and physician, was born 30 August 1919 in Cartron, Cappataggle, Loughrea, Co. Galway, second child among two sons and seven daughters of Bartholomew Monaghan, farmer, and Ellen Monaghan (née O'…
Hong Kong
Nolan, Nicholas George (Ó Nualláin, Nicolás Seoirse)
Nolan, Nicholas George (Ó Nualláin, Nicolás Seoirse) (1907–84), civil servant, was born in Hong Kong on 8 December 1907, although he was sometimes described as a native of Cork. The eldest child of Nicholas G. Nolan (1878–1920), chief interpreter of the Hong Kong Supreme Court (1907–20…
Pottinger, Eldred
Pottinger, Eldred (1811–43), soldier and diplomat, was born 12 August 1811 in Co. Down, eldest son of Thomas Pottinger (d. 1845) of Mountpottinger, Co. Down, and his wife Charlotte, daughter of James Hamilton Moore. His mother dying when he was two years old, his father remarried…