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Abrahamson, Leonard

Abrahamson, Leonard (1896–1961), doctor, was born 29 April 1896 into a Jewish family in Semiatich, latterly in Belarus, second of four children of David and Frances Abrahamson. To escape pogroms his family emigrated to Newry, Co. Down, when he was 3 years old. He was educated at the…

Bradlaw, Robert

Bradlaw, Robert (c.1839–1904), Jewish community leader, was born in Kovno, Russia. By profession an oculist, he lived in England before settling in Dublin, where he became a leading lay representative of the Jewish immigrants. Responsive to their particular needs, he…

Breslin, Padraic

Breslin, Padraic (1907–42), dissident communist, was born 14 June 1907 in London to Irish emigrant parents; his father hailed from Glenties, Co. Donegal. The family moved to Dublin (c.1920), settling on the North Strand, where Breslin received a secondary education.…

Browne, George

Browne, George (1698–1792), soldier of fortune, Russian army officer, governor of Livonia, and count of the Holy Roman Empire, was born 15 June 1698 at Moyne (Castle Mahan), Co. Limerick, son of George Browne of Camas (an uncle of the Austrian marshal Maximilian Ulysses von Browne)…

Collins, Jerome James

Collins, Jerome James (1841–81) meteorologist, Arctic explorer, and founder of Clan na Gael, was born 17 October 1841 in Cork city, the son of Mark Collins, a lime and saltworks owner of South Main Street, Cork, and his wife Ellen (née Ryan). He attended St Vincent's Seminary,…

Edgeworth (de Firmont), Abbé Henry Essex

Edgeworth (de Firmont), Abbé Henry Essex (1745–1807), priest, confessor to Louis XVI, was born in Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, the second son of eight children of the Rev. Robert Edgeworth, landowner and rector of Edgeworthstown. Maria…

Field, John

Field, John (1782–1837), pianist and composer, was born 16 or 26 July 1782 in Golden Lane, Dublin, and baptised at St Werburgh's church on 5 September. He was the eldest son of a Dublin couple, Robert Field, a theatre violinist (himself the son of John Field, a professional organist…

Lawlor, Liam

Lawlor, Liam (1944–2005), politician and businessman, was born William Anthony Lawlor on 19 October 1944 in the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, son of Gerald Lawlor, motor driver, of 8 Moracrete Cottages, Crumlin Road, Dublin, and his wife Ellen (née Gaffney); he…

Reavey, George

Reavey, George (1907–76), editor and poet, was born 1 May 1907 in Vitebsk, Russia, son of Daniel Reavey (1876–1938), Belfast businessman and director of flax-spinning mills in Vitebsk, and his Russian wife Sophia Turchenko (1883–1957). George was brought back to Belfast to be…