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• Boyle, Catherine   b. 1582  d. February 16, 1629
  Irish Aristocracy. Born Catherine Fenton the daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton and Alice Weston. She became the second wife of Sir Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork in July 1603. As a result of her marriage she was styled as Lady Boyle and as Countess of Cork. The couple had 15 children including the scientist The Honorable Robert Boyle, who was their 14th child. She died in Dublin, Ireland and was buried almost a month later in the National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Childers, Erskine Hamilton [memorial]    b. December 11, 1905  d. November 17, 1974
  Son of (Robert) Erskine Childers, Industrialist and politician. Never referred to the Civil War in politics as his father had advised him, the night before his execution by the Free State forces, 'not to do or say anything that might cause bitterness.' Elected President of Ireland in 1973. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Coronary thrombosis
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Curran, John Philpot   b. July 24, 1750  d. October 14, 1817
  Irish politician and judge. Born in Newmarket, Cork, where his father, a descendant of one of Cromwell's soldiers, was seneschal to the manor-court, Curran was educated at Middleton, through the kind help of a friend, the Rev. Nathaniel Boyse, and at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1773, having taken his MA degree, he entered the Middle Temple. In 1774 he married a lady who brought him a small dowry; but the marriage proved unhappy, and Mrs. Curran finally left her husband. In 1775 Curran was...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• de Saundford, Eulk   d. 1271
  Archbishop of Dublin (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Hyde, Douglas    b. January 17, 1860  d. July 12, 1949
  Scholar, linguist and nationalist. Became first President of Ireland under the new constitution of 1937, a post he held until 1945. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Johnson, Hester    b. 1681  d. January 27, 1728
  Muse of Jonathan Swift, who referred to her as 'Stella' and wrote of her as 'the truest, most virtuous and valuable friend that I, or perhaps any other person, was ever blessed with'. It was rumoured that they married but there is no concrete evidence for this. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Johnston, Denis    b. June 18, 1901  d. August 8, 1984
  Author. William Denis Johnston was born in Dublin, the only son of a judge. He was educated at St. Andrew's College in Dublin, at Christ's College in Cambridge (where he was President of the Union) and at Harvard, where he was a Pugsley Scholar. In 1925, he was called to both the English Bar (at the Inner Temple) and the Irish Bar. His play "Shadowdance" was rejected by Lady Gregory for the Abbey Theatre, but he re-wrote it as "The Old Lady Says 'NO!'," under which revised title it was, in 1929...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Jones, Thomas   b. 1550  d. April 10, 1619
  Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Marsh, Narcissus    b. December 20, 1638  d. November 2, 1713
  Church of Ireland Archbishop. Born at Hannigton, Wiltshire, England, he was educated at Magdalen College at Oxford taking a degree in 1658. He was ordained in 1662 and awarded the living at Swindon. He became a fellow of Exeter College in 1671. He was appointed chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter and Clarendon and principal of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford in 1673. The 1st Duke of Ormond appointed him as provost of Trinity College, Dublin by January 1678 and he became an advocate of the study of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• McGee, Alexander   b. 1695  d. March 24, 1724
  Servant of Jonathan Swift (q.v.) who arranged for his burial in the Cathedral and wrote his epitaph. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Napier, Joseph   b. 1804  d. December 9, 1882
  The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Napier, Baronet, was the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland from earliest times until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Nugent-Temple-Grenville, George   b. June 17, 1753  d. February 11, 1813
  George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham was a British statesman; he was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, he was appointed a Teller of the Exchequer in 1764, and ten years later was returned to Parliament as one of the Members for Buckinghamshire. In the House of Commons he was a sharp critic of the American policy of Lord North. In September 1779 he succeeded his...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• O'Carolan, Turlough    b. 1670  d. March 25, 1738
  Harpist, Composer, Poet. The last of the great Irish bards, he was his country's most famous musician of the 18th Century. Many consider him Ireland's national composer. Born near Nobber, County Meath, his name in Gaelic was Toirdhealbhach O Cearbhallain and recorded in English as Carolan or O'Carolan. He wrote poetry as a youth but expressed little interest in music until he was blinded by smallpox at age 18. The wife of a wealthy landowner, Mrs. MacDermott Roe, paid for him to study the...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  Plot: * Cenotaph
   
• Robinson, Lennox    b. October 4, 1886  d. October 14, 1958
  Playwright and Author. Managed the Abbey Theatre in Dublin Ireland. Wrote the plays "The Clancy Name," "Fathers and Sons." He wrote the book "A Young Man From the Three Homes." (Bio by: Laurie)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Schomberg, Frederick Herman    b. 1615  d. July 2, 1690
  Military commander and soldier of fortune. "Duke of Schomberg" was appointed Commander-in-Chief in Ireland by King Wiliam III, where one of his first actions was to raise the siege of Derry. Died at the Battle of the Boyne. His epitaph was written by Jonathan Swift. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: Killed in action
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
  Plot: Beneath the altar
   
• Swift, Jonathan    b. November 30, 1667  d. October 19, 1745
  Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral and one of the greatest satirists of his or any other times. His 'Gulliver's Travels' is now known mostly in expurgated versions for children. His satirical venom is displayed in, e.g. 'A Modest Proposal' for the relief of poverty and hunger in Ireland by the cooking of surplus children. Inspired by his tow female muses , 'Stella' (Hester Johnson, q.v.) and 'Vanessa' (Esther Vanhomrigh). Founded a hospital by his will- as he wrote in his sardonic 'Verses on the...[Read More]
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Whately, Richard    b. 1787  d. October 1, 1863
  (Protestant) Archbishop of Dublin. As a young man published a notable philosophical squib against empiricism, 'proving' that the existence of Napoleon could not be demnstrated. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Whiteside, James   b. August 12, 1804  d. November 25, 1876
  The Right Honorable Whiteside was the Lord Chief Justice in Ireland from 1866-1976. The son of the local curate, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Inner Temple, London. He was called to the bar in 1830. While a student he wrote magazine articles, collected and republished in 1870 as Early Sketches of Eminent Persons. He made rapid progress in his career and became a QC in 1842. His speech in defence of O’Connell at the state trials of 1844 placed him at the forefront of the bar...[Read More] (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   
• Wolfe, Charles [cenotaph]   b. December 14, 1791  d. February 21, 1823
  Poet. Born at Blackhall, County Kildare, he was educated at Bath, at the Abbey High School in Winchester, and at Trinity College Dublin. Although his academic career was distinguished, he declined the opportunity of reading for a scholarship because he had fallen in love and felt unable to take the vow of celibacy which was then required. Instead, in November 1817, he took holy orders and was given the curacy of Ballyclog in County Tyrone; but, after only a few weeks, he transferred to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
  Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
   

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