Flinn, Hugo Victor (1879–1943), businessman and politician, was born 8 September 1879 in Peel, Isle of Man. He was one of four children of Hugh or Hugo Flinn, wholesale fish merchant with wide interests in Ireland and Liverpool, and his wife (Mary) Kate (née Condren or Condran). The…
Isle of Man
Moffat, Charles Bethune (‘C. B. M.’)
Moffat, Charles Bethune (‘C. B. M.’) (1859–1945), ornithologist, naturalist, and conservationist, was born 16 January 1859 on the Isle of Man, eldest among four sons and three daughters of James and Elizabeth Moffat. A year and a half after his birth his parents moved to Ireland,…
O'Brien, Sir Timothy Carew
O'Brien, Sir Timothy Carew (1861–1948), 3rd baronet, international cricketer for England and Ireland, was born 5 November 1861 in Dublin, eldest son among three sons and a daughter of Timothy O'Brien and Mary O'Brien (née Carew O'Dwyer) of Dublin. His grandfather, Sir Timothy O'…
O'Donnell (Ó Domhnaill), Niall Garbh
O'Donnell (Ó Domhnaill), Niall Garbh (1380–1439), king of Tír Conaill, was eldest son of Toirdhealbhach O'Donnell (qv), king of Tír Conaill, and Gráinne, daughter of…
Orr, William McFadden
Orr, William McFadden (1866–1934), mathematician, was born 2 May 1866 at Ballystockart, Comber, Co. Down, eldest son of Fletcher Blakely Orr of Ballystockart, a unitarian farmer and millowner, and Elizabeth Orr, daughter of David Lowry, farmer, of Ballymacashin, Co. Down. He…
Rodyard (Rudyard), William de
Rodyard (Rudyard), William de (c.1275–c.1349), dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and chancellor of Ireland's first university, was born in the latter half of the thirteenth century, most probably in Rudyard, Staffordshire. There is no extant evidence relating…
Wood, Ernest Mounteney
Wood, Ernest Mounteney (1909–91), barrister, was born in Dublin on 12 July 1909, third of three sons of Albert Ernest Wood (1874–1941) KC, and his wife Edyth (née Gillespie). His elder brother Wilfred, also a barrister, died tragically young in…