Miscellaneous Limerick People

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General

• List of Limerick-related entries in the Dictionary Of Irish Biography [9 vols], edited by James McGuire & James Quinn, 2009

• Four men of a past generation: Rev P. F. Kavanagh, Rev James Dowd, Rev Canon Langbridge, Judge Adams, Limerick Leader 16/9/1950, p4

• Great Limerick People, Limerick Post 8/6/2013, p44-45

Gerry Andrews

• Gerry Andrews: printing industry leader who has lived his life 'in camera', Limerick Leader 11/8/2012. p2 (Leader 2)

• Photographs of old Limerick life a 'national legacy', Limerick Chronicle 20/11/2012, p10

James David Bourchier (journalist)

• Distinguished Limerick man dies in the Balkans, Limerick Leader 10/1/1921

• State funeral for distinguished Limerick man, Limerick Leader 10/1/1921

• James Bourchier : an Irishman in Bulgaria from Grandmother and Wolfe Tone, essays by Hubert Butler, p.151-157

• Biography from Oxford DNB, 2005

• James Bourchier, Baggotstown, Bruff, 1850-1920 from Lough Gur & District Journal no. 14 2006, p.70-71

• Bourchier remembered at UL, Limerick Post 29/11/2008, p.22

Michael Brennan (freedom fighter)

• Death of Limerick and Clare freedom fighter, Limerick Leader 1/11/1986

George Browne, Count (soldier)

• Marshal Browne: famous West Limerick son, Limerick Leader 7/2/2009, p27 (reprint from LL 26/1/1944)

• George Browne of Camas (1698-1792), Irish Sword vol 18, no 73, p308

• Bionic Soldier of Fortune: from the files of the DIB, History Ireland May/June 2008, p66

Tony Browne (Local historian)

• Browne quits history society, Limerick Leader 25/1/2014, p4
  

Vincent Browne (journalist/broadcaster)

• Nusight’s Vincent Browne : profile of a Co Limerick born editor whose magazine slated…Limerick, Limerick Leader 27/6/1970, p12 & 13

• Vincent Browne to return to RTE Radio, Irish Times, 14/08/2001, p2

• Browne recalls old ways and hard times at home, Limerick Leader 26/7/2003

Rev. William Casey

• The fight for land and Home Rule: tributes to Fr. Casey’s great work, Limerick Leader 3/6/1950, p2

• Abbeyfeale honours the memory of a great patriot pastor, Limerick Leader 6/1/1958, p3

• Editorial comment re Rev. Casey, Limerick Leader 4/1/1958, p7

Stella Conran (fashion model)

• Face of Limerick Stella dies aged 65, Limerick Leader 12/8/2006, p16

Maghnus Collins (adventurer)

• The life of an adventurer, Limerick Leader 26/1/2013, (Leader 2)

William E. Corbett (City engineer)

• Death of Mr. Wm. E. Corbett, C.E., Limerick Leader 1/2/1904

• Death of Mr. Wm. E. Corbett, C.E., Limerick Chronicle 2/2/1904

• The late Mr. W. E. Corbett – the funeral, Limerick Chronicle 4/2/1904

Dermot Culhane (photographer)

• Life through a lens is all Dermot ever wished for, Limerick Leader 28/7/2007, p10

 Madge Daly (nationalist, sister of Edward Daly)

• Death of Miss Madge Daly, Limerick Chronicle 21/1/1969, p1

Nicholas Flood Davin (journalist/writer)

• Biographical profile, Studies, vol. 22, no. 46, June 1933, p.255/6

Peter de Lacy (soldier)

• Short biographical profile, Munster News 30/8/1873

• Marshal de Lacy taught the Russians how to fight, Limerick Leader 14/02/09, p28 [reprint from Limerick Leader 7/2/1944]

• Famous Limerick man who won favour with a czar, Limerick Leader 9/8/1950, p3

• A marshal’s birthplace, Limerick Leader 19/8/1950, p10

• Russians to honour great Co. Limerick man, Limerick Leader 4/4/1959, p9

• An Irishman Peter Petrovich, article from Russian/Irish Journal Abryct, No.8, 2002

John Devane (solicitor)

• Devane: ‘I hope my new book gets in to jail, Limerick Leader 30/8/08, p.1 & 2

• Author John Devane to present family of Gregory Peck with book, Limerick Leader1/9/08, p.11

• From child prostitute to lawyer – JD’s shocking book, Limerick Post 13/9/08, p.7

• True confessions of Limerick’s Oliver Twist [interview], Limerick Leader 27/9/08, p13

John Dillon (President, Irish Farmers Association)

• Newly [elected] IFA president expected to be radical, Irish Times 19/12/2001

• Dillon election ‘a kick in the teeth' for IFA establishment, Irish Independent 19/12/2001

• John Dillon – Feature in article Straight talkers 2002, Irish Times 28/12/2002, magazine p.14

Len Dinneen (broadcaster)

• Limerick man captains London-Irish, Limerick Chronicle 15/5/1965, p3

 Thomas Dongan

• Limerickman who laid the framework of the US constitution, Limerick Leader 14/3/2009, p27 + original LL 25/1/1954, p1

Paddy Dooley (sports/businessman)

• Death of Paddy Dooley, renowned oarsman and business leader, Limerick Post 20/12/2008, p16

Bartholomew Thomas Duhigg

• Letter by Bartholomew Duhigg 'instructing the County of Limerick Peasantry', Limerick Gazette, 26/12/1806

• Newspaper article about the above letter, Limerick Gazette 30/12/1806

Lord Dunraven, The 7th Earl of Dunraven and Mountearl, Thady Windham Thomas Wyndham Quin

• 1939-2011 - Obituary, Limerick Leader 2/4/2011, p4

Robert Dwyer-Joyce

• Biographical profile in Capuchin Annual, 1970, p609 [grand-son of P. W. Joyce]

Niall Egleston (photographer)

• Limerickman Niall strikes gold, Limerick Leader 17/6/2000

Philip Embury (Methodist founder)

• Family tree of Mary Elizabeth Embury-Turner, beginning with Philip Embury

Seán Finn (freedom fighter)

• Rathkeale to remember brigade chief Cmdt Finn, Limerick Leader 1/4/2000, p11

Aengus Finucane

• Limerick priest who leads Concern, Limerick Leader 24/10/1981

• Death of missionary priest, Fr. Aengus Finucane, Limerick Post 10/10/09, p13

• Tributes pour in for a ‘tireless force for good’, Limerick Leader 10/10/09, p8

• Obituary – Shelbourne Road native who founded Concern, Limerick Leader 17/10/09, p26

James F. Fitzgerald (teacher)

• Short biographical profile & picture, Capuchin Annual 1940, p.381

Niall Fitzgerald (Businessman)

• Knight Commander Niall has,nt forgotten his Limerick city roots, Limerick Post 25/1/2014, p28
  

William Fitzgibbon

• County Limerick man who became mayor of Cork, Limerick Leader 2/5/1953, p12

John ('The Man') Frawley (broadcaster)

• Tributes to ‘John The Man’, Limerick Leader 21/6/1989, p13

• A broadcasting legend, Limerick Post 17/9/2011, p24

Leigh Gath (Thalidomide victim/writer)

• Leigh can do it..., Limerick Post 2/6/2012, p7

William Geary (Garda/ victim of miscarriage of justice)

• ‘Treason’ was the ‘verdict’ but there was no trial, Limerick Leader 10/12/1977, p8

• Editorial comment – The strange case of ex-Supt. Geary, Limerick Leader 10/12/1977, p23

• William Geary 105, has died in New York, Limerick Leader 18/10/2004, p1

Brian Geoghegan (husband of Tánaiste, Mary Harney)

• Former Fairview goalkeeper marries Mary Harney, Limerick Leader 3/12/2001, p1

• Tánaiste and Limerick hubby jet off on honeymoon, Limerick Leader 31/12/2001, p1

David Gleeson (filmmaker)

• Local filmmaker wins a novel international award, Limerick Leader Weekender 18/5/2007, p15

Paul Gleeson (adventurer, long-distance rower)

• Paul rows in with a book on crossing, Limerick Leader 15/11/2006, p7

Michael Guerin (honorary consul)

• Michael appointed as Russian consul, Limerick Leader (undated)

Victor Haddick  (filmmaker)

• Figures of speech, Limerick Leader 29/3/2008, Leader 2, p5

Tom Hayes (Irish-American)

• San Francisco honour for Limerickman Tom, Limerick Leader 12/1/2008

Lady Mary Heath aka Sophie Pierce (aviator/athlete)

• Biography extract from Wild Irish Women by Marian Broderick, p260-5

• The story of the tragic death of Lady Heath's mother, Kate Evans

• 1911 census return

• Limerick lady’s flight in evening dress, Limerick Chronicle 3/9/1927

• List of books by Lady Heath, from British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955, vol 16, p164

• Photograph of Lady Heath from book Woman and Flying by Lady Mary Heath and Stella Wolfe Murray, p122

• Fearless female aviator and athlete by Bridget Hourican Evans, Limerick Leader 5/12/2009, p4 (Leader 2)

• How a pioneer from Limerick helped women take flight in the Olympics by Ian O'Riordan, Irish Times 16/6/2012

Robert Herbert (Limerick City Librarian/historian)

• City Librarian – Dublin man’s appointment, Limerick Chronicle 1/11/1938

• Cultural matters in Limerick [letter making reference to some qualities of RH], Limerick Leader 21/8/1950, p4

• Death of Mr. Robert Herbert, City Librarian, Limerick Leader 15/7/1957, p1

• Funeral of Mr. Robert Herbert, Limerick Leader 17/7/1957, p1

• Robert Herbert…as remembered by the writer and poet, Desmond O'Grady, An Leabharlann 2004, p10-15

John Higgins

• Story of a Limerick doctor who saved a king’s life, Limerick Leader 18/8/1958, p1

Frank Hogan (the man with the “John 3:7” sign at sporting occasions)

• Frank tells it as it is in TG4 documentary, Limerick Post 24/10/2009, p14

Paddy Hogan (memoirist)

• The past is a foreign country, Limerick Leader 25/9/2010, p1 & 2 (Leader 2)

Robert Hogan (judge)

• Transcript of items from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, vol 1 Apr-Sept 1817 & Limerick Chronicle 18/5/1825

John Philip Holland (inventor of submarine)

• Obituary from Journal of American-Irish History, vol. 14, 1915, p333-338 (Holland was from Clare, educated at CBS, Limerick)

John Howly

• John Howly of Limerick (1750-1825) by Dr. H. Roche-Kelly, Limerick Leader 25/11/1950, p8

Rev. David Humphreys

• Priest who saw active service in the Land War, Limerick Leader 26/9/1953, p10

John Hunt (art historian/collector)

• Inspired by Limerick priest-historian, Limerick Leader 13/4/1974, p17

• The historian who graced Bunratty [obituary], Limerick Leader 24/1/1976, p2

• Society pays tribute to Hunt, Limerick Leader 7/11/1981

• Obituary of John hunt (1900-1976) by Peter Harbison, Studies vol 65, Winter 1976, p322-329 (includes list of Hunt’s published works)

• Editorial from North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol xx 1978, p1 [vol. Dedicated to Hunt]

• Photograph of John Hunt from North Munster Antiquarian Journal, vol xx 1978

• Hunt's Limerick love affair revealed in print, Limerick Post 10/8/2013, p34

• From Mayfair to Lough Gur, Limerick Leader 17/8/2013, p1 & 2 [Leader 2]

• John Hunt biographer praised for excavating rich details, Limerick Leader 18/11/2013, p8

James Irwin (mathematician)

• Advertisement for ‘Irwin’s Academy’, note re publication of Irwin’s Treatise on Gunnery, Edward Flin’s Limerick Journal, 28/4/1791

Vere Wynne Jones (broadcaster)

• The news read by Vere Wynne Jones, Limerick Leader 3/8/1985, p3

• Vere finds Limerick what “you make of it”, Limerick Leader 1/4/1989, p5

Father John Kenyon (priest/nationalist)

• Death of the Rev. John Kenyon, P.P., Templederry, Limerick Reporter 23/3/1869 

• Father John Kenyon of Templederry, the Hibernian Nights Entertainments, No. 11, p177

• Patriot Limerick priest…brilliant gifts of Father John Kenyon, Limerick Leader 3/1/1940

• Father John Kenyon and Young Ireland: 1812-1869 by Dermot F. Gleeson, in Studies vol 35, no 137, March 1946 
  

• Father John Kenyon from St. Munchin’s Journal 1948-1949, p.23-26

Joseph Kidd (homoeopath)

• Reviews of book Homoeopathy in the Irish Potato Famine which include referencess to Kidd

• Reference to Kidd in article A History of Homoeopathy in Britain by Peter Morrell

• Extract from book When That I was by Dorothy McCall

Francis Maurice Lacy (soldier)

• Portrait, Irish Sword vol 12, no 48, p213

• Field Marshal Francis Maurice Lacy, Irish Sword vol 17 no 66, p1-3

Celia Holman Lee (fashion model/agent)

• Young dancer crowns success with championship, Limerick Chronicle 8/5/1965, p3

• Photograph, Limerick Chronicle 25/3/1967, p5

• Feature in Profile series, Limerick Leader 30/4/1986, p12

• Style guru celebrates, Limerick Tribune 12/11/1989, p4

• Interview in Business Limerick, October 2008, cover & p4-6

• Celia crowned ‘style icon’ at VIP ceremony, Limerick Leader 2/4/2011, p3

Philomena Lee

• Philomena graces the Golden Globes, Limerick Leader 18/1/2014, p5

• Philomena beats the best of Hollywood, Limerick Post 25/1/2014, p26

• Philomena's project will help reunite birth families, Limerick Post 1/2/2014, p12

Thomas Langlois Lefroy (judge/politician)

• Limerickman’s two-year affair with Jane Austen explored in new film, Limerick Post 3/3/2007, p24

• Jane Austen film puts the spotlight on Limerick family, Limerick Post 10/3/2007, p20

• Limerick inspiration for Austen's romantice hero, Limerick Post 3/8/2013, p10

Richard Leonard

• Booklet, Richard Leonard: murdered 31^st December 1920 by British Crown Forces: Memorial Unveiled 10^th May 2009

Father Timothy Peter Leonard (Columban missionary/martyr)

• Monaleen priest could become Limerick saint, Limerick Post 29/7/2006, p22

• One lone, unarmed man had the courage to stand up…, Limerick Leader 18/7/2009, p4(L2)

Father William Leonard (priest)

• Memories of Fr. Leonard still strong in Australia, Limerick Leader 1/1/2011, p2 (Leader 2)

Dr. Joseph John Long (doctor & Protestant missionary)

• Dr. Long and Limerick priests and Catholics, Limerick Leader 22/1/1904

Father Alfred Loughran

• Father Alfred's El Salvador honour, Limerick Leader 20/8/2012, p3

Michael MacCurtain (engineer/City official)

• Engineer who laid foundations of renewal, Limerick Leader 2/2/2002, p15

Con McGrath (teacher/Councillor)

• Many mourn Con McGrath, Limerick Leader 11/9/1982, p1 (County ed.)

James Gerard McMahon (High Court judge)

• Limerick-born High Court judge dies after a short illness, Limk Leader 6/1/2001

Ciarán MacMathúna (broadcaster/folklorist)

• Funeral of City Freeman Ciarán MacMathúna, Limerick Chronicle 15/12/2009, p2

• Tributes flow in for Limk broadcasting legend and folklorist Ciarán MacMathúna, Limerick Leader 19/12/2009, p7

• Ciarán leaves a legacy of musical memory, Limerick Post 19/12/2009, p2

• Obituary, Limerick Leader 19/12/2009, p26

Joe Malone (singer/publican)

• Vocalist’s success at Sligo Feis Ceoil, Limerick Chronicle 8/5/1965, p3

• Gold medallist at Feis Ceoil, Limerick Chronicle 8/6/1968, p3

James Marwood (hangman)

• An unwelcome visitor to Limerick, by Kevin Hannan, Limerick Chronicle 25/1/1994

• Marwood the hangman, Old Limerick Journal, vol 13, p35-38

Eyre Massey, 1^st Baron Clarina

• The life and times of Eyre Massey, 1^st Baron Clarina of Elm Park (1719-1804), Old Limerick Journal, no. 34, p20-23

Godfrey Massy (clergyman)

• The late Rev. Godfrey Massy, Vicar of Bruff, Limerick Chronicle 27/10/1852

Monsignor Michael Moloney

• Death of Right Rev. Monsignor Michael Moloney, Limerick Leader 24/10/1964

Michael J. Mulqueen (lawyer)

• Obituary in Journal of the American-Irish Historical Society, vol. 24, 1925, p262-4

Austin Murphy (aviator)

• Limerick aviation veteran knighted, Limerick Leader 17/12/1988, p8

Terence Aubrey Murray

• A distinguished Limerick man, Munster News 23/7/1873

Jack Nash (newspaper seller)

• 63 years on, Jack aged 75 still keeps up with the news, Limerick Leader 23/1/1988, p3

Paddy Neale (United Irishman)

• Paddy Neale of Askeaton – story of a brave United Irishman, Limerick Leader 11/3/1950, p2

Donal Nevin (union leader)

• Gilmore leads tributes to the late Dr. Donal Nevin, Limerick Leader 19/12/2012, p4

Pádraig Ó Maidín (librarian)

• Obituary in Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, vol. 86, no. 244, Jul-Dec 1981, p129-30

Fitzjames O'Brien (writer)

• The American war - funeral of Lieutenant Fitz-James O'Brien, Limerick Chronicle 21/6/1862

Richard Baptist O'Brien, Dean (Dean of Limerick, founder of Catholic Young Men’s Society)

• Founder of the CYMS : famous priest of Limerick…, Limerick Leader 28/5/1949, p12

• A great society and its noble work: centenary record of CYMS, Limerick Leader 15/4/1950, p7

• Where Dean O'Brien is supposed to have been cured of blindness, Limk Leader 29/8/1953, p1

• The Parish and the founder of CYMS, Limerick Chronicle 3/10/1981

• Dean of Limerick who established the CYMS, Limerick Leader 7/5/1983, p8

• Founder of Catholic Young Men’s Society, Limerick Leader 9/11/1985, p4

Kathleen O’Carroll (‘flying-boat’ crew)

• Kathleen’s remarkable flight path, Limerick Leader 5/1/2008, p22

Eamon O'Connor (camerman/show producer/entertainer)

• Limerick boy’s record [national schools pole vault record], Limerick Leader 28/5/1951, p3

• Junior Soccer star of the week, Limerick Leader 18/3/1961, p6

• Tourist film award for Limerick man, Limerick Chronicle 18/9/1965, p1

• Limerick man’s success at Cork Film Festival, Limerick Leader 25/9/1965, p6

• At work on sports films, Limerick Chronicle 15/5/1971, p12

• Limerick magician bestrides Atlantic, Limerick Leader 20/9/1986, p5

• Limerick salutes all-rounder Eamon, Limerick Leader 26/5/2007, p17

• Limerick’s tribute to talented Eamon, 74, Limerick Leader 9/6/2007, p9

• Film festival to honour memory of late Eamon, Limerick Chronicle 13/11/2007, p4

Eugene O’Curry (scholar)

• A great scholar by An Mangaire Sugach (Mannix Joyce), Limerick Leader 1/11/1986

Michael O'Dwyer (former prisoner of the Gestapo)

• Obituary, Limerick Leader 19/1/2013

John O’Mahony (Fenian)

• Memory of Fenian founder honoured, Limerick Leader 4/7/1959, p9

• Picture, History Ireland, Summer 1999, p3

Pamela O'Malley (political/trade union activist)

• Pamela O'Malley laid to rest in Spain, Limerick Leader 25/02/2006, p9

Catherine O'Neill (Mother Therese Emmanuel) (nun/co-founder of Ladies of the Assumption)

• Limerick-born lady may be canonised one day, Limerick Leader 26/4/1952, p1

• Cause of Limerick born nun to be presented at Rome, says report, Limerick Leader 4/8/1956, p1

• Limerick’s Catherine, greatest Irishwoman of the 19^th century [letter], Limerick Leader 11/2/1989, p14

Tadhg O'Neill (publisher)

• Biographical profile in Capuchin Annual, 1938, p281

Francis Patrick O’Neillan

• Francis Patrick O’Neillan Baron Laimpruch Zu Epurz, Irish Sword vol 21 no 84, p220

Vonnie Reynolds (fashion designer)

• A woman of substance and style, Limerick Post 1/12/2012, p28

Father Jerry Roche (murder victim)

• Statue of murdered Athea missionary to be unveiled, Limerick Leader 10/12/2011, p11

Father Francis Ryan (priest)

• Biographical profile in Capuchin Annual, 1960, p487

William Sampson (Rear Admiral)

• Admiral Sampson a County Limerick man, Limerick Chronicle 16/7/1898

• Biographical note from website www.spanamwar.com

Dominick Sarsfield

• A Jacobite colonel: Lord Sarsfield of Kilmallock, Irish Sword vol 2, p.205

Barney Sheehan (arts promoter)

• On to a winner -  if he gets backing, Limerick Leader 16/12/1978, p6

• Keeping pace with Barney, Limerick Leader 27/10/2007, p19

• Horseman pass by: joy for Barney as precious manuscript recovered, Limerick Leader 10/8/2009, p5

Patrick Sheahan (constable)

• Eighty years on, a hero remembered, Limerick Leader 22/6/1985, p9

• Bridge could be named after brave Limerick man, Limerick Post 7/7/2012

Nicholas Sheehy

• Relics of Father Nicholas Sheehy (1728-1766): priest who suffered a felon’s death, Limerick Leader 25/10/1950, p3

George Stacpoole (antiques dealer)

• New deal for Adare’s antiques expert George, Limerick Leader 12/8/2006

Tom Steele

• Honest Tom Steele planned a promenade, Limerick Chronicle 24/9/1966, p5

Annie Sullivan

• Limerick couple's daughter taught Helen Keller, Limerick Post 10/11/2012, p14

Matthew Thornton (signatory U.S. Declaration of Independence)

• Remembered : the ‘forgotten' Limerick man who signed the U.S. Declaration, Limerick Leader 10/7/1976, p1

William Upton (fenian)

• William Upton: the forgotten literary Fenian of Ardagh, Limerick Leader 3/11/1956, p6

Thomas Philips Vokes

• Chief Magistrate, research notes by Mr. Noel Murphy, 2008

Seán Wall (freedom fighter)

• Portrait of Limerick patriot unveiled in Co. Council chamber, Limerick Leader 9/7/1966

Mary Walsh, Sister Mary

• Great Co Limerick woman who founded a great Order [Dominican Sisters of the Sick Poor, Limerick Leader 30/8/2008, p19 + original , Limerick Leader 3/4/1954, p13

Lilla Ward (descendent of Daniel O'Connell)

• Limerick-born descendent of The Liberator laid to rest, Limerick Leader 19/1/2008

Father Francis White

• Personalities of the siege no. 4 – Father Francis White, C.M. by Robert Herbert, Limk Leader 1/10/1951, p3

Richard Southwell Wyndham-Quinn, 6^th Earl of Dunraven

• Death of Sixth Earl of Dunraven, Limerick Leader 30/8/1965, p1

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